Some good choices here in general which should prove useful for other miners.
Topic: Cheapest mining rig with 3+ PCIE slots(2slot spacing)?[FINISHED] (Read 5097 times)
I'm absolutely fine with the split.
Some good choices here in general which should prove useful for other miners.
Some good choices here in general which should prove useful for other miners.
MSI 890fxa-gd70: 175 usd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274&cm_re=890fxa-gd70-_-13-130-274-_-Product
easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
Looks perfect! Any feedback?easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
MSI 890fxa-gd70: 175 usd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274&cm_re=890fxa-gd70-_-13-130-274-_-Product
easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
Looks perfect! Any feedback?easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
MSI 890fxa-gd70: 175 usd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274&cm_re=890fxa-gd70-_-13-130-274-_-Product
easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
Looks perfect! Any feedback? easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
lightspeed, calibre...
I like both suggestions, although I'd go with calibre's
Calibre, would you be okay if I gave you 0.15 and lightspeed 0.1?
I like both suggestions, although I'd go with calibre's
Calibre, would you be okay if I gave you 0.15 and lightspeed 0.1?
Asrock 890GX-EXTREME3 is a good choice with 3 double-spaced graphics card PCIe slots (no adaptor cables needed).
Japanese caps, nice layout, BIOS-based core unlocker, and takes nice-and-cheap AMD Sempron 140s too.
Bitcoin address (if I r teh winn0r ;-): 122e6qqx9uqDuPLBGECESsmU4Pc6E1E2rw
Japanese caps, nice layout, BIOS-based core unlocker, and takes nice-and-cheap AMD Sempron 140s too.
Bitcoin address (if I r teh winn0r ;-): 122e6qqx9uqDuPLBGECESsmU4Pc6E1E2rw
Aww... just realised, a socket with holes! Reminds me of rebuilding old dell computers!
MSI 890fxa-gd70: 175 usd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274&cm_re=890fxa-gd70-_-13-130-274-_-Product
easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
easily handles 3 cards with room to breath, 4 cards grouped tightly together, 5 cards w/ risers. very strong board.
any cheap am3 chip will work (it's also bulldozer compatible)
any cheap 2g stick of ram will work.
What country?
Asrock has no real warranty, you have to deal with store for warranty.
I won't be buying another asrock anytime soon.
I won't be buying another asrock anytime soon.
The five slot board with Linux is fine if you're okay with risers, DIY mounts, and creative cooling solutions. It's a personal preference of couse, but I prefer self contained rigs that can be mounted with stock components and without too much fiddling - which helps maintain their re-sale value too. :-)
The reason I mentioned no case is because I plan to use a traditional DIY lego, duplo and K'Nex "case". I already use it for an old server in my cupboard, so the technique is proven...
AM3 Sempron 140 is cheapest cpu I can find; so yeah Calibres CPU is winner imo (i've been looking at building this same rig)
The five slot board with Linux is fine if you're okay with risers, DIY mounts, and creative cooling solutions. It's a personal preference of couse, but I prefer self contained rigs that can be mounted with stock components and without too much fiddling - which helps maintain their re-sale value too. :-)
I'm happy to run Linux with this - only reason I don't run Linux on my current computer while mining is that fglrx cannot be forced to use a resolution, unlike radeonhd, which is happy to ignore EDID and allows xrandr to work.
I guess I'll update it to 3+, not 3/4... sorry!
edit: Just to note, I'll try to make the decision today, and I definitely will by Sunday afternoon BST....
I guess I'll update it to 3+, not 3/4... sorry!
edit: Just to note, I'll try to make the decision today, and I definitely will by Sunday afternoon BST....
Asrock 890GX-EXTREME3 is a good choice with 3 double-spaced graphics card PCIe slots (no adaptor cables needed).
Japanese caps, nice layout, and takes nice-and-cheap AMD Sempron 140s too.
Bitcoin address (if I r teh winn0r ;-): 122e6qqx9uqDuPLBGECESsmU4Pc6E1E2rw
Japanese caps, nice layout, and takes nice-and-cheap AMD Sempron 140s too.
Bitcoin address (if I r teh winn0r ;-): 122e6qqx9uqDuPLBGECESsmU4Pc6E1E2rw
Hmmm I would probably buy this one (motherboard) instead of the one I picked... damnit! actually wait no, i'll take the 5 pci slot board, since it's dedicated mining rig i'll run linux on it instead and therefore the 5 slots is favoured instead of 4 slots; but if your running windows go with the ASROCK board Calibre selected
Asrock 890GX-EXTREME3 is a good choice with 3 double-spaced graphics card PCIe slots (no adaptor cables needed).
Japanese caps, nice layout, BIOS-based core unlocker, and takes nice-and-cheap AMD Sempron 140s too.
Bitcoin address (if I r teh winn0r ;-): 122e6qqx9uqDuPLBGECESsmU4Pc6E1E2rw
Japanese caps, nice layout, BIOS-based core unlocker, and takes nice-and-cheap AMD Sempron 140s too.
Bitcoin address (if I r teh winn0r ;-): 122e6qqx9uqDuPLBGECESsmU4Pc6E1E2rw
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD890GX 4DDR3 2PCIE2.0 RAID GLAN 3FW SATA3 USB3 ATX $152 AU
5 pci-e slots (2 16x 3 1x)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 255 CPU AM3 3.1GHz (65W) $63.50
Kingston 2GB DDR3-1333MHZ $22 (single stick)
with this base system you need 3x PCI-E 1x to 16x ribbon adapters
5 pci-e slots (2 16x 3 1x)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 255 CPU AM3 3.1GHz (65W) $63.50
Kingston 2GB DDR3-1333MHZ $22 (single stick)
with this base system you need 3x PCI-E 1x to 16x ribbon adapters
Any recommendations?
I'll send 0.25BTC to the person posting the one I deem to be "best"
Don't include the cards, cases, or PSUs.
I'll send 0.25BTC to the person posting the one I deem to be "best"
Don't include the cards, cases, or PSUs.
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