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Title: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 22, 2017, 09:51:33 AM Hi,
I currently have an MSI Z170A SLI PLUS motherboard and can only get 4x GTX 1070 GPU to work... I have tried everything. I am about to but an ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151, which takes 7 PCI-E and two M.2 This bloke claims he can do it. http://cryptomining-blog.com/8700-8x-gpu-nvidia-mining-rig-with-asus-prime-z270-a/ Any thoughts before I part with money. Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: gctom on June 22, 2017, 10:03:40 AM From what I gathered so far you need :
- Above 4G decoding activated in bios - latest motherboard driver version - Windows installed in uefi (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-setup-installing-using-the-mbr-or-gpt-partition-style) I'll try that tomorrow on my conf Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 22, 2017, 10:05:12 AM Thanks
Are you pretty sure it will work as need to get my other two cards running... Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: K4MiL on June 22, 2017, 10:08:35 AM My ring with 8 x 1070 ( asus dual oc ) use asus prime 270-A and it work stable ;) ( windows ) i read that on linux is posible run 9 gpu ....
Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 22, 2017, 10:23:24 AM that's good then!
what processor do you have? Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: sc8nt4u on June 22, 2017, 10:49:58 AM I also got 8x RX 580s working on the Asus Z270-A board. Using a Celeron G3900.
Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: K4MiL on June 22, 2017, 11:04:05 AM Intel Pentium G4400
Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 22, 2017, 11:47:46 AM Well I have ordered it and it will be here tomorrow, so fingers crossed.
I really appreciate the help thanks. and I am also using a G4400 so should be ok. Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: sc8nt4u on June 22, 2017, 11:50:01 AM Well I have ordered it and it will be here tomorrow, so fingers crossed. I really appreciate the help thanks. and I am also using a G4400 so should be ok. Good luck, message me if you have questions! Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 23, 2017, 07:00:27 AM Hi,
I am sooo peeed off, I ordered this from Amazon yesterday for delivery today, and then they email me at 3am today saying they cannot deliver it as its not in stock, If they had bothetred to email me sooner, I could have got another sorted for today. I have now had to buy one from somewhere else and pay a premium plus pay for Saturday delivery. Oh well. Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: darkomega69 on June 23, 2017, 08:12:58 AM Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: bibyfok on June 23, 2017, 08:17:43 AM Running 8*1060 under Simplemining OS beta.
Can't make the 2nd M2 adapter to work, will try on an other board, maybe that one has this port broken. Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: spyshagg on June 23, 2017, 10:25:37 AM You should be using a skylake cpu. I read kabylake do not work with 8gpus
Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: Vann on June 23, 2017, 11:07:11 AM BBT uses this board a lot in his builds. He also has a video walkthrough of what you need to do to get the Asus Z270-A / AR running with 6+ cards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-FkpU2KfI Next he's going to try 13 cards on the board using a PCI-E splitter! :D Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 23, 2017, 05:19:44 PM I have the Skylake so should be ok, my M.2 cards arrived today so will be able to give it a try tomorrow.
Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 23, 2017, 05:26:56 PM BBT uses this board a lot in his builds. He also has a video walkthrough of what you need to do to get the Asus Z270-A / AR running with 6+ cards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-FkpU2KfI Next he's going to try 13 cards on the board using a PCI-E splitter! :D I just watched that, it's really helpful Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: ManyLlamas on June 23, 2017, 06:51:05 PM Hi, I am sooo peeed off, I ordered this from Amazon yesterday for delivery today, and then they email me at 3am today saying they cannot deliver it as its not in stock, If they had bothetred to email me sooner, I could have got another sorted for today. I have now had to buy one from somewhere else and pay a premium plus pay for Saturday delivery. Oh well. Happened to me with some Celerons and RAM, now I have to wait till I get back from Maine to build the rigs Title: Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 Post by: tomduk on June 24, 2017, 08:46:09 PM You will be pleased to know having fitted the new motherboard and followed the video on this thread ive now got 6 cards running at 180Mhs.
I might go and buy two more and see how it takes 8, I can then when the money build another 8 rig. Thanks for your help, much appreciated. |