Title: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: stokedstack on August 01, 2022, 03:54:17 PM Found a gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert in a cupboard in work. Boss says I can have them FOC. Wondering if worth building a system around these two boards as I know they are quite old now. Dont mind doing the leg work if worth the while
Thanks in advance Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: JayDDee on August 01, 2022, 05:37:58 PM Sure it's viable. If it has a CPU and RAM, it's less leg work, otherwise you'd have to find them.
GPU mining does not require new tech, except for the GPUs themselves. As long as the platform supports a recent OS and up to date GPU drivers, you're good to go. Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: sxemini on August 02, 2022, 10:54:37 AM Found a gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert in a cupboard in work. Boss says I can have them FOC. Wondering if worth building a system around these two boards as I know they are quite old now. Dont mind doing the leg work if worth the while Thanks in advance The gigabyte board is nice, but i hate this asus b250 mining expert. I have 2 of them, but very very very very unstable :D Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: stokedstack on August 03, 2022, 12:31:17 PM Thanks for the feedback. I will start researching components.
Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: FP91G on August 03, 2022, 06:06:20 PM GA-H110-D3A is an excellent mining motherboard for 6 video cards. I have such motherboards, and it's too bad that they were discontinued. Motherboard works out of the box, no configuration required. Sometimes I updated the bios.These motherboards broke, but I bought new ones.
Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: JayDDee on August 03, 2022, 06:15:35 PM Thanks for the feedback. I will start researching components. Maybe the boss has some other stuff lying around. Those boards must have been populated at some point. Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: stokedstack on August 04, 2022, 09:28:34 AM GA-H110-D3A is an excellent mining motherboard for 6 video cards. I have such motherboards, and it's too bad that they were discontinued. Motherboard works out of the box, no configuration required. Sometimes I updated the bios.These motherboards broke, but I bought new ones. Thanks for the feedback. Will start with this board then. Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: FP91G on August 04, 2022, 03:12:47 PM GA-H110-D3A is an excellent mining motherboard for 6 video cards. I have such motherboards, and it's too bad that they were discontinued. Motherboard works out of the box, no configuration required. Sometimes I updated the bios.These motherboards broke, but I bought new ones. Thanks for the feedback. Will start with this board then. asus b250 mining expert is also a good motherboard. But with a gigabyte, it’s easier to start mining. For example, if I took an asus, then I would have to study the documentation for this board.And I do not use more than 8 video cards in one mining farm. https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/Others/B250-MINING-EXPERT/ Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: VRExpress on August 05, 2022, 09:39:48 AM It doesn't matter which motherboard you buy, all you need is a working mobo is with enough pcie slots available ,either new or old it doesn't matter, I believe you should worry more about the hashrate you will get and how much electricity bill you will be paying.
Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: FP91G on August 10, 2022, 11:59:37 AM It doesn't matter which motherboard you buy, all you need is a working mobo is with enough pcie slots available ,either new or old it doesn't matter, I believe you should worry more about the hashrate you will get and how much electricity bill you will be paying. In fact, not all modern motherboards are good for mining. Why do you need these problems with BIOS settings and forums?Mining motherboards work out of the box and have a convenient USB interface for connecting raisers, which helps beginners avoid mistakes when connecting a PCI-e adapter. https://aliexpress.ru/popular/b75-motherboard-mining.html And most importantly, these motherboards are cheap. Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: brookieandk on January 08, 2023, 09:23:14 AM Hi have the ga-h1110-d3a, agree.. very goof board with little configuration needed.
Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: fmz89 on January 13, 2023, 12:19:04 PM Found a gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert in a cupboard in work. Boss says I can have them FOC. Wondering if worth building a system around these two boards as I know they are quite old now. Dont mind doing the leg work if worth the while Gigabyte b250 version is available but dunno about asus one, not interested they dont have dvi or vga out, only hdmi, which is not recommended for mining monitor, sometimes it wont display anything, better vga or dvi, nothing go wrong with that, pure stableThanks in advance Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: FP91G on January 13, 2023, 01:00:23 PM Found a gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert in a cupboard in work. Boss says I can have them FOC. Wondering if worth building a system around these two boards as I know they are quite old now. Dont mind doing the leg work if worth the while Gigabyte b250 version is available but dunno about asus one, not interested they dont have dvi or vga out, only hdmi, which is not recommended for mining monitor, sometimes it wont display anything, better vga or dvi, nothing go wrong with that, pure stableThanks in advance Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: batsonxl on January 13, 2023, 03:57:26 PM I have gigabyte h110d3a and b250 fintech also have asus b250mining expert.i can confirm all these works perfect.
Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: KiaKia on January 13, 2023, 06:17:09 PM Found a gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert in a cupboard in work. Boss says I can have them FOC. Wondering if worth building a system around these two boards as I know they are quite old now. Dont mind doing the leg work if worth the while Thanks in advance The gigabyte board is nice, but i hate this asus b250 mining expert. I have 2 of them, but very very very very unstable :D Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: fmz89 on January 14, 2023, 08:55:07 AM Found a gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert in a cupboard in work. Boss says I can have them FOC. Wondering if worth building a system around these two boards as I know they are quite old now. Dont mind doing the leg work if worth the while Gigabyte b250 version is available but dunno about asus one, not interested they dont have dvi or vga out, only hdmi, which is not recommended for mining monitor, sometimes it wont display anything, better vga or dvi, nothing go wrong with that, pure stableThanks in advance Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: FP91G on January 14, 2023, 02:20:47 PM Found a gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert in a cupboard in work. Boss says I can have them FOC. Wondering if worth building a system around these two boards as I know they are quite old now. Dont mind doing the leg work if worth the while Gigabyte b250 version is available but dunno about asus one, not interested they dont have dvi or vga out, only hdmi, which is not recommended for mining monitor, sometimes it wont display anything, better vga or dvi, nothing go wrong with that, pure stableThanks in advance Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: alexrossi on January 15, 2023, 07:26:10 PM I have an asrock h110 still running rock solid since many years. The only thing you should watch out every 6 months is dust formation that can shorten the hardware average life.
Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: philipma1957 on January 16, 2023, 01:55:27 AM I have an asrock h110 still running rock solid since many years. The only thing you should watch out every 6 months is dust formation that can shorten the hardware average life. true some dust can cause micro shorts. so a good dusting every once in a while is in order. Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: alexrossi on January 16, 2023, 06:03:49 PM I have an asrock h110 still running rock solid since many years. The only thing you should watch out every 6 months is dust formation that can shorten the hardware average life. true some dust can cause micro shorts. so a good dusting every once in a while is in order. I'd like to add this: an higher short risk is always caused by combined factors. Dust in a smaller degree isn't a problem, but little dust + high humidity can seriously hurt the boards very quickly. Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: batsonxl on January 17, 2023, 01:40:54 PM Yeah im tired of dust cleaning.i wish place zero dust .
Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: philipma1957 on January 17, 2023, 02:35:37 PM I have an asrock h110 still running rock solid since many years. The only thing you should watch out every 6 months is dust formation that can shorten the hardware average life. true some dust can cause micro shorts. so a good dusting every once in a while is in order. I'd like to add this: an higher short risk is always caused by combined factors. Dust in a smaller degree isn't a problem, but little dust + high humidity can seriously hurt the boards very quickly. yeah true. also the actual dust/dirt content can vary. Our warehouse has a ton of diesel trucks go in and out. So we get a dark grime and regular dust. That grime is partially made of diesel fuel. It is conductive. So we have a lot of filters and we do a deep clean 2x a year every board a 99% Alcohol bath 2 times a year. We finally found a better filter which has cut the grime down a lot. Between the deep cleaning and the new filters the control boards all work a lot better. Title: Re: Are the gigabyte ga-h1110-d3a and asus b250 mining expert still viable boards? Post by: FP91G on January 18, 2023, 10:21:19 AM I have an asrock h110 still running rock solid since many years. The only thing you should watch out every 6 months is dust formation that can shorten the hardware average life. true some dust can cause micro shorts. so a good dusting every once in a while is in order. I'd like to add this: an higher short risk is always caused by combined factors. Dust in a smaller degree isn't a problem, but little dust + high humidity can seriously hurt the boards very quickly. yeah true. also the actual dust/dirt content can vary. Our warehouse has a ton of diesel trucks go in and out. So we get a dark grime and regular dust. That grime is partially made of diesel fuel. It is conductive. So we have a lot of filters and we do a deep clean 2x a year every board a 99% Alcohol bath 2 times a year. We finally found a better filter which has cut the grime down a lot. Between the deep cleaning and the new filters the control boards all work a lot better. I have not worked with ASICs, but with video cards, I prefer to blow through video cards and not tear them apart for no reason. But there are no diesel trucks near my farms. |