Topic: Need ideas for building cheap (Read 478 times)
CRAP, nm.. forgot.. yeah, I'll wait and go with newegg, my case won't be here for 2 weeks anyway, and that'll give me time to get another .015 BTC.
You can cover the rig with some plexiglass to mitigate the dust, lol, jk. If it were me, I wouldn't that much for board that will only run one card. Have you checked newegg?
He wants to buy only from Tigerdirect, since they take bitcoin..
I would go with this: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3858040&CatId=7248
Would give you 4 slots.. for upgrading to more cards down the road for less than the price you are looking at with the mini ATX motherboard.
If you MUST have a case and want to go cheap then: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5401115&CatId=1509
You want a case with a side fan to keep the GPU's cool. You can run up to two GPU's in a standard case without much issue if you have a side fan and undervolt the GPU's.
I wish they took BTC, but alas, they don't =( I seriously do NOT have cash on hand for parts.
You can cover the rig with some plexiglass to mitigate the dust, lol, jk. If it were me, I wouldn't that much for board that will only run one card. Have you checked newegg?
There are aesthetic concerns, and ridiculous amounts of dust produced in TX prevent me from using an open air system. I was thinking that in about 6 months I might have enough BTC off this to build newer and bigger. 6 Months might give me a whole BTC at 450kH/s, not sure.
Leaving no room for growth, I see. You can buy a mobo that can support 5 cards for the price of this that can only support 1.
But don't take my word... I don't even know what I'm looking at. I only know how to count the PCI-e slots.
But don't take my word... I don't even know what I'm looking at. I only know how to count the PCI-e slots.
Well, I have about .5 BCT to spend to build a mining rig (currently using 1x netbook, 1x laptop, and 1x iMac) I have a mini-itX case coming gratis from holiday giftcard. I was eyeballing http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7839117&sku=A455-8801, since I'm kind of locked into SFF, and I can salvage ram from my netbook, maybe throw a 270k in it with a 400W PSU from an old computer.. any ideas? Only using tiger direct since they take BTC..
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