I'm planning on building a gpu rig to mine etherium (hoping for delayed PoS)
My current list stands as this:
Mobo:
ASUS H81-M Plus (4no. GPU connectivity)
Or
ASRock Z97 Anniversary (6no. GPU)
CPU:
Intel Celeron G1840 2.8ghz LGA1150
Risers:
XCSource 1x to 16x PCIe usb powered risers
Ram:
HyperX fury ddr3 4gb 1333mhz CL9
PSU:
Corsair - whatever power is needed for how ever many gpus i can afford
Hard drive:
Run Linux off 16GB USB drive
GPUs:
Sapphire nitro+ Radeon rx480 8gb
Or
Sapphire nitro+ Radeon rx470 4gb
(Which ever is cheapest (hopefully take a price drop when vega comes out??))
I'd probably start with 2 or 3 gpus and increase as funds allow
I'd very much appreciate people's thoughts on the above set up - I'd prefer to go with the asus h81 mobo just as it's cheaper
Has anyone used this mobo? Works okay with four gpus?
May well just go for the asrock to allow for future expansion
Thanks in advance for your comments and recommendations before I pull the money trigger
all my miners use these board (all of them 5x PCIe slot) priced around 30-50$
GA-MA770T-US3
GA-MA785GT-UD3H
GA-MA790FX-UD5
GA-EP45-DS5
GA-P43-ES3G
GA-EP43-US3L
put Athlon II X2 or any cheap AM3 CPU, choose atleast dual core processor as single threaded CPU need to interleave system task and mining task
if you are using Linux, 2GB DDR3 is enough with 8GB disk swap partition
and don't use USB Flash Drive as it will corrupt overtime (not designed to be 24/7 connected on constant read/write)
and don't use magnetic HDD as power cable interference and vibration will damage the data
instead buy cheap 16GB SSD drive (search for SSD DOM SATA)
Sapphire Nitro RX470-8G if you can still found one, or Sapphire Pulse 580-4G if not
PSU EVGA 1000GQ is cheapest and optimum one on price and performance (for 5x GPU)