Topic: What do you guys think of this rig? - page 3. (Read 4839 times)

im looking at Cases right now with atleast 8 slots, i found one thats 59 bux, but im only seeing 7 back slots

so a 9 slot right now is look about the 200 price range

well im trying to make the computer around or LESS THAN this guys......

http://www.bitcoinrigs.com/products/Enthusiast-Rig-2000.html


$1,399.00

    * Athlon II X2 250
    * 2 GB DDR3-1333 RAM
    * 500 GB Hard Drive
    * 700 watt power supply
    * Ubuntu 10.10
    * 2x ATI 6970 video cards
    * Mining output with 2x cards = 680 MH/s

i dont know wtf ubuntu is, i know what a free version of windows xp sp3 is....


so lets see what i can get for around 1400

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COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case  $199.99
 
MSI 890FXA-GD70 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard     $194.99

   CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply    $159.99    

   AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX   $99.99    

   G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL   $49.99         

   Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound    $11.98    

   XIGMATEK Apache EP-CD903 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler supports AM2 AM3 939 754 and LGA 1156    $19.99
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Shipping and Handling $711.92 not including shipping and handling
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then 4  5850 video cards at 200 a piece 800 $+

i am still missing a hard drive, not sure if i need one if i usb sticks, dont really need a dvd rom

haha, dont even know what im doing really, just guessing all this out

finding a case that this motherboard will fit in is a B

Retail CPUs ship with a heatsink and fan that will be plenty for a mining machine. You really only need to look at aftermarket HSF if you intend to overclock, minimize noise or you're buying an OEM CPU.

Paying anything over $0.75 per MHash/s is a losing proposition and anything just under that isn't worth the risk.

For 1,200 MHash/s, you would need to try to spend less than $800 (preferably less than $750 to reduce risk).

Unfortunately, 4x 5850 alone costs over $700.

And as far as CPU goes, a Sempron is overkill.

i made it public, but for some reason i cant see it either



im going to do a testrig 2 wishlist, ill post info in a minute

so what should i go with just a athlon II x4? quad core and a 15 to 30 dollar cpu/fan?

Mining is new to me but, I'm pretty well-versed in hardware.

• You don't need decent CPU, much less an aftermarket heatsink.
• You don't need a high-end gaming motherboard.
• You don't need gigs of RAM.
• You would need a large case and a ton of airflow if you intend to cram 4x 5850 inside.
  

If you're going to build a mining machine at this (against most current advice) you'd likely be better served by building 2 machines, one for each pair of cards.

You are wasting far far too much money.

And that is a private link to the wishlist that other people can't see.

ok, pretty much, here is the "Wishlist" list from Newegg

what do you think? would it work?

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=17615766

the current rig i want to make/buy is a

motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70

with amd athlon II x4 deneb 125w 3.0       i could drop it to the ones that are 90 W

a 60 $ heatsink/fan for CPU

and 4 Video cards ati radeon 5850's

2 sticks ram

i dont know how big of a Computer Case i need

also

how do you go about telling how Big of a Power Supply you need, im guessing of getting a 800 or a 950 W from corsair

since the 4 video cards will be pulling 155 to 165 W