any update on this?
so the conclusion is better to stick using standard pcie riser??
Topic: PCIE Expansion boards for GPU Mining! UPDATED W/ PRICES (Read 6617 times)
I think these expansion boards are too expensive. It is better to just use 6 or 7 PCIE slot monthboards.
The cheapest 7 slot motherboards I used was the MSI Z77A GD-55. The price was about $160 then. So not too cheap.
This motherboards kept its value. I bought one for $160, and used it for two years and sold it for the same price.
I think these expansion boards are too expensive. It is better to just use 6 or 7 PCIE slot monthboards.
The cheapest 7 slot motherboards I used was the MSI Z77A GD-55. The price was about $160 then. So not too cheap.
I think these expansion boards are too expensive. It is better to just use 6 or 7 PCIE slot monthboards.
not a problem, he runs strictly AMD 270x's (his preference not mine) so in theory there should be no issue once they finally come in.
Found this inanother thread
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-1-to-4-PCI-express-1X-slots-Riser-Card-Expansion-adapter-PCI-e-Port/710969_32251891381.html
I'm curious if someone already tested it.
not yet, but i have a buddy who recently purchased something very similar (i think possibly with ribbon cable though).. just waiting on it to come in and then will be trying it out. Since I build all his rigs anyways, I will update with photos when it comes in. His find of that type of expansion board is what prodded me to find the ones in the OPhttp://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-1-to-4-PCI-express-1X-slots-Riser-Card-Expansion-adapter-PCI-e-Port/710969_32251891381.html
I'm curious if someone already tested it.
It would be nice if you, post your experience then.
Now I found this in description:
NOTICE: Please don't use it for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti because it can't support.
So now I'm to sure if it's useless only for 750Ti, or for all new Nvidia cards.
Found this inanother thread
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-1-to-4-PCI-express-1X-slots-Riser-Card-Expansion-adapter-PCI-e-Port/710969_32251891381.html
I'm curious if someone already tested it.
not yet, but i have a buddy who recently purchased something very similar (i think possibly with ribbon cable though).. just waiting on it to come in and then will be trying it out. Since I build all his rigs anyways, I will update with photos when it comes in. His find of that type of expansion board is what prodded me to find the ones in the OP http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-1-to-4-PCI-express-1X-slots-Riser-Card-Expansion-adapter-PCI-e-Port/710969_32251891381.html
I'm curious if someone already tested it.
Found this inanother thread
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-1-to-4-PCI-express-1X-slots-Riser-Card-Expansion-adapter-PCI-e-Port/710969_32251891381.html
I'm curious if someone already tested it.
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-1-to-4-PCI-express-1X-slots-Riser-Card-Expansion-adapter-PCI-e-Port/710969_32251891381.html
I'm curious if someone already tested it.
As far as I know you can use 7 GPUs to any rig, since Bios supports only 7 GPUs?How did you overcome this issue?
For the AMD graphics cards drivers, you can use up to 8 GPU in a motherboard, for example 4X7990+4X390.
I don't see the interest of this, since you can get a whole computer for less than 350$, including the big 1000W PSU.
SKU-076-01 PCI Express Expansion backplane 1 $ 498.56 USD
[x1 PCIe Host board, 5ft cable]
SKU-076-02 PCI Express Expansion backplane 1 $ 512.08 USD
[x1 PCIe Host board, 10ft cable]
SKU-078-11 GPU-oriented PCIe Cluster (5ft cable) 1 $ 453.73 USD
[1 Clusters (up to 4 GPU) + 1 channel Host board]
Stock.
Yup, this is pretty much always been the case - it's cheaper to just buy another machine, than it is to buy just one of their backplanes. The problem is the demand just isn't there with these types of setups to move enough units to get any kind of volume discount - plus China pumps out these 16x riser boards for next to nothing, so it's really hard to compete with that.
As far as I know you can use 7 GPUs to any rig, since Bios supports only 7 GPUs?How did you overcome this issue?
For the AMD graphics cards drivers, you can use up to 8 GPU in a motherboard, for example 4X7990+4X390.
These things work but are usually overpriced and its cheaper just buying another motherboard+cpu.
yes in fact it's possible to buy mb+cpu+ram+ssd for less than $100 if they are used, new they are around $160 and since you can not avoid buying other psu anyway, it's pointless
also there are some bad story about power risers and two psu with he asrock if you use two molex(one from each psu), you would fry your motherboard
it's because one of the psu short with the other, that's why you need to connect both molex from the same psu
to be honest i'm not so sure what's the deal with two psu, it's an useless setup that only lead to waste of space, today gpu consume very little wattege, dual psu is a thing of the past since last generation
a 1500w can handle easily 6x 1070 or 6 x 480 and 490 when they will come out
As far as I know you can use 7 GPUs to any rig, since Bios supports only 7 GPUs?How did you overcome this issue?
...The only thing that's lame is the ATX power supply - if you're scaling to something like this, you'll probably be using server PSU as their quality is much higher and cost is much lower. All of my 6x card systems use server PSU - so apart from that, I think it's a cool idea...
I've not heard of anyone mining with server hardware - most people I've read prefer consumer hardware for the low entry cost. Are you only using server power supplies, or are you using server motherboards? Actually, would you mind posting the hardware configs for one of your 6x miner setups? I'm always interested in alternative setups... well, by my calculations (which could always be waaaay off lol):
16 cards * 6 slots = 96 cards (on a PRO BTC)
96 cards * 170 watts/card = 16,320 watts (assuming gigabyte 270x windforce, my kill-o-watt reads 150-170)
So, minimum you would need 16 * 1100 watt PSU's plus a small 250-300 watt PSU to run the PRO-BTC board.
Lmao I wonder if the windows AMD driver modder program can handle 96 cards LMFAO
16 cards * 6 slots = 96 cards (on a PRO BTC)
96 cards * 170 watts/card = 16,320 watts (assuming gigabyte 270x windforce, my kill-o-watt reads 150-170)
So, minimum you would need 16 * 1100 watt PSU's plus a small 250-300 watt PSU to run the PRO-BTC board.
Lmao I wonder if the windows AMD driver modder program can handle 96 cards LMFAO
no way it can not even handle 8 properly, let alone 96, not to mention you are still forced to buy psu anyway which is the most expensive out of all the components that do not mine
better to stick with the standard six gpu rig
These things work but are usually overpriced and its cheaper just buying another motherboard+cpu.
yes in fact it's possible to buy mb+cpu+ram+ssd for less than $100 if they are used, new they are around $160 and since you can not avoid buying other psu anyway, it's pointless
also there are some bad story about power risers and two psu with he asrock if you use two molex(one from each psu), you would fry your motherboard
These things work but are usually overpriced and its cheaper just buying another motherboard+cpu.
yes in fact it's possible to buy mb+cpu+ram+ssd for less than $100 if they are used, new they are around $160 and since you can not avoid buying other psu anyway, it's pointless
also there are some bad story about power risers and two psu with he asrock if you use two molex(one from each psu), you would fry your motherboard
These things work but are usually overpriced and its cheaper just buying another motherboard+cpu.
well, by my calculations (which could always be waaaay off lol):
16 cards * 6 slots = 96 cards (on a PRO BTC)
96 cards * 170 watts/card = 16,320 watts (assuming gigabyte 270x windforce, my kill-o-watt reads 150-170)
So, minimum you would need 16 * 1100 watt PSU's plus a small 250-300 watt PSU to run the PRO-BTC board.
Lmao I wonder if the windows AMD driver modder program can handle 96 cards LMFAO
16 cards * 6 slots = 96 cards (on a PRO BTC)
96 cards * 170 watts/card = 16,320 watts (assuming gigabyte 270x windforce, my kill-o-watt reads 150-170)
So, minimum you would need 16 * 1100 watt PSU's plus a small 250-300 watt PSU to run the PRO-BTC board.
Lmao I wonder if the windows AMD driver modder program can handle 96 cards LMFAO
no way it can not even handle 8 properly, let alone 96, not to mention you are still forced to buy psu anyway which is the most expensive out of all the components that do not mine
better to stick with the standard six gpu rig
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