We expect many participants to use GPUs to try and speed up the SNARK prover, so we've set up a preconfigured AWS AMI that should help you get started.
Go to console.aws.amazon.com
Login or create account
Choose US West (Oregon) as your region
You may encounter an error where you aren't allowed to launch an p2.xlarge instance. We've found that requests here are quickly granted.
Go to EC2
Right click on instance and select "Connect"