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Title: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: forkbomb on September 02, 2017, 02:26:39 PM Hey! I'm planning to make a 6GPU (1070s) rig and while I was reading some threads, people were complaining about the fact that some MB don't support 6GPU even if they have 6pci-e slots.
Now, since I have not bought the MB yet, I wanted to ask for an advice. Looking on the forum, I saw that the highest rated MB are: -Biostar TB250 BTC -Biostar TB85 -Asrock BTC PRO My choice was an Asus rog strix z270e, so I don't know if this one could support 6GPU. What do you suggest? This is open also to MBs not listed. My cpu choice is a G3930, but I can still change it: is it an overkill for gpu mining? If you suggest a 1150 socket MB, what cpu do you recommend? Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: Elder III on September 02, 2017, 05:11:23 PM Buy a dedicated mining motherboard; they are far less likely to cause problems and headaches, both with initial setup and future stability. The Biostar TB85 is literally plug and play for 6 GPUs and out of the dozen or so rigs we have it's been the most stable overall... so I would pick that one as my first choice for Intel mining motherboards.
Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: Fjstrydom on September 02, 2017, 05:15:20 PM i use the gigabyte z270 gaming 3 boards, they are also plug and play, no issues at all, just plug in 6 cards, install the drivers and your good to go
Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: crazydane on September 02, 2017, 05:17:04 PM I'm running MSI Z270A-A PRO boards with Celeron G3950 CPUs and V.007 risers and EVGA 1080Ti cards. Been rock solid for me. I like being on the latest Intel chipset / technology on my hardware for best resale value, should such a day ever come. ;D
Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: forkbomb on September 02, 2017, 05:22:18 PM Buy a dedicated mining motherboard; they are far less likely to cause problems and headaches, both with initial setup and future stability. The Biostar TB85 is literally plug and play for 6 GPUs and out of the dozen or so rigs we have it's been the most stable overall... so I would pick that one as my first choice for Intel mining motherboards. Thank you for your replies! Price is a must for me now, since GPUs are my priority; so between all of these, the TB85 seems the best, even if the cpu socket is 1150, so I can't mount what I found to be a great one (the g3930). What CPU do you suggest for this MB? Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: umine on September 02, 2017, 05:39:13 PM .... My choice was an Asus rog strix z270e, so I don't know if this one could support 6GPU. .... Using ASUS Prime Z270-a. Your model little bit more expensive. ASUS Prime Z270-a easy runs 8-GPUs on Win10 (mix of 1070, 1080, 1080Ti): 7 GPUs in PCI-e slots and 1 GPU in M.2 slot: https://i.imgur.com/1PekDCh.jpg Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: forkbomb on September 02, 2017, 05:50:53 PM .... My choice was an Asus rog strix z270e, so I don't know if this one could support 6GPU. .... Using ASUS Prime Z270-a. Your model little bit more expensive. ASUS Prime Z270-a easy runs 8-GPUs on Win10 (mix of 1070, 1080, 1080Ti): 7 GPUs in PCI-e slots and 1 GPU in M.2 slot: Wow that's a really great setup! Hope to create something like that :D Btw, that MB here is 150€. Less than the z170e, but if I can find something at lower price would be awesome! Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: Jdope on September 02, 2017, 07:01:16 PM Have you tried the msi z170-a pro? its pretty cheap and can handle up to 6 gpus
Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: fr4nkthetank on September 02, 2017, 07:34:11 PM you can get a cheap Gigabyte H110 or something like that. Most will run 6 GPU's. Maybe you have a kabylake processor, I have never tried one and always stuck to skylake but that may be the problem.
Title: Re: Choosing a MB for 6 GPUs Post by: umine on September 02, 2017, 07:56:14 PM Have you tried the msi z170-a pro? its pretty cheap and can handle up to 6 gpus And it works well with 6xGTX1070. BIOS update is required to support more than 4 GPUs. OS is Win Server2012R2. Maybe soon will try to run 7GPUs on that MoBo using M.2 to PCIe adapter: https://i.imgur.com/y37ZCXl.jpg |
