PCI-E 1-to-7 extension card, anyone tried? - page 4.

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Quote from: Bigpiggy01 on March 04, 2012, 01:17:08 PM

The batch I ordered in had issues with one or more of the components. So my new eta on hardware is the end of next week.

There'll be pics etc as soon as they land here Grin

I can't wait for the detailed pictures.

Thanks so much Bigpiggy01 !!!

This may be really useful for me in the future.

How much to ship to UK ( duties Huh

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The batch I ordered in had issues with one or more of the components. So my new eta on hardware is the end of next week.

There'll be pics etc as soon as they land here Grin

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Quote from: Bigpiggy01 on February 19, 2012, 09:27:39 AM

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OK. I think it would be great for you if you post some pictures and a proper review when you get your unit in.

If people see that this is working properly they will be more inclined to buy some from you Wink

I will be doing so asap. But I need the damn boards to arrive first.

any news?

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OK. I think it would be great for you if you post some pictures and a proper review when you get your unit in.

If people see that this is working properly they will be more inclined to buy some from you Wink

I will be doing so asap. But I need the damn boards to arrive first.

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Quote from: Bigpiggy01 on February 19, 2012, 08:58:42 AM

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I see he sent you one of these extenders : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/chinese-ebay-shopping-a-taobaocom-proxy-64514

Did you get it ? Does it work ?

A little review with pictures would be epic.

Thank you !

Clarification:

I have shipped extenders (the regular cables) to Goat. Not one of these splitter I'm still waiting for my own to arrive.

OK. I think it would be great for you if you post some pictures and a proper review when you get your unit in.

If people see that this is working properly they will be more inclined to buy some from you Wink

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I see he sent you one of these extenders : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/chinese-ebay-shopping-a-taobaocom-proxy-64514

Did you get it ? Does it work ?

A little review with pictures would be epic.

Thank you !

Clarification:

I have shipped extenders (the regular cables) to Goat. Not one of these splitter I'm still waiting for my own to arrive.

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If anybody is interested in getting one of these babies checkout https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/chinese-ebay-shopping-a-taobaocom-proxy-64514

This is the best I can do as I will not ship junk and ruin my rep, but if some of you get together a substantial volume (5-10) I'm 100% certain that I can get some kind of discount out of them and get them to speed up shipping. Mine should have shipped to me this week but atm I'm still waiting Sad

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Quote from: Inaba on February 18, 2012, 11:19:10 AM

Would someone be willing to purchase one for me, and send it to me?

BigPiggy has sent stuff from China to me in the past. I think he might be able to help you.

I see he sent you one of these extenders : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/chinese-ebay-shopping-a-taobaocom-proxy-64514

Did you get it ? Does it work ?

A little review with pictures would be epic.

Thank you !

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Quote from: Inaba on February 18, 2012, 11:19:10 AM

Would someone be willing to purchase one for me, and send it to me?

BigPiggy has sent stuff from China to me in the past. I think he might be able to help you.

Any chance you might be able to share 'the wealth' as it were ?

I would LOVE to get my hands on 1 or 2 of those extenders.

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There are services for shopping on Taobao from outside China.

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Would someone be willing to purchase one for me, and send it to me?

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Quote from: Bigpiggy01 on February 18, 2012, 03:32:10 AM

I've ordered two of these from the taobao.com vendor and am going to try them out with 7x 5750s and 7x 5770s.

I'll post back here once I receive mine and have tried them out.

If anybody has any experience with virtd I'd be very interested in hearing about it as I'm going to try adding these to one of my other rigs long term.

Yeah. It seems you cannot buy directly from taobao ( only if you are in China ).

Let us know how you get on. A review would be great. Thank you very much !

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What's the original purpose of this kind of equipment? Folding? Cracking password hashes?

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I've ordered two of these from the taobao.com vendor and am going to try them out with 7x 5750s and 7x 5770s.

I'll post back here once I receive mine and have tried them out.

If anybody has any experience with virtd I'd be very interested in hearing about it as I'm going to try adding these to one of my other rigs long term.

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Quote from: bulanula on February 17, 2012, 06:39:49 AM

It is much cheaper getting 8*7970s than 4*7990s here in the UK etc. so I believe these boards do have a future. No need for powered extenders or racks now etc.

How do you know price of 7990?

Inside information. Need I say more Grin

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Here in the UK the 5970 still costs 400 GBP or about 633 USD while a 5870 can be had for about 180 GBP or about 284 USD so MUCH cheaper going that route rather than with dual GPU cards. Only in the US 2*5870 > 5970 in terms of price. Here it is 2*5870 < 5970 in terms of price.

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Quote from: bulanula on February 17, 2012, 06:39:49 AM

It is much cheaper getting 8*7970s than 4*7990s here in the UK etc. so I believe these boards do have a future. No need for powered extenders or racks now etc.

How do you know price of 7990?

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What is total power requirements for a 7970 vs a 7990 though?

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Quote from: rjk on February 16, 2012, 09:14:08 PM

Quote from: glitch003 on February 16, 2012, 09:06:13 PM

Quote from: rjk on February 16, 2012, 08:24:31 PM

Quote from: Isepick on February 16, 2012, 12:52:06 PM

Amateurs. Here's an 18 pcie slot backplane Shocked

http://www.trentontechnology.com/products/backplanes/picmg-13-backplanes/pci-express-backplane-bpx6806

No idea on price of it or the required system host board tho.

Mine only cost me $600.00... Dual LV Xeon SHB another $200... 8 GB RAM $30... 2360W server PSU $99...

How many GPU's in that system?

None yet. I need to figure out whether to:

a) Go single-slot air cooled
b) Go double-slot air cooled
c) Go single-slot water cooled

And of course that pesky 8 GPU driver limit Sad

Although I hear that VT-d may work, I have yet to try it myself. Luke-Jr has VT-d working on one of his boxes, but only with one card, and it keeps freezing or crashing every so often, last I heard.

This is a take-it-easy, slow kind of project for the weekends, since I am so busy right now Sad

No matter how it goes please do keep us posted. I am eagerly watching what people come up with this Chinese one and the HQ backplanes.

It is much cheaper getting 8*7970s than 4*7990s here in the UK etc. so I believe these boards do have a future. No need for powered extenders or racks now etc.

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more expensive than buying a full board; not worth it.

side note: eww, he uses deepbit Roll Eyes

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Quote from: glitch003 on February 16, 2012, 09:06:13 PM

Quote from: rjk on February 16, 2012, 08:24:31 PM

Quote from: Isepick on February 16, 2012, 12:52:06 PM

Amateurs. Here's an 18 pcie slot backplane Shocked

http://www.trentontechnology.com/products/backplanes/picmg-13-backplanes/pci-express-backplane-bpx6806

No idea on price of it or the required system host board tho.

Mine only cost me $600.00... Dual LV Xeon SHB another $200... 8 GB RAM $30... 2360W server PSU $99...

How many GPU's in that system?

None yet. I need to figure out whether to:

a) Go single-slot air cooled
b) Go double-slot air cooled
c) Go single-slot water cooled

And of course that pesky 8 GPU driver limit Sad

Although I hear that VT-d may work, I have yet to try it myself. Luke-Jr has VT-d working on one of his boxes, but only with one card, and it keeps freezing or crashing every so often, last I heard.

This is a take-it-easy, slow kind of project for the weekends, since I am so busy right now Sad

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