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January 18, 2018, 12:02:38 AM
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I know, I know, but I can't find an ASRock H110 Pro BTC+ for anything remotely reasonable.

So here it is: https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Intel-B250-BTC-Mining-Motherboard-11-PCIe-PCIe-16x-2-DDR4-2800-3000-LGA1151-PM/202188972941?hash=item2f1366e38d:g:YfwAAOSwc6JaXI5h

What do you think of it?
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January 18, 2018, 02:53:38 AM
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It's good looking, but I'm not really sure with performance and durability about this products. In my opinion, six PCIe slot it's enough (stability needed), except you are using Linux based OS. Sometimes people forcing 7-8 or more GPU's using Windows based OS. Mining process needs a stability. Don't force your devices.
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January 18, 2018, 03:53:23 AM
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Alongside the longevity concern, stability of the voltage regulators will determine how well you can overclock your cards, if you intend to do that. In that sense, a better PSU and motherboard might be worthwhile.
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January 18, 2018, 04:18:47 AM
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It's good looking, but I'm not really sure with performance and durability about this products. In my opinion, six PCIe slot it's enough (stability needed), except you are using Linux based OS. Sometimes people forcing 7-8 or more GPU's using Windows based OS. Mining process needs a stability. Don't force your devices.

This.  In terms of the amount of time you'll spend trying to get those cards to work you'll earn your money back just going down a more reliable route.  Lessons learned the hard way through experimentation and trying to use PCI-E splitters or m.2 -> PCI-E.  The time invested and the troubleshooting just wasn't worth the small gain of adding an additional 1 or 2 GPU to a rig.  I've found it's much better to just build another.  Linux this isn't so much of an issue but windows mining you run in to resource issues and all sorts of wonderful bugs that'll keep you up until all hours trying to fix.
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January 18, 2018, 09:29:38 AM
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The above motherboard looks good, as long as other supporting components like Processor, and PSU is good. and you can fix the problem when installing all GPU slots. Because usually if more than 4 GPU there is always 1 or 2 GPU that is not detected, let alone this more than 6 GPU.

but my advice is better to use max 7 or 8 GPU motherboards. because in addition to more easily solve the problem if there are 1 or 2 GPU that is not detected.
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January 18, 2018, 11:00:43 AM
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There are so many 8-12 GPU rigs on YouTube that I thought it wouldn't be a problem.

But I guess you're right, I'll start with 2-3 cards, upgrade to 6-8 and draw conclusions for the future from there.
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January 18, 2018, 11:46:24 AM
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If I were you I would grab an ASUS Prime Z270-A or something similar instead.
Isn't there a more cost effective mobo?
(Cheap mobo, cheap CPU, cheap RAM)
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