Looking at building a single-card dedicated rig - page 2.

squall1066

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Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on July 01, 2012, 04:37:16 AM

Quote from: Infinity1 on July 01, 2012, 04:17:42 AM

I'm looking at building a single-card rig with a Sapphire 5830.
I have no plans on expanding this rig.
I need some pointers on what hardware to get.

Here's my current list:
OS: Ubuntu?
RAM: 2GB of DDR3?
CPU: Huh

(Shouldn't bottleneck)
Mobo: Huh

PSU: 600W 80+ Certified?
Card: 1x Radeon 5830 (Overclocking and Underclocking memory)
Case: A slice of wood from Home Depot
HDD: Sata2 120GB (Only $10 so...)

I don't recommend doing this, but if you do:

OS: Ubuntu works.
RAM: 1GB should do.
CPU: It won't, get the cheapest you can, usually an AMD single-core.
Mobo: The cheapest you can get.
PSU: 450W from a good brand should be enough. Consider getting 80+ Gold.
Card, case: Ok.
HDD: OK but alternatively you can use a USB flash drive.

+1 for saying what I actually wanted to say! good call on usb drive too, but i use old mobo's and they don't support usb boot so be carefull going that way. also good call on P.S.U. 600 80+ is overkill, I used a 550w 80+ on a 5870 and still only drew 320w at wall (kill-a-watt)

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Quote from: Infinity1 on July 01, 2012, 04:17:42 AM

I'm looking at building a single-card rig with a Sapphire 5830.
I have no plans on expanding this rig.
I need some pointers on what hardware to get.

Here's my current list:
OS: Ubuntu?
RAM: 2GB of DDR3?
CPU: Huh

(Shouldn't bottleneck)
Mobo: Huh

PSU: 600W 80+ Certified?
Card: 1x Radeon 5830 (Overclocking and Underclocking memory)
Case: A slice of wood from Home Depot
HDD: Sata2 120GB (Only $10 so...)

Do you already have the card with no other use for it? If not I don't recommend doing this.

OS: Ubuntu works.
RAM: 1GB should do.
CPU: It won't, get the cheapest you can, usually an AMD single-core.
Mobo: The cheapest you can get.
PSU: 450W from a good brand should be enough.
Card, case: Ok.
HDD: OK but alternatively you can use a USB flash drive.

Infinity1

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Quote from: squall1066 on July 01, 2012, 04:30:47 AM

hiya, Everyone builds differently, but it mainly goes by what your paying for your electricity, personally i don't care as i want a cryptocurrency.

O.S. depends on skill level, if you just want ease of use any windows platform with giuminer will work, ubuntu is good for cgminer for tweaking, I use both and my miners don't have a wallet on for security.

as regards hardware i usually use low heat and where possible low power, with cpu i use a low TDP single core usually 775, a slow bus speed board (as you only intend on using one pci-e this will greatly increase your choices) with low capacity and speed memory, remember that forking out for an expensive rig is so not worth it, many of my rigs just have 1 stick of DDR 512mb.

but as always have fun building and mining.

Electricity won't be a problem as it's included in my rent. I'm assuming an extra $20 won't matter as I live with 2 other units.
GUIminer won't cut it, hell I might even run *BSD on this to get more mhash.
I might smack on a 1GB ram stick but won't a single-core bottleneck the GPU?

squall1066

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hiya, Everyone builds differently, but it mainly goes by what your paying for your electricity, personally i don't care as i want a cryptocurrency.

O.S. depends on skill level, if you just want ease of use any windows platform with giuminer will work, ubuntu is good for cgminer for tweaking, I use both and my miners don't have a wallet on for security.

as regards hardware i usually use low heat and where possible low power, with cpu i use a low TDP single core usually 775, a slow bus speed board (as you only intend on using one pci-e this will greatly increase your choices) with low capacity and speed memory, remember that forking out for an expensive rig is so not worth it, many of my rigs just have 1 stick of DDR 512mb, and i still use some ide HDD 20-80GB i have lying around.

As for building it, i just use cases, so cant advise on wood.

but as always have fun building and mining.

Infinity1

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I'm looking at building a single-card rig with a Sapphire 5830.
I have no plans on expanding this rig.
I need some pointers on what hardware to get.

Here's my current list:
OS: Ubuntu
RAM: 1GB of DDR*
CPU: Some sort of single-core AMD chip
Mobo: Huh

PSU: CORSAIR 450W 80+
Card: 1x Radeon 5830 (Overclocking and Underclocking memory)
Case: A slice of wood from Home Depot
-Slapping on a HDD, mobo, and PSU won't do the job
-Gotta find out how to secure parts onto wood...use pen to mark holes and power drill into wood?
HDD: Sata2 120GB (Only $10 so...)

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