19 GPU ASUS Motherboard

[FloppyPurpleGherkin]

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/asus-demos-b250-mining-expert-motherboard-with-19-pci-e-slots,2.html



Works out-the-box with 8 AMD & 8 nVidia GPU's..

[Sev18]

Supporting triple power supply seems very interesting.

[jmigdlc99]

Wonder how much this will cost.

If anyone has news as to when this is going to be released it would be much appreciated. Will follow this thread for updates.

[mo35]

Wonder how much this will cost.

If anyone has news as to when this is going to be released it would be much appreciated. Will follow this thread for updates.

Unofficially, the B250 Mining Expert will go on sale in the next few weeks, with a budget-friendly price south of $150.

dont take this for granted , seen some rumors

[leowonderful]

10000% this thing is going to become price gouged to hell and there's going to be a million "doesn't work on windoze" threads and questions to Asus. Seems like a pretty sticky situation coming up.

Supporting triple power supply seems very interesting.

The only thing is, nobody is going to use PCI power on these boards and the CPU will be the only big power sucker on this. Seems way more economical to hook up a big ol server PSU and use PCIe 6pins to GPUs and then through risers. Am I missing something or is this board just overkill in the power department?

[MA3A]

be a million "doesn't work on windoze"

- i dont think windoze people will be using it for mining... this is more pro miner grade... as electricity bill for home...will go directly north! as well as price for vids, too costly.

[fanatic26]

I wonder why it says it only supports Windows. Thats why they claim it only supports 16 graphics cards but is there any reason why linux wouldnt work on this? Its still just a B250 motherboard. Strange they would add 19 slots then tell you that you cant use them all.

[joshuaj]

Supporting triple power supply seems very interesting.

This is interesting, I was wondering if it is stable?

[KarlKox]

Hi
I have this board and also have problem.
With 13x RX560 working perfect and stable. But if i try co connect powered 14 gk motherboard didnt start... (no post)
If are connected 13x powered card and one unpowered, only riser is connected, motherboard start correctly (with one slot error).
So i dont know if problem si in bios or motherboard is damaged...
have you experience with this?
i tried different slot and different card with the same result. 

[Thebestis7950]

wow
where did you get the board from before anyone else

[Metroid]

I have this board and also have problem.
With 13x RX560 working perfect and stable. But if i try co connect powered 14 gk motherboard didnt start... (no post)

windows or linux?

[Smilee]

wow
where did you get the board from before anyone else

NewEgg and Amazon have had them.  They are out right now(except for overpriced resellers).   The boards keep coming in and out of stock.  I have been able to get 3 of them over the past 3 weeks.  Keep checking and you will get some.

So far I have only created 12 gpu AMD rigs and they work great on Ethos hashing eth at 361mh around 1600 watts at the wall.

[Lycanthian]

NewEgg and Amazon have had them.  They are out right now(except for overpriced resellers).   The boards keep coming in and out of stock.  I have been able to get 3 of them over the past 3 weeks.  Keep checking and you will get some.

So far I have only created 12 gpu AMD rigs and they work great on Ethos hashing eth at 361mh around 1600 watts at the wall.

What processor are you currently running in your rigs if you don't mind me asking Smilee? I just grabbed one of these boards myself.

[Smilee]

NewEgg and Amazon have had them.  They are out right now(except for overpriced resellers).   The boards keep coming in and out of stock.  I have been able to get 3 of them over the past 3 weeks.  Keep checking and you will get some.

So far I have only created 12 gpu AMD rigs and they work great on Ethos hashing eth at 361mh around 1600 watts at the wall.

What processor are you currently running in your rigs if you don't mind me asking Smilee? I just grabbed one of these boards myself.

I run the cheapest I3's--- 6100 and 7100.  I have only tried 12 cards so I dont know how it will work with 13-19 cards.  Seems like it should work though.  BBT on youtube has been trying to get 14+ cards working with no luck so far but i think he will figure it out eventually so I keep watching.  for just reasons of size, complexity and length of usb cables....I am sticking with 12 for now.

[KarlKox]

i buy it from alza https://www.alza.co.uk/asus-b250-mining-expert-d5102462.htm
they heve more than 5 pcs in stock
Cpu is Intel Celeron G3900.
system is SMOS.
with 13 cards working perfect but with 14 powered mb didnt start....
i will try it with 13 amd and 2 nvidia cards.
rig is ready for 16 cards but 14 and more... is problem to boot.

[yvmen]

But how do u guy solve for the psu power ? cause with 19 card assume with have all 1070's meaning we are using atleast 2000watt
 which i guess is more .. i still building more on 6-8 gpu rig


yvmen

[KarlKox]

psu power?
its easy.
The motherboard is diveded in three parts.
on board are 3x 24atx connectors and for each connector is 6 or 7 slots
see pictures http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/asus-demos-b250-mining-expert-motherboard-with-19-pci-e-slots,2.html

[umine]

If it would has M.2 slot for HardDrive and 16x PCI-e slot for GPU with at least 2-slots cooling system it would be the best of the best  . But as yet Asus engineers have a work to do something better

[KarlKox]

m.2 slot is missing, pcie 16 is there, and 2 slots cooling also...

[alexrossi]

But how do u guy solve for the psu power ? cause with 19 card assume with have all 1070's meaning we are using atleast 2000watt
 which i guess is more .. i still building more on 6-8 gpu rig


yvmen

IBM 2880 + breakout board for 100-150 euros