Lol... man Solomining isnt going to be worth it until 10Mh/s ... You have a few rigs to build until you get there... do Notroll or other litecoinpools...

gotta figure out a way to Underclock the CPU... no reason for it to run high... well actually im getting a shitty cpu...

By the way i finished my list on what i am going to get it will cost about

2,246.97$
(give or take 200$ for shipping/tax)

Case: Thermaltake VN700M1W2N Black Steel / Plastic Overseer RX-I ATX Full Tower / Computer Case
147$ after shipping

http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-VN700M1W2N-Plastic-Overseer-Computer/dp/B008LA8BB6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365535783&sr=8-2&keywords=thermaltake+Overseer+RX-I

Graphics Card: 419$ ea. After 20$ rebate… + 119$ Gamecodes = 300$ (APPROX) Per card if all game codes sell…
4x Sapphire 7970 Graphics cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001
Processor: AMD Sempron 145 Proccessor 35$
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Sempron-145-Processor-SDX145HBGMBOX/dp/B0040BPHJO%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIAA4MWUJXHBYFRNQ%26tag%3Dsquid1633810-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0040BPHJO

Power Supply: OCZ OCZ-ZX1250W ZX Series Modular Power Supply - 1250W, 80 Plus Gold, 140mm Fan, Active PFC, SLI & CrossFire Support $239.99 After Rebate $219.99

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7213995&CatId=5115

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model BLS2KIT4G3D1339DS1S00 $68.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148543

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme4 $99.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262&Tpk=ASRock%20970%20Extreme4&IsVirtualParent=1

Total: 2,246.97$

This will be my build... links all included... i will update my OP with the post...

Case: Thermaltake VN700M1W2N Black Steel / Plastic Overseer RX-I ATX Full Tower / Computer Case
147$ after shipping
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-VN700M1W2N-Plastic-Overseer-Computer/dp/B008LA8BB6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365535783&sr=8-2&keywords=thermaltake+Overseer+RX-I
Graphics Card: 419$ ea. After 20$ rebate… + 119$ Gamecodes = 300$ (APPROX) Per card if all game codes sell…
4x Sapphire 7970 Graphics cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001
Processor: AMD Sempron 145 Proccessor 35$
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Sempron-145-Processor-SDX145HBGMBOX/dp/B0040BPHJO%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIAA4MWUJXHBYFRNQ%26tag%3Dsquid1633810-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0040BPHJO

Power Supply: OCZ OCZ-ZX1250W ZX Series Modular Power Supply - 1250W, 80 Plus Gold, 140mm Fan, Active PFC, SLI & CrossFire Support $239.99 After Rebate $219.99
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7213995&CatId=5115
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model BLS2KIT4G3D1339DS1S00 $68.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148543




Also im worried about the 4 card temps but I will have to buy fans to compensate... hopefully we can run it at about 75-80*c

sorry lol my bad... That was the start for 2-3 cards... in the end... i'd like each to have 4-5 I should have specified my appologies.

Unfortunately that case would only ever fit 3 cards

still nothing? FX2 doesnt exist for 7950

that case looks sick... the only thing about getting a case... and finding the right motherboard is having the space to put it all... if you look at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001

Its a double wide card... taking up 2 slots in the back of the computer... If you want a dedicated mining rig with 4 slots you need 8 evenly spaced slots for the cards... Anyone have a motherboard / case for that? o0o0o even 3 per rig would be fine.

The way that difficulty is going up ... getting that now is not really worth it... it may take you a month or so to pay off that card... but ... then you will still be making about 10$ a day from that one card... go ham and get a 7950 make 15$ a day... or go super ham and get the 7970 and make 20(ish)
in the future the 7970 or the higher the hashrate will hold better... keep that in mind... my 7950 gets about 3 LTC a day... so currently 12$ a day... expect about 2-2.5 for your card thats about 8-10

you get what yo upay for... its your choice.

as far as i know GIgabyte is hardware locked on voltage, so your OC is VERY limited to small increments... However I think you can flash the BIOS on a 7970 with a diff firmware to unlock it but im not sure... thats why im staying away from gigabyte ... on the otherhand my 7950 that is supposed to hit 582 MAX OC ... im getting about 650khs with 1025 core and 1400 mem.

But Im looking at the sapphire...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001

im just trying to see which brand is unlocked because i dont want a situation like im in now with my 7970

Thats 2 if you see by the middle it says Device 0 Device 1

Im looking to buy 7970's to build mining rigs for ltc... which brand or company do you recommend? and why?

I am going to be overclocking so voltage unlock or unlockable is a must...

Thanks!

Probably a full tower, thank you for the recommendation...

One other thing, im looking to do 7970's instead of the 7950's
Which one do you guys recommend getting (Company) because like my 7950 its Hardware Voltage locked.. I need to OC my card and I know some companies lock theirs.

Anyone have any good case recommendations?

Thanks Wolf0 I appreciate the advice!

Thank you for the advice, I just need to find a cheap mobo. :/
also work out how much ram/what kind of CPU i need. otherwise im good to go!

Im looking to build a rig to start with about 2-3 7950's and I would like some advice as to what the requirements are for some hardware components.

Basically I'm not going to get too specific on the type or brand of the product but the performance of it...

Budget 1500$
Items that i need: (or so i think)

BTC a 1000W PSU
BTC PCIe x16 4slot Mobo
BTC RAM... (how much do i need?)
BTC Processor(Can i get some 50$ processor or should i go all out.)
BTC 2-3x7950
BTC Either an Open Case as shown somewhere on this forum. Or if someone can recommend a cheap, efficient tower.
BTC Risers? (not sure what those are but they sound like i need them)
BTC a couple fans (to fit the case otherwise can buy random fans to place in the Open case)


Please make some modifications or additions(or subtractions) to my list, if you can provide price ranges or links that would be even better!

Thank you!


Current BUILD List with estimates


Case: Thermaltake VN700M1W2N Black Steel / Plastic Overseer RX-I ATX Full Tower / Computer Case
147$ after shipping

http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-VN700M1W2N-Plastic-Overseer-Computer/dp/B008LA8BB6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365535783&sr=8-2&keywords=thermaltake+Overseer+RX-I

Graphics Card: 419$ ea. After 20$ rebate… + 119$ Gamecodes = 300$ (APPROX) Per card if all game codes sell…
4x Sapphire 7970 Graphics cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001
Processor: AMD Sempron 145 Proccessor 35$
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Sempron-145-Processor-SDX145HBGMBOX/dp/B0040BPHJO%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIAA4MWUJXHBYFRNQ%26tag%3Dsquid1633810-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0040BPHJO

Power Supply: OCZ OCZ-ZX1250W ZX Series Modular Power Supply - 1250W, 80 Plus Gold, 140mm Fan, Active PFC, SLI & CrossFire Support $239.99 After Rebate $219.99

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7213995&CatId=5115

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model BLS2KIT4G3D1339DS1S00 $68.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148543



Only worry is about the heat issue with these 4 cards running... Anyone have any tips?

keep in mind with Difficulty increase brings Price increase so dont take 90 as a bad thing... Asics only mine about 5-7 BTC back before Batch 3... thats about 400-800$ now ... lol

Thanks, I have it running at I:20 although that is the recommendation, ill change it thank you.

Im not sure how they are having so much trouble NOW seeing as Avalon released their source for Asics... And worst part is that all their bitcoins they accepted should have been held in a a sort of Escrow and allowed refunds...