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Topic: ati 5770 - which motherboard just for mining cheaply (Read 2044 times)

sr. member
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I was looking for a cheap board that I could mine 4 GPU's off of and the best I found was this Biostar A870U3 for $65.  You'll need cable extenders, but I couldn't find anything cheaper.  If anyone knows of a cheaper board that has any combo of 4 PCI express slots, I'd love to know.
hero member
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thanks guys, using your info!
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Even cheaper if you have some DDR2 memory on hand:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157226

If you need to buy memory then the DD3 board is cheaper. I personally have two of the DDR2 boards and two of the DDR3 boards mining under Win 7 without issue.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176
$60, can put two cards in there with no modification, three if you use a PCIe x1 to x16 converter cable.
hero member
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whats the cheapest but good motherboard to mine with a 5770?

i plan to go ultracheap with no case und no harddrive, just linux from a usb stick.

what would be a proven good motherboard where i could eventually put a second or third 5770 into?


thanks for your inputs guys!"!!
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