Best rig to start with? 2x5830? - page 2.

jme621

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Quote from: namley on June 05, 2011, 07:44:25 PM

Hey,

I am currently running 2x Sapphire 5830's.
Picked them up at NewEgg for 102$

I have mine overclocked a bit, running at 1000Core and 300Mem. I am averaging 311Mhash/s. Thats pushing it a little bit on Stock voltages, but I haven't had an issue with the system becoming unstable or hardlocks.

Running @ 975/300 would using Phoenix miner, would get you right about on that 300mhash/s mark. Which if you ask me, is bad ass for a 100 Dollar card.

i run mine 996/900 and get 300 on phoenix, mine hate having their mem lowered for some reason, so i just run like i posted. very good cards for the money imo

namley

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Hey,

I am currently running 2x Sapphire 5830's.
Picked them up at NewEgg for 102$

I have mine overclocked a bit, running at 1000Core and 300Mem. I am averaging 311Mhash/s. Thats pushing it a little bit on Stock voltages, but I haven't had an issue with the system becoming unstable or hardlocks.

Running @ 975/300 would using Phoenix miner, would get you right about on that 300mhash/s mark. Which if you ask me, is bad ass for a 100 Dollar card.

DigitalAsh

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Hey all, been reading these forums for a few days, and looking to build my first rig. The computer I have now has an abysmal gpu that doesn't support opencl so if I understand correctly I have no choice but to upgrade or deal with the 1500k/hash I'm getting on my cpu lol.

So reading through some threads I'm thinking of starting with a 2x 5830 setup just to get my feet wet. If one could lay out a good case/cpu/mobo/psu with price being somewhat of a factor I'd appreciate it immensely. Also what kind of m/hash can I expect with this setup and how does that translate to btc per month at current difficulty? Much appreciated, sry for the noob question but I haven't built a comp in years and am completely behind on current hardware. If this rig could also be scaled to handle two extra cards at some point in the future without jacking up cost too much that would also be a good thing to know.

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