got an i7-7700 and a Z270 board - will let you know, whether it´s good 4 mining

[PanneKopp]

Hi Folks,

I got an i7-7700 and a Z270 board - will let you know, wether it´s good 4 mining.

I will order some PCI-E bridges 2 check, whether more than 4 GPUs (comp. Z170) are possible.

... not a cheap solution, if it really is one (2 be proofed).


  PanneKopp

[ps_jb]

Hi Folks,

I got an i7-7700 and a Z270 board - will let you know, wether it´s good 4 mining.

I will order some PCI-E bridges 2 check, whether more than 4 GPUs (comp. Z170) are possible.

... not a cheap solution, if it really is one (2 be proofed).


  PanneKopp

Try CPU mining for XMR, plz - it will be interesting to see the stats

[eckmar]

Hi Folks,

I got an i7-7700 and a Z270 board - will let you know, wether it´s good 4 mining.

I will order some PCI-E bridges 2 check, whether more than 4 GPUs (comp. Z170) are possible.

... not a cheap solution, if it really is one (2 be proofed).


  PanneKopp

Well If you bought your PC only for mining than it's really bad. But based on your CPU and MB, guess it's all-around PC and you will mine during night or when not using it. In that case since you plan on having multiple GPUs you should disable all but one when not mining because of power draw.

[voidwalker]

waiting to hear the results.

[andrew2k]

Hi Folks,

I got an i7-7700 and a Z270 board - will let you know, wether it´s good 4 mining.

I will order some PCI-E bridges 2 check, whether more than 4 GPUs (comp. Z170) are possible.

... not a cheap solution, if it really is one (2 be proofed).


  PanneKopp

Well If you bought your PC only for mining than it's really bad. But based on your CPU and MB, guess it's all-around PC and you will mine during night or when not using it. In that case since you plan on having multiple GPUs you should disable all but one when not mining because of power draw.

Why would it be really bad, that processor also has resale value, in one year if he would decide to invest more into mining, he could just sell it.

[eckmar]

Hi Folks,

I got an i7-7700 and a Z270 board - will let you know, wether it´s good 4 mining.

I will order some PCI-E bridges 2 check, whether more than 4 GPUs (comp. Z170) are possible.

... not a cheap solution, if it really is one (2 be proofed).


  PanneKopp

Well If you bought your PC only for mining than it's really bad. But based on your CPU and MB, guess it's all-around PC and you will mine during night or when not using it. In that case since you plan on having multiple GPUs you should disable all but one when not mining because of power draw.

Why would it be really bad, that processor also has resale value, in one year if he would decide to invest more into mining, he could just sell it.

Why ? well CPU mining is dead, and for the price of I7-7700 he could have bought 2 RX 470 cards and have 10x more hashrate so I don't really understand your point of view here.

[mikhan]

kabylakes got 4 additional pcie lines compared to previous cpus
so maybe it will support at least 6 gpus
(who cares about roi? )

[philipma1957]

I am running a i5 7500  in a z270

I upgraded windows 10 pro to windows enterprise  which may be needed to do 5 or more gpus.

At the moment I am only running 2 gpus in the build. 

I did a review on newegg  on the build and over the next week to 2 weeks  I will get this build up to  5 cards if possible.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128966&cm_re=aorus_motherboard-_-13-128-966-_-Product

[miropp]

I upgraded windows 10 pro to windows enterprise  which may be needed to do 5 or more gpus.

Why do you think, that windows enteprise may be needed? I never heard it.

[philipma1957]

I upgraded windows 10 pro to windows enterprise  which may be needed to do 5 or more gpus.

Why do you think, that windows enteprise may be needed? I never heard it.

I heard this from a few others in the pandaminer posts  it may be needed for 7 more more not 5 or more.

[bittawm]

I upgraded windows 10 pro to windows enterprise  which may be needed to do 5 or more gpus.

Why do you think, that windows enteprise may be needed? I never heard it.

I heard this from a few others in the pandaminer posts  it may be needed for 7 more more not 5 or more.

keep me in the loop

[alucard20724]

I upgraded windows 10 pro to windows enterprise  which may be needed to do 5 or more gpus.

I have windows pro and windows educational running 5 cards.

[Metroid]

So any luck making 6 gpus to work, those extra 4 pcie lanes on z270 should help.

[Eyedol-X]

Hi Folks,

I got an i7-7700 and a Z270 board - will let you know, wether it´s good 4 mining.

I will order some PCI-E bridges 2 check, whether more than 4 GPUs (comp. Z170) are possible.

... not a cheap solution, if it really is one (2 be proofed).


  PanneKopp

Try CPU mining for XMR, plz - it will be interesting to see the stats

Curious to know XMR hashrate as well with Claymore 3.5 if you are using Windows.

[Metroid]

So any luck making 6 gpus to work, those extra 4 pcie lanes on z270 should help.

Bumping this thread in case anybody got 6 gpus working on the z270, h270 or b250.

[philipma1957]

So any luck making 6 gpus to work, those extra 4 pcie lanes on z270 should help.

Bumping this thread in case anybody got 6 gpus working on the z270, h270 or b250.

I got 4 going fine on my Aorus


https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128966


there is a review..  

under philip a.

I have 3 in slots and 1 in a riser.

I will test the fifth today or tomorrow.

edit

5 working cards.  mixed no less!


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1584973.msg17568316#msg17568316

from post above


I am running windows 10  Enterprise

[Metroid]

Thank you, lets hope 6 will work on it, planning to add a 6th card?

[philipma1957]

Thank you, lets hope 6 will work on it, planning to add a 6th card?

No

Many reasons why.  The simple reason is I prefer slot mining over riser mining.

My five card build uses 575 watts and is really compact.

I can use a evga 750 watt p2 psu.

Simply no need to run six cards.

I posted more photos on the other thread.

[Etherion]

Did I miss it? Where is the cpu xmr hashrate?

[philipma1957]

Did I miss it? Where is the cpu xmr hashrate?

Looking for a USB stick with the soft ware .