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Title: open air case - help? Post by: hotwired007 on June 04, 2013, 10:49:13 AM i have my mining rig currently installed in an InWin Track case, but i want to add a couple of additional GPUs to it and get it into an open air case.
I've got an old green house (cheap £10 plastic cover with metal & plastic frame) like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lacewing-Tier-Mini-PVC-Greenhouse/dp/B008J26F9G the bottom tier has broken and the cover is torn but the frame is fine I'm looking to mount my motherboard directly onto it using cable ties - is this a bad idea? I plan on respraying the whole thing black or silver to get rid of the green and also to ensure that there is nothing that the motehrbbaord can short out on - plus i can hang the GPUs happily from the cage on top and also have two 220mm fans blowing from the front any do's/dont's - (i am going to use powered PCI-e 16x risers on my motherboard) Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: zackclark70 on June 04, 2013, 10:52:43 AM i just sit my mboards on a cople layers of foam make sure there is nothing on the back of the board that gets to hot first thow
depends on m moard you might not need powerd risers any questions just ask me lol zack Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: hotwired007 on June 04, 2013, 11:00:49 AM I have a ASUS P5W64 WS PROFESSIONAL motherboard - 4x PCIe 16x slots
foam underneath from a motherboard box might be an idea i guess... although i do have an old server case (HP ML310) that i might be able to strip the motherboard tray from ;) Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: zackclark70 on June 04, 2013, 11:10:10 AM I have a ASUS P5W64 WS PROFESSIONAL motherboard - 4x PCIe 16x slots foam underneath from a motherboard box might be an idea i guess... although i do have an old server case (HP ML310) that i might be able to strip the motherboard tray from ;) if you need any help give me a shout what cards you geting ? and what psu ? thanks zack Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: hotwired007 on June 04, 2013, 11:23:45 AM i'm just using what i already have atm, i currently have 1x 5850, 1x 5870 and 1x 6850 - looking at a 7850 or two atm (litecoin mining atm) the PSU is a Corsair 850w
Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: zackclark70 on June 04, 2013, 11:41:57 AM i'm just using what i already have atm, i currently have 1x 5850, 1x 5870 and 1x 6850 - looking at a 7850 or two atm (litecoin mining atm) the PSU is a Corsair 850w not sure on the watage on those cards might be worth looking ito if i was you i would get a good 7950 (630kh easy do not buy xfx thay suck lol) Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: hotwired007 on June 04, 2013, 11:45:57 AM do not buy xfx thay suck lol
[/quote] i wouldnt buy one again ;) (my 6850 is an XFX :'( - its great at heating my office! - only going to use it for BTC mining instead of scrypt as its too hot for LTC - will be the first to get replaced! i'm currently pulling 400-420 at the wall with the 5850 and 5870 mining litecoins @ 720 Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: BinaryTristar on June 04, 2013, 12:07:07 PM The consensus is XFX is low end, however I will add that my XFX OC 7850 is running at 370khs (LTC) and just needed a 620 water cooler to bring things in line.
Title: Re: open air case - help? Post by: zackclark70 on June 04, 2013, 12:09:33 PM The consensus is XFX is low end, however I will add that my XFX OC 7850 is running at 370khs (LTC) and just needed a 620 water cooler to bring things in line. i will stick with saphire vaporx dualbios oc edition 7950s run cool (under 80c vrm 60c core ) 630kh undervolted |