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The man with the plan looks like a real hardcore folder with 200 million under his belt.

Seems like a fun project Just don't expect mondo-points from those little guys

I've recently begun working with my first Raspberry Pi 3, and I'm planning a new project.

The idea will be to set up an expandable array of Raspberry Pis that will be 100% dedicated to Folding. Each Pi 3 has four cores at 1.2ghz each and 1GB of LPDDR2-900 SDRAM, as well as a VideoCore IV GPU.

Short-term goals:

• Build a base/rack for the units, ideally to be hung on a wall.
  -- Will include a powered USB hub for distributing power
  -- network hub/switch for connectivity
  -- room for further expansion

• Enable one Raspberry Pi 3 with Folding@Home, maximize single-unit computations, enable remote monitoring.

Once that's done:

• Liquid-cooled SoC
• Overclock
• Add more units
• Cluster units with BOINC
• 100% self-contained solar powered
• Upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit Linux ????

Photos/progress will be posted here and probably blogged somewhere, so tune in to this thread for updates! Any guidance and insight along the way is much appreciated.