Best bang for the buck? Whole rig - page 2.

RulerOf

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Buy the Azza PSAZ-1000A14 PSU from TigerDirect. I'm using it to power dual 6990s, overclocked. Runs like a dream, and I'm ordering 3 more. $99 with coupon LKH29905

they have the Sapphire 5850s still in stock. You'll want those or the ASUS ones because of the cooler design: best airflow.

Get the MSI board I mentioned, it works very well.

Buy an AMD quad athlon for $99 or something. Newegg has them.

Get your free ram, find a spare hard drive, and off you go. Should total you under $1000 I think, before shipping.

If you're worried about heat, buy these: http://www.amazon.com/PCI-Express-Riser-Flexible-Cable/dp/B004XD74MC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1305302419&sr=8-1

While 1X risers will work perfectly, these are the only [cheap] ones I've found that will get to you in under 2 weeks Tongue

eof

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usd; sorry.

Sukrim

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Quote from: eof on May 13, 2011, 09:45:36 AM

800-1200 or so for a budget.

BTC, USD, EUR, GBP...?!

eof

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Quote from: eof on May 13, 2011, 09:45:36 AM

I think I can get free ram. seems negligble though.

800-1200 or so for a budget.

you're going to have 4x5850 then?

i would expect this to produce a lot of heat?

eof

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I think I can get free ram. seems negligble though.

800-1200 or so for a budget.

RulerOf

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Quote from: eof on May 13, 2011, 09:34:17 AM

This will be a mining-only rig.

Would like to be in the 750M - 1 Ghash range

A budget helps Wink

My friend and I put together a 1.2 GHps rig for about $1100. No case, no hdd/optical. <$1 per MHash is very doable.

5850s, AMD quad, free RAM, and MSI 890FX board with 1 kW PSU. Should work well. Building tonight =)

eof

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Is there some discussion or wiki or anything on the best bang for the buck when you are building a rig from scratch?

I have been buying btc rather than mining and could sell off a bit of it and buy a rig. I can run it with no electricity cost as part of my shared office space.

What I want to avoid is vetting hardware and doing price comparisons etc etc; I haven't kept up with hardware in years. I am fine building the thing myself; I just don't want to pick the parts.

I'm willing to lose some margin on profits to have a s lightly cooler rig, something less prone to failure. I can probably get a case; but other than that I will need to buy the whole deal: psu+mobo+processor+cards

This will be a mining-only rig.

Would like to be in the 750M - 1 Ghash range

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