Building a new rig

[thepressure]

Hi,

I currently have a rig, and want to build a second, but with my first build.

With the asrock h110 and h81 hard to find i was planning on using the below motherboard, with other bits, can you let me know if this will work ok?


MSI X370 - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/msi-amd-x370-gaming-plus-ddr4-am4-atx-motherboard-x370-gaming-plus/version.asp
EVGA 750w - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/evga-730w-80-plus-gold-fully-modular-power-supply-220-g3-0750-x3/version.asp  (using for 6 gpus, probably 1060s.)
4gb RAm - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/kingston-kvr-4gb-2400mhz-ddr4-non-ecc-hx424c15fb-4/version.asp
cheapest CPU (seems expensive)  - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/amd-ryzen-3-1200-quad-core-am4-processor-with-wraith-stealth-cooler-yd1200bbaebox/version.asp

Thanks very much, would really appreciate the help.

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[Tilade]

I built one using MSI X370

Never got 6 PCIe's to work.  I had to buy a M.2 port to PCIe convertor and it works now.  Have 6 cards up and running (nVidia GTX1070TI)

Also, one card sometimes has trouble coming up and I have to reboot once or twice to get it to come up.  Otherwise, works perfectly.

[Kaimi]

According to GTX 1060 TDP I'd prefer a bit more powerful PSU.
I do understand, that you're choosing it based on your previous experience, but power reserve around 10-25% is a good practice

[Tilade]

+1-- I ALWAYS use a bridged 750w psu for 6 cards.

[thepressure]

what does bridged mean?

[crocozino]

i'd say that you can use more cheaper Asrock B350 Pro4 mainboard, it has 6 slots and plus additional M2 if you need it
all is working with amd Ryzen 1700 cpu, the irg is stable, runs one amd vega, 2 x RX570, 2 x RX 480 adn one GTX 1070
stable and working)

[Tilade]

Bridge mode is just what I (and I'm sure others) call running 2 PSU together

I have had no luck with the Asrock AB350 Pro4 board--in fact, it's the reason I got the x370 board and the AB350 sits collecting dust.  I could never get greater than 2 cards faithfully, 3 if I got lucky on reboots, to get recognized by MSI afterburner and CUDA-based miners.  I hypothesize that the B350 chips not supporting multiGPUs being the issue.  The cards did, however, show up in Device manager. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[damNmad]

Hi,

I currently have a rig, and want to build a second, but with my first build.

With the asrock h110 and h81 hard to find i was planning on using the below motherboard, with other bits, can you let me know if this will work ok?


MSI X370 - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/msi-amd-x370-gaming-plus-ddr4-am4-atx-motherboard-x370-gaming-plus/version.asp
EVGA 750w - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/evga-730w-80-plus-gold-fully-modular-power-supply-220-g3-0750-x3/version.asp  (using for 6 gpus, probably 1060s.)
4gb RAm - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/kingston-kvr-4gb-2400mhz-ddr4-non-ecc-hx424c15fb-4/version.asp
cheapest CPU (seems expensive)  - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/amd-ryzen-3-1200-quad-core-am4-processor-with-wraith-stealth-cooler-yd1200bbaebox/version.asp

Thanks very much, would really appreciate the help.

Hey mate, seems you are from UK.

BTW why are you buying stuff from laptopsdirect.co.uk??

There are many number of sites to get cheap parts, like this site : https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ (this website checks the compatibility too)

sites like alza.co.uk, ariapc, novatech etc (haven't double checked the prices at laptopdirect.co.uk, but they never came for cheap when I was building my RIG).

BTW I've build my RIG with ASUS Z210P, accommodated 8x1060 cards on it (including 2xM.2 as well), haven't had much issues so far, been running from past 8 months (using nvOC - Ubuntu though).