Topic: Z170 Motherboard for mining with at least 4 gpus - any success stories? - page 2. (Read 10780 times)
December 23, 2016, 08:27:58 PM
The best motherboard for mining is AsRock H81 Pro Btc, also it works very well with 6 gpu.
December 23, 2016, 07:39:48 PM
just a heads up for everyone
ive flashed 10 gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 to latest bios F20
9 out 10 work flawlessly with 6 cards, problematic rig needs taking apart and resetting
been stable for 2-3 days now
for anyone with the following board
ASROCK Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6
using BIOS 2.8
can run 5 cards by doing the following in the bios
go to advanced mode
and chipset settings
Change PCIE to gen1 on both options
change max TOLUD which is the next option down from the above to 2.5GB
this makes 5 cards work
I have not got round to flashing the bios yet to reassess if can do 6 cards
ive flashed 10 gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 to latest bios F20
9 out 10 work flawlessly with 6 cards, problematic rig needs taking apart and resetting
been stable for 2-3 days now
for anyone with the following board
ASROCK Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6
using BIOS 2.8
can run 5 cards by doing the following in the bios
go to advanced mode
and chipset settings
Change PCIE to gen1 on both options
change max TOLUD which is the next option down from the above to 2.5GB
this makes 5 cards work
I have not got round to flashing the bios yet to reassess if can do 6 cards
November 25, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/my-second-zec-xmr-eth-thread-builds-info-links-thoughts-and-photos-1584973
Phil likes the BIOSTAR Z170 boards you can put 4 cards on with NO risers needed.
Phil likes the BIOSTAR Z170 boards you can put 4 cards on with NO risers needed.
I use this same board as well, no issues
November 25, 2016, 06:05:50 PM
my z170 has 4 gpus right now going strong
November 25, 2016, 12:00:57 PM
I have been able to get 5 GPUs to work on the ASRock H170 Pro4S boards. They are selling for $85 on NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157640
I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Which cards were you able to get working in the ASRock H170 Pro4S stable and hashing at a good rate?I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Model specific and I guess you can't mix and match them. I mean putting in a 290 with 480's?
I use 5x of these SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 470 100407NT+4GOCL 4GB in each rig with that motherboard. Currently I have three of those rigs up and running in that configuration with no issues. I do not mix or match GPUs in any of my rigs as I usually buy everything I need to build one in a single order.
I was going to get 390 R9 cards because they can do 280 for Zec. What can these RX 470 do per card?
just because a card can do 280 does not mean you should clock like that.
Lets say you have really cheap power and don't care that 280H speed wastes power it has other issues. You tax the cards the fans and the motherboard running at top speeds.
Think about what you are about to do with the GPU's you are about to purchase and know what you going to do with them before you get them.
Just as the knowledgeable Philipma1957 has said.
November 25, 2016, 11:57:16 AM
Hi @bobben2
I got BioStar Z170GT7 running fine (Win7_64p) with
i3-6100 + 2 x 8GB DDR4 + 120GB SSD
2 x RX480/8 (Powercool Ref.)
2 x RX470/4 (Saphire wt backplate)
... now even integrated wt EVGA GQ750-v2
in a Mid-Tower Case wt 8 PCI-Slots.
Stable ~750 sol/s @ 700W from Wall.
PanneKopp
Has anyone succeeded in getting a miner going with at least 4 gpus on a Z170 motherboard?
I got BioStar Z170GT7 running fine (Win7_64p) with
i3-6100 + 2 x 8GB DDR4 + 120GB SSD
2 x RX480/8 (Powercool Ref.)
2 x RX470/4 (Saphire wt backplate)
... now even integrated wt EVGA GQ750-v2
in a Mid-Tower Case wt 8 PCI-Slots.
Stable ~750 sol/s @ 700W from Wall.
PanneKopp 
November 25, 2016, 11:39:28 AM
I have been able to get 5 GPUs to work on the ASRock H170 Pro4S boards. They are selling for $85 on NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157640
I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Which cards were you able to get working in the ASRock H170 Pro4S stable and hashing at a good rate?I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Model specific and I guess you can't mix and match them. I mean putting in a 290 with 480's?
I use 5x of these SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 470 100407NT+4GOCL 4GB in each rig with that motherboard. Currently I have three of those rigs up and running in that configuration with no issues. I do not mix or match GPUs in any of my rigs as I usually buy everything I need to build one in a single order.
I was going to get 390 R9 cards because they can do 280 for Zec. What can these RX 470 do per card?
just because a card can do 280 does not mean you should clock like that.
Lets say you have really cheap power and don't care that 280H speed wastes power it has other issues. You tax the cards the fans and the motherboard running at top speeds.
November 25, 2016, 08:07:10 AM
I have been able to get 5 GPUs to work on the ASRock H170 Pro4S boards. They are selling for $85 on NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157640
I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Which cards were you able to get working in the ASRock H170 Pro4S stable and hashing at a good rate?I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Model specific and I guess you can't mix and match them. I mean putting in a 290 with 480's?
I use 5x of these SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 470 100407NT+4GOCL 4GB in each rig with that motherboard. Currently I have three of those rigs up and running in that configuration with no issues. I do not mix or match GPUs in any of my rigs as I usually buy everything I need to build one in a single order.
I was going to get 390 R9 cards because they can do 280 for Zec. What can these RX 470 do per card?
November 25, 2016, 01:49:33 AM
I have been able to get 5 GPUs to work on the ASRock H170 Pro4S boards. They are selling for $85 on NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157640
I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Which cards were you able to get working in the ASRock H170 Pro4S stable and hashing at a good rate?I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Model specific and I guess you can't mix and match them. I mean putting in a 290 with 480's?
I use 5x of these SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 470 100407NT+4GOCL 4GB in each rig with that motherboard. Currently I have three of those rigs up and running in that configuration with no issues. I do not mix or match GPUs in any of my rigs as I usually buy everything I need to build one in a single order.
November 25, 2016, 12:33:11 AM
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/my-second-zec-xmr-eth-thread-builds-info-links-thoughts-and-photos-1584973
Phil likes the BIOSTAR Z170 boards you can put 4 cards on with NO risers needed.
Phil likes the BIOSTAR Z170 boards you can put 4 cards on with NO risers needed.
Depends on the cards, I tried 4 x RX470 Nitro and it's too tight, the fans touch the adjacent card. The side fans get no airflow and temps get over 90c and the middle cards throttle. Having 8 fans at 3000+ rpm sounds cool too.
Using v6.0 risers now.
back plate gpus do not work on that board
November 25, 2016, 12:31:55 AM
Thanks folks
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
Don't even bother doing that if you are not living at a place with extreme cold.
It worked all summer long in a 95f garage
I have three at the moment.
But you need to understand that overclocking is for fools.
A proper Zec rig can do 500H at 400 watts a piece of cake for that mobo.
I know this because I do it.
also that board can run at 92-96 MH for ETH PULLING AROUND 580 WATTS been there done that. All summer long.
While 95f is not crazy hot it is hot.
So... what were the temperatures of the cards in that hot (95 F) garage? It's pretty amazing to see those GPU's working this close in that hot... I personally would never try that.
now doing zec which is less power 55c at 50% fans
November 25, 2016, 12:24:55 AM
I have ASUS H170 Pro Gaming can work fine with 6 x 370 but when it come to rx470. Max 4 rx470 working or only 2 when more than 4 installed, the rest give error code 12, it even same at Windows 10.
November 24, 2016, 10:13:16 PM
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/my-second-zec-xmr-eth-thread-builds-info-links-thoughts-and-photos-1584973
Phil likes the BIOSTAR Z170 boards you can put 4 cards on with NO risers needed.
Phil likes the BIOSTAR Z170 boards you can put 4 cards on with NO risers needed.
Depends on the cards, I tried 4 x RX470 Nitro and it's too tight, the fans touch the adjacent card. The side fans get no airflow and temps get over 90c and the middle cards throttle. Having 8 fans at 3000+ rpm sounds cool too.
Using v6.0 risers now.
November 24, 2016, 08:11:21 PM
I have been able to get 5 GPUs to work on the ASRock H170 Pro4S boards. They are selling for $85 on NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157640
I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Which cards were you able to get working in the ASRock H170 Pro4S stable and hashing at a good rate?I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
Model specific and I guess you can't mix and match them. I mean putting in a 290 with 480's?
November 24, 2016, 04:46:04 PM
Thanks folks
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
Don't even bother doing that if you are not living at a place with extreme cold.
Reference/blower style cards help a lot, since they blow the air AWAY from the cards instead of just right around them.
Per readings elsewhere *ALL* of the Z170 boards seem to have some serious limitations past 4 or 5 GPUs - that chipset doesn't support many PCI-E lanes to transfer data on (relies almost entirely on the ones on the CPU itself) and some of them end up assigned to stuff like M.2 SSD slots and the like.
BTW - I finally got around to doing some tweeking on my my current 3 card 1070 builds, currenty pulling 86-88 MH/s on ETH running around 460 watts at the wall with a Seasonic X850 gold PS *WITH* the GPU on the A10 working MooWrapper - a lower-power CPU/APU would probably drop the system draw 30-50 watts.
Stock BIOS, no undervolt, +550 memory -200 core, 75% power limit in Afterburner - and seems like there's still some room for improvement.
Down side is the cost of the 1070s....
That BIOSTAR board seems to go on sale at $120 or so every 2-3 months for a bit.
I heard one success story on 1x to 3*1x pcie splitter with Z170 chipset. My order is on the way I should get it by 2-4th dec. I can reply on around 5th Dec. It costs almost same as H81+$25 for splitter = Biostart or anniversary etc. But there are no alternatives for LGA1151 so this is my try. Lets see how it goes
November 24, 2016, 11:57:11 AM
Thanks folks
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
Don't even bother doing that if you are not living at a place with extreme cold.
It worked all summer long in a 95f garage
I have three at the moment.
But you need to understand that overclocking is for fools.
A proper Zec rig can do 500H at 400 watts a piece of cake for that mobo.
I know this because I do it.
also that board can run at 92-96 MH for ETH PULLING AROUND 580 WATTS been there done that. All summer long.
While 95f is not crazy hot it is hot.
So... what were the temperatures of the cards in that hot (95 F) garage? It's pretty amazing to see those GPU's working this close in that hot... I personally would never try that.
November 23, 2016, 11:04:02 PM
Thanks folks
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
The BIOSTAR board looks nice. Pity the price is $30+ higher than the MSI and the ASRock boards.
And I would be concerned about heat and the mobo able to deliver power with 4 gpus side-by-side like Phils pic is showing
Don't even bother doing that if you are not living at a place with extreme cold.
Reference/blower style cards help a lot, since they blow the air AWAY from the cards instead of just right around them.
Per readings elsewhere *ALL* of the Z170 boards seem to have some serious limitations past 4 or 5 GPUs - that chipset doesn't support many PCI-E lanes to transfer data on (relies almost entirely on the ones on the CPU itself) and some of them end up assigned to stuff like M.2 SSD slots and the like.
BTW - I finally got around to doing some tweeking on my my current 3 card 1070 builds, currenty pulling 86-88 MH/s on ETH running around 460 watts at the wall with a Seasonic X850 gold PS *WITH* the GPU on the A10 working MooWrapper - a lower-power CPU/APU would probably drop the system draw 30-50 watts.
Stock BIOS, no undervolt, +550 memory -200 core, 75% power limit in Afterburner - and seems like there's still some room for improvement.
Down side is the cost of the 1070s....
[edit] was playing with a USB-drive based Win10 version, lost over 10% of the hashrate with no other changes. THAT experiment quickly got reverted [/edit]
That BIOSTAR board seems to go on sale at $120 or so every 2-3 months for a bit.
November 23, 2016, 10:18:38 PM
I have been able to get 5 GPUs to work on the ASRock H170 Pro4S boards. They are selling for $85 on NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157640
I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
I also have the MSI Z170-A PRO board you asked about, and with that I have only been able to get 4 GPUs to work. I am disappointed a bit in that one for mining, but I might just use it for my gaming rig instead.
November 23, 2016, 09:22:41 PM
I have a Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 and that motherboard gave me nothing but trouble when setting up multiple R9 390s on it with usb risers. I switched to Asrock H81 PRO BTC motherboards after that and have been happily mining ever since.
November 23, 2016, 08:05:57 PM
Hey Philip
how about these boards?
The gaming can do 7 GPU's but can they all work at the same time as this person had issues with his board not working with all the GPU's connected to it?
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7 MB with 5 or more GPUs?
MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Z170 DDR4 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1
http://www.ncix.com/detail/msi-z170a-sli-plus-atx-66-126208.htm
MSI MSI Gaming Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130870
MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition LGA 1150
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130801
how about these boards?
The gaming can do 7 GPU's but can they all work at the same time as this person had issues with his board not working with all the GPU's connected to it?
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7 MB with 5 or more GPUs?
MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Z170 DDR4 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1
http://www.ncix.com/detail/msi-z170a-sli-plus-atx-66-126208.htm
MSI MSI Gaming Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130870
MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition LGA 1150
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130801
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