|
Title: LTC mining rig questions Post by: bumbox on March 28, 2013, 09:19:46 AM Hello everyone!
I'm building LTC mining rig and have some questions. 1. Does LTC mining requires full PCIe x16 or it is bandwidth independent like BTC mining? 2. I plan to use two 6Gb 7990 card. Is 16Gb RAM enough for it? 3. What cpu vendor and chipset are preferred? Thanks in advance. Title: Re: LTC mining rig questions Post by: BBQKorv on March 28, 2013, 02:30:48 PM Hello everyone! I'm building LTC mining rig and have some questions. 1. Does LTC mining requires full PCIe x16 or it is bandwidth independent like BTC mining? 2. I plan to use two 6Gb 7990 card. Is 16Gb RAM enough for it? 3. What cpu vendor and chipset are preferred? Thanks in advance. 1. 1x works just fine 2. Yes 3. I would go with Intel, but some people prefer AMD since they might be just a bit cheaper in the very low end of the product line. Chipset, something that has enough PCI-E lanes for you. Title: Re: LTC mining rig questions Post by: dogie on March 28, 2013, 04:59:31 PM Hello everyone! I'm building LTC mining rig and have some questions. 1. Does LTC mining requires full PCIe x16 or it is bandwidth independent like BTC mining? 2. I plan to use two 6Gb 7990 card. Is 16Gb RAM enough for it? 3. What cpu vendor and chipset are preferred? Thanks in advance. If you're buying cards purely to mine and won't be using them for gaming, then you could consider much cheaper cards but more of them. Ie 10x 7850s for a similar price but 2x [EDIT: based on theoretical pricing in the US]. Title: Re: LTC mining rig questions Post by: bumbox on March 29, 2013, 12:48:39 PM Thanks guys!
Title: Re: LTC mining rig questions Post by: Joerii on April 01, 2013, 04:02:22 PM More high-end cards have resale value though, very important.
Title: Re: LTC mining rig questions Post by: tacotime on April 01, 2013, 04:08:55 PM Started a thread about making them here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=163306
But your build should be fine |