AM4 mining motherboard suggestions?

[albertorm2]

Ryzen is one of the most efficient CPU on the market. For this reason I am planning for my next rigs to have this CPU. I don't care if It's not profitable. I want to have a chance with all the new CPU mining coins.

Is there any good AM4 MOBO for mining? Did not find any good motherboard.

[CjMapope]

i did a ryzen build a few months ago
i used: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157759
i like it so far, 6 slots, not bad price

[jillscarbrough]

this is a good reference website

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12426/am4-motherboard-apu-bios-updates

You can search about prices and how many PCI-e slots

[Regulater]

i did a ryzen build a few months ago
i used: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157759
i like it so far, 6 slots, not bad price

Do not recommend goign with this product. I have that board and its garbage. After finally updating all the bios you will only be able to run 5 gpus, even though it has all the PCIE lanes needed to run more. I got rid of it and purchased an MSI board. https://www.msi.com/Landing/mining Here is a link to MSI showing which boards, chipset, and maximum gpus possible on the boards.

I have a r7 1700x mining rig currently. I use the MSI X370 SLI Plus board with a 4 PCIE splitter and am running 8 GPUs along with a r7 1700x. The board had issues getting to 7, but ran 6 perfectly fine no issues. When i purchased the 4 PCIE Splitter it loaded up 8 GPUs no issue and runs perfectly now.

[Geraldo]

Let me clear your situation first. Since you mentioned "CPU mining coins."

So, your plan is doing CPU mining, using Ryzen and have had trouble to find the best motherboards, right? Or may you also have another plan to add some GPUs?

If you planned only for CPU mining, PCIe slot isn't the priority (as mentioned in above comment). But that was a good idea; you can add some cards to PCIe slot while you were bored with CPU mining. 

[rednoW]

I'm running asus x370-f gaming with 7 gpus (2 on board, 4 on risers, 1 on riser and m2 adapter). There was a problem with 7 gpus with April bios but it is fixed with latest one now.

Asus prime x370-pro should be fine also. A friend of mine uses it but not with 7 cards yet

[albertorm2]

Do not recommend goign with this product. I have that board and its garbage. After finally updating all the bios you will only be able to run 5 gpus, even though it has all the PCIE lanes needed to run more. I got rid of it and purchased an MSI board. https://www.msi.com/Landing/mining Here is a link to MSI showing which boards, chipset, and maximum gpus possible on the boards.

I have a r7 1700x mining rig currently. I use the MSI X370 SLI Plus board with a 4 PCIE splitter and am running 8 GPUs along with a r7 1700x. The board had issues getting to 7, but ran 6 perfectly fine no issues. When i purchased the 4 PCIE Splitter it loaded up 8 GPUs no issue and runs perfectly now.

What is a 4PCIe splitter? How do you load 8 GPU when you only have 6 pcie +1 m.2 ?

Let me clear your situation first. Since you mentioned "CPU mining coins."

So, your plan is doing CPU mining, using Ryzen and have had trouble to find the best motherboards, right? Or may you also have another plan to add some GPUs?

If you planned only for CPU mining, PCIe slot isn't the priority (as mentioned in above comment). But that was a good idea; you can add some cards to PCIe slot while you were bored with CPU mining. 

This is a hobby, but some profit is always welcome. I will add some GPUs to my rig, that's why I asked for mining motherboard.

I'm running asus x370-f gaming with 7 gpus (2 on board, 4 on risers, 1 on riser and m2 adapter). There was a problem with 7 gpus with April bios but it is fixed with latest one now.

Asus prime x370-pro should be fine also. A friend of mine uses it but not with 7 cards yet

Do you mean asus x370-f rog strix? I friend of mine have this motherboard, maybe I could use It.

[rednoW]

Yes, it is rog strix

[Regulater]

Do not recommend goign with this product. I have that board and its garbage. After finally updating all the bios you will only be able to run 5 gpus, even though it has all the PCIE lanes needed to run more. I got rid of it and purchased an MSI board. https://www.msi.com/Landing/mining Here is a link to MSI showing which boards, chipset, and maximum gpus possible on the boards.

I have a r7 1700x mining rig currently. I use the MSI X370 SLI Plus board with a 4 PCIE splitter and am running 8 GPUs along with a r7 1700x. The board had issues getting to 7, but ran 6 perfectly fine no issues. When i purchased the 4 PCIE Splitter it loaded up 8 GPUs no issue and runs perfectly now.

What is a 4PCIe splitter? How do you load 8 GPU when you only have 6 pcie +1 m.2 ?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073W9KCFC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That is a 4 PCIE Splitter. It will alow 4 GPUs on 1 PCIE slot.

[albertorm2]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073W9KCFC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That is a 4 PCIE Splitter. It will alow 4 GPUs on 1 PCIE slot.

Lol I didn't know this existed. Is this item new?

So, this means I can use 28 GPU on my  6PCIe + 1 M.2 MOBO? Or that should be a problem?

[markiz73]

I just do not understand one thing. Why take a motherboard for mining for 130-140 dollars and buy another adapter for it 1 to 4 PCI-E? There are many good solutions on another architecture.

[Shnikes101]

I'm running asus x370-f gaming with 7 gpus (2 on board, 4 on risers, 1 on riser and m2 adapter). There was a problem with 7 gpus with April bios but it is fixed with latest one now.

Asus prime x370-pro should be fine also. A friend of mine uses it but not with 7 cards yet

I also run two vega rigs with the x370-f. Never had an issue

[jillscarbrough]

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Lol I didn't know this existed. Is this item new?

So, this means I can use 28 GPU on my  6PCIe + 1 M.2 MOBO? Or that should be a problem?

Actually, technically doesn't as you think. Systems have a limit, also the motherboard itself (have PCIe lines limit). One use seems okay, two or above, am not sure.

[Regulater]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073W9KCFC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That is a 4 PCIE Splitter. It will alow 4 GPUs on 1 PCIE slot.

Lol I didn't know this existed. Is this item new?

So, this means I can use 28 GPU on my  6PCIe + 1 M.2 MOBO? Or that should be a problem?

No you have a maximum amount of PCIe lanes available from your CPU and on your board. The maximum known currently is 21 GPUs on a ASUS B250 Mining Mobo using this splitter with 13 Nvidia GPUs and 8 Mining GPUs.

[Regulater]

I just do not understand one thing. Why take a motherboard for mining for 130-140 dollars and buy another adapter for it 1 to 4 PCI-E? There are many good solutions on another architecture.

Yes on a different CPU, but if you want a Ryzen to run with more than 7 GPUs you need the splitter. Ryzen adds ~$1 a day at a lower value than getting an 17-8700k/17-7700k.