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Title: New Mining Rig Build Review Post by: wasted on May 01, 2013, 09:49:08 PM Here is what I am thinking..
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 AMD AM3+ Motherboard --- 79.99 AMD Sempron™ 145 Energy Efficient Processor AM3 -- $35.99 DDR3 4GB 1866MHz DUAL = $32.99 Enermax Power Supply 500w x 2 $37 = $74 XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 Core Edition 3GB PCI-Express x 3 298.95 = 896.85 Thoughts? Title: Re: New Mining Rig Build Review Post by: Doono on May 01, 2013, 10:25:11 PM Sounds like a really cheap power supply to me, I know Enermax are a decent brand but those sound like budget supplies which are the last thing I want in a device running 24/7 with expensive gpu's. Do you have a link to the power supplies you are looking at?
Title: Re: New Mining Rig Build Review Post by: wasted on May 01, 2013, 10:30:09 PM Sounds like a really cheap power supply to me, I know Enermax are a decent brand but those sound like budget supplies which are the last thing I want in a device running 24/7 with expensive gpu's. Do you have a link to the power supplies you are looking at? http://www.frys.com/product/6908647?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG This super cheap build.. I am going to back the super cheap power supply with a UPS just to ensure the power is clean. Title: Re: New Mining Rig Build Review Post by: massnerder on May 01, 2013, 10:33:34 PM I am building a quad 7950 setup too and got mostly that same hardware setup, I would go with a better psu for sure. I did a seasonic gold plus, but that was almost as much as one of the cards.
Even for $50 more than your projected cost you can get a decent 1000w single psu Title: Re: New Mining Rig Build Review Post by: Doono on May 01, 2013, 10:53:46 PM The supplies seem to have ok reviews and the spec seems decent enough, I wouldn't use them personally but you could definitely do worse. Still seem suspiciously cheap to me. I'm going to take a punt and say they probably aren't made by Enermax and are probably OEM supplies using the name.
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