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December 18, 2011, 10:01:43 AM
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December 18, 2011, 11:49:44 AM |
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Nope,it can't be done.If your PC didn't come with them on the mobo,you can't "add" them in any way.
You can look for a new mobo that has PCI express (x4 or x8 even) that may,very unlikely,use that CPU.
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P4man
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December 18, 2011, 12:37:20 PM |
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YOu can. There are PCI boards that have a PCI-e connector (and controller). It should work in theory, but Im not sure it will in practice and even less if its worth the money compared to a cheap PCI-E board with some old cpu.
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worldinacoin
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December 18, 2011, 12:50:38 PM |
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I have tried, it is really not worth the money with mobos so cheap nowadays.
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P4man
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December 18, 2011, 11:40:07 PM |
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It is really old. From when the pentium 4's just came out. 10 years+ I think. How would it not be worth it if it worked and was free?
I think I will at least try it just to see the results. The computer is worthless practically
Dont know what the PCI/PCI-e controller costs, but it wont be free. You can probably buy a PCI-e motherboard combo on ebay for about the same. I just got a Athlon64 board + cpu for 20 euro and it has 2 PCI-E slots. Moreover, I wouldnt be entirely sure the thing would actually work. |
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December 19, 2011, 03:04:09 AM |
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...How would it not be worth it if it worked and was free?
 That PCI-PCIE you're refering to is more than 30$ shipped, I've seen used board with cpu and 2-3 pci-e 1x for less than that. brand new am3-ddr3 with four pcie for ~50$ ... |
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December 19, 2011, 05:17:59 AM |
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...How would it not be worth it if it worked and was free?
That PCI-PCIE you're refering to is more than 30$ shipped, I've seen used board with cpu and 2-3 pci-e 1x for less than that. brand new am3-ddr3 with four pcie for ~50$ ... You got a link??? No idea they made such a thing. I have 7 old PC's layin around,10+ years old,maybe I'll get em mining with some cheap cards from ebay  |
"If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day long, you are the asshole." -Raylan Givens Got GOXXED ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KiqRpPiJAU&feature=youtu.be"An ASIC being late is perfectly normal, predictable, and legal..."Hashfast & BFL slogan |
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December 19, 2011, 06:27:30 AM |
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...How would it not be worth it if it worked and was free?
That PCI-PCIE you're refering to is more than 30$ shipped, I've seen used board with cpu and 2-3 pci-e 1x for less than that. brand new am3-ddr3 with four pcie for ~50$ ... What's the board's name? Will sure like to get one. |
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December 19, 2011, 11:36:51 AM |
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I bought a PCI slot to PCI-E slot adapter about a week back from ebay (some guys in china), looked up the chip it uses and it uses this. http://www.plxtech.com/8112 and here is what I bought http://www.ebay.com/itm/150619756121?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 the bridge chip sits on the reverse side. It accepts up to 16x width cards, but operates at 1x speed under pci-e 1.1 specs. In reality, its about 0.5x speed 1 way since PCI bus is limited to 133MB/sec total bandwidth, no seperate lanes for upload and download. PCI-E 1x 1.1 is 250MB/sec for download and 250MB/sec for upload. |
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P4man
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December 19, 2011, 12:02:10 PM |
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And does it work with a high power videocard? Id be quite concerned about that, as its not actively powered. PCI-E cards can theoretically pull 75W from the motherboard (in practice it seems to be ~30W), I wonder if that adapter or the PCI bus for that matter, can handle that.
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December 19, 2011, 04:26:08 PM |
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YOu can. There are PCI boards that have a PCI-e connector (and controller). It should work in theory, but Im not sure it will in practice and even less if its worth the money compared to a cheap PCI-E board with some old cpu.
I have tried, it is really not worth the money with mobos so cheap nowadays.
It is really old. From when the pentium 4's just came out. 10 years+ I think. How would it not be worth it if it worked and was free? I think I will at least try it just to see the results. The computer is worthless practically Because it is isn't free. PCI -> PCIe converters run $30 to $50 ea. So to power say 3 GPU is $90 to $150. You can buy a new MB, CPU, RAM for less than that. Worse your P4 has horrible power consumption even when in idle so that wasted electricity adds up month after month. Lastly GPU pull significant wattage from PCIe slot. Far more than PCI was designed for. At best you may have system instabilities, at worst you destroy the GPU. If you wanted to save a couple bucks I would buy a MB used before I messed around w/ ancient PCI computers. |
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December 19, 2011, 06:18:14 PM
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^^ Not to mention, if you are planning to use the same PSU that is as old as that hardware, it is likely not capable of powering much itself.. New er mobo, ram, cpu for ~$30 here; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=53893.0 |
If you're not excited by the idea of being an early adopter 'now', then you should come back in three or four years and either tell us "Told you it'd never work!" or join what should, by then, be a much more stable and easier-to-use system.
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It is being worked on by smart people. -DamienBlack
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December 20, 2011, 07:54:33 AM |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135272: $40 with rebate is the motherboard I am looking at for a system to put my old gpu's in. I could build an equal priced intel system but the motherboard is inferior. Points taken. The clincher was the psu. I didn't even think of that. Its an old 250W... would not work. Whatever you learned today, next time do some research before posting. |
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December 20, 2011, 09:52:13 AM |
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 I know about cheap mobos  Thanks ssateneth for the link,I completely forgot about those,god I'm derrrr sometimes Yeah wattage draw may be a big problem,think I'll wait for FPGA prices to drop instead.
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"If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day long, you are the asshole." -Raylan Givens Got GOXXED ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KiqRpPiJAU&feature=youtu.be"An ASIC being late is perfectly normal, predictable, and legal..."Hashfast & BFL slogan |
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December 20, 2011, 10:49:20 AM |
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FYI, that only applies to gaming. For bitcoin mining, the effect is even far far less. Bandwidth is a complete non issue for mining. Anyway, if you can get those cards for $12 and you have cheap/free electricity (P4 idle power consumption is high) it might be worth a shot. Yes you will need a new PSU, but you'd need that anyhow. Or you can create a frankenstein dual PSU solution if you have another spare PSU lying around with an adequate 12v rail. |
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December 20, 2011, 02:43:02 PM |
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FYI, that only applies to gaming. For bitcoin mining, the effect is even far far less. Bandwidth is a complete non issue for mining.
Aint that the truth. The perfect mining MB would be 6 (or at least 4) PCIe 16x (physical) slots spaced 3 slots apart which are only PCIe 1x electrical with a built in Atom/VIA/APU CPU and 2 DIMM slots. It would need ethernet, USB and nothing else. The sad thing is such a MB would never be built but it could cost next to nothing. Get an extended rack mount case (they make them w/ up to 18 expansion slots) and you could rack up 6 single GPU cards or 4 dual GPU cards in a case with plenty of airflow. Meh it will never be built though. |
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