custom mining + rendering rig

[vegesza]

hello

I want to build a custom rig, which would consist of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x 16-core processor (used for 3d rendering in Vray) and maxium number of graphic cards for mining I can apply to a proper Motherboard with TR4 socket. Honeslty I don't even know how to judge the motherboard, I would love to hear some help.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-ROG-ZENITH-EXTREME-Threadripper/dp/B0748K1F99/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1517643117&sr=8-2&keywords=Asus+ROG+ZENITH+EXTREME - is this a good motherboard for mining? remeber it would be a custom rig for rendering on cpu and mining on gpu

[mcs_john]

A good motherboard for mining should have enough PCIe slots to accommodate as many GPUs you would like to install.

[jillscarbrough]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-ROG-ZENITH-EXTREME-Threadripper/dp/B0748K1F99/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1517643117&sr=8-2&keywords=Asus+ROG+ZENITH+EXTREME - is this a good motherboard for mining? remeber it would be a custom rig for rendering on cpu and mining on gpu

it's a good motherboard for mining.

Actually, the miners using the motherboard has a lot Slot PCIe. for miners expert usually using motherboard more 7 slot PCIe such motherboard Asrock H110.

[vegesza]

Ok. The question is: Is mining at CPU and GPU at the same time as efficient as mining only on gpus? Does mining on your porcessor bottlenecks the gpus any way?

[mcs_john]

The performance lost on GPU mining due to CPU mining is quite low. The best option is to leave one thread free.