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I have a 75 year old gentleman who wants to learn about computers. He has a Dell, but wants to be able to tinker around and build a PC from scratch. I’d like to teach him. Looking for any old computer that I can completely take apart and put back together and have it work, get online, etc. No...

The total quantity of these: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/campaigns/2015/taco-bell-limited-edition-gold-ps4-bundle/ is just over 6000 units, and I've noticed the price on some ebay auctions (not buy it now) is between $500-600..which doesn't seem like too much of a premium considering the...

Yup people still do it. Unfortunately the PS3 Folding app was discontinued. While it was very powerful back in 2007, it can't compete with PCs now. They developers have been updating and optimizing Folding@Home for PC use, so right now even a midrange $100 video card will do 10-20x what the...

I'm sure a lot of people have decent gaming PC's, and I noticed a lot of other tech and gaming-related sites have official teams that work together using the spare processing power of their computers for Folding@Home.  For those who don't know, this is basically a distributed computing project...

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Just thought I'd share this awesome documentary. It's about the "controversy" surrounding evolution and the Dover trial a few years ago where both sides battled it out in court. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2xyrel-2vI And here is a lecture by one of the primary witnesses of the trial...

I bought two extra PS3's (used) just to fold with them 24/7. Hardcore baby!! ;)

Want to volunteer? ;) I'd donate a few bucks for a folding project if there were some guarantee that it would be used for that purpose.

It's really not a fair comparison for most folks who leave their PC's on 24/7 anyway. The difference between a PC at idle and a PC at full load is closer to 50-100 watts. Do the calculations that way and the program actually ends up costing $60-140-ish annually. Of course this is more than...

Seriously. Who gave the thread one star? You hurt my feelings. :(

I just discovered Folding@Home and really love the idea of helping cure diseases with spare processing power. I've already built one machine for folding 24/7 and am working on number two. For those unfamiliar with what folding is, you can read about it here: http://folding.stanford.edu/ I...

Just started folding myself. Why isn't this thread a sticky?

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I read that the latest updates to the PS3 firmware + Folding program increased performance to around 1100-1200ppd. That's not too bad. I just grabbed a PS3 with a broken blu ray drive for $85 shipped on Ebay. That's roughly 1/3 what it would cost me to build a cheap dual core system to fold...

I'll knock $2 off for ya :)

Just curious, has anyone calculated the stats to find out what type of PC the PS3 is comparable to when it comes to Folding@Home? I just discovered this program a few months ago and it feels great to be a part of potentially curing deadly diseases. I'm considering building a cheap i3 system...

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