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The_JMiner
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July 13, 2011, 01:42:29 AM |
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Unless your very good at it don't run ubuntu. even after 5 hours of reading guides I could not figure it out. good luck !
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July 13, 2011, 01:43:58 AM |
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You could get away with a much cheaper power supply and save money not using a case otherwise everything is solid. |
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July 13, 2011, 02:17:05 AM |
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Unless your very good at it don't run ubuntu. even after 5 hours of reading guides I could not figure it out. good luck !
if you follow the guide found on this forum, setting up a fresh 11.04 is rather easy, but u cant skip any steps  |
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July 13, 2011, 02:17:32 AM |
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Yeah I would go with a slightly less PSU, and a shitty case.
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Leon
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July 13, 2011, 02:20:14 AM |
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Yeah I would go with a slightly less PSU, and a shitty case.
I was also thinking a cheapo motherboard with cables, that would also keep the GPUs very cool. |
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July 13, 2011, 02:36:30 AM |
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Your spending $1.23 for each MHash/sec capacity. My seven rigs average $1.10.
You will need some storage for the operating system and software. I use a usb stick. But that is real slow and setting up takes a lot of reboots. I would suggest an inexpensive hard disk. One of my rigs has an 60 GBytes SSD drive, I wouldn't buy one they cost $120, but mine came with a computer I bought off of craigslist. I love it cause it boots so fast. You will spend a lot of time booting the computer.
The case looks nice but is not necessary.
I run 4 5870's off of a 850 Watt power supply. It draws 700 Watts.
Sam
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Leon
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July 13, 2011, 03:20:06 AM |
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Your spending $1.23 for each MHash/sec capacity. My seven rigs average $1.10.
You will need some storage for the operating system and software. I use a usb stick. But that is real slow and setting up takes a lot of reboots. I would suggest an inexpensive hard disk. One of my rigs has an 60 GBytes SSD drive, I wouldn't buy one they cost $120, but mine came with a computer I bought off of craigslist. I love it cause it boots so fast. You will spend a lot of time booting the computer.
The case looks nice but is not necessary.
I run 4 5870's off of a 850 Watt power supply. It draws 700 Watts.
Sam
Having a low PSU can be risky I would suggest 1000 range, 1500 isn't needed. |
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July 13, 2011, 03:26:21 AM |
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sounds like a nice rig but I would def spend less on the case and PSU
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July 13, 2011, 03:57:18 AM |
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I've seen the CPU be the bottleneck in my system while solo mining and I run a quadcore phenom II. If you are going solo I would consider getting a CPU with more cores. Don't worry about spending extra for larger CPU cache if this rig will be for mining only.
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July 13, 2011, 04:01:01 AM |
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I've seen the CPU be the bottleneck in my system while solo mining and I run a quadcore phenom II. If you are going solo I would consider getting a CPU with more cores. Don't worry about spending extra for larger CPU cache if this rig will be for mining only.
Also, at a minimum use Arctic Silver or better thermal paste for the CPU heatsink. The stock cooler and paste didn't get the job done for me (core temps exceeding 70 Deg C and emergency system shutdowns - not at all fun). |
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July 13, 2011, 02:14:01 PM |
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Why buy a case? How much are you spending on the hard drive? Storage is a big problem. You'll see people buy a cheap spin-up hard drive, but a solid-state one is worth the few extra dollars for a lower power consumption rate. Skip the 6970, it's not worth the money. Best bet is 5x 5830s and 5 PCI x16 riser cables. It's gonna get hot as all hell, what's your cooling solution? I use a dozen box fans and a crude bit of duct work. If you go with the Sempron, use Ubuntu. Windows will bottleneck without a milti-core processor.
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MarkG
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July 13, 2011, 02:41:24 PM |
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2K only for mining?? Will you ever get this money back???
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TheGrapist
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July 13, 2011, 02:49:11 PM |
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like others have said get a cheaper case and psu....GL  |
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Einewton
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July 13, 2011, 03:16:57 PM |
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Always remember the reselling value... |
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July 13, 2011, 03:35:20 PM |
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$2000 for ~$16 a day and dropping (1x 6990 got me this ~ 1 month ago). Resell or not, dosent sound like a wise investment to me.
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