New Mining Rig do i need to buy dummy plugs as well?

[Dogebear]

Do I need to buy dummy plugs for my mining rig?
Can I plug my monitor into a gpu thats on a usb riser? my mobo doenst have any onboard gfx.

[SomeoneInNeed]

Yes, you'll need Dummy plugs if you plan not to connect a Monitor to your GPU.
And I don't think that you can do that with a USB riser, it will reduce your hashrate.

[Ritual]

Not necessarily. There are registry keys that can get around this on some cards, and on other you don't need them at all.

What kind of cards? Please list brand/range/model etc and you can probably get specific help.

EDIT: And ofc you can plug in a monitor. You might see a thousandth of a percent loss on your hashrate, but it's nice to see what you're doing eh?

Rit.

[Dogebear]

oh im doing it so i can install bamt or windows 7. How do you guys initially install the os on the system 0.0.

I bought the xfx r9 270x

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD Sempron 145 2.8GHz Single-Core Processor  ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard:  Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:  Sandisk ReadyCache 32GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card:  XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($227.27 @ TigerDirect)
Video Card:  XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($219.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply:  Corsair Professional 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($200.98 @ Best Buy)
Total: $859.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 18:57 EST-0500)

[Smileyftw]

no you don't really need to buy dummy plugs for your mining rig

[Sonny]

oh im doing it so i can install bamt or windows 7. How do you guys initially install the os on the system 0.0.

I bought the xfx r9 270x

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD Sempron 145 2.8GHz Single-Core Processor  ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard:  Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:  Sandisk ReadyCache 32GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card:  XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($227.27 @ TigerDirect)
Video Card:  XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($219.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply:  Corsair Professional 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($200.98 @ Best Buy)
Total: $859.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 18:57 EST-0500)

Judging from your username, I guess you are going to mine dogecoin, right? 

[GVanelly]

You will need Dummy plugs only if you whant not to connect a Monitor to your GPU.