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April 24, 2013, 08:35:13 PM
Last edit: April 24, 2013, 08:46:30 PM by mxc0bbn
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I'm starting to re-think the 4gpu on one motherboard scenario...

Based on pricing for mb/psu...would you recommend just buying two mb/cpu/psu (750w) and just building two systems instead of one?

I don't mind the extra work I just want to make sure and get the most performance out of them and it's starting to seem like putting more gpus on a single mb makes me have to cool them alot harder as well as the components being a lot more costly than components for 2/mb...

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April 25, 2013, 01:58:12 AM
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Hello
I don't think I am in a position to recommend you, I have been mining for only 1 month, this miner is the first one fully assembled by me (although I have 2 more (just 5830 on a small motherboard over a cardboard box Cheesy which I use for testing because they are not cost effective (consumes too much power)).

That aside, I think that you should think what weights more for you, MH/s vs Power consumption or MH/s vs Hardware cost.

In my case is the first, because, for now, power cost is something I will have all the time, hardware is something I buy and I can use for other things besides mining, so I still have to test the performance of two 7950 vs four 7850 to tell you more precisely what is best in terms of power usage vs MH/s

However I will, in the end assemble 4 to 5 GPU per rig, because I think it's more power efficient, but still don't know which cards will I use.

the power consumption of the motherboard, processor and hard drive is quite significant, so the more GPU per computer the better, IMHO.
please if someone with more experience than me think different, comment, i will love to hear your educated point of view.

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April 25, 2013, 01:13:38 PM
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Still not clear to me. Is there a motherboard which can support  4 x HD7950 without having to short A1-B17 pin?
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April 25, 2013, 09:49:30 PM
Last edit: April 26, 2013, 09:57:09 AM by qiuness
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Hi,

does anyone have any feedback on?

   
GA-H61M-D2-B3
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3773#ov

4 Slots.. should hold 4 cards
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April 26, 2013, 03:25:08 AM
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Still not clear to me. Is there a motherboard which can support  4 x HD7950 without having to short A1-B17 pin?
I am using Gigabyte GA 970A-D3 motherboards, has 5 PCI-E ports (one 16x, one 4x (with 16x size) and three 1x), I'm using 4 cards on this mobo, and no jumper necessary, but I'm using cablesaurus powered extender cables, they are not cheap but works perfectly.
but this is under windows 7 x64, I still haven't tested under linux, booting from USB which is my finally goal.

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April 26, 2013, 01:10:17 PM
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WHAT WORKS
Motherboard Brand: Gigabyte
Motherboard Model & PCIe Slots: 990 FXA-UD3
Power Supply Brand & Model: FSP Aurum Pro 1200W
Number & Model GPUs: 4 x 6950 (1 each of ASUS, XFX, MSI and Sapphire)
Extender Cables w/Molex Power? 1 x PCIE 16x extender and 3 x PCIE x16 to x1 extenders.  No molex power extenders.

Tried a 5th 6950 (XFX) but it wouldn't work.  The MB has 6x PCIE slots total, would have been nice...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7216.msg1950922#msg1950922

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April 26, 2013, 01:28:07 PM
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WHAT WORKS
Motherboard Brand: Gigabyte
Motherboard Model & PCIe Slots: 990 FXA-UD3
Power Supply Brand & Model: FSP Aurum Pro 1200W
Number & Model GPUs: 4 x 6950 (1 each of ASUS, XFX, MSI and Sapphire)
Extender Cables w/Molex Power? 1 x PCIE 16x extender and 3 x PCIE x16 to x1 extenders.  No molex power extenders.

Tried a 5th 6950 (XFX) but it wouldn't work.  The MB has 6x PCIE slots total, would have been nice...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7216.msg1950922#msg1950922
Can you try connecting the 5th & 6th slot using 16x extender cable with molex connector?

Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7, has 6 slots, but so far i can make it to work in only FOUR cards, but with different slots which confuses me.
Yesterday i can able to connect 3 cards using 16x extender cable WITHOUT molex connector in 16x_1, 16x_2, 8x_2 & i hope i can make it work in 8x_1 slot also using 16x extender cable(which i don't have).

But this is opposite to me due to this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=38872.msg475736#msg475736
Here i used 16x & 4x slot, instead of yesterday 16x & 8x.

I hope maybe with 16x extender cable with/without molex can make this board to use all the 6 slots
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April 27, 2013, 01:48:44 AM
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I don't have any of the extender cables with a molex connector, I'd never heard of them when I ordered my parts. Do you plug your power supply into them to boost the PCIE power?
I guess it could help when running a lot of cards.
Maybe it can work with more than 4 cards... Smiley

I busted one of the PCIE slots and bent one of the pins (the TCK one I think), is it important?  Otherwise I only have 5 slots that work.

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April 27, 2013, 06:06:10 AM
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Yes, cables with molex to boost power to pci-e.
Mother boards are designed with the idea to play games, watch in high definition.....
Its not designed to run 100% 24/7 to mine.
http://cablesaurus.com/PCIe-x16-Extender-Cable-w-Molex-Connector

I don't know what you saying by TCK, maybe a pic will be better to show busted slot & bent pin.
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April 27, 2013, 12:07:33 PM
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Ok thanks.

See pinout here for the TCK pin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

I pulled out one of my cards and the PICE slot came with it Smiley

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April 27, 2013, 12:31:24 PM
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thats bad.
Try connecting 5 cards using FIVE 16x extender cables, then see windows detects 5 cards or not.
If windows detects then its good.
If windows detects only 4 card, then that board can accept 4 cards only.
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April 30, 2013, 01:59:09 PM
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I don't have 5 x16 extenders, I only have 1 and I can't really be bothered ordering more as I've got plenty of x1's and it seems to (mostly) work.  My 5th card is just in my everyday pc for now, I just have to start and stop mining when I use it. Thanks though.

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April 30, 2013, 06:12:19 PM
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WORKS
Motherboard Brand: Biostar
Motherboard Model & PCIe Slots: A870U3 (2x16, 2x1)
Power Supply Brand & Model: Corsair TX850 (Pulling ~615W at the wall)
Number & Model GPUs: 4x Sapphire 5830 Xtreme (Overclocked & undervolted)
Extender Cables w/Molex Power?: No

Motherboard automatically unlocks 2nd core of Sempron 140.
I have a mix of 5870 and 5850, overclocked, no voltage change. the mobo fried up within a few weeks.
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April 30, 2013, 06:14:42 PM
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I've learned that it is VERY  important to first try a 4+ GPU rig at STOCK card clocks, then if that proves stable gradually OC each card until it becomes unstable then back off 10MH/z. Do this for each card until they are all running 24/7, in both mild and hot weather, without a problem. You will likely notice that some cards will OC very well and some will NOT. One unstable card can bring down the entire mining rig. Stability RULES!
Yes, especially with multiple rigs. I have mine all running stock speed and stock voltage.
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May 02, 2013, 01:43:39 AM
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Does anyone know if the Asrock970 extreme 4 will work with 5 gpus's in a win 64 enviro easily?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262
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May 10, 2013, 05:28:56 PM
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Does anyone know if the Asrock970 extreme 4 will work with 5 gpus's in a win 64 enviro easily?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262



I dont know about Windows but that mobo is listed on the BAMT hardware compatibility list as working with 5 GPUs.

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May 10, 2013, 05:32:57 PM
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WHAT WORKS

Motherboard Brand: Gigabyte
Motherboard Model & PCIe Slots: GA-970A-D3; two X16, 3 X1
PSU Brand & Model: Silverstone 1200W SST-ST1200-G Evolution
Number & Model GPUs: 4x Sapphire 7950 21196-00-20G Boost Models
Extender Cables: 2 X16 extenders, 2 1X to 16X adapters, works unpowered or powered


tried to put 5 th card in wont finish booting.  NOT the boot problem other Gigabyte boards have.  It will boot it just locks up.  Tried underclocking cards.
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May 11, 2013, 12:56:44 PM
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WHAT DON'T WORK:

ASUS M4N75TD with PCIe Powered risers (in the 16x ports and in the 1x ports)

If I connect the molex, the motherboard doesn't even post.
If I did NOT connect the molex, the motherboard sometimes works, sometimes it doesn't start.

same behavior with 16 to 16x extenders that with 1x to 16x extenders.
tested with Sapphire 7950´s

this mobo doesn't like extenders Sad

WHAT WORKS:
Curious, the cheap Gigabyte 78LMT-S2 motherboard works with 2x 7950 using: 1x 16x to 16x powered riser, and 1x  1x to 16x powered riser.

Interesting option as this motherboard is really really cheap, and for 2x 7950 is not a bad choice!!

However, comparing it with the Gigabyte 970A-D3 the performance is lower.
What I mean, is that in widows 7, the second card (in the 1x connector) is about 80% load, not more, ever, and with the bigger mother 970A-D3 load is 99% in every slot, probably has to do with limited bandwidth of the 78LMT-S2 , dunno.

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May 22, 2013, 12:53:05 PM
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MSI 970a-g46 works good with 1x to 16x extenders
4 5850 sapphire about 480 watts with undervolted sempron

Anyone know how to get 1x working MSI 990XA-GD55 I've tried the pin shorting trick and added a molex adapter.

Asrock 970 Extreme3 I can only get one of the 1x slots working with extender so just 3 slots with this one

I have the same problem with MSI 990XA-GD55.
did you succeed somehow?
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May 28, 2013, 04:32:55 PM
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WHAT WORKS

Motherboard Brand: Gigabyte
Motherboard Model & PCIe Slots: GA-970A-D3; two X16, 3 X1
PSU Brand & Model: Silverstone 1200W SST-ST1200-G Evolution
Number & Model GPUs: 4x Sapphire 7950 21196-00-20G Boost Models
Extender Cables: 2 X16 extenders, 2 1X to 16X adapters, works unpowered or powered


tried to put 5 th card in wont finish booting.  NOT the boot problem other Gigabyte boards have.  It will boot it just locks up.  Tried underclocking cards.


How do you use a PSU Brand & Model: Silverstone 1200W SST-ST1200-G Evolution to power up 4 GPUs? , it only has 4 pcie slots and each of your cards take 2 slots each right?
could anyone answer this? im building a rig with the problem of finding a psu that supports 4 gpus

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