775 stuff is getting pretty cheap; as is the 1366....
I think the last similar system I ran was SLAED which was socket 771 3.0Ghz 1333Fsb; Which used to cost a premium, but they are a pretty reasonable price now. I had a lot of cpu mining machines in the past that were either Dell Precision 690, or a similar dual processor equivalent. They were all pretty rock solid and handled multiple GPU as well... you should look into them since the price of a cpu went from $150 to ~$30 each now and a good second hand precision 690 chassis can also be had for pennies if you have the right sources... ~80-100 average on ebay now for a tower. Most have a minimum of 750w power supply, while some of them come with 1000w PSU's. I had no problem fitting a GTX980 and 960 in this machine for a long time running full blast, as well as mining xevan back when it was a young algo.
Food for thought.
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Im using gigabyte socket 775 with 3 x rx 470 gpu, until now works perfect without any problem, motherboard allready used 4 years and still ok
Ive got 2 old socket 775 mobos kicking around, both can be 5 card rigs with risers. Socket 775 2 and 4 core CPUs can be picked up on ebay with heatsinks for the price of afew beers. Coupled with 4 or 8gb ram and a usb flash drive, ive got 2 ready and waiting rigs.
No issues with socket 775 right?
No issues with socket 775 right?
I've ran a few 775 socket mobo rigs. Not a lot of BIOS options to get all 5 pcie slots to work with risers, so don't expect too much out of them.
PCI-E 1.0 should not be an issue, PCI-E 2.0 and PCI-E 3.0 specs are 100% backward compatable.
I did a lot of my early mining on AMD socket 754 Sempron based motherboards, worked fine - even the pair I eventually upgraded to NVidia 750ti cards (they were in small form factor cases).
I did a lot of my early mining on AMD socket 754 Sempron based motherboards, worked fine - even the pair I eventually upgraded to NVidia 750ti cards (they were in small form factor cases).
Just make sure its PCIe 2.0 at least.
If its PCIe 1.0 then some GPUs might not work.
If its PCIe 1.0 then some GPUs might not work.
No issues here.
Been running this motherboard since conroe and Penryn came out and was my main computer until I started using it for mining.
Now it holds 3x 1060s and is rock solid.
Makes me around 100$ per month. No complaining for hardware that pays you to use it
after 9 years.
Been running this motherboard since conroe and Penryn came out and was my main computer until I started using it for mining.
Now it holds 3x 1060s and is rock solid.
Makes me around 100$ per month. No complaining for hardware that pays you to use it
after 9 years. Thats prettty obvious you cant use PCI in place of PCI-e
No issues here.
Been running this motherboard since conroe and Penryn came out and was my main computer until I started using it for mining.
Now it holds 3x 1060s and is rock solid.
Makes me around 100$ per month. No complaining for hardware that pays you to use it after 9 years.
Been running this motherboard since conroe and Penryn came out and was my main computer until I started using it for mining.
Now it holds 3x 1060s and is rock solid.
Makes me around 100$ per month. No complaining for hardware that pays you to use it
after 9 years.
Any motherboard with PCI-E slots should work. With older motherboards you need to make sure you only use PCI-E slots with risers. Many have PCI slots that look like a PCI-E slot and the riser will fit in the slot, but PCI uses a different voltage and WILL cause fireworks if you try to use it with a riser.
nope I've got a couple core 2 duo e8500 rigs running great. i also had them around. finally found a use for my old stash, glad I didn't toss them out. probably could sneak by with even 2gb ram.
just need a stable low end system with a good PSU and expensive gpus.
just need a stable low end system with a good PSU and expensive gpus.
Ive got 2 old socket 775 mobos kicking around, both can be 5 card rigs with risers. Socket 775 2 and 4 core CPUs can be picked up on ebay with heatsinks for the price of afew beers. Coupled with 4 or 8gb ram and a usb flash drive, ive got 2 ready and waiting rigs.
No issues with socket 775 right?
No issues with socket 775 right?
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