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Title: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 12, 2016, 09:22:55 PM Curious as to how many people are building DIY or home brewed GPU rig frames and what they look like. I designed and built a couple from designs I spotted on Ebay.
What did you do? https://i.imgur.com/11V6peJ.jpg Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: VirosaGITS on May 12, 2016, 09:55:20 PM I use a wire shelf like this one;
http://www.triboroshelving.com/chrome_wire_shelving.jpg I can easily fit 15 GPU per level. With box fans i could probably do 18 GPUs. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 12, 2016, 10:27:26 PM I use a wire shelf like this one; http://www.triboroshelving.com/chrome_wire_shelving.jpg I can easily fit 15 GPU per level. With box fans i could probably do 18 GPUs. That's not CUSTOM....its literally an off the shelf product...I'm asking for custom made ones. Thanks. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: VirosaGITS on May 12, 2016, 10:55:57 PM I use a wire shelf like this one; http://www.triboroshelving.com/chrome_wire_shelving.jpg I can easily fit 15 GPU per level. With box fans i could probably do 18 GPUs. That's not CUSTOM....its literally an off the shelf product...I'm asking for custom made ones. Thanks. Oh i'm sorry. How do you plan on taking a wire rack and mounting GPUs on it "off the shelf"? I used a rack as base. You used a aluminium sheet. Thats as far as it take you. What do you do after that? They're both as much "off the shelf" as the other. I have those rig frame exactly like your's, its as simple as assembling legos. There is a lot more DIY involved in using wire shelves as base. Are you interested in having, actual, constructive conversation on how people built their frames to mount mobo, psu and GPUs or are you just trying to show off your copy pasta rig and verbally attack people who are more open minded than you? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: rdnkjdi on May 13, 2016, 05:14:45 AM Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: adaseb on May 13, 2016, 05:47:38 AM Somebody should post some custom GPU frames where you can exhaust the heat outside. Never mined in the summer before with GPUs.
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Ayers on May 13, 2016, 06:39:37 AM lol that is a good big farm, do you use that monitor to control all those rig? or those rig are all connected to that monitor? i'll post mine when the new gpu come, because i'm selling for those, i think they will be great
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: VirosaGITS on May 13, 2016, 08:03:44 AM Somebody should post some custom GPU frames where you can exhaust the heat outside. Never mined in the summer before with GPUs. I think you could build a open rectangle and stuff the whole lineup with 20inch box fan. From there i'm not sure, you'd need a massive amount of airflow. Maybe push the air into an attic or something, and have some massive CFM metal fan as in and out? After adding support beams to my wire shelf, i was thinking of pushing all the hot air to one side of the room(side with open window) and have positive pressure in the apartment so the air would all rush out from the open window. For the noise and directing the airflow i was thinking of using acoustic panels to form the "rectangle" i mentioned. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 13, 2016, 12:07:55 PM Somebody should post some custom GPU frames where you can exhaust the heat outside. Never mined in the summer before with GPUs. You mean something like this? Screen stapled over the door frame to keep out the bugs. Florida heat...we are seeing 90+ during the afternoon. Temps never go over 65 on the cards. https://i.imgur.com/MJG0xR4.jpg Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 13, 2016, 12:09:22 PM I use a wire shelf like this one; http://www.triboroshelving.com/chrome_wire_shelving.jpg I can easily fit 15 GPU per level. With box fans i could probably do 18 GPUs. That's not CUSTOM....its literally an off the shelf product...I'm asking for custom made ones. Thanks. Oh i'm sorry. How do you plan on taking a wire rack and mounting GPUs on it "off the shelf"? I used a rack as base. You used a aluminium sheet. Thats as far as it take you. What do you do after that? They're both as much "off the shelf" as the other. I have those rig frame exactly like your's, its as simple as assembling legos. There is a lot more DIY involved in using wire shelves as base. Are you interested in having, actual, constructive conversation on how people built their frames to mount mobo, psu and GPUs or are you just trying to show off your copy pasta rig and verbally attack people who are more open minded than you? If you think that was an attack, you have issues. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: adaseb on May 13, 2016, 12:10:30 PM Yeah something like that however the neighbours can probably see all that so I am looking for something a little more private.
Something to exhaust the heat thru a vent hose. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: VirosaGITS on May 13, 2016, 05:47:55 PM Yeah something like that however the neighbours can probably see all that so I am looking for something a little more private. Something to exhaust the heat thru a vent hose. So using my frame built out of the wire shelf; https://i.imgur.com/JFpq8xT.jpg?1 I put it against the wall and i'm pushing the hot air toward the window. Here is a rough idea for that setup which is effectively the same as mine; https://i.imgur.com/0CJG9Q3.png?1 12kW to 6.6kW Yellow is temporary "wall" personally i'm using acoustic panels where i can. Green is the GPU area which would be one wire shelf with multiple levels. Arrow is airflow. The opening is ideally a huge window that fit 20" fans or bigger or a doorway. Mine fit 18"*44* so i'm good for two boxfan and i'm dumping upward of 10kW outside. From the outside you see 2 box fan and thats it. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Eliovp on May 13, 2016, 06:02:03 PM 12kW to 6.6kW Yellow is temporary "wall" personally i'm using acoustic panels where i can. Green is the GPU area which would be one wire shelf with multiple levels. Arrow is airflow. The opening is ideally a huge window that fit 20" fans or bigger or a doorway. Mine fit 18"*44* so i'm good for two boxfan and i'm dumping upward of 10kW outside. From the outside you see 2 box fan and thats it. What are the gpu's that you have to hit 12kW ? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Stein on May 13, 2016, 09:32:14 PM What do you do after that? They're both as much "off the shelf" as the other. Are you saying those are prebuilt buyable kits ?I have those rig frame exactly like your's, its as simple as assembling legos. There is a lot more DIY involved in using wire shelves as base. If so where did you buy yours ? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: philipma1957 on May 14, 2016, 12:13:25 AM Curious as to how many people are building DIY or home brewed GPU rig frames and what they look like. I designed and built a couple from designs I spotted on Ebay. What did you do? https://i.imgur.com/11V6peJ.jpg I went to your website to check prices. 2800 for a custom 120 mh rig that pulls 110 watts. I went old school. 2 r 390 power color on sale at amazon for 625 1 corsair 760 plat psus on sale for 99 1 120 gb ssd on sale for 65 1 480 gb ssd on sale for 110 good sale and an up grade part for selling the miner windows 7 for 50 a b75 mobo gigabyte for 75 a 2500t cpu free a 3570k cpu for 200 -------will drop this in when I sell it as a used gamer/miner an open rig case for free a corsair carbide case for 99 ------- will put all parts into this case 2 4gb sticks of ram for 40 so 55mh using 475 watts for 944 and when I sell it used in a corsair carbide case I will get 675 or so if I up grade to the bigger ssd the better cpu and the case. As I have 4 to 8 guys that buy used rigs from me. give me a minute to photo setup. Your idea of selling 2800 dollar rigs is also okay if you use btc only for payment. here is one of four rigs mining https://i.imgur.com/HxYXSm9.png it will transfer here to case below at roi and be sold to a client. so if he wants less upgrades I will sell it at 472 and I paid 944 but it does not sell until roi. buyers all are guys I know and I have done this for about 20 pc's. so 944 becomes 1416 in 3 months or so https://i.imgur.com/g1jjXB2.jpg Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: adaseb on May 14, 2016, 01:04:03 AM Yeah something like that however the neighbours can probably see all that so I am looking for something a little more private. Something to exhaust the heat thru a vent hose. So using my frame built out of the wire shelf; https://i.imgur.com/JFpq8xT.jpg?1 I put it against the wall and i'm pushing the hot air toward the window. Here is a rough idea for that setup which is effectively the same as mine; https://i.imgur.com/0CJG9Q3.png?1 12kW to 6.6kW Yellow is temporary "wall" personally i'm using acoustic panels where i can. Green is the GPU area which would be one wire shelf with multiple levels. Arrow is airflow. The opening is ideally a huge window that fit 20" fans or bigger or a doorway. Mine fit 18"*44* so i'm good for two boxfan and i'm dumping upward of 10kW outside. From the outside you see 2 box fan and thats it. That photo that you drew, it is suppose to be rotated ? Because it looks like you have a window ceiling. Or I'm I looking at it differently. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 14, 2016, 01:49:34 PM What do you do after that? They're both as much "off the shelf" as the other. Are you saying those are prebuilt buyable kits ?I have those rig frame exactly like your's, its as simple as assembling legos. There is a lot more DIY involved in using wire shelves as base. If so where did you buy yours ? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Eliovp on May 14, 2016, 03:37:47 PM What do you do after that? They're both as much "off the shelf" as the other. Are you saying those are prebuilt buyable kits ?I have those rig frame exactly like your's, its as simple as assembling legos. There is a lot more DIY involved in using wire shelves as base. If so where did you buy yours ? Hey, like the idea, nice that there are people out there making a little business out of this :) Wish you all the luck with that! Just a small thing, maybe you could be a little more competitive, you could opt to lower your prices a little bit. If i would be interested, i could get the same amount of hash, also prebuilt, for 200EUR cheaper. Although, have to say, the cards presented here are older and it would have to be shipped from Europe, wouldn't be as interesting for people from the US.. https://www.ethereumminer.nl/product/Ethereum-Mining-Rigs/ETH-MINER-120MH/Ethereum-Miner-110-120MH.html ;) Good job none the less! Greetings! Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Erkallys on May 14, 2016, 03:39:36 PM Unfortunately, I don't have something a clean and nice looking as you. My GPUs are mounted on Lego buildings. I have only three for the moment, so it works, but it will be soon a big problem once I will have received the missing ones.
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Eliovp on May 14, 2016, 03:41:03 PM Unfortunately, I don't have something a clean and nice looking as you. My GPUs are mounted on Lego buildings. I have only three for the moment, so it works, but it will be soon a big problem once I will have received the missing ones. Get some wood, like i did, build em yourself. You'll even have fun doing it :) Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Erkallys on May 14, 2016, 03:50:24 PM Unfortunately, I don't have something a clean and nice looking as you. My GPUs are mounted on Lego buildings. I have only three for the moment, so it works, but it will be soon a big problem once I will have received the missing ones. Get some wood, like i did, build em yourself. You'll even have fun doing it :) I have the planks, but I'm not sure what size I should take. So I wait for some new GPUs to join my army to choose the final size. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 14, 2016, 04:15:51 PM What do you do after that? They're both as much "off the shelf" as the other. Are you saying those are prebuilt buyable kits ?I have those rig frame exactly like your's, its as simple as assembling legos. There is a lot more DIY involved in using wire shelves as base. If so where did you buy yours ? Hey, like the idea, nice that there are people out there making a little business out of this :) Wish you all the luck with that! Just a small thing, maybe you could be a little more competitive, you could opt to lower your prices a little bit. If i would be interested, i could get the same amount of hash, also prebuilt, for 200EUR cheaper. Although, have to say, the cards presented here are older and it would have to be shipped from Europe, wouldn't be as interesting for people from the US.. https://www.ethereumminer.nl/product/Ethereum-Mining-Rigs/ETH-MINER-120MH/Ethereum-Miner-110-120MH.html ;) Good job none the less! Greetings! Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Eliovp on May 14, 2016, 04:21:53 PM What do you do after that? They're both as much "off the shelf" as the other. Are you saying those are prebuilt buyable kits ?I have those rig frame exactly like your's, its as simple as assembling legos. There is a lot more DIY involved in using wire shelves as base. If so where did you buy yours ? Hey, like the idea, nice that there are people out there making a little business out of this :) Wish you all the luck with that! Just a small thing, maybe you could be a little more competitive, you could opt to lower your prices a little bit. If i would be interested, i could get the same amount of hash, also prebuilt, for 200EUR cheaper. Although, have to say, the cards presented here are older and it would have to be shipped from Europe, wouldn't be as interesting for people from the US.. https://www.ethereumminer.nl/product/Ethereum-Mining-Rigs/ETH-MINER-120MH/Ethereum-Miner-110-120MH.html ;) Good job none the less! Greetings! Yeah, like i said, 280's so old cards i know :) haven't really checked for mining rigs, i always just buy gpu's and build em myself. But i guess you're right though :) Anyhow, wish you all the luck! greetings Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 14, 2016, 04:24:44 PM there is no point in using two psu anymore, with the new gpu coming 1kw psu will be enough
for example a 1070 from nvidia wil consume 110 on the most demanding algo, so with a 700w your are good to go but since we don't want that our psu die the next day, we go with the 1kw, actually the real problem is that there are no psu under 1kw with 6 slot connection for the gpu... Hey, like the idea, nice that there are people out there making a little business out of this :) Wish you all the luck with that! Just a small thing, maybe you could be a little more competitive, you could opt to lower your prices a little bit. If i would be interested, i could get the same amount of hash, also prebuilt, for 200EUR cheaper. Although, have to say, the cards presented here are older and it would have to be shipped from Europe, wouldn't be as interesting for people from the US.. https://www.ethereumminer.nl/product/Ethereum-Mining-Rigs/ETH-MINER-120MH/Ethereum-Miner-110-120MH.html ;) Good job none the less! Greetings! if you can build something as clean as the one posted it would be good, i may be interested in the near future with the new gpu, need to check the profitability before if you ship in europe aand the cost is around 100 or 150 with allt he riser it may be a good deal, i like prebuild stuff i don't want to waste time doing it myself, the fun port for me is the mining itself :S Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Stein on May 14, 2016, 04:33:06 PM if you can build something as clean as the one posted it would be good, i may be itnerested in the near future with the enw gpu, need to check the profitability before if you ship in europe aand the cost is around 100 or 150 with allt he riser it may eb a good deal, i like prebuild stuff i don't want to waste time doing it myself, the fun port for me is the mining itself :S Here it is in English https://www.ethereumminer.eu/cat/ETHEREUM-MINERS/612/Ethereum-Mining-Rigs.html Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 14, 2016, 04:34:56 PM if you can build something as clean as the one posted it would be good, i may be itnerested in the near future with the enw gpu, need to check the profitability before if you ship in europe aand the cost is around 100 or 150 with allt he riser it may eb a good deal, i like prebuild stuff i don't want to waste time doing it myself, the fun port for me is the mining itself :S Here it is in English https://www.ethereumminer.eu/cat/ETHEREUM-MINERS/612/Ethereum-Mining-Rigs.html i was talking only about the open frame, i like to build the rig myself, but not the open frame Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Stein on May 14, 2016, 04:36:54 PM i was talking only about the open frame, i like to build the rig myself, but not the open frame Ah here is just the frame in English https://www.ethereumminer.eu/product/Cases-*-Frames/ETHEH-BEHUIZ-SIMPLEXX/The-SimpleXX-Stacker-open-frame-case.html Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 14, 2016, 04:49:07 PM i was talking only about the open frame, i like to build the rig myself, but not the open frame Ah here is just the frame in English https://www.ethereumminer.eu/product/Cases-*-Frames/ETHEH-BEHUIZ-SIMPLEXX/The-SimpleXX-Stacker-open-frame-case.html you mean this https://www.ethereumminer.eu/cat/PARTS/614/Cases-*-Frames.html? (https://www.ethereumminer.eu/cat/PARTS/614/Cases-*-Frames.html?) it would be better with a base like the other posted, and without the second slot for the second psu, i don't need that, and btw how much is the space between gpu for that case? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Stein on May 14, 2016, 04:57:10 PM Yeah that's the only frame they sell. I think the op's is better. When I start building, I think i will get a couple of his rigs. All set up and just put in the cards.
Although they do seem a bit on the expensive side. I mean you can buy a Lian Li case for less than that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287 Here is a thread on building your own case like the op's Come's out to 99$, alot of work and that doesn't include the risers. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29729.0 This is a cheaper way to do it. Cost 9$ plus the risers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cscm8blV40c Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 14, 2016, 05:27:44 PM Yeah that's the only frame they sell. I think the op's is better. When I start building, I think i will get a couple of his rigs. All set up and just put in the cards. Although they do seem a bit on the expensive side. I mean you can buy a Lian Li case for less than that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287 Here is a thread on building your own case like the op's Come's out to 99$, alot of work and that doesn't include the risers. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29729.0 This is a cheaper way to do it. Cost 9$ plus the risers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cscm8blV40c All good reference points. The top case, just wont work for more than a couple of cards. The second DIY open air frame is similar to what I build, minus the risers and I also supply the mobo mounting plate. It's made form MDF board and has 3 mm standoffs for an ATX form factor board. The third option (el cheapo) is just horrible as air flow is an important part of the mining process to keep your cards cool. Cool cards = longer life and the staples stackable file boxes do not allow for proper air circulation, I tried them, no bueno. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 14, 2016, 05:35:55 PM Yeah that's the only frame they sell. I think the op's is better. When I start building, I think i will get a couple of his rigs. All set up and just put in the cards. Although they do seem a bit on the expensive side. I mean you can buy a Lian Li case for less than that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287 Here is a thread on building your own case like the op's Come's out to 99$, alot of work and that doesn't include the risers. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29729.0 This is a cheaper way to do it. Cost 9$ plus the risers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cscm8blV40c All good reference points. The top case, just wont work for more than a couple of cards. The second DIY open air frame is similar to what I build, minus the risers and I also supply the mobo mounting plate. It's made form MDF board and has 3 mm standoffs for an ATX form factor board. The third option (el cheapo) is just horrible as air flow is an important part of the mining process to keep your cards cool. Cool cards = longer life and the staples stackable file boxes do not allow for proper air circulation, I tried them, no bueno. there is someone selling your open frame for 175 euro on ebay with free shipping because he is in euro zone, it may be a good price, i would have bought it if needed(i don't need it now waiting for new gpu to plan the next build if necessary) but a little discout for 150 euro would have been better for my taste... Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 14, 2016, 06:21:10 PM Yeah that's the only frame they sell. I think the op's is better. When I start building, I think i will get a couple of his rigs. All set up and just put in the cards. Although they do seem a bit on the expensive side. I mean you can buy a Lian Li case for less than that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287 Here is a thread on building your own case like the op's Come's out to 99$, alot of work and that doesn't include the risers. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29729.0 This is a cheaper way to do it. Cost 9$ plus the risers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cscm8blV40c All good reference points. The top case, just wont work for more than a couple of cards. The second DIY open air frame is similar to what I build, minus the risers and I also supply the mobo mounting plate. It's made form MDF board and has 3 mm standoffs for an ATX form factor board. The third option (el cheapo) is just horrible as air flow is an important part of the mining process to keep your cards cool. Cool cards = longer life and the staples stackable file boxes do not allow for proper air circulation, I tried them, no bueno. there is someone selling your open frame for 175 euro on ebay with free shipping because he is in euro zone, it may be a good price, i would have bought it if needed(i don't need it now waiting for new gpu to plan the next build if necessary) but a little discout for 150 euro would have been better for my taste... Buy that one for $175 Euro. That's like $197.89 USD. Pretty close to what I am selling my frames for at $199. I could swing free shipping in the US, definitely not to Euro zone. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Tmdz on May 14, 2016, 07:21:43 PM You can build a really skookum frame with PVC from the hardware store and it will only cost you about 20 bucks and be a lot less work. I think some people are over engineering these all metal frames... cutting apart PC cases...Come on!
Ill post a short build log when I build my pvc frame, some parts are in the mail. Basically all you need is pvc, fittings, piece of wood for psu and mobo, and standoffs , I bought a 180 piece set for $4 on ebay. Good visual imagination also required ;D Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: VirosaGITS on May 14, 2016, 08:34:01 PM Yeah something like that however the neighbours can probably see all that so I am looking for something a little more private. Something to exhaust the heat thru a vent hose. So using my frame built out of the wire shelf; https://i.imgur.com/JFpq8xT.jpg?1 I put it against the wall and i'm pushing the hot air toward the window. Here is a rough idea for that setup which is effectively the same as mine; https://i.imgur.com/0CJG9Q3.png?1 12kW to 6.6kW Yellow is temporary "wall" personally i'm using acoustic panels where i can. Green is the GPU area which would be one wire shelf with multiple levels. Arrow is airflow. The opening is ideally a huge window that fit 20" fans or bigger or a doorway. Mine fit 18"*44* so i'm good for two boxfan and i'm dumping upward of 10kW outside. From the outside you see 2 box fan and thats it. That photo that you drew, it is suppose to be rotated ? Because it looks like you have a window ceiling. Or I'm I looking at it differently. Standard layout and point of view of blueprint. I mean the way you draw a layout on a blueprint is from bird's eye perspective, top down. 12kW to 6.6kW Yellow is temporary "wall" personally i'm using acoustic panels where i can. Green is the GPU area which would be one wire shelf with multiple levels. Arrow is airflow. The opening is ideally a huge window that fit 20" fans or bigger or a doorway. Mine fit 18"*44* so i'm good for two boxfan and i'm dumping upward of 10kW outside. From the outside you see 2 box fan and thats it. What are the gpu's that you have to hit 12kW ? I believe you would only reach that much with GPUs such as 280x or 290/390. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 14, 2016, 08:53:26 PM You can build a really skookum frame with PVC from the hardware store and it will only cost you about 20 bucks and be a lot less work. I think some people are over engineering these all metal frames... cutting apart PC cases...Come on! Ill post a short build log when I build my pvc frame, some parts are in the mail. Basically all you need is pvc, fittings, piece of wood for psu and mobo, and standoffs , I bought a 180 piece set for $4 on ebay. Good visual imagination also required ;D Whatever you do, do NOT ship a rig made from PVC, it will not hold up. If you have no intention of shipping a rig...which is something I do a few times a month....you can fly with whatever makes you happy and keeps your cost per hash down. Edit: FWIW using a custom frame like the aluminum Kada or it's many clones allow a larger operation to push or pull a rig from a shelf and put it on a bench super easily. It's the reason I went this route, it costs more, but for ease of maintenance, shipping and build out it makes my life easy. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Tmdz on May 14, 2016, 09:52:25 PM Im not in the rig building business but I can understand for commercial deployment the metal rigs and it makes it easy for them to snap in their parts and stack em. Schedule 80 pvc is thick as hell or hdpe would give anyone enough strength and you can always add in cross members to make it more sturdy. But if someone is really paranoid steel pipe works and if someone breaks in or zombies attack you can beat them to death with a left over piece. :D
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Spotswood on May 15, 2016, 02:03:18 AM I've been very fortunate to be able to continue to build these open air frames for GPU mining. ;D
http://www.spotswoodcomputercases.com/images/mining/Open-frame%20lower%20V2-640.JPG http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/Spotswood_/Open-frame%20Mining%20Tray/ModelB-640_zpsaa4e8db0.jpg Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Ayers on May 15, 2016, 06:41:49 AM those look the same as those that were posted by stein or amph, are you the one behind those open frame? or different person? because in your site they are more expensive
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Spotswood on May 15, 2016, 10:42:06 AM those look the same as those that were posted by stein or amph, are you the one behind those open frame? or different person? because in your site they are more expensive Look the same? Not even close. ::) More expensive? About the same price, ~$100 USD. :PTitle: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: VirosaGITS on May 15, 2016, 03:06:12 PM those look the same as those that were posted by stein or amph, are you the one behind those open frame? or different person? because in your site they are more expensive Look the same? Not even close. ::) More expensive? About the same price, ~$100 USD. :PI got the one you sent me a while ago, but then i got too busy to build more rigs. Its on my todo list to assemble it, now, lol. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: dannygroove on May 15, 2016, 11:45:20 PM http://imgur.com/IUCh5Ju
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: louiseth1 on May 16, 2016, 01:19:35 AM Just using ~100$ USD wire mesh racks.
This is only one rack out of 3. https://i.imgur.com/mkTaH7C.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sOMAfqr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mWJ1CEc.jpg Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Stein on May 16, 2016, 01:31:54 AM louiseth1
Can you take a picture of what you have the motherboards mounted on and also of the power strips you have mounted ? Also a closeup of how you mounted the cards ? It looks really clean. Are you running them on 240 ? 5 cards each. How big of a P/S ? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: dannygroove on May 16, 2016, 01:42:32 AM Just using ~100$ USD wire mesh racks. This is only one rack out of 3. Wow, thats beautiful. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Ayers on May 16, 2016, 05:51:32 AM louiseth1 were do you bought those evga pci-e additional cable, those for 2x6+2pin? on their website they only sell them in bundle not separately
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 16, 2016, 12:24:20 PM Yeah that's the only frame they sell. I think the op's is better. When I start building, I think i will get a couple of his rigs. All set up and just put in the cards. Although they do seem a bit on the expensive side. I mean you can buy a Lian Li case for less than that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287 Here is a thread on building your own case like the op's Come's out to 99$, alot of work and that doesn't include the risers. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29729.0 This is a cheaper way to do it. Cost 9$ plus the risers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cscm8blV40c All good reference points. The top case, just wont work for more than a couple of cards. The second DIY open air frame is similar to what I build, minus the risers and I also supply the mobo mounting plate. It's made form MDF board and has 3 mm standoffs for an ATX form factor board. The third option (el cheapo) is just horrible as air flow is an important part of the mining process to keep your cards cool. Cool cards = longer life and the staples stackable file boxes do not allow for proper air circulation, I tried them, no bueno. there is someone selling your open frame for 175 euro on ebay with free shipping because he is in euro zone, it may be a good price, i would have bought it if needed(i don't need it now waiting for new gpu to plan the next build if necessary) but a little discout for 150 euro would have been better for my taste... Buy that one for $175 Euro. That's like $197.89 USD. Pretty close to what I am selling my frames for at $199. I could swing free shipping in the US, definitely not to Euro zone. the guy in ebay did not respond to me about the distance between each card, can you tell me the exact distant between each gpu? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 16, 2016, 02:55:22 PM Yeah that's the only frame they sell. I think the op's is better. When I start building, I think i will get a couple of his rigs. All set up and just put in the cards. Although they do seem a bit on the expensive side. I mean you can buy a Lian Li case for less than that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287 Here is a thread on building your own case like the op's Come's out to 99$, alot of work and that doesn't include the risers. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29729.0 This is a cheaper way to do it. Cost 9$ plus the risers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cscm8blV40c All good reference points. The top case, just wont work for more than a couple of cards. The second DIY open air frame is similar to what I build, minus the risers and I also supply the mobo mounting plate. It's made form MDF board and has 3 mm standoffs for an ATX form factor board. The third option (el cheapo) is just horrible as air flow is an important part of the mining process to keep your cards cool. Cool cards = longer life and the staples stackable file boxes do not allow for proper air circulation, I tried them, no bueno. there is someone selling your open frame for 175 euro on ebay with free shipping because he is in euro zone, it may be a good price, i would have bought it if needed(i don't need it now waiting for new gpu to plan the next build if necessary) but a little discout for 150 euro would have been better for my taste... Buy that one for $175 Euro. That's like $197.89 USD. Pretty close to what I am selling my frames for at $199. I could swing free shipping in the US, definitely not to Euro zone. spacing would depend on the card you use, however I can tell you how I space the risers when I mount them, I use a riser board as a guide and space each riser the width of one riser from each other. riser boards are 1.75" wide slot. This is approximate. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 16, 2016, 02:56:19 PM Just using ~100$ USD wire mesh racks. This is only one rack out of 3. https://i.imgur.com/mkTaH7C.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sOMAfqr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mWJ1CEc.jpg Nice setup! what is your total hashrate and what cards? Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: louiseth1 on May 30, 2016, 01:06:20 AM We run some 280x and some 380. It's been running there and almost forgot about, we are deploying hundreds of S7's at our new location.
Will try to update pics someday. We use EVGA 1300w with some adaptors we had made custom (to add more pci-e connectors). Everything runs on 240v with tripplite PDU's. The plates used for mounting motherboards are from http://caselabs.net/, Model is Mercury S8 (tray only) which can be found here: http://www.caselabs-store.com/atx-motherboard-trays-pricing-varies/ (15$ USD a piece with mounting studs and screws) Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: arielbit on May 30, 2016, 04:27:48 AM i always prefer wood over metal...
in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Eliovp on May 30, 2016, 05:32:35 AM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. Yup, me too.. That's why.. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_cBBoZ_PTwOYVF2YUp6MnloVUFYX0c0RU1HOHlXMk9NVjNV :) Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 30, 2016, 05:50:21 AM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: arielbit on May 30, 2016, 06:05:17 AM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated in multiple rigs and multiple gpus, your mind focused on troubleshooting....everyone gets that tickle whether noobs or experts LOL from time to time even the metal part of the gpus where you screw them to the cage/case/shelf have some electricity..that's a lot of metal contact to insulate.. and people should ground that metal cage/case/shelf.. all that metal is a potential shorting hazard to any electronic contacts btw. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 31, 2016, 05:30:23 AM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated in multiple rigs and multiple gpus, your mind focused on troubleshooting....everyone gets that tickle whether noobs or experts LOL from time to time even the metal part of the gpus where you screw them to the cage/case/shelf have some electricity..that's a lot of metal contact to insulate.. and people should ground that metal cage/case/shelf.. all that metal is a potential shorting hazard to any electronic contacts btw. the metal part where you screw the gpu to the top of the frame are isolated, i touched thems many times nothing come from there Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: arielbit on May 31, 2016, 05:47:44 AM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated in multiple rigs and multiple gpus, your mind focused on troubleshooting....everyone gets that tickle whether noobs or experts LOL from time to time even the metal part of the gpus where you screw them to the cage/case/shelf have some electricity..that's a lot of metal contact to insulate.. and people should ground that metal cage/case/shelf.. all that metal is a potential shorting hazard to any electronic contacts btw. the metal part where you screw the gpu to the top of the frame are isolated, i touched thems many times nothing come from there just making sure we are on the same page here..this part.. https://i.imgur.com/kp0RBuKl.jpg?1 you will serve as a ground if you don't wear shoes or slippers, your feet is a little bit moist on the cement floor... or you touch two metals from different gpus or any metal from an electronic device that is plugged in, the current will pass through you..there are cases that you might and might not get the electric tickles.. it is kinda better now that the trend of a lot of gpus now is to have a back plate, some how it protects any electronic contact points there Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 31, 2016, 05:51:26 AM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated in multiple rigs and multiple gpus, your mind focused on troubleshooting....everyone gets that tickle whether noobs or experts LOL from time to time even the metal part of the gpus where you screw them to the cage/case/shelf have some electricity..that's a lot of metal contact to insulate.. and people should ground that metal cage/case/shelf.. all that metal is a potential shorting hazard to any electronic contacts btw. the metal part where you screw the gpu to the top of the frame are isolated, i touched thems many times nothing come from there just making sure we are on the same page here..this part.. https://i.imgur.com/kp0RBuKl.jpg?1 you will serve as a ground if you don't wear shoes or slippers, your feet is a little bit moist on the cement floor... or you touch two metals from different gpus or any metal from an electronic device that is plugged in, the current will pass through you..there are cases that you might and might not get the electric tickles.. it is kinda better now that the trend of a lot of gpus now is to have a back plate, some how it protects any electronic contact points there yes talking about that part, i touchd it many times, even now i can go to my rig and touch it, nothin happen, dunno what kinda of gpu you are using that let electricity pass there about the black plate yes using g1 gaming here they feel safer for sure Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: 110110101 on May 31, 2016, 06:43:48 AM Just using ~100$ USD wire mesh racks. This is only one rack out of 3. https://i.imgur.com/mkTaH7C.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sOMAfqr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mWJ1CEc.jpg What a lovely setup! Nice, clean and tidy. That has a high envy factor! ;) Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: arielbit on May 31, 2016, 08:49:43 AM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated in multiple rigs and multiple gpus, your mind focused on troubleshooting....everyone gets that tickle whether noobs or experts LOL from time to time even the metal part of the gpus where you screw them to the cage/case/shelf have some electricity..that's a lot of metal contact to insulate.. and people should ground that metal cage/case/shelf.. all that metal is a potential shorting hazard to any electronic contacts btw. the metal part where you screw the gpu to the top of the frame are isolated, i touched thems many times nothing come from there just making sure we are on the same page here..this part.. https://i.imgur.com/kp0RBuKl.jpg?1 you will serve as a ground if you don't wear shoes or slippers, your feet is a little bit moist on the cement floor... or you touch two metals from different gpus or any metal from an electronic device that is plugged in, the current will pass through you..there are cases that you might and might not get the electric tickles.. it is kinda better now that the trend of a lot of gpus now is to have a back plate, some how it protects any electronic contact points there yes talking about that part, i touchd it many times, even now i can go to my rig and touch it, nothin happen, dunno what kinda of gpu you are using that let electricity pass there about the black plate yes using g1 gaming here they feel safer for sure from where you live your electrical cabling must have earthing system or grounding system (with ground wire), here it is only two wires, the live wire and the neutral wire.. these connections are not utilized here. https://i.imgur.com/bAf2Fgi.jpg Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 31, 2016, 11:41:46 AM here my little rig, overkill with the 1500, i know, i was planning to consume more, but ended with 5 970 only
https://i.imgur.com/2o9Oegr.jpg Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 31, 2016, 12:00:20 PM Looking good Amph!
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: WarrEagle on May 31, 2016, 12:30:31 PM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated in multiple rigs and multiple gpus, your mind focused on troubleshooting....everyone gets that tickle whether noobs or experts LOL from time to time even the metal part of the gpus where you screw them to the cage/case/shelf have some electricity..that's a lot of metal contact to insulate.. and people should ground that metal cage/case/shelf.. all that metal is a potential shorting hazard to any electronic contacts btw. the metal part where you screw the gpu to the top of the frame are isolated, i touched thems many times nothing come from there just making sure we are on the same page here..this part.. https://i.imgur.com/kp0RBuKl.jpg?1 you will serve as a ground if you don't wear shoes or slippers, your feet is a little bit moist on the cement floor... or you touch two metals from different gpus or any metal from an electronic device that is plugged in, the current will pass through you..there are cases that you might and might not get the electric tickles.. it is kinda better now that the trend of a lot of gpus now is to have a back plate, some how it protects any electronic contact points there yes talking about that part, i touchd it many times, even now i can go to my rig and touch it, nothin happen, dunno what kinda of gpu you are using that let electricity pass there about the black plate yes using g1 gaming here they feel safer for sure from where you live your electrical cabling must have earthing system or grounding system (with ground wire), here it is only two wires, the live wire and the neutral wire.. these connections are not utilized here. https://i.imgur.com/bAf2Fgi.jpg That is why you get shocked, chassis ground, the pins you do not use, is what all metallic part mounting areas are grounded. If this is floating with no connection to earth ground, you can get shocked and you can die with only 200 milliamps of current. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: Amph on May 31, 2016, 12:34:36 PM Looking good Amph! yeah the photo is not the best, light is very scarse there, i've put it in a corner on the top of a wardrobe, unfortunately i don't have other place for now and i don't want to sleep with 770w(plus the other rig for gaming that is minign as well with another gpu), too hot already Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: arielbit on May 31, 2016, 01:16:43 PM i always prefer wood over metal... in using metal, sometimes electricity will tickle you if you have contact while fixing and tinkering. that's because it has not done right, with the motherboard maybe touching something, because everyhting else is isolated in multiple rigs and multiple gpus, your mind focused on troubleshooting....everyone gets that tickle whether noobs or experts LOL from time to time even the metal part of the gpus where you screw them to the cage/case/shelf have some electricity..that's a lot of metal contact to insulate.. and people should ground that metal cage/case/shelf.. all that metal is a potential shorting hazard to any electronic contacts btw. the metal part where you screw the gpu to the top of the frame are isolated, i touched thems many times nothing come from there just making sure we are on the same page here..this part.. https://i.imgur.com/kp0RBuKl.jpg?1 you will serve as a ground if you don't wear shoes or slippers, your feet is a little bit moist on the cement floor... or you touch two metals from different gpus or any metal from an electronic device that is plugged in, the current will pass through you..there are cases that you might and might not get the electric tickles.. it is kinda better now that the trend of a lot of gpus now is to have a back plate, some how it protects any electronic contact points there yes talking about that part, i touchd it many times, even now i can go to my rig and touch it, nothin happen, dunno what kinda of gpu you are using that let electricity pass there about the black plate yes using g1 gaming here they feel safer for sure from where you live your electrical cabling must have earthing system or grounding system (with ground wire), here it is only two wires, the live wire and the neutral wire.. these connections are not utilized here. https://i.imgur.com/bAf2Fgi.jp That is why you get shocked, chassis ground, the pins you do not use, is what all metallic part mounting areas are grounded. If this is floating with no connection to earth ground, you can get shocked and you can die with only 200 milliamps of current. these old electrical lines here were made without grounding...i could make one for my rigs, i know a good ground here. i've been tickled a lot of time in my lifetime lol, don't worry it's a good experience and i know what i'm doing and these type of lines are widely used here. Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: 110110101 on June 01, 2016, 06:33:49 AM @arielbit A quick and dirty grounding trick that I used way back when, was to make a connection to a old metal heater installed in the room. It is grounded so connecting to it grounded the equipment that I had. I think I had a old computer, ungrounded, and had a humming background noise while listening to music. By doing this "foolish" hack, the humming went away. I'm not sure connecting high wattage usage mining rigs to a heater is the right way to go, but maybe it's worth trying out if you tend to get "tickled" every now and then.
Title: Re: Post pics of your Custom GPU Rig Frames Post by: arielbit on June 01, 2016, 11:08:16 AM @arielbit A quick and dirty grounding trick that I used way back when, was to make a connection to a old metal heater installed in the room. It is grounded so connecting to it grounded the equipment that I had. I think I had a old computer, ungrounded, and had a humming background noise while listening to music. By doing this "foolish" hack, the humming went away. I'm not sure connecting high wattage usage mining rigs to a heater is the right way to go, but maybe it's worth trying out if you tend to get "tickled" every now and then. most likely the electricity that's leaking to the ground of your audio's ground is causing the disturbance/humming/noise.. there is no heater here, the metal window grill is here is a good ground..how do i know it? i use the live 240V wire and used that ground as a neutral to run a 1000w flat iron runs (at full heating)...typically a not so good ground can run an electric fan or a TV, but not 1000W or more load... somehow i think the metal grills must have been connected to the metal intertwined underneath the cement and connecting into the foundation. in our place, digging the soil at about 1 meter depth it is already moist or watery...ground here is good. |
