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July 31, 2013, 11:11:34 PM |
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looks very nice and clean, well done!
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August 01, 2013, 06:46:11 AM |
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Those are pretty cool actually. Gives you a bit more airflow around the underside of the motherboard aswell. How are you planning fans to be mounted? Any updated pictures?
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August 01, 2013, 09:34:39 AM |
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I live in a high rise so this is my version of a garage. Storage units for resident use. Well lit and free electricity but gets hot down there. Thanks! Looks like a good place for building stuff. Good luck. I'll be interested to see how it goes.
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August 05, 2013, 02:52:26 PM |
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It looks really nice and clean. How many GPUs are you going to install?
Would you mind updating with total cost of the rig and case once you're done?!
Thanks.
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August 05, 2013, 08:37:50 PM |
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Any plans to make this hold two motherboards and double the GPU's in the future? It would get a little tight, but I think it would fit.
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August 05, 2013, 08:41:56 PM |
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Time to buy a welder for the next project
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August 08, 2013, 11:11:50 AM |
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It looks very nice and clean.
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August 08, 2013, 05:35:54 PM |
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First GPU installed. Starting to rethink running 7 GPUs with two 1200 watt power supply's from a cost perspective.
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August 08, 2013, 06:14:46 PM Last edit: August 17, 2013, 07:27:29 AM by CartmanSPC |
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Thinking about the cost of a 7 GPU system vs a 5 GPU system.
Everything else being equal:
7 GPU system Power Supply 2x$285.15 $570.30 GPU 7x$377.36 $2,641.52 Dual-PSU ATX Adapter $10.00 Total $3,221.82 Kh/s 5208 Kh/$ 1.616477643071308
5 GPU system Power Supply $285.15 GPU 5x$377.36 $1,886.80 Total $2,171.95 Kh/s 3720 Kh/$ 1.712746610189001
So it looks like I would get more Kh/$ using just one PS and 5 GPUs.
This assumes I can run 5 GPUs on just one 1200 watt PS which is yet to be seen. I suppose I could try a single 1600 watt PS for 7 GPUs but I really like the Corsair AX1200i because of it's monitoring features.
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August 17, 2013, 07:04:51 AM Last edit: August 17, 2013, 07:22:38 AM by CartmanSPC |
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4 GPU system Power Supply $285.15 GPU 4x$377.36 $1,509.44 Total $1,794.59 Kh/s 2976 Kh/$ 1.658317498704439
The system has been mining with 3 GPUs for over a week now. The case brought down the temps so much that I now run the fans at 80% instead of 85% and increased the voltage from 1.100 to 1.125. Hash rate per card is up to 744 from 722.
Just got the 4th GPU today. Will try to get updated pictures after I get the 4th GPU installed. Changed the way the power supply is installed since it will only have one now.
I think I will be sticking to 4 GPU's per system since that should get me somewhere around 1000 watts (not sure yet as 1 was 300w, 2 was 500w and 3 took it to 800w). Trying to stay close to 80% of the PS's capacity so that is 960 watts out of 1200 watts.
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August 17, 2013, 07:10:45 AM Last edit: September 03, 2013, 08:08:46 PM by pr0d1gy |
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4 GPU system Power Supply $285.15 GPU 4x$377.36 $1,509.44 Total $1,794.59 Kh/s 2976 Kh/$ 1.658317498704439
Eh... That MSI is about 250 now... Hope you waited to buy... Case looks great tho.
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August 17, 2013, 07:20:34 AM |
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Eh... That MSI is about 250 now... Hope you waited to buy... Case looks great tho.
Thanks! Where is the MSI 7970 selling for $250?! The cheapest I have been able to find is $377.36 after tax and rebates.
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August 17, 2013, 07:30:43 AM Last edit: September 03, 2013, 08:08:55 PM by pr0d1gy |
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Thanks! Where is the MSI 7970 selling for $250?! The cheapest I have been able to find is $377.36 after tax and rebates.
my bad, it looked like my 7950. But few months ago i got a 7950 for 340, now its 250... So my bad on that lol But... maybe save you a few bucks? Microcenter does have 7970 for 339 after rebate. That's if they are near you, not sure if they ship...
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August 17, 2013, 07:40:08 AM |
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That is a great price at MicroCenter. Thanks. They must have just lowered their price as I looked a few days ago and they were much higher. Makes me want to go buy some more tomorrow
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August 17, 2013, 04:50:55 PM |
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That is a great price at MicroCenter. Thanks. They must have just lowered their price as I looked a few days ago and they were much higher. Makes me want to go buy some more tomorrow Yea, i wish i would have waited till they dropped... Good luck on the rig.
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August 17, 2013, 11:27:20 PM Last edit: September 03, 2013, 08:09:13 PM by pr0d1gy |
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Why use a hard drive tho? Could use less power and $ on a usb stick? Thats just me tho...
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Thanks for that kslavik. I choose some more expensive options as I wasn't looking for the cheapest build but that looks like a nice list. For anyone wondering here are the component costs. Waiting on an additional discount of between 10-30 on the last GPU. Not included is the aluminum cost of around $40-60 and the cost for the tools to build the case. Component Part Number QTY Unit Price Ext Price Discount Subtotal Tax Shipping Total Rebate Grand Total Power Supply CP-9020008-NA 1 $339.99 $339.99 $51.00 $288.99 $21.67 $4.49 $315.15 $30.00 $285.15 Video Card R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE 1 $429.99 $429.99 $20.00 $409.99 $30.75 $3.99 $444.73 $38.88 $405.85 Video Card R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE 1 $429.99 $429.99 $20.00 $409.99 $30.75 $3.99 $444.73 $35.00 $409.73 Video Card R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE 1 $429.99 $429.99 $65.00 $364.99 $27.37 $- $392.36 $15.00 $377.36 Video Card R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE 1 $429.99 $429.99 $60.00 $369.99 $27.75 $- $397.74 $20.00 $377.74 Motherboard MSI Z77A-GD65 1 $131.74 $131.74 $- $131.74 $10.54 $- $142.28 $25.00 $117.28 Memory CMX8GX3M1A1333C9 1 $69.99 $69.99 $25.00 $44.99 $3.60 $0.52 $49.11 $- $49.11 CPU BX80637G1610 1 $34.99 $34.99 $- $34.99 $2.80 $- $37.79 $- $37.79 Storage SDSSDP-064G-G25 1 $54.99 $54.99 $- $54.99 $4.40 $- $59.39 $- $59.39 $2,351.66 $2,351.66 $241.00 $2,110.66 $159.63 $12.99 $2,283.28 $163.88 $2,119.40
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August 19, 2013, 07:01:06 AM |
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Few more pics. Haven't plugged in the last GPU yet as I'm waiting on some more modular power supply cables. The powered riser connections came out nice. In the rack.
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