Hi,

I'm interested in buying a used, but working socket 775 motherboard.

My only real requirement is that it supports more than 2Gb Ram because I'm looking to upgrade my desktop machine (piece by piece and on a budget), and has at least one 16xPCI-e slot. 

Preference for a seller in the UK because that's where I am.

Let me know what you've got and how much you'd want for it.

Regards
Monkey

Hi,

If anyone has a order in the first batch of 300 Avalon ASICs that they'd like to sell (maybe you were considering cancelling for a refund?) then I would be willing to discuss buying it from you.

PM me if you want to discuss it.

If you get an answer to this one then please be sure to share the information.  I'm in a similar situation.

1btc for btcrb.com

Hi,

Not sure if this should go in a separate thread or if it's OK here, but while the guys have been doing such fine work on the mining hardware design I've been wondering about the 'front end' computer that will be feeding the miner hardware and submitting proof of work back to the network.

What other people's idea's on this.  Is everyone thinking that they will just hook up a hardware miner to their desktop machines or laptops and leave them running 24x7?  Because I was thinking it would be nice to have a totally stand alone solution.

I remember that someone did post about having an FPGA development board mining totally stand alone, but I can't seem to find that thread at the moment.

If people are interested then perhaps we could start a discussion along these lines with some suggested solutions.  Obviously it would be possible to build the solution into the FPGA but it seems like it would be a waste of valuable space and effort and might be better (and more cheaply) implemented in other ways.

I was thinking along the lines of something like one of this tiny Gumstix boards: http://www.gumstix.com/ running Ubuntu or perhaps a more mainstream, small motherboard. Mini-itx perhaps.

Thoughts?

I just thought I'd pass on some useful info for anyone looking for hardware in the UK ...

http://www.videocardshop.co.uk has some great prices on new and graded (factory refurbished / returns) graphics cards and XFX Power supplies.

I got my XFX 5830 from them and delivery was really quick.

They currently have XFX Radeon HD 5830's for £76 for a graded one or £82 new (+postage) and they have plenty of others too (5870's, 5850's, 6850's, 6870's and 6950's).

I'm really tempted to get another 5830 but I'm pretty sure my girlfriend would kill me, so I'm hoping that by telling everyone they'll sell out and I won't have to resist the temptation any longer!

And if you do pick up a bargain then don't forget where you heard it any fraction of a BTC would be appreciated here: 18EThkKeESTZMaA78XdtGA8qgwccHbWDD4

Regards
MonkeyThink

Having blown my 450W power supply my XFX 750W PSU arrived yesterday.

Have been running the following setup for about 24 hours now:

GUIMiner (poclbm) on Windows Vista; XFX 5830, 900/300, -v -w256 -f1 = 265Mhash

If I let Afterburner handle the fan speed the GPU sits at around 61/62 degrees C, or at 100% fan 57 C.


MonkeyThink

Ok, thanks.  Glad I checked now. 

I'm also watching a Corsair 650TX on eBay like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Power-Supply-Version-CMPSU-650TXUK/dp/B000Z7KHLA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307631627&sr=8-1

Maybe that would be better?

Monkey

Alternatively there is a lightly used one of these on eBay for £25 ($40)

http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/PowerCool-650W-PC-650AUBA-Dual-12v-V22-80-Effici_6491.html

Anyone want to offer an opinion on this PSU?

Thanks
Monkey

I can't remember the brand.  I was going to write down the details and the power ratings before I left home this morning but I forgot

It's not a top brand but it's also not the cheapest one I could lay my hands on.  I had to replace the original PSU in the machine I build after I blew it when I was swapping things around some time back.

If you'r managing to power 2 x GPU's then i'm guessing I should be safe with one.

Thanks

Hi All,

I have a question (my first, but probably not my last ) ...

Having recieved the XFX Radeon GD 5830 I ordered a couple of days ago I'm now wondering if my power supply is going to cope?  My machine is a P4 3.2Ghz with a 450W power supply which has 4 x 4 pin molex connectors for peripherals.

I'm looking guidance on whether I will be able to use the two, dual 4 pin to 6 pin adaptors to power the GPU, which will take up all 4 connectors available from the power supply, and also power my HDD using a splitter?

Thanks
Monkey

Yeah, back up for me too.

Thanks

Hi,

I would like to buy $100 MTGox via PayPal.

I'm new here but I've been trading on Britcoin and my PayPal account is verified and has been up and running for years.

Would be happy to provide any other verification or do some smaller transactions (say $10 or $20 at a time) to establish my trustworthiness.

Please let me know by replying here or PM if you'd like to trade.

Thanks