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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

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.

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

Napoleon wrote: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.