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March 21, 2014, 02:04:44 PM |
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I've been giving myself a bit of a headache over the last couple of weeks trying to work out a combination of cards that will give me the maximum bang for my buck, but with little success.
I've got approximately £1000 in Amazon vouchers. In addition, I've got an Amazon Prime membership. As a result, I'd prefer to shop there to make the most of what I have available.
I've got everything else - a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Motherboard, 8Gb RAM, 1Tb HDD (but may change this for a small SSD), a CoolerMaster HAF-XB case with fans everywhere. What I'm missing is the PSU and GPUs. This is where I need help.
This rig is for Scrypt mining, not interested (yet) in ASICs.
For OS, I have a Windows 7/8 licence available or can use Linux. If one has advantages over the other for any particular card (driver etc.) I'd be happy to use either.
I'm potentially looking to expand in the near future, and might add a card or two to whatever's installed, so any PSU choice will need to take this into account. From my own research it looks like the maximum I could get on the funds available are 2 cards, so I'm assuming PCI-X risers won't be important at this stage.
What is the best that I can get for my money, bearing in mind the above?
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
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