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February 24, 2013, 10:02:47 PM |
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crashoveride54902 what is that cooling your cpu? I have never seen that one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185093keeps cpu at about 35c idle...dunno bout loaded...ran that test along time ago...think about 55-60c...my cpu is a intel 920 i7 no oc it's huge...had to flip it so my side case fan wouldn't hit it...miss my zalman cooler on my old 775 socket thou
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Dreams of cyprto solving everything is slowly slipping away...Replaced by scams/hacks
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February 25, 2013, 01:27:41 AM Last edit: February 25, 2013, 10:18:23 AM by vdragon |
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crashoveride54902 what is that cooling your cpu? I have never seen that one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185093keeps cpu at about 35c idle...dunno bout loaded...ran that test along time ago...think about 55-60c...my cpu is a intel 920 i7 no oc it's huge...had to flip it so my side case fan wouldn't hit it...miss my zalman cooler on my old 775 socket thou Since the CPU doesnt do anythingm its enough. Altough, why i7 for mining rig ?! ----- Was a stupid question, as pointed out
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February 25, 2013, 01:37:41 AM |
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Since the CPU doesnt do anythingm its enough. Altough, why i7 for mining rig ?!
You don't. However.... you didn't read his post, did you? Can you guess which case is my gaming machine? hehe...
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MKEGuy
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February 25, 2013, 02:35:59 AM |
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Well - I thought I post a pic of our mining rigs as they come together. Keep in mind this is being put together with Scrypt mining in mind, not bitcoin. I've been given plenty of opinions about the fact its a bit "late" to get into gpu mining. However looking at the math and knowing I'm mainly going at this from a scrypt mining route I believe I have a seutp that will be profitable quite soon. I plan on keeping daily logs of energy useage, income, etc. So if anyone has questions in the next month or two - feel free to shoot me a message and I"ll be glad to share any and all information! That said... This is our basic setup for now. I am a mechanical engineering student and am working on a server rack type setup with my teacher in Solidworks. Once I have a setup I am happy with, I will move on to building it. I hope to have that completed in the next 45 days. 60 at the most. So with that in mind we wanted to start out with something simple. I'm doing this as a partnership with my buddy who while be keeping the rigs at his house. He does have small children so we do want to keep the rigs somewhat enclosed while being able to have adequate cooling since scrypt mining requires the use of memory which is only goingn to increase heat production for sure. We want to be able to put at least 4 cards in these rigs to start, with the hope to get to 5 if needed. We could not find crates big enough so after we found crates we liked, I simply cut out a side and merged them together. Since we needed something to mount the motherboard to, we added a piece of piece of acrylic (plexiglass) We then drilled holes for the MB standoffs and threaded those into the acrylic. From there, everything was mounted up. We now have a working box, ready for the 7970's with Arctic Accelero coolers that are currently in FedEx's custody on their way to my buddy's house. Its been a really fun project thus far, that's for sure!
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February 25, 2013, 02:44:44 AM Last edit: February 25, 2013, 05:25:39 AM by crazyates |
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I think it should be stickied in this thread to resize your images! [IMG width=800]blah blah blah Anyways, I like that layout. Reminds me of a few different setups. Very clean and dense.
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February 25, 2013, 04:46:27 AM |
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The fun of this thread is soon to be terminated by some boring looking asic boxes
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February 25, 2013, 05:32:00 AM |
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The fun of this thread is soon to be terminated by some boring looking asic boxes Meh I don't think so! I'm sure you'll still see some GPU pictures here and there, but there's always overclock.net for that sort of stuff. In the meantime, I can think of a few examples of what's to come!
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February 25, 2013, 09:49:39 AM |
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Thanks for the compliments. We didnt put a ton of thought and effort into this just because its not our permanent solution. I have something much better in mind, custom LED maintenance lighting included! No, it wot be on 24x7. Just on a rocker switch for when its needed or when showing off the rig to someone. I figure in the future if we are able to expand, we are going to be trying to rent some space somewhere that will save us money on our power bill. If its on a really nice looking rack, it should be less of an eye sore and should open up the number of opportunities we have at getting is placed somewhere. Heck, I'm even thinking about talking to my buddy who lives like 2 hours from me. Granted its a distance, but considering the power bill would be 42% cheaer - itd be worth it. I should be able to get it to the point I never need need to touch it anyways except for monthly cleaning, etc. Which I may be able to pay him or his wife to do - or just make the trek one a month. I'll be able to afford to kick him a few bucks a month towards his own bill.
At any rate. Crazy tired.... time for bed! And sorry for the image size issues, I ALWAYS forget to do that! Sorry!
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February 25, 2013, 09:55:13 AM |
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If its on a really nice looking rack, it should be less of an eye sore and should open up the number of opportunities we have at getting is placed somewhere. Always a fan of a really nice looking rack.
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Developer/maintainer for cgminer, ckpool/ckproxy, and the -ck kernel 2% Fee Solo mining at solo.ckpool.org -ck
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February 25, 2013, 07:08:00 PM |
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If its on a really nice looking rack, it should be less of an eye sore and should open up the number of opportunities we have at getting is placed somewhere. Always a fan of a really nice looking rack. Ba-dum-tsh!
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February 26, 2013, 12:10:25 AM |
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NEVER use a SATA to PCIe connector - don't know who the hell thought of that idea but that is just asking for a problem since the SATA connectors were never designed to deliver that much power.
How much power is SATA cable rated for? I have 5830's that's undervolted, and was thinking of using SATA to PCI-E power cables. IMO, just use PCI-E plug splitters. Some power supplies split a set of 6 wires (3 hot, 3 ground) to 2 6+2 plugs already (300 watts!). With SATA, you only have 1 hot and 2 grounds, and they are likely thinner gauge wire, plus the connectors are not rated for a significant power draw. Here are the PCI-E power plug splitters that I use. They take in a 6 pin plug (or 6+2, but it only takes in 6) and output 2 6+2 plugs, essentially adding one additional PCI-E plug per splitter. I love them. They are $3 each with free shipping if bought in volume at newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198018Been looking for these in the UK - just can't find them anywhere. If anyone would be interested in sending a few over there's a small bounty on offer......Thanks muchly.
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MKEGuy
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February 26, 2013, 02:14:36 AM |
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If its on a really nice looking rack, it should be less of an eye sore and should open up the number of opportunities we have at getting is placed somewhere. Always a fan of a really nice looking rack. First - just want to thank everyone for their compliments. But credit is also due to my partner (not life partner! lol), Charlie. EVeryone's always got a wise @$$ remark about anything! Funy $hit though!
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February 26, 2013, 02:32:53 PM |
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March 02, 2013, 06:02:11 PM |
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Room 1 - theres 14 x 2 x 7970s , just dont have a wide angle lens to get the whole room. Will post Room 2 and 3 later Does each board need it's own bootup drive/OS? How are they are managed?
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March 02, 2013, 11:57:50 PM |
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Room 1 - theres 14 x 2 x 7970s , just dont have a wide angle lens to get the whole room. Will post Room 2 and 3 later Does each board need it's own bootup drive/OS? How are they are managed? No it doesnt. I have them simply because it was easier for me, and I also run some other software that need win 7 64bit. Mostly people run linux from a flash drive, or you can also boot over network
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March 06, 2013, 05:23:49 AM |
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Side view: Side panel off: Close up of Radeon 7970's: CPU cooling block loop: Stats: Case: Corsair 800D Motherboard: ASUS Maximus V Extreme Processor: Overclocked Intel Core i7 3770K 4.1GHz - 4.4GHz LGA 1155 GPU: Radeon 7970 x2 Power Supply: 1.2 Kilowatt Corsair AX1200i Digital PSU Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (4x4GB) Storage: 120GB Corsair Force GT - Solid State Drive GPU's and CPU liquid cooled, everything else air cooled with 12 silent high flow fans.
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March 06, 2013, 02:28:29 PM |
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Very nice noncecents. Lets see some OC and temp numbers ! ahah.. pEACe
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March 06, 2013, 02:37:25 PM Last edit: March 06, 2013, 03:30:59 PM by philips |
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Very very nice, but that is not what I would call a mining rig. Water cooled CPU, what for? This is just an excellent gaming PC. Where is the fire hazard, where is the duct tape ? Booooring... (Don't get me wrong, from a gamer POV I envy what you have there. Although I have a big bunch of high-end cards in the other room, my gaming card right now is a GeForce 7025 )
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March 06, 2013, 03:58:22 PM |
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And since I have seen where the discussion is going, this is Room 3, actually by time, it was Room 1 - my first bitcoin project - for those who like more cards on one motherboard, and custom built solutions. My 5970s and 6950s - only problem is they pull too much power. https://i.imgur.com/Kq6kuEq.jpgWhere do you get that metal frame that the video cards are on?
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BR0KK
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March 06, 2013, 05:11:10 PM |
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Selfmade, i think you can by those profiles in every "Shop for building purposes" (<---insert correct word here)
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