The key thing to be clear about when discussing that a E5649 will/will not complete an 8101 in time is whether it is running at stock speed or overclocked.  If the E5649 were overclocked to 3.8 to 4.0Ghz (which should be doable), would it then complete the 8101 within time to acquire the bonus?  I have dual E5620's Oc'd to 3.8G on my SR-2, Memory at 1600 Mhz, running Linux (with Kraken) and was hoping to be able to process the 8101s for Chimp Challenge if possible.

You can extrapolate from processors running at stock clocks to overclocked processors - there isn't really any magic there (other than that turbo is probably off and memory may be running at odd multipliers).  Dual Westmere systems with 6 cores per chip should complete an 8101 within the current preferred deadlines at roughly 2.8GHz and up, with all the previous caveats (Linux, NUMA enabled, not ext4 filesystem, theKraken, 1333+ memory, turbo enabled).  With overclocked chips, likely with turbo disabled, you'd need probably a consistent 3.0GHz or above.
I was answering the original question in the context of the asker, which is non-overclocked server boards, so I left overclocking out of the equation. 

 

I'm fairly new to folding, so here is a dumb question, I have 4  quad cores folding, two dedicated ranging from 2.9 to 4.7, The 4.7 is a 2700K, its the only one accepting bigadv's, I do more reading threads than posting, so bear with me. Are the bigadv's even being completed on the 4.7? I fold for a hobby and I love evga products, so that's where im at, excuse the non EVGA motherboards though. Sorry for changing the subject, but you guys got me wondering, and I dont fold for the EVGA bucks, although I have used them for accessories. I fold for the cure.

hellmel
The 4.7 is a 2700K, its the only one accepting bigadv's

I'm fairly certain your 2700K and my 2600K no longer qualifies for bigadv's. The core count to qualify was raised a few months ago because there was too many rigs working them and not enough working the standard units.

Well, there are still some 8 core bigadvs floating around, so every once in awhile you can get lucky and get one.
Currently just the new 8101s are limited to 16 cores+ (and the necessary speed), the 6903/6904 are still 12 core bigadvs

Thanks all, Oh how are the new 600 series cards doing on folding, I don't see an option for them using GPU Tracker V2?

hellmel


Thanks all, Oh how are the new 600 series cards doing on folding, I don't see an option for them using GPU Tracker V2?

Check out this link http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1582299

I still fold on occasion but I feel like my CPU hardware is sub par for folding bigadv these days. The dual and especially quad socket systems seem better suited towards folding bigadv. At the moment, I am investing more in GPUs than CPUs since some of the other DC projects out there run far more optimally on GPUs over CPUs. If I were to invest in CPUs, I want to have AVX support as I think future distributed computing apps will be moving towards using AVX. For 2+ socket AVX enabled processors, that leaves Bulldozer and the very expensive SB-E Xeon processors. Bulldozer appears to be having some performance related issues and is power hungry and I am not quite sure I want to invest $4-$5K in building a dual SB-E Xeon system at the moment. I might just hold out for IB-E before considering building something like that for the power efficiency. At the end of the day, I would like to invest in hardware that is not only optimal for folding but also all the other DC projects out there while also keeping in mind future application support.