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Title: Motherboard recommendation for mining with two 5970. Post by: Pygy on May 25, 2011, 07:06:31 PM (Moved from the tech support forum...)
My motherboard of choice for mining (ASRock 870 extreme 3) can't sustain the heat of two 5970 (~90°C). I fried two of these already (actually, the PCIe-related capacitors somehow melt). I thought I had been unlucky with the first one, but apparently it's a weak point of the model (which is advertised for its durable capacitors, oh the irony). Do you have a recommendation of a reliable, dual PCIe x16 motherboard? Title: Re: Motherboard recommendation for mining with two 5970. Post by: flaxceed on June 08, 2011, 12:58:11 PM anyone?!?!
Title: Re: Motherboard recommendation for mining with two 5970. Post by: anatolikostis on June 08, 2011, 01:02:32 PM (Moved from the tech support forum...) My motherboard of choice for mining (ASRock 870 extreme 3) can't sustain the heat of two 5970 (~90°C). I fried two of these already (actually, the PCIe-related capacitors somehow melt). I thought I had been unlucky with the first one, but apparently it's a weak point of the model (which is advertised for its durable capacitors, oh the irony). Do you have a recommendation of a reliable, dual PCIe x16 motherboard? May be MSI 790FX-GD70 Winki Edition will fit to? I have got MSI 790FX-GD70 Winki Edition / ASUS M4A79T Deluxe, the cards are inserted in the distant slots + PCI-E x16 riser - for the third card... |