Has anyone tried mining using a passive PCI-e splitter board?

[hendo420]

Has anyone used anything like this to add more cards to a mobo?
http://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-RSC-R2UT-2E8R-RISER-PASSIVE-2-PCIE/dp/B0037KAE2O/ref=sr_1_56?ie=UTF8&qid=1369856568&sr=8-56&keywords=pci-e+riser

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[ReCat]

That's not passive. That's active. I'm sure it would work just fine, a similar device is used in the viDock. However it's not cheap AT ALL and it's much better to buy a dedicated desktop.

[hendo420]

What about something like this to add more video cards to a single mobo?
http://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-RSC-R2UT-2E8R-RISER-PASSIVE-2-PCIE/dp/B0037KAE2O/ref=sr_1_56?ie=UTF8&qid=1369856568&sr=8-56&keywords=pci-e+riser

[ReCat]

Oh wow. I've never seen those before! YOU COULD HAVE INFINITE VIDEO CARDS IN EACH BOARD!

[hendo420]

Oh wow. I've never seen those before! YOU COULD HAVE INFINITE VIDEO CARDS IN EACH BOARD!

Thats what im talking about. I want to set up a rack mount server type setup and run like 10 or 15 cards on one board.

At $90 to get 1 extra port(it takes up 1 port and gives 2) its not very price effective. I can get a mobo/cpu/ram for ~$160 that has 3x pcie 16x and 2 1x. If they could be got in bulk for around $30 each I'm sold tho.

[bushstar]

What about this bad boy then?

http://www.amfeltec.com/products/x4pcie-splitter4.php

[hendo420]

What about this bad boy then?

http://www.amfeltec.com/products/x4pcie-splitter4.php

I requested a quote. Any idea what they cost?

[vonross2012]

that product was discussed here before can't remember the thread but it was too much.