My first rig

[jerbroch]

About to put together a single 7970 rig for my first mining experiment. I got a msi z77a-g43 board with 4 pcie slots, 4gb ram, i3 processor, 850 watt psu. Plan on adding the other 3 GPUs soon. Any tips or suggestions? I plan on mining LTC to start.

[BitCM]

Sounds good. I'm curious to see how long GPU mining will remain profitable on litecoin.

[talexeh]

About to put together a single 7970 rig for my first mining experiment. I got a msi z77a-g43 board with 4 pcie slots, 4gb ram, i3 processor, 850 watt psu. Plan on adding the other 3 GPUs soon. Any tips or suggestions? I plan on mining LTC to start.

You don't really need an i3 to get the mining going. Just get the cheapest you can find will do.

I would recommend that you look for a 1200W PSU instead since you were planning to mine on 4 GPUs.

[Kennji]

Sounds good. I'm curious to see how long GPU mining will remain profitable on litecoin.

I am sure a long time.

LTC is here to stay.

[jerbroch]

Sounds good. I'm curious to see how long GPU mining will remain profitable on litecoin.

I am sure a long time.

LTC is here to stay.

I agree

[jerbroch]

About to put together a single 7970 rig for my first mining experiment. I got a msi z77a-g43 board with 4 pcie slots, 4gb ram, i3 processor, 850 watt psu. Plan on adding the other 3 GPUs soon. Any tips or suggestions? I plan on mining LTC to start.

You don't really need an i3 to get the mining going. Just get the cheapest you can find will do.

I would recommend that you look for a 1200W PSU instead since you were planning to mine on 4 GPUs.

Ya I probably should just get the bigger PSU now.

[mrreece]

Don't skimp on the power supply. While you can get a cheap processor, an overtaxed power supply can end your mining before you ever get a proper start.

Get risers so you can arrange the cards for proper cooling.
Have fun

[_d_artagNaN]

Does the possible output outweigh the electricity bill?!

[jerbroch]

Don't skimp on the power supply. While you can get a cheap processor, an overtaxed power supply can end your mining before you ever get a proper start.

Get risers so you can arrange the cards for proper cooling.
Have fun

Thanks for the advice!

[jerbroch]

Does the possible output outweigh the electricity bill?!

yes, luckily cheap hydro here, 0.06-0.10/kwh

[jerbroch]

Thanks for the input all!

[seannnyx]

i have a similar rig, but with 7950

[hitkill]

Sounds good

[mgammy]

good

[elgeo]

About to put together a single 7970 rig for my first mining experiment. I got a msi z77a-g43 board with 4 pcie slots, 4gb ram, i3 processor, 850 watt psu. Plan on adding the other 3 GPUs soon. Any tips or suggestions? I plan on mining LTC to start.

i made the mistake with 7970...i believe its better 7850 or even better 7950 (350 and 600 kh/s)

[xenazfire]

Wow! Thats one monster rig.

[Hmoobyaj87]

7950 would be better and easier to setup for ltc mining.

[trenal]

I currently have two 7970s running and two more on the way, without risers the two currently are running pretty hot but I expect the risers any day now.

[astro112]

  my dream

[Eljoka]

Tip : nothing is going to go as smoothly as you think it will. Be prepared to tinker a lot with the hardware/software 

But it's worth it