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Title: ati 5770 - which motherboard just for mining cheaply Post by: hamdi on June 15, 2011, 01:31:24 AM whats the cheapest but good motherboard to mine with a 5770?
i plan to go ultracheap with no case und no harddrive, just linux from a usb stick. what would be a proven good motherboard where i could eventually put a second or third 5770 into? thanks for your inputs guys!"!! Title: Re: ati 5770 - which motherboard just for mining cheaply Post by: bleedkira on June 15, 2011, 03:23:45 AM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176
$60, can put two cards in there with no modification, three if you use a PCIe x1 to x16 converter cable. Title: Re: ati 5770 - which motherboard just for mining cheaply Post by: kcobra on June 15, 2011, 03:52:36 AM Even cheaper if you have some DDR2 memory on hand:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157226 If you need to buy memory then the DD3 board is cheaper. I personally have two of the DDR2 boards and two of the DDR3 boards mining under Win 7 without issue. Title: Re: ati 5770 - which motherboard just for mining cheaply Post by: hamdi on June 15, 2011, 10:22:37 AM thanks guys, using your info!
Title: Re: ati 5770 - which motherboard just for mining cheaply Post by: Meatball on June 16, 2011, 05:38:15 PM I was looking for a cheap board that I could mine 4 GPU's off of and the best I found was this Biostar A870U3 for $65 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138318). You'll need cable extenders, but I couldn't find anything cheaper. If anyone knows of a cheaper board that has any combo of 4 PCI express slots, I'd love to know.
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