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Title: FPGA PCIE card choices Post by: Dutch85 on May 20, 2013, 10:23:56 AM Hi,
I recently got asked to build a bitcoin mining rig for someone. I have decided to go the FPGA route. I was looking at getting a pcie backplain with 13 pcie slots. I was then going to purchase a single board computer. The rest of the components I have (ie hard drive, ram, processor). Now, I just need to know some of my options for the FPGA cards. Does anybody have some suggestions. Thanks Title: Re: FPGA PCIE card choices Post by: pvtbrutus on May 20, 2013, 10:27:15 AM From what I've gathered only this company is still active making and reliably selling them.
http://www.cardreaderfactory.com/shop/lancelot.html User blackarrow on this forum has a thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=200055.0 Title: Re: FPGA PCIE card choices Post by: Dutch85 on May 20, 2013, 10:58:08 AM I think you may have misunderstood what I was looking for. I need something along the lines of this
http://devboards.de/startseite/boards/cyclone-iv/ Thanks Title: Re: FPGA PCIE card choices Post by: John (John K.) on May 20, 2013, 11:09:51 AM I think you may have misunderstood what I was looking for. I need something along the lines of this Nah, those cannot mine bitcoins AFAIK. The FPGA's for bitcoin mining are specially designed (with Spartan-6's) to maximize mining performance and cooling. I've yet to see a FPGA for efficient bitcoin mining on PCIE.http://devboards.de/startseite/boards/cyclone-iv/ Thanks Title: Re: FPGA PCIE card choices Post by: snootch on May 20, 2013, 12:56:17 PM I think you may have misunderstood what I was looking for. I need something along the lines of this Nah, those cannot mine bitcoins AFAIK. The FPGA's for bitcoin mining are specially designed (with Spartan-6's) to maximize mining performance and cooling. I've yet to see a FPGA for efficient bitcoin mining on PCIE.http://devboards.de/startseite/boards/cyclone-iv/ Thanks Like this?: http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/raggedstone/raggedstone2.html http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/raggedstone/raggestone2_650x425,jpg.JPG Title: Re: FPGA PCIE card choices Post by: Dutch85 on May 21, 2013, 07:34:50 AM My understanding is that Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7, Spartan-6, Virtex-6, Cyclone IV, and Cyclone V are all used for bitcoin mining but the spartan-6 seems to be the most cost efficient.
Title: Re: FPGA PCIE card choices Post by: bitx64 on May 21, 2013, 07:39:29 AM Please buy http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/shop/en/13-merrick1.html (http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/shop/en/13-merrick1.html) and report back ;)
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