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Topic: Will this LTC build work? (Read 743 times)

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May 10, 2013, 03:45:39 PM
#11
Mine hashs at 62.4kh\s for ltc. It hashs 135mh\s for btc. It seems that it uses system memory...I think if I added 4 more gigs of ram it would double that speed. I will have more ram to try this out in a couple days.

I have a 2nd fpu build on order.   Cool
legendary
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May 10, 2013, 03:31:36 PM
#10
Since your going with the AMD fpu already...you might think about upgrading to the a10-5800k. For about 50 bucks more you can get that and have it hashing at 7760 speeds. Also I have had real good luck with the biostar x85 board. Check out the differences between the gigabyte and biostar PCIe layout. Gigabyte makes good products...but.

I have never had good luck overclocking with them. Rock solid stock but any tweaking seems to go south in a hurry with that brand. YMMV.  gl


zif
how fast does 7760 hashes at? Or specifically, in 5800k, how fast can it hash?
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May 10, 2013, 03:00:40 PM
#9
Since your going with the AMD fpu already...you might think about upgrading to the a10-5800k. For about 50 bucks more you can get that and have it hashing at 7760 speeds. Also I have had real good luck with the biostar x85 board. Check out the differences between the gigabyte and biostar PCIe layout. Gigabyte makes good products...but.

I have never had good luck overclocking with them. Rock solid stock but any tweaking seems to go south in a hurry with that brand. YMMV.  gl


zif
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May 10, 2013, 02:51:43 PM
#8
each card takes up ~500mbs of ram so its better to have more rather than less....although 4gb should probably be fine
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May 10, 2013, 01:43:34 PM
#7
Things look good, cept you might want to throw an extra $30 and get a 8GB kit of RAM, esp if you're going to be LTC mining.

Everyone I have checked with and all my readings have said that 2 gigs of RAM is plenty... with 4 gigs am I not already having plenty of RAM in my system?
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May 10, 2013, 01:39:12 PM
#6
It looks good to me. Especially the crate Wink

My rig is similar:
PSU Corsair HX1050
Mobo Asrock Extreme 6
CPU Celeron G530
GPU 3x Gigabytes WF3 7950
RAM 8G kit Kingston blue

Follow this optimizing guide if you buy Gigabyte 7950 GPUs:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/optimizing-guide-for-gigabyte-wf3-7950-10001250-125v-stock-197871

Good luck!

I was looking at that optimizing guide the other day and plan to do it as soon as I have a little time.

I will check out those parts on your setup... Thanks for the reply!
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May 10, 2013, 01:59:49 AM
#5
Voltage locked or not, he can still get 680kh/s per card with it. I don't think you can go any further with any other voltage unlocked card except if you put a lot of effort in cooling the card.
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May 09, 2013, 11:07:38 PM
#4
Couple comments:

1. Ditch the OCZ PSU and get the XFX 1050w for $160. The XFX is a rebadged Seasonic.

2. The Gigabyte 7950 is now voltage locked. Look for cards that are not voltage locked.
legendary
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May 09, 2013, 04:51:22 PM
#3
Things look good, cept you might want to throw an extra $30 and get a 8GB kit of RAM, esp if you're going to be LTC mining.
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May 09, 2013, 04:04:44 PM
#2
It looks good to me. Especially the crate Wink

My rig is similar:
PSU Corsair HX1050
Mobo Asrock Extreme 6
CPU Celeron G530
GPU 3x Gigabytes WF3 7950
RAM 8G kit Kingston blue

Follow this optimizing guide if you buy Gigabyte 7950 GPUs:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/optimizing-guide-for-gigabyte-wf3-7950-10001250-125v-stock-197871

Good luck!
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