My pototype system arrived today. \o/
WIll be mounting on
http://www.finemeshmetals.co.uk/perforated.htm as I could end up having a big farm. Also Im a handy with a welder and a bit arty so wana make this rack look cool as well as making bank.
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive**
(XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
OCZ Agility Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT30G)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3)
Kingston HyperX Blu 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Single Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1/2G)
Akasa AK-274CB-4BLS 120mm Blue LED Fan
Friend will be setting up Linux for me over the next few days will let you know how these cards are with heat.
Im really lucky tho becuase my two PCI's that run at 16x are slots 1 and 3 meaning I have a little air gap. Maybe you need to think about upgrading your motherboard.
Dont flame me to hard this is my first ever build and I started learning about all this a week ago and I dont have an IT back ground and followed alot of advice I gained from these forums + some dude at overclockers who seemed to know his stuff.
Constructive crit would be great.
OP I hope to have some data for you soon TM.
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In b4 overspec system for mining: If bitcoins die overnight I wana beable use/sell them as basic gaming rigs to the eve-online comunity as they all dual box and need 2 x screens.
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Freindly bump for a fellow noob.