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Topic: Reference list of mobos with 8 OR MORE pcie slots (Read 1257 times)

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Not a motherboard but a way to expand almost any motherboard.

I want to add the easy way to make 1 gpu slot x1 into 4.....

https://www.amazon.com/LinkStyle-Adapter-Extender-Ethereum-Litecoin/dp/B078YQMF7F/ref=sr_1_10?crid=LS7T4TX8JXYG&dchild=1&keywords=pcie+1+to+4+splitter&qid=1615814487&sprefix=1-4+pcie+splitter+%2Caps%2C205&sr=8-10

Works in most situtaions and is cheap.  Also removes the little edge card that goes in slots. 

newbie
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Colorful C.J1900A-BTC PLUS V20
Is running windows 10?
If yes, How do I switch the BIOS to signal from the card?
Thanks!
sr. member
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might be due to low demands

effect of no to low POW mining profitability

mrb
legendary
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Man, releases of many-PCIe motherboards have really come down to a halt in the second half of this year...
mrb
legendary
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Anyone: any new motherboard release?
mrb
legendary
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I added the RebTech 8GPU-MB:



Very interesting product and company. RebTech seems to have existed since 2015 (http://rebtech.ro) but they are now designing their own motherboard and even a custom GPU and they are advertising them on a new website (domain name http://rebtech.ai bougth 2 months ago.)

The mobo is very compact and has 8 PCIe slots exposed as USB ports (no need for risers on the mobo side). And RebTech also made a custom GPU with a USB port instead of the PCIe edge connector. So combined together, the mobo + custom GPUs (RX470 8GB) offers a completely riser-free setup.
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seem isn't there because maybe the manufacturer watching the market exchange who is languishing and being an observe debate between ASIC vs Anti-ASIC miners
mrb
legendary
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No new hardware released in a month? Anyone?
jr. member
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Asus offers The ASUS H370 Mining Master connects 20 GPUs to one motherboard with PCIe over USB.

http://edgeup.asus.com/2018/asus-h370-mining-master-20-gpus-one-motherboard-pcie-over-usb/

Thanks. Added to http://bitcoin.zorinaq.com/many_pcie/
Interesting: this ASUS blog post reveals they sold "six figures" of the B250 Mining Expert. Assuming fully populated (19 cards) it means more than 20% of the estimated ~10 million GPUs in mining farms are running on the B250 Mining Expert.


100,001 pcs is six figures. But many people use these Mb with 10-12-23 VGA.
Lets say avarage is 15pcs GPUs. Total should be minimum 1.5 million GPUs.

If that six figures is 950,000 then everything changes.
mrb
legendary
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Asus offers The ASUS H370 Mining Master connects 20 GPUs to one motherboard with PCIe over USB.

http://edgeup.asus.com/2018/asus-h370-mining-master-20-gpus-one-motherboard-pcie-over-usb/

Thanks. Added to http://bitcoin.zorinaq.com/many_pcie/
Interesting: this ASUS blog post reveals they sold "six figures" of the B250 Mining Expert. Assuming fully populated (19 cards) it means more than 20% of the estimated ~10 million GPUs in mining farms are running on the B250 Mining Expert.
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You should be able to increase the slots of any motherboard using PCI-E multipliers and mining cards. Regular cards are hit and miss and work up to 13 cards in total.
It's not necessary to stick with the slots provided with the motherboard.
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Interesting but it seems no better than the B250 Mining Expert in that it still requires mining cards over 12-13 GPU's.

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With 12 Radeon RX 470 and eight NVIDIA P104 cards tied to a single motherboard, our demo rig highlights how much horsepower can be harnessed by the H370 Mining Master
jr. member
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Asus offers The ASUS H370 Mining Master connects 20 GPUs to one motherboard with PCIe over USB.


http://edgeup.asus.com/2018/asus-h370-mining-master-20-gpus-one-motherboard-pcie-over-usb/

newbie
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Hey guys, can you help me a bit? I've bought a K17 v 1.2 mobo and can't make it work. Sad. Coolers starts and that's all. what should I check?
mrb
legendary
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there is also the MSI HF-310-F Pro with 13 PCIE slots

Thanks. Added. Based on the layout of PCIe slots present but not installed, it seems like they may have been working on an 18-slot motherboard...

jr. member
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there is also the MSI HF-310-F Pro with 13 PCIE slots
mrb
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New motherboard: Biostar TB250-BTC D+. Relatively similar to the Colorful C.B250A-BTC PLUS V20 in terms of layout and features. I wouldn't be surprised if the 2 shared designers (ODM product?)


mrb
legendary
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So, no new motherboard release that I could add to the list?
jr. member
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Great topic. Was looking for 8 PCIE motherboard and found it here. Thanks a lot
mrb
legendary
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I got mixed up in my contact names. Sunfa, not Zrt, confirmed they have a 12-slot in development. This doesn't quite explain why a Zrt motherboard was photoshopped. I am still waiting for an answer from Zrt...

Zrt never replied. So I guess we will have to wait and see if this 12-slot motherboard is real...
hero member
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What a great resource. This is now bookmarked  Grin
mrb
legendary
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I got mixed up in my contact names. Sunfa, not Zrt, confirmed they have a 12-slot in development. This doesn't quite explain why a Zrt motherboard was photoshopped. I am still waiting for an answer from Zrt...
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Brilliant work and bookmarked this thread. Lately I am thinking to build 8 GPU boards with PCIEX 16 slots like the Colorful one. I have never had any experience with these kind of boards, only board with risers but I think these should be even easier as should support the 8 GPU directly hassle free and without any X1 configuration in the BIOS.
mrb
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There might be a 12 slot PCIe motherboard, but I can't find who manufactures it. This is seems to be a Shenzhen Zrt Co design. I contacted them to confirm... Only one random Alibaba seller has pictures of it: https://fashionplaza.en.alibaba.com/product/60680844122-805574575/Fast_shipping_p106_12pcs_gpu_ZEC_Zcash_ETH_miner_ethereum_mining_machine.html

However I have a sneaking suspicion of this being a scam, a picture photoshopped from ZRTD-101. Slots 4 5 6 (from the right) seem digitally inserted. It's a wide area with no screw holes for support (flimsy), and the PCB/component layout is too repetitive. And the entire rest of the PCB layout (even the faintly visible traces) are strictly identical to the ZRTD-101... Plus powering 12 cards with the 12 power outputs on the PCB, fed by only 7 power inputs is not a great idea, unless your cards are low power, but then it would limit the utility of the mobo...



Shenzhen Zrt Co replied to me and confirmed they have a 12-slot board currently in development. They said it will be released probably in a "few months". They said some suppliers are already advertising it (hence the photoshopped images.)

Edit: I got mixed up in my contacts. Sunfa, not Zrt, confirmed they have a 12-slot in development. This doesn't quite explain why a Zrt motherboard was photoshopped. I am still waiting for an answer from Zrt...
mrb
legendary
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Thanks for the request, I added the Olike3C and Colorful C.J1900A-BTC PLUS V20.



sr. member
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Colorful C.J1900A-BTC PLUS V20 is not in the list

https://colorfly.eu/iGame/C.J1900A-BTC%20PLUS%20V20.html
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Olike Board?
sr. member
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This is turning into a quite handy reference.
Thanks Smiley

The lack of comments started to make me think few were interested  Smiley

Of course not, others may silently reading this and actually useful at their end, giving you merits for this bro Smiley
newbie
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this post is really useful thanks!!!

do you think that the  Inno3D could be a good choice for starting out mining altcoins as an hobby?
mrb
legendary
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Yanyu Gongkong drastically redesigned the K17 v1.0 into v1.2 which is now almost identical to the K37 except:
  • K17 v1.2 has two mechanical USB ports carrying a PCIe signal and two 2×5-pin header carrying a PCIe signal.
  • K37 has four mechanical USB ports carrying a PCIe signal and one 2×5-pin header carrying a PCIe signal.

I am waiting for confirmation from the vendor whether these PCIe signals are fully usable. This would technically make the K17 v1.2 a "12-slot" and K37 a "13-slot" motherboard.
mrb
legendary
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This is turning into a quite handy reference.
Thanks Smiley

The lack of comments started to make me think few were interested  Smiley
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This is turning into a quite handy reference.
Thanks Smiley
mrb
legendary
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There might be a 12 slot PCIe motherboard, but I can't find who manufactures it. This is seems to be a Shenzhen Zrt Co design. I contacted them to confirm... Only one random Alibaba seller has pictures of it: https://fashionplaza.en.alibaba.com/product/60680844122-805574575/Fast_shipping_p106_12pcs_gpu_ZEC_Zcash_ETH_miner_ethereum_mining_machine.html

However I have a sneaking suspicion of this being a scam, a picture photoshopped from ZRTD-101. Slots 4 5 6 (from the right) seem digitally inserted. It's a wide area with no screw holes for support (flimsy), and the PCB/component layout is too repetitive. And the entire rest of the PCB layout (even the faintly visible traces) are strictly identical to the ZRTD-101... Plus powering 12 cards with the 12 power outputs on the PCB, fed by only 7 power inputs is not a great idea, unless your cards are low power, but then it would limit the utility of the mobo...

mrb
legendary
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I confirmed the manufacturer of K17/K37 is Yanyu Gongkong.

I added the Yanyu Gongkong K35, very similar to the K37, but with a Celeron and passive heatsink preinstalled.

mrb
legendary
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I added the OEM B250 12P where all 12 PCIe links are in the form of mechanical USB ports, in order to connect your riser cables directly to the motherboard.

mrb
legendary
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I added the Letine M08.

Let me know if I miss any other motherboard.

mrb
legendary
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I added Shenzhen Zrt's ZRTK-21612 which, incidentally, is the company who designed the PandaMiner motherboards (such as model ZRTK-21611). 21612 is clearly inspired from 21611, the main difference being that they replaced the MXM slots with PCIe slots.

ZRTK-21612:


ZRTK-21611:

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legendary
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I added the K17, a model that preceded the K37. I actually can't find who manufactures them, so I'm marking them "OEM". K17 seems to have slightly less clearance between the PCIe slots than the K37. But the biggest differences are around power:
  • K17 has six 6-pin power inputs (by the CPU area), and one output per slot.
  • K37 has eight 6-pin power inputs (by the CPU area), and two outputs per slot except the 2 slots nearest the CPU which only have one nearby power output (so cards plugged in these 2 slots, assuming they all require 2 power connectors, must be powered straight from the PSU.)

Edit: actually K17 rev 1.0 has the power configuration I describe, but K17 rev 1.2 has as many power inputs/outputs as K37: https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1gOeLojnD8KJjSspbq6zbEXXaL/231649078/HTB1gOeLojnD8KJjSspbq6zbEXXaL.jpg

K17:


K37:


It's really convenient to power cards straight from the board, cable management is a lot easier:



I hope they do have really thick PCB traces able to carry all these amps...
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I added 3 Supermicro boards. They are typically not very popular due to high cost per PCIe slot, however the dual-socket makes them attractive for concurrent GPU+CPU mining (eg. CPU mining Monero + GPU mining Ethereum.)

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legendary
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I found out this Inno3D motherboard is a actually an OEM/ODM product, seemingly manufactured by Sunfa. Model number 6299-FA355: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/9gups-9-pci-e-16X-slot_60728424903.html


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legendary
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I added the INNO3D motherboard with 9 slots. It's a motherboard+backplane configuration very similar to the ZRT except the motherboard is in the center, which makes more sense from a PCIe latency viewpoint. Cooling a chassis built around this backplane is also more even and a bit easier thanks to the mobo in the central position.

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Thanks bro.

Bookmarked  Kiss
mrb
legendary
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Ok I added the Onda D1800. I think mobos like this definitely deserve a spot on my list.

I also added my personal favorite: the ZRTK-21613 & ZRTD-101, which is a backplane with 9+1 slots and the actual motherboard is just another card that plugs into the "+1" slot. So when the motherboard fails, it's easy to replace, and the backplane has a negligible failure rate. No risers. Slots are spaced 50mm (I believe?) so there is a 10mm gap between GPUs.

ZRTK-21613 motherboard & ZRTD-101 backplane:


That same company, Zrt Co Ltd, makes a case as well, and sells fully populated miners with GPUs (https://zhiruitong.en.made-in-china.com/product/jyoEvXaGXUWp/China-Eth-etc-Zec-9-Pcie-Slot-Miner-Plug-with-8-or-9-GPU.html) They are an OEM. Others resell these miners, for example: GigaWatt Alpha 200, and Bitmain G1 miner (whatever happened to the G1 by the way? It sounds like it was announced but they never got around to actually distributing it?)

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it's very cool, but I don't have enough an experience to build more from 8 GPU on those Motherboards. I still think how method to reduce a heat every GPUs an adjacent. the split the Power PSUs if I only have a maximal 1200W PSUs, how many should use relay tool such add2psu.

moreover, I have different GPU series and Brand, I guess would have a bit complexity when settings.
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I like to see the 8 X 16x PCIe slot. if I'm using the small dimension of GPUs or middle, maybe I can make a custom rig with Mountrack cashing. Nice share mrb, I would try to get any info of those 8 X 16x PCie Mobo.
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Cool idea - I would suggest maybe making two lists, one with the 8 or more PCIe slots, and another list that was for 6 or more PCIe slot riserless boards.  That way you could include things like the Onda D1800, which is definitely a mining board but doesn't get lost in the clutter of the riser boards with 6 slots.
mrb
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I curated a list of all motherboards with 8 or more PCIe slots. I have full frontal pictures for hardware porn addicts  Smiley

http://bitcoin.zorinaq.com/many_pcie/



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