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After placed everything together , installed win 10 on the SSDs , before connected to internet , blocked all automatic updates , downloads , reportings , sharings ect ...used Win 10 built in group policy editor , to prevent the system crashing from some  stupid forced driver update by Microsoft . Then installed Intel inf utility , then the RX 480 driver with one RX 480 connected to the mobo ! if all 6 card was connected , AMD driver installation hang during install ...
After installation completed with 1 CARD connected ,set the virtual memory to 16GB min (, turned off the pc , connected another 5 card , WIN 10 booted up , recognized all the cards ...



Fired up the bat file , the miner started hashing with 148-149MH/s , at this point it was pulling around 1100 Watts at the wall from a 120 Volts outlet . It was running stable for a few hours , then it was time to cut back that energy usage :)

After a little playing with wattman settings i was able to manage the energy usage down to 725-750Watts so it saved me 350 watts / mobo or 700 watts from the entire setup with 2 mobo/12cards :)

I let the 2 mobo with the same settings running for a few hours , it was not any stability issue , so cranked up the memory a little bit one by one under wattman settings to 2050 (8200) hash rate went up to 151-152MH/s then it pulled around 770Watts at the wall ...., both mobos running with this setting more than 24 hours without any problem .

For underclocking i reduced the gpu speed , voltage , memory voltage , target temp , power limit .
Dont want to post my settings yet , still testing the stability and will increase the mem speeds.

I was able to run my setup for 3 days with 162MH/s each mobo  , with some high mem speed settings , but there was a lot of reboots , wattman reset the tune settings to factory default ... so i had to tune again one by one each 12 cards ...
was not able to sucessful underclock the miner with any other tune program , used ASUS GPU tweak , MSI afterburner..etc
wattman the only one worked for me the way i want :)

Super cool!

Great job

Nice. Love the aluminum build, just did an aluminum angle build today. I have always wanted to try the square ones but haven't been able to find the various connectors at lowes or home depot.

Now just flash them all with a 29 MHs low power mod  ;D

And got performance drop in an hour to normal value (like you have). Why?

Tried to flash with that modded bios , but was not able to complete the flashing process under win 10 . That mod is for reference card only  , maybe im wrong :-)

Yeah based on the pictures they are not reference cards.

I would check out the ethereum forums - mining category. Pretty sure I saw some "non reference" mods that will help.

Nice set up man nice setup

Lovely build rig ..can you make me one :-D
Build me one too^^ the aluframe rig

You are right, mods are only for reference cards.

How you manage that the cards are working without monitor plugged in?
I have a XFX like you but if I don't have monitor connected it gets disabled by the driver.

make sure under control panel / power settings
Put computer to sleep : never
Turn off display : never

Let me know if it's help .

awesome build! it reminds me the glory days back in 2012 ! where i had a 62 cards ,
anyhow good job loved that wemo plugs!

standard settings for me but it still requires that I have attached a DVI, HDMI or DP to the card otherwise the Radeon control is going nuts and also monitoring of the card is gone.
Like this :-(

https://abload.de/thumb/radnomonfailrxkm4.jpg (http://abload.de/image.php?img=radnomonfailrxkm4.jpg)

are u using win 10 or win 7 ? What AMD  driver u have installed ?

nice but i do not see a shot with 16 cards and 3 mobos.

3 cards on the way it was pre ordered :-) you can see the motherboard , psu in the corner on this pictures ;-)
It's there ;-) but not in the open case yet  ::)
http://beszeljukmeg.com/ETH/005.JPG

One more question.

Do you think two threaded rods could be used to support the long bars or are they solid and won't sag?

Another question:

Could you please put the dimensions on the frame's rods? Did you cut them at Home Depot?

I will try to make similar - but shorter, for 6 cards only

to be honest i prefer one rig setup than 3-4 way, with the latter would be a pain in the ass to move it, too heavy and cumbersome

I use Windows 10 x64 and the latest nonWHQL Radeon Driver Hotfix and you?

Those long bars I used for this build are very solid , they won't sag for sure .
Don't need any support for the long bars. I can can pick up the whole setup holding the long bars on the middle .
Whole setup I mean only 2 mobo , 2 psu , and 12 cards right now  ;D

It was in my head to build 3 times 6 card setup and make them stackable, but finally ended up to build this version :-) it's  clean , easy to build maybe a little heavy with all those cards and psu's
It's not going to be my LAN party setup for sure :-) , I don't think I ever have to move this open case .

same here , win 10 , latest driver  :) , well .. latest driver come out today :)
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64 (http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64)

in your case i would use 1 dummy plug or "Display Emulator " for each setup ( at least on 1 card from a 6 vga setup) , this way your vga card will think there is a monitor attached to your system:)
You can order from amazon  , there is a link for the product , you may can find cheaper , but i can confirm this product is working :)

https://www.amazon.com/CompuLab-fit-Headless-Display-Emulator/dp/B00FLZXGJ6 (https://www.amazon.com/CompuLab-fit-Headless-Display-Emulator/dp/B00FLZXGJ6)

Let me and the bitcointalk community know if its fixed your problem :)

Will repeat my question:

Could you please put the dimensions on the frame's rods? Did you cut them at Home Depot?

I will try to make similar - but shorter, for 6 cards only

Well I was looking for this thing all over her in Austria..couldn't find because I thought of Loop-Adapters not emulator

There is a few things  you need to understand:-) I will be happy to give you my build dimensions , but that might not work for you . I built this open case around that hardware what I already have , psu , mobo , vga cards .
The dimension is very simple : 12" high , 12" deep , 52" long . The middle crossbar what holding the cards is 12" minus vga card with raisers high from the top and 50" long
If your vga card is longer than 12" you are not going to be able to install into this case , you need to do the case deeper .
You need some basic tools to build a case like this , I don't think the employees in the Home Depot will cut it for you for the right size :-)

Let me know if you need more information :-)

Thank you! Will try to do it anyway

Just came in my pants looking at those pics :O

Congrats on the setup, that is super awesome!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Thank You ! Still working on the cable management  ;D

Very cool build! Very efficient too!

How many cards are you powering per PSU?

What do you use to switch your display/keyboard/mouse between systems? KVM switch?

Powering 6 card with one psu in asrock h97 anniversary edition , I have 2 setup like that in this build , and a 3rd mobo , with smaller psu ( 850w)  powering 4 cards .
Not using any kvm switch , each setup have one display emulator or dummy plug connected to one card , controlling the builds via Remote Desktop or TeamViewer.

Are you running all of this on one breaker amp or do you have power cords running around?

Half of the rig ( 6+4 cards ) is running from 1x 15 amp/120volts  outlet , another one ( 6 cards ) from separate 15 amp circuit . No power cords running around :) two side of my setup have 2 separate 120v/15amp outlet on separate breakers :)

Before installed the 3rd mobo with 4 cards , all 12 cards with 2 mobo was running fine from 1 15 amp outlet

Solid job you have done there mate.

Nice build there.

I got 10 x 480 and 6 x 470 myself running at 465Mhs.
If i could turn back time i would have gone 470s all the way and saved a pile of money or buy more cards.

I could have bought atleast 20 x 470s for the same price (550Mhs)
I did not know what the 470 was capable of when buying the 480s in the first place.

Can you mine with RX 470 with stock settings or you need to play with flashing, Wattman and other things?

Which cards are the best among RX 470s? Refs, aftermarket, XFX vs Sapphire vs ASUS etc?

Does it make sense to buy 8Gb vs 4Gb?

You can mine with RX 470 on stock settings without any problem , but if you want to get more hash rate , and lower power draw , you need to play with wattman or bios mod :)

Impressive Job, well done!

What's the best stable hashrate you achieved with your 470 4Gb?
I heard about 29Mhash, but i wasn't been able to achieve more than 27.4

Im not sure about the 4GB version , but with 8GB non reference card rx 470 ( i only have one ) and modded bios i was able to go over 29MH/s , but it was not stable for long run. With Bios mod and wattman tune i was able to get around 28.5 MH/s stable . Sold my RX 470 8GB and got a rx480 8GB for almost the same price.

RX 470 8GB / 240$ as of 9/29/2016
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202226&cm_re=rx_470_8gb-_-14-202-226-_-Product (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202226&cm_re=rx_470_8gb-_-14-202-226-_-Product)

RX480 8GB 260$ as of 9/29/1016
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202224&cm_re=rx_480_8gb-_-14-202-224-_-Product (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202224&cm_re=rx_480_8gb-_-14-202-224-_-Product)

 

good thing I'm west of tally!! That thing looks like it's going to be a wrecker!

Awesome looking rig you have there, thanks for sharing I love seeing New Design Concepts.

After read your topic i just buy a wemo insight :)
thank

https://s30.postimg.org/wmwfc3tz1/Screenshot_2017_01_22_17_20_46.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/wmwfc3tz1/)

There is my 14 cards build with some info about original / modded bios power draw , hashing speed ...

Great :) I'm glad you like it ;) with that switch is very easy to monitor your rig , remotely turn on /turn off (reboot) , you can also  set up a alarm  if the power draw going lower than average , this way if one of your card stop hashing you going to get a notification on your phone .

Great build right there. By the way, what kind of CPU you are using? Thanks in advance!

i prefer the unifi mpower to monitor my rigs btw good build

I've got 2 WeMo sitting on the shelf that I wont ever use again.
IMO their cheap trash.

I've found that they usually lose their settings on a power failure/power outage/turn off the power.
Which means a long annoying process of setting them up again.
What sort of power management item can't handle itself losing power?

The Wifi in them is clearly some cheap crappy hardware to improve their profits - I had terrible trouble trying to setup 2 of them in the same place to power 2 Canaan A7 miners, since that's of course necessary on normal household power.
The Wifi point is about 6 feet away, but one of the WeMo shows regularly losing connection to it during setup and in the end fails to setup - this is after a power loss event (even after resetting it)

I also found that the Apple app store didn't have their app available when I bought them - a couple of months apart - it had been removed - I've no idea why.

You had any such problems?

I had a problem once , with all if my wemo switch , when I had to reboot my modem/router , the switches lost all the settings , and I had to reset each one . It was not that hard but toke me around 2-5 min each to reprograming them. Yes if you have a power outage, you have to face this problem .
After that , Some commercial construction started in my street , so my "server" room started to lose power 2-3 times a day for a week or two .
I retired all my wemo switch, switched to 240volt (us)  and ordered a switchable, metered pdu . This way one pdu can handle 30 amps / 240 volt . Paid around 400$ for the pdu , that pdu can handle 5 S9 .

If you dont have a power outage often, i would say the weMo switch or someting simillar is the best , easiest way to control , monitor your rigs.
im still using 2 or 3 , and i never had problem with them , but i never had a power outage after the construction company finished they work , and the power company connected the new building to the gird

Just logged in to the apple app store , from my side the WeMo app is still there

I received those switches with older firmware , when i set them up with the app , i got a notification "new firmware is available" , i updated all of those switches . some wemo lost they previous settings after the firmware update .

...My Build Total Hashrate is : 480 MH/s
Total Power draw at the wall : 2439Watts / 120volts


Bro if you can go under 220V you may reduce almost to half your electricity cost.

https://www.supercircuits.com/resources/tools/volts-watts-amps-converter

Volts / Watts / Amps Converter:
   
110 Volts
2439 Watts (vA)
22.17 Amps

220 Volts
2439 Watts (vA)
11.09 Amps

Good Luck

Electricity cost is calculated based on how much power you're using in a given period of time (typically kwh), not amps.

  some countries do not charge by kwatt  used per month
some countries charge by amp average by month


so a change from 110 to 220 would lower your bill   since amp average drops.



I think India uses this.. but i  could be wrong

Did you habe testet a Rx 570/rx580 Card?
I will Setup a new rig and i have no Info if i use a Rx 480/470/580/570 card

That is the best card?

Best Regards from Germany
Willi

i did not tested any of the rx 500 series cards yet , i read ppl have a hard time to get 5+ cards working in 1 rig , but i dont have any personal experience with those cards yet .