MZZM (OP)
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June 05, 2011, 09:07:06 PM |
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I read a lot of forum, and gonna build my first rig. And just to make sure want to ask. Is that possible to buy mobo with one PCI-E x 16 and with expanders make 4 pcie slots, so I can plug 4 cards. And as I understand it is not important what bandwith got pci-e for mining, so expande PCI-E x 1 should be ok for mining?
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M4v3R
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June 05, 2011, 09:09:33 PM |
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Yes. You can use x1 slots if you have expanders. It will work just fine (for mining).
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datguywhowanders
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June 05, 2011, 09:12:29 PM |
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Where does one acquire these expanders?
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June 05, 2011, 09:17:56 PM |
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June 05, 2011, 09:28:25 PM |
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or you can buy them on ebay for $4, and cut them yourself.
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teknohog
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June 05, 2011, 09:32:18 PM |
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It seems a lot of posters are misunderstanding the question. While 1x slots with extenders are fine for mining, you cannot make a number of 1x slots from one 16x slot.
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June 05, 2011, 09:54:39 PM |
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Oh I got the idea right... I have two extra, currently empty, x1 slots on my motherboard...
@rhuian: I checked your post and clicked on the link, but the site said no items were found. Did you already finish selling off all of them?
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MZZM (OP)
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June 05, 2011, 10:10:00 PM |
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It seems a lot of posters are misunderstanding the question. While 1x slots with extenders are fine for mining, you cannot make a number of 1x slots from one 16x slot.
Are you sure? Because I though this thing http://www.logicsupply.com/images/photos/adapters/DualPCI-BM_big.jpg will allow me to do it. Or only one slot on this raiser will work? |
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June 05, 2011, 10:16:09 PM |
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It seems a lot of posters are misunderstanding the question. While 1x slots with extenders are fine for mining, you cannot make a number of 1x slots from one 16x slot.
Are you sure? Because I though this thing http://www.logicsupply.com/images/photos/adapters/DualPCI-BM_big.jpg will allow me to do it. Or only one slot on this raiser will work? That's a regular PCI slot... |
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Chris Acheson
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June 06, 2011, 01:34:34 AM |
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or you can buy them on ebay for $4, and cut them yourself.
Then you have to wait 3 weeks for shipping from China. Not worth it if you're trying to get more mining capacity on line as soon as possible. |
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