Topic: Designing Bitcoin Case from the Ground Up - page 2. (Read 6469 times)
Look at Cablesaurus' mining rig for reference.
I think that you can design two styles of cases ...
1. Gamer cases may not have sufficient airflow directed over three or four closely spaced GPUs mounted directly on the motherboard. More airflow means lower temperatures and thus more overclocking headroom. Your first design could have a high-volume fan with possibly a duct right over the row of GPU cards.
2. Many miners are forced to go case-less when dealing with multiple GPU cards per motherboard using PCIe ribbon cable extenders.
Look at the photos of case-less rigs on the mining rig photos thread here: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7216.0 to see what I mean. Your second design could have a bar to which the front of the GPU cards are mounted with screws and a second bar to support the rear of the cards. Because most high performing mining GPUs are double-wide, they are simply too close together on a motherboard allowing more than two double-wide PCIe GPUs. This particular design allows spacing out the GPUs, provided that they are connected to the motherboard with PCIe ribbon cable extenders.
Good luck.
1. Gamer cases may not have sufficient airflow directed over three or four closely spaced GPUs mounted directly on the motherboard. More airflow means lower temperatures and thus more overclocking headroom. Your first design could have a high-volume fan with possibly a duct right over the row of GPU cards.
2. Many miners are forced to go case-less when dealing with multiple GPU cards per motherboard using PCIe ribbon cable extenders.
Look at the photos of case-less rigs on the mining rig photos thread here: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7216.0 to see what I mean. Your second design could have a bar to which the front of the GPU cards are mounted with screws and a second bar to support the rear of the cards. Because most high performing mining GPUs are double-wide, they are simply too close together on a motherboard allowing more than two double-wide PCIe GPUs. This particular design allows spacing out the GPUs, provided that they are connected to the motherboard with PCIe ribbon cable extenders.
Good luck.
I posted this in the newbie section since I wasn't able to post here, but it got instantly buried. Now I've got access to the important areas so now I would like to talk to you all about an idea that I plan on fabricating. I am planning on building a custom case designed for housing multiple video cards while providing enough space in between intake fans so they are not blocked. I've got access to a lot of cool and expensive equipment for constructing this case. I can design something in a CAD program and then get it cut out for me and piece it together. I’d like to get as many suggestions and ideas from the community as possible while in the planning stages. I hope to complete a prototype of this case within four weeks or less. If everything works out, I’d like to begin selling these cases as well at reasonable prices.
Here’s a list of some of the equipment I have available:
Epilog Legend 36EXT Laser System - 36" x 24 – Used for etching or cutting certain materials like acrylic
Epilog Helix 24 Laser System – 24” x 18” – Same thing just smaller
Shopbot CNC Router – 4’ x 8’ Can be used for cutting metal (This is what I’ll mainly be using for cutting stainless steel, aluminum, etc.)
Dimension 1200es Series 3D Printer – Prints ABS plastic with dissolvable supports for parts with overhangs (Might be useful)
There is also some other equipment too such a cornstarch 3d printer and some smaller tabletop CNC mills, lathes, etc.
Right now I'm designing it in AutoCAD. I'm thinking about making it a rack style case that's open to allow easy access to adding cards. I might have removable panels along the sides and top too so it can be closed if desired.
So, please offer any insight or ideas you might have. If you have any questions, I’ll try my best to answer them. If you guys have any other design ideas that you think would be cool for bitcoin mining feel free to tell me about them.
Here’s a list of some of the equipment I have available:
Epilog Legend 36EXT Laser System - 36" x 24 – Used for etching or cutting certain materials like acrylic
Epilog Helix 24 Laser System – 24” x 18” – Same thing just smaller
Shopbot CNC Router – 4’ x 8’ Can be used for cutting metal (This is what I’ll mainly be using for cutting stainless steel, aluminum, etc.)
Dimension 1200es Series 3D Printer – Prints ABS plastic with dissolvable supports for parts with overhangs (Might be useful)
There is also some other equipment too such a cornstarch 3d printer and some smaller tabletop CNC mills, lathes, etc.
Right now I'm designing it in AutoCAD. I'm thinking about making it a rack style case that's open to allow easy access to adding cards. I might have removable panels along the sides and top too so it can be closed if desired.
So, please offer any insight or ideas you might have. If you have any questions, I’ll try my best to answer them. If you guys have any other design ideas that you think would be cool for bitcoin mining feel free to tell me about them.
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