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March 29, 2017, 01:03:47 PM |
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I read the MSI Z97 GAMING 5 can mine with 7 gpus.. however the price seems pretty high compared to the available 6gpu boards.
Are there other motherboards that are available and cheaper than can mine with 7 gpus?
I read about just a bit about there being a pci splitter but does that work just as well as a regular 7gpu mobo?
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Arcteryx
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March 29, 2017, 01:08:48 PM |
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I would think if you try and max out the motherboard with 7 gpu's it will not run stable cause you have to have it going for 24/7 anyways to make anything from mining successfully anyways.
I have heard others using 6 gpus with older boards have atleast one card fail being recognized due to trying to max the number of gpus the mbd are able to handle in the first place.
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March 29, 2017, 01:43:05 PM |
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Wow 7 GPUs are very much. I was always useing 4 GPUs per rig and not more due to more expensive motherboards for more picie 16.
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March 29, 2017, 01:49:02 PM |
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Those are wayyy overpriced now. Back in October I paid 100$ for that 400$ mobo  . Look for these Biostar Motherboard TB85 Core i7/i5/i3 LGA1150 B85 DDR3 SATA PCI Express USB ATX Retail https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MDLLQK5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MP72ybNZYMDDJ or h81 btc pro mobo. Or search for 6 pcie mobo and paste your results here for feedback from the community for experience wth it. I've got two biostars coming. But again I paid less than 100. Someone is buying these up and gouging the community. Shame on them! BR Doug |
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Truthchanter (OP)
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March 29, 2017, 05:26:06 PM |
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Found another mobo for 7gpus: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON
Have to install the newest mobo bios though but glad I found something reasonably priced
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bughatti
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March 29, 2017, 05:44:51 PM |
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Found another mobo for 7gpus: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON
Have to install the newest mobo bios though but glad I found something reasonably priced
I am not sure this will work, I found a thread talking about the same board and how to get 7 working on it. I bought the board, followed all the steps and at card number 5 Windows and Linux both crash. Needless to say I have a expensive MB only running 4 cards |
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IojkinKot
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March 29, 2017, 06:14:01 PM |
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MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3x work well with 7 GPUs (with bios update, 4g decoding option and UEFI boot)
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coinzoid
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March 29, 2017, 06:51:45 PM |
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My mobo (z87-quad deluxe) has 7 slots for gpus. But it resets its bios after plugging in last riser and power on. On reset only thunderbolt is enabled. My question is can I hot plug the riser to mobo after initial post, so I can get away?
Anyone else know about hot plug support of risers?
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Etherion
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March 29, 2017, 07:59:23 PM |
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My mobo (z87-quad deluxe) has 7 slots for gpus. But it resets its bios after plugging in last riser and power on. On reset only thunderbolt is enabled. My question is can I hot plug the riser to mobo after initial post, so I can get away?
Anyone else know about hot plug support of risers?
yes, you can do that. you can also drop yellow ice on your system. results would be the same. If it does not see if you can disable something it the bios that takes up resources that you don't need.. |
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Truthchanter (OP)
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March 29, 2017, 09:15:51 PM |
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Found another mobo for 7gpus: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON
Have to install the newest mobo bios though but glad I found something reasonably priced
I am not sure this will work, I found a thread talking about the same board and how to get 7 working on it. I bought the board, followed all the steps and at card number 5 Windows and Linux both crash. Needless to say I have a expensive MB only running 4 cards Hmm and you got specifically the 1.7 mobo bios update? set pci slots to gen 1? enable above 4gb decoding? |
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Truthchanter (OP)
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March 29, 2017, 09:23:40 PM |
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MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3x work well with 7 GPUs (with bios update, 4g decoding option and UEFI boot)
What do you mean UEFI boot? is that different than regular? |
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coinzoid
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March 29, 2017, 10:05:22 PM |
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My mobo (z87-quad deluxe) has 7 slots for gpus. But it resets its bios after plugging in last riser and power on. On reset only thunderbolt is enabled. My question is can I hot plug the riser to mobo after initial post, so I can get away?
Anyone else know about hot plug support of risers?
yes, you can do that. you can also drop yellow ice on your system. results would be the same. If it does not see if you can disable something it the bios that takes up resources that you don't need.. yellow ice? |
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Truthchanter (OP)
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March 29, 2017, 10:08:59 PM |
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My mobo (z87-quad deluxe) has 7 slots for gpus. But it resets its bios after plugging in last riser and power on. On reset only thunderbolt is enabled. My question is can I hot plug the riser to mobo after initial post, so I can get away?
Anyone else know about hot plug support of risers?
yes, you can do that. you can also drop yellow ice on your system. results would be the same. If it does not see if you can disable something it the bios that takes up resources that you don't need.. yellow ice? I don't think you can hot plug a pci slot like that... sounds like he's being sarcastic |
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