Before I start giving instructions, let me give a brief explanation of Folding@Home and some answers. Q: What is Folding@Home? A: Folding@Home is a program designed and maintained by Stanford University that uses your PC's power to fold proteins. This can provide useful info for researchers trying to cure diseases. It isn't harmful to your computer and can be uninstalled at anytime. You can fully use your PC or Laptop while folding, so you're not giving up anything to help! Q: Do I make any money from this? A: Sadly not, but knowing you're furthering research in deadly diseases is a close second to cash in my mind Q: Does anyone have access to my PC while folding? A: Nope! Just you, your CPU and/or Dedicated GPU does computations in the background, leaving nobody access to files you have on your PC. Once again, it is completely secure with no data shared other than the data your CPU/GPU is mining. If I missed any questions, let me know down below and I'll try to answer them! Instructions: Click Here for the official download page and website Use the installer You should be off to the races! MegaCraft's Team Statistics: [Click Here after joining for Statistics!] Team Number: 230441 Happy Folding!
You can do it on a laptop or even Android device - then you're atleast contributing something! Also, what's the specs? Here's mine Spoiler: PC Specs i7 6700k @ Stock (sometimes 4.8ghz) 120mm No-Name AIO cooling 16gb Adata XPG DDR4-2800 @ Stock (2133mhz w/ XMP disabled) MSI Z170 Pro Gaming AC Mini ITX Motherboard EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti @ 110% Power (EVGA PrecisionX is weird) 256GB Sandisk SSD (boot drive, takes about 7 seconds for Windows 10) 3TB Toshiba HDD (7200rpm, game/bulk storage) No-Name 800 Watt PSU (80+ Gold, will be replaced soon!)
I know myself and quite a few other players have lost family members and friends due to Cancer, so fowarding research is something that I feel is, to some extent, related to the community. Plus, who doesn't want to say "I cured cancer" when it finally happens
