New guy here....

[xtremeguy]

I'm new here. I don't know anyone else that uses this amongst my peers/family.

What's the best way to set up my system?

System Specifications:

Processor (CPU)
NameIntel Core i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
Threading 1 CPU - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
Frequency 2296.17 MHz (23 * 99.83 MHz)
Architecture Ivy Bridge (22 nm)
CPUID / Stepping 6.A.9 / 6.3A (E1/L1)
CPU Extensions MMX, SSE, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX
Caches L1 : 128 KB / L2 : 1024 KB / L3 : 6144 KB
Microcode 0x0000012
Max. TDP 45 Watts
Temperature 81°C
Voltage 0.901 Volts
Type Stock
Motherboard
ModelLENOVO Product Name
BIOS LENOVO - 5DCN38WW(V2.05) - 06/26/2012
CPU Socket Socket 988B rPGA
North Bridge Intel Ivy Bridge rev 09
South Bridge Intel HM76 rev 04
Memory (RAM)
Size8192 MB
Type DDR3-1597 - Dual Channel
Frequency 798.7 MHz (1:6)
Timings 11-11-11-28
Slot #1 ModuleSamsung - 4096 MB (12800)
Slot #2 ModuleSamsung - 4096 MB (12800)
Graphic Card (GPU)
GPU TypeIntel(R) HD Graphics 4000
VRAM Size 2048 MB
Miscellaneous
Windows Version Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
Windows Subver SP1 (Build 7601)
CPU-Z Version 1.67

[Napoleon]

Welcome to the forum, xtremeguy.

Looks like you won't be doing GPU folding on your laptop (Intel HD 4000 is unsupported), so setting up client v7 should be fairly self-explanatory. You'll be doing SMP folding on the CPU, and you can use the power slider to choose how much CPU power you want to donate. Remember to get a passkey in order to start earning QRB (Quick Return Bonus) points. IIRC, the installer will prompt for that anyway.

Do watch the temperatures for a while after you've started folding. Not all laptops have sufficient cooling for 24/7 folding, so they may start throttling in order to prevent overheating.

[7im]

The V7 client is setup to take advantage of your system's resources automatically. You can adjust that manually later if you want.

[xtremeguy]

Welcome to the forum, xtremeguy.

Looks like you won't be doing GPU folding on your laptop (Intel HD 4000 is unsupported), so setting up client v7 should be fairly self-explanatory. You'll be doing SMP folding on the CPU, and you can use the power slider to choose how much CPU power you want to donate. Remember to get a passkey in order to start earning QRB (Quick Return Bonus) points. IIRC, the installer will prompt for that anyway.

Do watch the temperatures for a while after you've started folding. Not all laptops have sufficient cooling for 24/7 folding, so they may start throttling in order to prevent overheating.

Thanks.