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Author Topic: Cheapest proper motherboard that can drive 3-4 R9 280X's?  (Read 1530 times)
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November 28, 2013, 11:17:42 AM
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Well whats the cheapest mobo that could do it? Any with enough pciex1's will work? I only need it to be itnel.
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November 28, 2013, 12:27:09 PM
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WAIT for link


http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005G2U6HY/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1385641707&sr=1-1&keywords=evga+motherboard+z68&condition=used 


I had one of these  ran 4 hd7970's for a year mining for btc

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November 28, 2013, 01:21:49 PM
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This will do the trick: GA-H61M-S2V-B3
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November 28, 2013, 01:56:09 PM
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So the GA-H61M-S2V-B3 with powered risers will do fine? x16-x16 unpowered, x1-x16 all powered?
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November 28, 2013, 07:42:47 PM
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So the GA-H61M-S2V-B3 with powered risers will do fine? x16-x16 unpowered, x1-x16 all powered?

Yes, it works for me a wile now.
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November 28, 2013, 08:27:42 PM
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The cheapest MB with 3 or 4 PCIe you can find will do the work.
Just use powered risers.

Bought a Gigabyte (970-DS3) on the second hand market for 50$. It's mining fine for 3 months.
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