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go4gonzo

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Quote from: hous on May 04, 2013, 11:42:35 PM

can you rate my rig please .

Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor   £155.94

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard   £163.99

Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory   £162.10

Zotac GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)   £411.20         £411.20

Zotac GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)   £411.20         £411.20


EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply   £85.45

You have it all wrong sir!

Your money should go towards Good graphics cards (AMD is WAY better than Nvidia for mining purposes) and a good reliable PSU.

Take a look at my post a couple up from yours... ^

You shouldn't be spending a ton of money on CPU and RAM.

I recommend a Corsair or Cooler Master for PSU 80 plus of course and 650w is a good number if you plan to only have 2 FX cards

hous

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can you rate my rig please .

Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor   £155.94

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard   £163.99

Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory   £162.10

Zotac GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)   £411.20         £411.20

Zotac GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)   £411.20         £411.20


EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply   £85.45

go4gonzo

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My Rig:
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 ($59) Simple, plenty of room, not all light-up and showy, plenty of fan options.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233

ASRock MB-970EX4 Socket AM3+ ($99) (bought because it has 3 PCIe 2.0 x16 slots for 3 GPUs)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058HUQJ0/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 600W ($65) (good, inexpensive, strong enough for 3 GPUs)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

AMD Sempron 145 Sargas 2.8GHz ($38) (because you don't need a strong CPU for mining )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103888

G.SKILL NS 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 ($19) (because you don't need much RAM for mining)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231395

Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHZ edition (inexpensive, moderate hashing, small, new architecture) 208-214 Mh/s (I'll explain more)

Old 160GB HDD I had lying around ($0)

So for $380 I have a great starter rig that I can add 2 more GPUs or better ones down the line.

Now let me explain my GPU overclock settings in MSI Afterburner:

Core clock: 1179
Memory: 525 (the lowest setting because you don't need it to be any higher and it won't make a diff in hashing power)
power: 0
fan speed: 55%
These setting yield 214-217 Mh/s

So in the next couple of paycheck I'm going to purchase 2 7850s,

If you have any questions let me know. Also, if someone wants to add their opinion, I'd like to learn more. thanks.

btceic

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♫ A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw ♫

Quote from: YipYip on May 01, 2013, 09:23:44 PM

Quote from: btceic on May 01, 2013, 07:17:08 AM

Please rate this rig:

Also can someone help to make an estimation on kH/S that I would be able to achieve mining LTC or FTC and breakeven points.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UdnG

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.30 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $593.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-01 07:15 EDT-0400)

It SUcks Balls

My Wifes sewing machine could hash more than that rIG ... Cheesy

ok, then you come up with something better.

YipYip

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Quote from: btceic on May 01, 2013, 07:17:08 AM

Please rate this rig:

Also can someone help to make an estimation on kH/S that I would be able to achieve mining LTC or FTC and breakeven points.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UdnG

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.30 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $593.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-01 07:15 EDT-0400)

It SUcks Balls

My Wifes sewing machine could hash more than that rIG ... Cheesy

Marrs

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That should all work, although you can get cheaper memory from Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231252

Also, note that I assumed you already had a memory stick or spare hard drive to boot off, since you didn't include it in your list. If not, remember to get one of those as well.

btceic

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♫ A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw ♫

Thanks everybody I really appreciate it,

One more request if you wouldn't mind:

I found most of the items at newegg, I would rather get everything from one place and spend a few extra bucks then have 5 different places to deal with, anyways, could one of you look into the below and see if everything is compatible?

Huge thanks

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MSI A55M-P33 FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Item #: N82E16813130641
$47.99

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CORSAIR CX430M 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817139049
$49.99

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CORSAIR XMS3 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model TW3X2G1333C9A G
Item #: N82E16820145252
$49.98

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AMD A4-3300 Llano 2.5GHz Socket FM1 65W Dual-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6410D AD3300OJHXBOX
Item #: N82E16819106013
$39.99

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GIGABYTE GV-R795WF3-3GD Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814125414
$309.99

Subtotal: $497.94

Here is the case that I picked out:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/407041/Gamer_Series_Citadel_ATX_Mid_Tower_Gaming_Computer_Case

Marrs

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Quote from: btceic on May 01, 2013, 07:17:08 AM

Please rate this rig:

Also can someone help to make an estimation on kH/S that I would be able to achieve mining LTC or FTC and breakeven points.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UdnG

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.30 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $593.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-01 07:15 EDT-0400)

This will do a lot better, for less money. The 7950 should get you at least 550kh/s. You might also be able to get another 50 or 100 from the onboard video.

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: AMD A4-3300 2.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-P33 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard ($47.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Kingston 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($302.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $445.94

bcpokey

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Quote from: btceic on May 01, 2013, 07:17:08 AM

Please rate this rig:

Also can someone help to make an estimation on kH/S that I would be able to achieve mining LTC or FTC and breakeven points.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UdnG

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.30 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $593.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-01 07:15 EDT-0400)

Raidmax is utter garbage, and you don't need 730W for that rig anyway, so why not put the money towards a decent PSU of smaller size?

Silverstone 80Plus 500W is a good psu iirc, for like $55.

8GB of RAM is overkill for 7750s, and the sniper series is somewhat overpriced. Any old hum-de-dum ram is probably fine, maybe like 4gb of adata for $30?

That motherboard is really good, probably too good for a 2 gpu setup. Same with the processor. Now remember you're asking as regards a mining rig, if you plan to actually use this thing, then that's a different story.

As for the cards, they kind of suck for mining, you'll get maybe 120KH? I've heard the 7790 gets about 220KH, and costs only a lil bit more, so that might be something to look at.

Breakeven? no one knows, when BTC skyrockets, it might crash LTC. Currently 200Khash will get you like $50 - $70 / mo, so... assuming nothing changes (and it will) you'd maybe breakeven in 11months? Assuming 24/7 mining, and no elec costs.

btceic

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Activity: 392

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♫ A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw ♫

Please rate this rig:

Also can someone help to make an estimation on kH/S that I would be able to achieve mining LTC or FTC and breakeven points.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UdnG

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.30 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Raidmax 730W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $593.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-01 07:15 EDT-0400)

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