Topic: Crazyness Build Time - page 2. (Read 3924 times)

Well, it looks like you can take this 1x to Expresscard item I linked to at the top of my post, and connect it via USB. If thats not the case, you can use a pcmcia interface for sure as that has been confirmed and with the use of CGminer you can OC the cards.

Im looking at the hardware in the pictures and I see a female usb connection (odd that it is female) and I am hoping it will connect via that. I do have PCMCIA -> USB and PCMCIA to PCI adapters at my disposal.

Edit: Thought I linked it up above, LIE
http://www.harmonicinversion.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=193&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=3

Want to order a bunch of them.
mmortal03 claims to have them working.

How do you connect a graphics card to a USB port?!

A) I run Shades Minoco Mining Contractors
B) No I do not pay for elec, I have a datacenter, I pay a hosting rate
C) People keep wanting to buy mining power without the hassle, so I will keep making more rigs.

what makes you want to invest a large fund to mining hardware now? Dont you have to pay for electricity?

Shouldnt you just buy BTC out right at the current price?

i think USB3 would have more then enough bandwidth.
i just don't know of any USB to PCIE dongles.

Ok, so Im now back on the "I will build the most badass hashing machine ever to grace the planet" kick again.
This time I am looking over to this post here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.578827 to see what is the possibility of adding some more gpus via usb. Now this is where I ask you to all chime in.

Host systems are the following boards.

Msi 890-gd70
Msi 890-gd65
Foxcon POS that I am to lazy to check out the model, but it has 2x 16 and 2x 1 on it.
Msi 790-??? 2x1
Msi 840-g45

Now the way I see it, the power on these things works like via a floppy with a 5v/12v connection to get the juice for the pcie connection. I plan on supplying my 12v 6pin power to either a 5830 or 5770 from an aux psu in the form of a 80+ silver balanced correctly, or running off of a psu like https://cablesaurus.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=37&zenid=4dc76ae8853451f4a25565fdff6fd727 but is 12v @ v4.? amps and runs on 115v @ 360w (if any one wants to give me a 5830/psu math check, Im thinking 1 or 3 5770s) So by my math, this could be a theoretical system build if this works.

Msi 890-Gd65
2x Thermaltake 750w
6x 5830s on pcie connections (4 1x / 2 16x)
2x 5830s on usb boxy thing with Visontec 450w Juicebox for the last 2 (this will power 2 5830s, I have them, I run them, just dont put a 5970.....rip Sparky EDIT: Sparky was the psu, didnt trash a $500 card)
Ddr 3 ram (box o' ram)
Semp 130/140 or Ath X2ish thingys
Sata hdd because I love Win7

Now my concerns lay with the usb bandwidth (not in use by anything else on this machine) and of course that it really will work over usb. They have connections I guess over mini hdmi to an ExpressCard for laptops on PCMCIA but looking at the hardware, I may not need it.

Outside of that I have been looking at a few other options like the Magma ExpressBox 7 - x4G1 (starts at $2799 and would be gutted on site and fitted to a shelf and have pcie risers plus a psu fitted with 130cfm fans and attached to a 1u server for a control. The only part I would have to buy would be the nearly 3k piece of hardware which may sound crazy, but I found out they go for much cheaper sometimes.

So let me know so I can let my good buddy over at BitEgg and BitPizza order me 10-20 of these things and go nuts!