Hi All,
I want to start ETH mining from GPU and prepare the below configuration based on research
6 SAPPHIRE NITRO RX 480 8GB GDDR5 OC PCI-E 2HDMI/DVI-D/2DP W/BP(UEFI) GRAPHIC CARD
1 MSI Z97 GAMING 5 ATX Gaming Motherboard
1 Intel Core i5 6500 2.7 Ghz 8 MB Skylake LGA 1151 6th Gen Intel Processor
1 Corsair Vengeance® LPX 16GB DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz (CMK16GX4M1A2400C16)
1 Corsair Force LE Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1 Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Intel CPU Cooler
1 WD 2TB Internal Hard Drive
1 CORSAIR RMx RM1000X 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Power Supply
What do you think about this configuration and please let me know in case I missed any thing
Well, most of the item are overkill if this will be mining rig only... You DO NOT need all those stuff...
CPU: Intel G1840 is more than enough
MEM: 4GB would do, 8GM More then enough
Lose those stuff: CPU Cooler (you will get stock with one i suggested), 2TB HDD. No point of having them.
PSU is weak for 6x 480s it could run but would be at very edge... use 1200W at least, and that is with undervolted 480s
Also if you do not plan to expand to 7 GPUs, use ASRock H81 BTC motherboard instead, it supports 6 GPUs, and is much cheaper than one you suggested.