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Title: Need help picking a mobo! Post by: fabrizziop on May 06, 2012, 01:07:39 PM Hi. I'm new to 5-slot mining. I want to know if any of these two motherboards are useful to mine with 5 5830s.
ASRock 970 EXTREME4(100$) ASUS M5A99X EVO(90$) I'm not sure if they support 5 cards at the same time, and if they need A1-B17 shorting. Also, would they work with a TX650 V2 PSU and a Seasonic X-750?. I think it's fine, but I'd like someone to confirm me. Thanks in advance to all of you. Title: Re: Need help picking a mobo! Post by: oldDirty on May 06, 2012, 11:15:29 PM The 5030 has a nearby Powerconsumption to the 5870, because the PCB Design is similar, arround 170-180W. So for 5 Cards you will need 900W, only the GPU.
Your Seasonic will be a little weak about it. But if you add the second Corsair, than everything will be fine. Title: Re: Need help picking a mobo! Post by: fabrizziop on May 07, 2012, 12:46:27 AM Thanks. Anything with the mobo?
Title: Re: Need help picking a mobo! Post by: oldDirty on May 07, 2012, 01:31:54 AM I thing no probs with it, just need the Cablesaurus (http://cablesaurus.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=1&product_id=28) to get it on.
Title: Re: Need help picking a mobo! Post by: fabrizziop on May 07, 2012, 01:41:32 AM LOL nope, those cables are way too expensive.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006DQRUZ8 It will work. Title: Re: Need help picking a mobo! Post by: scifimike12 on May 07, 2012, 04:10:03 AM LOL nope, those cables are way too expensive. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006DQRUZ8 It will work. Ha! Same seller I just bought mine from. :) They're pretty good, even have a latch. Though it can be a slight annoyance to remove the cards as you have push it down using a screw driver - too tiny to use your finger. Title: Re: Need help picking a mobo! Post by: ordy on May 07, 2012, 02:58:21 PM Hi. I'm new to 5-slot mining. I want to know if any of these two motherboards are useful to mine with 5 5830s. ASRock 970 EXTREME4(100$) ASUS M5A99X EVO(90$) I'm not sure if they support 5 cards at the same time, and if they need A1-B17 shorting. Also, would they work with a TX650 V2 PSU and a Seasonic X-750?. I think it's fine, but I'd like someone to confirm me. Thanks in advance to all of you. i use that asrock board with 5 5830's without issue or need to short pins. i run 2 cards on the board and 3 with extenders. i draw 815w total for the system but that includes using a 2.5" notebook hdd, overclocked cores, 1 card will not downclock memory, and all running stock voltage. so, best case i would guess if booting off a stick, downclock mem on all cards, undervolt a bit would still be above 750w. |