Generally 6-pin risers are considered safer than molex. I've heard horror stories of people's rigs blowing up or burning down because of bad molex connections.
If you are looking to squeeze every bit of efficiency and profitability from your rigs, then I highly recommend you also get risers that are version 008. It is said that these versions are more power efficient than others. I can't remember where i got the tip from but I believe its in one of the topics here in this forum.
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Coboc or Mintcell "version 8" with the 3 power connector option is my preference at this time, as I've yet to find a good MOLEX only riser that I don't have to wait a month for China shipment for.
Had a batch of those Weitec (probably misspelled) same-type risers that 3 of 6 were BAD out of - definitely avoid.
Had a batch of those Weitec (probably misspelled) same-type risers that 3 of 6 were BAD out of - definitely avoid.
I just got a few of those 3 connector risers and I like them as well... once I use up all the other risers I have I believe I will stick with those from here on out.
Thanks guys 
I have considered doing this actually. Hard to tell what USB cables are quality or just the same garbage you already have.
What are you using now if not risers? Onda boards? Sell me one? hehe
If you run into problems with any of your risers, I've found that in probably 99% of the cases I've had problems it was their cheap USB cable, not the riser or the PCI connector. Although I've phased out my riser use, towards the end I just bought 1.5ft USB cables for all my risers and swapped them regardless if I had problems or not. Saved me a bunch of hassle in the long run...
I have considered doing this actually. Hard to tell what USB cables are quality or just the same garbage you already have.
What are you using now if not risers? Onda boards? Sell me one? hehe
Coboc or Mintcell "version 8" with the 3 power connector option is my preference at this time, as I've yet to find a good MOLEX only riser that I don't have to wait a month for China shipment for.
Had a batch of those Weitec (probably misspelled) same-type risers that 3 of 6 were BAD out of - definitely avoid.
Had a batch of those Weitec (probably misspelled) same-type risers that 3 of 6 were BAD out of - definitely avoid.
If you run into problems with any of your risers, I've found that in probably 99% of the cases I've had problems it was their cheap USB cable, not the riser or the PCI connector. Although I've phased out my riser use, towards the end I just bought 1.5ft USB cables for all my risers and swapped them regardless if I had problems or not. Saved me a bunch of hassle in the long run...
Persoanlly i go for the ones with FOUR capacitors on. No particular brand or make as they are all basically the same. They all do a range of different connectors.
Gonna replace a couple i suspect might be causing slightly slower hash rates than other identical cards. Figure i might as well do them all.
Prefer molex. Unless there is a molex to 6pin adapter that doesn't need 2 molex connectors as input.
Prefer molex. Unless there is a molex to 6pin adapter that doesn't need 2 molex connectors as input.
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