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QuintLeo

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Quote from: Heimer on June 21, 2017, 04:05:56 AM

Corsair and EVGA are best in class (except Seasonic). Both companies have very long warranty on their products. Personally I have Corsair RM series and I'm quite amazed with build quality.

Some EVGA models are made by Seasonic.
Some are made by SuperFlower (the G2 and P2 series in particular, VERY well done).
Some are made by .... dunno.

Corsair makes NONE of it's own power supplies, they contract them all out - and depending on who makes each model, they can be very good to very poor.

Seasonic on the other hand DOES make all of it's own - and they are generally Very Good to Excellent (though I hate their "crap fan" choice on the Prime series and won't touch those).

It's interesting to trace down who makes each brand - when you get down to it, I'm pretty sure there are only about 15 perhaps 20 actual "ATX power supply manufacturers" in the world, and almost all of their factories are in China or Taiwan.
It's NOT quite as "centralised" as Hard Drive factories in Thailand though....

Vaccinus

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Quote from: Inicnat on June 17, 2017, 09:37:16 AM

I'm building a mining RIG and want to know what the technical specifications of the power supply that I have to buy, i just know that it has to be 1000W, but i dont know the kinds of connector that should have and stuf like that.. Help pls!

most of the time a 1000watt will do it, unless you want to run 6 x 1080 or 1080ti, you need to tell us what gpu you want to run first, and then we cna help, but 1000 corsair rm or EVGA are the best choice, i suggest that

Heimer

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Corsair and EVGA are best in class (except Seasonic). Both companies have very long warranty on their products. Personally I have Corsair RM series and I'm quite amazed with build quality.

VyprBTC

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In less than a month I've set up (by myself) over 100 rigs. All personal use, I don't build rigs to sell so don't ask.

# 1 problem # 1 problem #1 problem is always the power supply.

Pay attention to the amount of VGA connectors a PSU gives you. If you're running 1080Ti's like I am, it's EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. Even if the PSU is rated at 1500w - if you don't have the correct amount of VGA ports or cables, you aren't running shit.
It's great to have a 1000w PSU then only be able to run 3 GPU's because they didn't supply enough cables. I have no issues returning cheap crap. Fry's and microcenter literally knows me by name now and both hate me. I don't care. Don't sell cheap crap, I won't be returning a lot of cheap crap back to you.

MA3A

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To Hash or not to Hash, that's what the question

i trust this guy with power supply choice: http://www.jonnyguru.com/index.php pretty cool reviews with details

CarlOrff

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Quote from: Inicnat on June 17, 2017, 09:37:16 AM

I'm building a mining RIG and want to know what the technical specifications of the power supply that I have to buy, i just know that it has to be 1000W, but i dont know the kinds of connector that should have and stuf like that.. Help pls!

You should have enough PCIe connectors (8 pins). The exact numbers depends of you GPU (generally 1 or 2 per GPU).

Juggar

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RMi1000 is great, so is Rmi850.

I have 6 GTX 1060 dual mining Eth + Sia on an Rmi850 and it shows 880 watt draw from the wall and 778 out.

I run it near max because it can take it and it is financially beneficial (rather than pay an additional $40-50).

toptek

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Quote from: iamnoobplzhelp on June 17, 2017, 01:45:25 PM

I use a server power supply like this to power the cards and the risers for up to 8 cards.
http://www.parallelminer.com/product/hp-1200-watt-power-supply-kit-for-gpu-mining-platinum-94-zec-dash-eth/
Then I use a ~400w PSU for the motherboard and SSD.

You also want to use PCIe 6 pin powered risers, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Optimal-Shop-Extension-Cable-GPU-Cable-Ethereum/dp/B072HYTBVQ

Then use a GPU power splitter like this to power both the card and the riser:
http://www.parallelminer.com/product/18awg-pci-e-6pin-to-dual-8-pin-y-splitter-extension-cable-2x-62pin-cable-6in-each-side/

THat just how i do it

... i don't want to use ATX PSU sense Server PSU run better and i use a 240 line so more power to use ... and I'm looking at using these https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/server-psu-powered-gpu-rig-packages-picos-risers-adapter-cables-etc-1864539 to replace the ATX all together and run it all off the server PSU.

and use this server PSU http://www.ebay.com/itm/2400-watt-power-supply-for-Antminer-R4-S7-S9-Platinum-94-200-240v-DPS-2400AB/252701978823?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

and have three of the ones you linked but like the 2400 WATS one better they are super quite , you can't hear them running at all unlike the one you linked which can get loud on start up and then it settles down some what to were you don't hear it to much .. the 2400 watt ones, i haven't heard yet .

but the down side you need a 220 line for the 2400 watts one .. with yours you don't but you only get 800 watts with the so called gold version or black plug version and 900 watts with the so called Platinum version or blue plug version on a 120 line and need a 220 to run at the full 1200 watts ..

Billz007

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It seems like the most popular PSU's are Corsair, EVGA, and the HP server ones. I love the Corsair HX1200i's.

Inicnat

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And venom 1000w, have you heard abbout it?

Inicnat

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What do you think about Thermaltake SP-1000M?

Cereberus

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I have this one running in all my mining boards and it is performing extremely well. 5 GPU- each board but it can handle 6 with a bit of difficulty.

http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/rm-series-rm1000-80-plus-gold-certified-power-supply

Tech specs

iamnoobplzhelp

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I use a server power supply like this to power the cards and the risers for up to 8 cards.
http://www.parallelminer.com/product/hp-1200-watt-power-supply-kit-for-gpu-mining-platinum-94-zec-dash-eth/
Then I use a ~400w PSU for the motherboard and SSD.

You also want to use PCIe 6 pin powered risers, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Optimal-Shop-Extension-Cable-GPU-Cable-Ethereum/dp/B072HYTBVQ

Then use a GPU power splitter like this to power both the card and the riser:
http://www.parallelminer.com/product/18awg-pci-e-6pin-to-dual-8-pin-y-splitter-extension-cable-2x-62pin-cable-6in-each-side/

Emoclaw

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A high quality power supply, such as the EVGA SuperNOVA G3, will have all the connectors you need.
You're typically looking for at least 6 molex headers.
Also make sure you purchase a PSU that has high quality internals, reference to this thread to make your choice: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/

Inicnat

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I'm building a mining RIG and want to know what the technical specifications of the power supply that I have to buy, i just know that it has to be 1000W, but i dont know the kinds of connector that should have and stuf like that.. Help pls!

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