open air case - help?

[hotwired007]

i have my mining rig currently installed in an InWin Track case, but i want to add a couple of additional GPUs to it and get it into an open air case.

I've got an old green house (cheap £10 plastic cover with metal & plastic frame) like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lacewing-Tier-Mini-PVC-Greenhouse/dp/B008J26F9G

the bottom tier has broken and the cover is torn but the frame is fine

I'm looking to mount my motherboard directly onto it using cable ties - is this a bad idea? I plan on respraying the whole thing black or silver to get rid of the green and also to ensure that there is nothing that the motehrbbaord can short out on - plus i can hang the GPUs happily from the cage on top and also have two 220mm fans blowing from the front

any do's/dont's - (i am going to use powered PCI-e 16x risers on my motherboard)

[zackclark70]

i just sit my mboards on a cople layers of foam make sure there is nothing on the back of the board that gets to hot first thow

depends on m moard you might not need powerd risers

any questions just ask me lol


zack

[hotwired007]

I have a ASUS P5W64 WS PROFESSIONAL motherboard - 4x PCIe 16x slots

foam underneath from a motherboard box might be an idea i guess... although i do have an old server case (HP ML310) that i might be able to strip the motherboard tray from

[zackclark70]

I have a ASUS P5W64 WS PROFESSIONAL motherboard - 4x PCIe 16x slots

foam underneath from a motherboard box might be an idea i guess... although i do have an old server case (HP ML310) that i might be able to strip the motherboard tray from

if you need any help give me a shout  what cards you geting ? and what psu ?

thanks

zack

[hotwired007]

i'm just using what i already have atm, i currently have 1x 5850, 1x 5870 and 1x 6850 - looking at a 7850 or two atm (litecoin mining atm) the PSU is a Corsair 850w

[zackclark70]

i'm just using what i already have atm, i currently have 1x 5850, 1x 5870 and 1x 6850 - looking at a 7850 or two atm (litecoin mining atm) the PSU is a Corsair 850w

not sure on the watage on those cards might be worth looking ito if i was you i would get a good 7950 (630kh easy do not buy xfx thay suck lol)

[hotwired007]

do not buy xfx thay suck lol
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i wouldnt buy one again (my 6850 is an XFX - its great at heating my office! - only going to use it for BTC mining instead of scrypt as its too hot for LTC - will be the first to get replaced!

i'm currently pulling 400-420 at the wall with the 5850 and 5870 mining litecoins @ 720

[BinaryTristar]

The consensus is XFX is low end, however I will add that my XFX OC 7850 is running at 370khs (LTC) and just needed a 620 water cooler to bring things in line.

[zackclark70]

The consensus is XFX is low end, however I will add that my XFX OC 7850 is running at 370khs (LTC) and just needed a 620 water cooler to bring things in line.

i will stick with saphire vaporx dualbios oc edition 7950s run cool (under 80c vrm 60c core ) 630kh undervolted