Hy,
Didn’t had too much luck on the Dutch speaking boards
So I’ll have a shot here.
I am a newbie and want to build a mining rig (off course why else would I be here).
I have spent LOTS of time reading and pricing parts and still have quite some questions!
What I already decided.
Saphire 7950 Gpu’s
AMD Sempron 145
Big psu’s are almost impossible to source in Belgium.
So my plan is to start with a 1000W psu (corsair RM1000) and 3 GPU’s.
I want to expand afterwards with 3 more (and probably an additional 850W psu).
What I am undecided at is the motherboard, there are so much choices!
And I actually don’t understand much of it
So what is the best 6rig motherboard? Offcourse the cheaper the better but It has to be reliable!
And what is it with all those types of PCI ports?
Hell, even this cheap board looks like it has 7 connectors.
http://www.ldlc.be/fiche/PB00135922.htmlhttp://media.ldlc.com/ld/products/00/01/14/20/LD0001142063_2.jpg3 big greys on the left 3 little greys and in between the big blue one.
From what I have read the blue is a good one for the gpu, the little onces can bu used aswell.
But are those grey onces usable?
There are all those types, and I already know that I will need to use risers
But if you have the big 16x PCI port, can you use a 1 to 16 riser? Or does it needs to be a 16 to 16?
I will have to use the powered risers, can someone paste a picture here?
Is it the type that has a Molex integrated (so you can connect the psu directly to the Molex (and directly to the GPU using the PCI connector?)?
If I understand correctly the molex make sure that all power is coming directly from the psu and isn’t drawn through the motherboard?
So if anyone can suggest on a motherboard…
thanks for reading
Tanguy