I use folding@home

[camerongray]

Just to say that I am running folding@home on my PC. (Username: camerongray)

Not sure how much progress I will make - Look at my specs 

Cameron Gray

[computeruler]

Every bit helps!  When you finish your first wu, then you will get the icon

[Aegis]

Every bit helps -- truly.
We welcome you aboard.
In my lifetime, there was a time when most of this would've been done by hand, or at best, on mainframe computers.  What we're all doing together (distributed computing) is pretty remarkable.

[camerongray]

Wow that was quick.

I wonder how long it will be until I finish my first WU. It says 31 days! And the PC isn't on all the time.

If I get a PS3 I will use that - I wish they did a PS2 version - I have 2 working and one broken (but fixable).

Cameron Gray

[computeruler]

I have a p4 dell that I fold on and it usually takes awhile to do too, and its not on that much.  It always makes it by the deadline though    Maybe by around 10 days

[Aegis]

Your PS3 will rock for this!   

[computeruler]

It sure will!

e PlayStation 3 uses the Sony, Toshiba, IBM-designed Cell microprocessor as its CPU, which is made up of one 3.2 GHz PowerPC-based "Power Processing Element" (PPE) and eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs).[94] The eighth SPE is disabled to improve chip yields.[95][96] Only six of the seven SPEs are accessible to developers as the seventh SPE is reserved by the console's operating system.

-wikipedia
Sounds like it should be able to do pretty good

[Calum]

Welcome to the team cameron, thanks for folding.
The PS3 is benchmarked to do around 600 points per day if left folding 24/7, not sure how the deadlines are compared to the other clients.

[Mulreay]

I used to use my PS3 for folding before I even new about this site. I broke my PS3 though so no longer until I buy a new one. It folds extremely fast compared to a PC/laptop. You will soon rock up those work units.

[Quantos]

Welcome to the team cameron, thanks for folding.
The PS3 is benchmarked to do around 600 points per day if left folding 24/7, not sure how the deadlines are compared to the other clients.

For the initial outlay of money that is pretty good.

[camerongray]

Could anyone tell me how many wu I have done. It says 19 but that seems too high for my PC!

Cameron Gray

[Aegis]

I noticed that, too.  19 work units, and zero points.  Not sure what's going on...

[patio]

They may not be finished units...that's all i can guess.

[Aegis]

Cameron, what kind of work units did you sign up for?  Which client are you running?  You've done a bunch of units, and no points??   

I've never seen that.  Maybe Calum knows more. 

(Patio would know more if he started folding something besides paper airplanes... )

[BC_Programmer]

hey, don't persecute his folding habits.