Welcome.
 
Have you turned in a Work Unit yet?  You don't show up in the stats until you've completed and returned a WU.  Stanford's stats page updates at the top of every hour, while the third-party stats pages update every 3 hours.  One thing to note is that a WU returned too close to an update might not make it into that update; a WU received at 8:58 pm probably won't show up on the 9 pm Stanford update, but should be in the 10 pm one.
 
21k PPD would actually get you the full 10 Bucks every month assuming you folded 24/7; currently it's 250k points per month for the first 5 Bucks and another 250k (so 500k total) for the second 5.  They haven't announced what the point levels will be for next year, which for EVGA's purposes starts in March, so those levels could rise in a few weeks.
 
If you haven't done so, you should get a passkey.  The PPD that the current public release of the client estimates assumes that you have one; the next public release will only do so if there's a valid passkey detected.  All CPU WUs, and some GPU WUs, use a Quick Return Bonus point scheme where a good deal of the points earned are based on how fast a WU is returned.  You need a passkey to earn the bonus, and you need to complete 10 bonus-eligible WUs to start earning a bonus.
 
The GT 640 isn't a particularly powerful card, but the PPD will also be affected by what core is running.  The core is what does the actual calculations, and there are several of them.  On the Nvidia end of things, there are currently two cores in use, core 15 and core 17.  Core 17, introduced a little under a year ago, is newer and runs particularly fast on Kepler cards; a quick google search found someone reporting 23k PPD on a 640, and on high-end Keplers the PPD can be in the hundreds of thousands.  Core 15 is the old core and is both slower than core 17 and earns less PPD because it's not as capable as core 17.  My guess is you're running core 15 WUs right now; if the WU you're running is not from project 8900 or 9401, then you're using core 15.  BTW core 17 uses the QRB, while core 15 does not.
 
Normally there's no way to specify which project or core to run (the ability to set a project preference is in the client but hasn't been implemented in Stanford's work servers), but by some server quirks there is a way to all but guarantee core 17 WUs; this is a step-by-step guide.  You're not really supposed to be running the beta flag if you're not a beta team member, so you won't get any official support if you do, but other than that they don't care much.  They certainly won't kick you out or anything.  There are many members here who can help with issues.
 
No one minds if you're not running EVGA parts; part of the Bucks program is to make sure that you will be in the future.
 
70-75C is warm, but not dangerously so.  Most GPUs are designed to get up to 100-105C without failing, though I try to keep mine under 90C.

Yes, a WU is what the progress bar is showing, and yes, the PPD figure it shows assumes that it's going to keep running 24/7.
 
Temps of 70-75C on a desktop CPU are creeping up near what I'd consider to be uncomfortably warm, but I don't think that's dangerously high (a laptop CPU would be a different story, as they're usually rated to run a lot hotter).

Welcome to the team tabascosauz!!!  Lots of us arrived here in exactly the same way that you did.  It is not at all unusual for people (at first) to be wary of running their rigs 24x7.  As with all PCs there will be eventual failures, but I have not found failures on my rigs (running 24x7) to be anything excessive or frequent due to this work.  Products with moving parts like HDDs can be affected by total run time/duty cycle, but those things are so cheap that if I lose one every 5 years, it was worth the sacrifice.   
 
The thing that some of us face (who are running multiple rigs 24x7) is electrical costs and room heat.  Fold whatever works for you, what you are comfortable doing and eventually you will be just as addicted to finding cures as the rest of us are!  

If your worried about cpu heat, the 212 evo is a really good cooler for the money. The factory ones aren't usually very good,especially if your overclocking. The AIO are good as well from what I have read.
 
If you added another GPU , you should disable SLI. Either way each card will fold a separate project [WU].
Also if you do plan to add a card, I would advise you to get a better performing card. Like Tex said, most of us started out small, then upgraded like madman when the folding bug hit. It becomes an addiction, for many of us there is no cure...lol
 
And with that I want to say welcome to TEAM EVGA!!!
 
EDIT: before you buy the 212, make sure it will fit in your case. It is a tall cooler. GL!

One last question before I go, if I add a GPU like the GTX 660 or 760 to my system not in SLI, would there be any way to set one GPU to fold without holding back the other. I would, in an ideal situation, like to save a few bucks on the extra mobo and CPU by not getting those and that way, I can use the 760 for gaming and the 640 for folding. Would that be possible, like how people set up a stronger GPU as their primary when gaming and use an older one like a GTS 450 or 560 Ti to handle PhysX? Right now, the 640 is crunching some good numbers but it lags my system hard when i fold with GPU (CPU works like a charm).
 
Thanks for all the helpful replies and warm welcome to EVGA forums! I'll take my time to explore my options for folding; sorry for bothering y'all with these questions in this thread.

tabascosauz
Thanks for all the helpful replies and warm welcome to EVGA forums! I'll take my time to explore my options for folding; sorry for bothering y'all with these questions in this thread.

No bother at all and we will take interest/questions wherever.  The reason I suggested opening a new thread in the main forum is because more people read that section and you will likely get more responses.  Also saw your post over in the "Why we Fold" section and it was a thoughtful reminder of something that we see here all the time.  We have people here across a very wide bracket of ages and one thing that is common is that there is no age limit to caring about someone else. 

OK...i tried to fold using core 17 but project 8900 refused to start...for a whole day it was at 0.0% unknown. Didn't know what to do so went back to regular core 15 and can now do 10k on CPU and 8.5k on GPU which is an improvement over not folding at all...

Funny because even though there was no progress the GPU was still lagging very hard...way slower than core 15 folding to the point of unusability. Weird because the card would plateau at 64° while right now it folds at 69-71°, never higher, never lower.

Some strange sorcery going on here.

make sure you leave a cpu thread open for each gpu under core 17
if you don't the gpu will become cpu starved and can hang (the new gpu client core core requires 1 thread per GPU...actually slightly more from my experience)
 
so for a 3770k leave 1,2 or 4 threads open (1 for single GPU 2 for 2GPUs, 4 for 3 gpu's)
 
it also takes a while before the new core will update % and update points for the WU
 

Id suggest using the fan at 100%
or find some fans and improve airflow thru case
 
 

thank you guys, card is still not as cool as i want it, i am having some issues with the placement due to a wifi pciex1 card getting in the way of where i want to put it. but thats for another forum topic i'm sure. I don't think i'll ever make the teirs, but why not try haha. its sayin i'm only gonna get 22k a day so i dont think there is any way, but thats nbot what its for anyways :) any suggestions on speeding it up or if the crunching is more active let me know. I would at least like to earn some badges someday
 
ty in advance for ya help

 Hey guys, new to the club. Running 2 gtx670 FTW's and an I7 3770k @ 4.9Ghz. So how does the bonus points work, as in how do they link to this account? Also, how do i get a sweet sig banner that shows my stats?

Zagen30
Welcome, Seadog.
 
The bonus works like this:
You need to get a passkey from , then enter it into the client, either during installation or through one of the control panels (Web Control->Change Identity or Advanced Control->Configure->Identity tab).
 
Once it's entered, you need to prime the passkey by completing 10 bonus-eligible Work Units; before that, you will only be getting base points.  All WUs run on your CPU are bonus-eligible.  Currently there are some issues with the servers that give out bonus-eligible GPU WUs, so most of the WUs that your 670s get only earn base points no matter what and will not count towards priming the passkey.
 
The bonus points are credited based on how quickly you return WUs, and is calculated from the time that the WU is sent out to your computer to when it's returned.  If the piece of hardware folding a particular WU is not running because you're gaming, or the computer is off, etc., then the bonus points will continue to decrease during that time.  The bonus equation is exponential, so halving your return time would more than double your Points Per Day; the Pande Group really likes WUs returned quickly.  But don't feel bad if you want to game or do something else.
 
If by "this account" you mean your EVGA account, then the passkey is not directly linked.  FAH publishes everyone's stats publicly.  EVGA grabs its members' stats and keeps track of them locally.  So, having a bonus-qualified passkey will earn you a lot more points, which EVGA will see, but EVGA is not in any way responsible for the passkeys themselves.
 
 
For sig banners, see .  Note that you need to be in EOC's stats database first, which means you need to have completed at least one WU and wait a few hours.  FAH updates its stats at the top of every hour, while EOC, which uses the stats that FAH publishes, only updates every three hours.
 
One thing to watch out for is that FAH's stats servers don't usually get around to WUs that were returned too close to the update, and EOC will be similarly delayed.  So, if your first WU was turned in at 8:46 am CT (the time zone that EOC is in), FAH's system will in all likelihood not credit that WU on the 9 am CT update, meaning that EOC won't credit it in its 9 am update.  It should be handled by the 10 am FAH update, which means that EOC will get to it in its 12 pm update.

Thanks a ton. Got mine up finally lol. So when it comes to "redeeming" the evga bucks, which i understand are not the reason we fold, how would we go about that? Sorry if it's a noob question. I just like to know all the details and how things work. Also, if I change my  name to match my EVGA log in name, will that change my stats? OR is it all linked via passkey? Thanks again.

Thanks for the reply. I had qualified with 19 WU already, but i guess i just have to change the name and take the hit :(. They(I'm assuming Stanford) should look at making the change for the next year to something a little more organized for their own sake, but i guess if this works for them, no need to change it.

tabascosauz
OK...i tried to fold using core 17 but project 8900 refused to start...for a whole day it was at 0.0% unknown. Didn't know what to do so went back to regular core 15 and can now do 10k on CPU and 8.5k on GPU which is an improvement over not folding at all...

Funny because even though there was no progress the GPU was still lagging very hard...way slower than core 15 folding to the point of unusability. Weird because the card would plateau at 64° while right now it folds at 69-71°, never higher, never lower.

Some strange sorcery going on here.

Xavier Zepherious
make sure you leave a cpu thread open for each gpu under core 17
if you don't the gpu will become cpu starved and can hang (the new gpu client core core requires 1 thread per GPU...actually slightly more from my experience)
 
so for a 3770k leave 1,2 or 4 threads open (1 for single GPU 2 for 2GPUs, 4 for 3 gpu's)

I know this is late, and you probably already figured this out, but if not. You can set the CPU threads just like the GPU in the config for the CPU. If you have any questions just reply.

Love being a Noob.  I recently left my team over at OCN and here I am!  I have been folding for around 10 years from a 5 rig gpu farm to what I have now which is a 24/7 i5, i3 and 750ti.  I have and do fold on my 780 as well as other cpus as necessary.  I was directed here from Modzoo.com from another member and am thinking about signing up here.  Anyone have any tips to get started?  Do I just add the team number to my rigs?  Are there teams like OCN?  Love EVGA and
 
Any help is greatly appreciated.