Thanks for the quick reply, DeepBit.

Yeah so like I thought mining doesn't require the full bandwidth of PCI-Express. Thanks for the tip.

I focused on choosing the cheapest yet still "good" products for things like HDD and RAM. Just enough to load the OS, like you said.
I also tried to look for some Titanium PSUs but the first one available is from Dell and server-only (I suppose without PCI-E cables and Molex is crap with adapters).

I was planning to buy 5-6 builds with the choices I've put up there, and with some time full an entire cabinet like this one:

https://40c2ca9d-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/petitesannoncessuisses/armoire-serveur/DSC04761.JPG?attachauth=ANoY7coRIhWO0Nx68n0xcS1zdxCnugCyI7ixkaUYUZaKbGCj8XadPrmWyhVxEW3WAtwKNsa6sg4UCB6iqUU74LtRRyOfhvpOoQrXrAFVoPRDY_z4alWoDgwIOwriTe_3W5I4yw1aXC7145zwmT104jh08C1ZKtjZ_7giUrffSGfBAHllnaSNcdHaJCr9CHKXQ2C5LfLCEJ30X4rYIDrh3Fqu1QuO_7qC3TDqaJUKd0FuehAIfPkIBXc1UoZl8DAW_Usk3lrNgAgb&attredirects=0

Since the power usage would exceed 2-3KW easily and with the high prices we have here, I thought about setting all these machines abroad (since I'm foreigner it's much cheaper abroad). I'd have an old ADSL connection but I believe that would be enough for mining.

PS: just saw I was able to start a thread in the newbie category, sorry about that

Hey

New here, and can only post here so... let's go.

I'm looking forward to build a mining rig, and with some time a mining farm. For the hardware I've chosen what looked best to me to avoid hardware failure. I'm an "IT engineer" myself (I'm young so focused on hardware only for now). Here's my choice:

MOBO:  ASUS M5A99X EVO
CPU:     AMD Athlon II X2 250
RAM:    Crucial CT25664BA1339 (2Go 1333 CL9)
PSU:    Seasonic P-1000 Platinum
HDD:    WD3200AAKX
GPU:    Radeon HD 6990 3x (or any other ATI card, and yes I still say ATI 'cause oldschool FTW)
Case:   (rackmount but for the beggining, open air)

What looks very strange to me is the fact of being able to mine using PCI-Express ports that provide less than 16 lanes. In theory you need 16 lanes to provide full GPU power (that's the way I've been told) but since the only thing coming out of the GPU is the result of the mining and not a heavy real-time 3D render I kinda understand this... but still I'm perplex.

Anyway, thoughts on my build ? Thanks !

Zigrololo