Topic: My second ZEC + XMR+ ETH thread builds info links thoughts and photos. - page 111. (Read 147923 times)

well  the four card builds are smaller then the six card builds  and I am 90% sure  I can get four rx470's to work in the rosewill thor v2 case.

I have a place to put that case which will mean zero power cost for me.

I also have a set friends that build speakers and game a lot. I will sell them rigs 6 months old with better cpu's .

To me the  four card  mobo build in a case or case free fits where I can set them better then a six card riser case.

as for parts  I can go :

 129 mobo  .......       http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138421    this was on sale it went up
  60 intel cpu ......      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1UH3Z96302
  34 1 stick 8 gb ram..http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156103
  50 1 m2 ssd..........  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249073
  95 1 psu ............... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438060
  99 1 case................http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0723W13688

467 but the mobo went up to 165 from 130 so now  ...........      492

770 four rx 470's   can't get this anymore sale is over. so now    796
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1243  in a case   a few rebates and it would be 1220  so now    1288 in a case  and 1187 mounted on wood.

no case  1144  which is pretty good.

-Intel G1820 : 43,14$
-ASRock PRO BTC H97 Anniversary : 84,99$
-Kingston HyperX 8 Gb : 39,99$
-Lepa MaxBron 1000W : 109,99$
-Western Digital Caviar Blue 320 Gb : 20,99$
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TOTAL : 299,1$

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It might sounds a good plan, but depending of where you live, reselling parts may be a real pain. I prefer to go cheaper and keep it, that'll always be useful in some way.

Exit strategy...  It is easier to sell higher end parts to gamers when you're done using the cards for mining. 

hello redrose

can share your 300 dollar rig?

Phil, I'll never understand your logic. Why taking such high end parts ? A platform costs me less than 300$, PSU included ! However, fitting all in a case is a genius move. I'll see if I can do the same for my next one !
Also, you know, risers increased a lot in quality in four years, and now, on Amazon, there's a lot of reliable risers. Never got deceived of any of mine.

I had so many issues with risers running gpus back in 2012 I decided to stop using them.
I have a rack that will let me do three or four of the four card rigs it will be a nice neat stack.


New build will be with these parts:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438063  higher end item but good sale  after rebate... 140

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202230    I got 4 for .............................................  770

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138421  I reviewed mobo on newegg....................... 130

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104531  2 x 8 ram ................................................   73

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147053  case .......................................................   99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156153  higher end m2 ssd ...................................   79

windows 7 pro  on ebay ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  45

intel i5 6500t   on ebay ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 195


So the above add to 1531  if you  make adjustments  below  it is 1281  and there are a lot of 99 usd psus good so drop to 1241
and open frame on plywoood drop to $1142.00 bare bones


Now  I already had the i5 6500t  and it has mined for months          I have found  the g4400 intel works fine is only 50-60 bucks
        I already had the 2 x 8 = 16 gb  ram it has mined for months  I have found 1 stick works for 38 bucks
        and you can find m2 ssds for under 50 bucks   that have 120 gb size.

 The lowest-end Semperon for AM3+ would be plenty to run in an AMD-based rig for mining, figure more like $40-$50 for the CPU

 I *WISH* there was a current AMD motherboard that would natively support 4 dual-slot GPUs, but the only ones I'm aware of that ever existed were the Gigabyte xxx-UD7 series, and they don't HAVE any -UD7 boards available any more.

 Yes, those were 7x PCI-E x16 boards (I'm PRETTY sure there have been more than one), though I'm sure you had to run most or all of the slots at less than full x16 bandwidth to use more than a couple of them.

At the inverse of Philip, I love the risers. I don't mind even use 7 risers. It gives more power to the cards and it has that's mining look that I enjoy so much. In term of stability and power draw I'm quite hesitant with those.

this MSI mobo will fit only 3 cards without risers.

there is a full 7 slot 16x PCI like the Asus Z10PE-D8 WS, but its way out of budget.

this will fit 4 cards with spacing easily.

too bad this Asus mobo is more like a server board

I used the MSI Z77A-GD55 Motherboard with 7 PCIE slots, they will work will 7 grahics cards. I am not sure about yours.

As you're one of the two mining experts for me, I'd like to ask you something. I've found quite a bunch of 7 PCi-e slots motherboards. Since they don't have the "BTC" branding, as the ASRock ones, I'm not sure if it will resist to 7 GPUs on it (if I go for a 7 build that will surely be little cards, such as GTX 950/960).

trying to find an amd board that will hold 4 cards without lifters is impossible ive looked days

I am not able to find an amd board   with correct spacing  will continue to look.

nice 3 card below

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281&cm_re=amd_motherboard-_-13-157-281-_-Product

nice 3 card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157479&cm_re=amd_motherboard-_-13-157-479-_-Product

but no four card that work

Oh, I see it now.    The spacing of the slots is not right.  Thanks.

I think 4 rx 470's will be fine.  I am going to build one with four of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202230&cm_re=sapphire_rx_470-_-14-202-230-_-Product



it ran 4 r9 nanos, but  it needed a bigger psu to do that


there are not many boards with the correct spacing to try this.  as for spacers I use the hdmi plugs that come with the cards.

this board costs more but may work.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157649&ignorebbr=1

If you do water-cooled GPUs, I think it will fit.

I saw a LinusTechTips video on 7 x Nanos stripped to the bone, and water cooled can cramp into a full ATX tower.

But the 7 slot PCI mobo wont be cheap.

PS, see Philip's 4 x RX480 picture on this mobo... very tight I would say but he put a small spacer on each card for ventilation.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.15638658

Nice new thread. Could your 4 cards motherboard handle something other than reference RX 480 ? I think that if card is too big, that won't be fine. I'm thinking especially of custom cards.

I have one of these with 6core AMD CPU, 1 x 290x and 2 x 290... salvaged from a few gaming PCs... inherited it from a friend who was upgrading to GTX-1080. Its a decent rig, runs hot though but I put a standing fan over it and it runs Nicehash multi-algo miner. Mining using 6-core CPU and 3 x GPU for about a month.... I am surprised it already accumulated nearly 0.4 BTC !

BTW, only 3 x GPU can fit into this mobo.

no because you can always sell the gpu and get back a good portion of your investment

let's assume you invest 5 btc in both, 5 btc in eth and 5 btc in mining equipment, with the first you are not increasing your stash until the price rise and then fall(to buy back cheaper) and can be a long wait

with mining you increase your amount since the beginning, and still holding your 5 btc, and i can argue that while you wait your price swing i can reach roi and sell back the gpu, doubling my initial investment....

What's the fun in that?