hi all newbie here, just managed to finally setup my rigs. more to come. pics are from the start till now. more upgrades will come along the way.
just reached home with nice shiny boxes
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unboxed !
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1st setup on my main PC on Asus RIVE mobo while waiting for risers to arrive
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all wired up, ready to fire it up
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whoalla ! it works but too hot ! so brought some backup
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Getting ready to build full time rig
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fulltime rig fired up & running, just sitting on the table whilst thinking of a rig design for it
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ah ha, found a IKEA shoe rack plastic box & it may workout
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all 4 R9 290's fits nicely including mobo + PSU
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another messy & busy day. Finally the powered risers have arrived !
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2nd PSU to power the fulltime rig for future expansion, testing on the ground
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it works now up on the table, all 7 cards working
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power consumption for 3 R9 290's from Corsair Link software
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Finally, more upgrade, found a home for full time rig
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another angle, was really happy with the 48 bux i spent ! no cutting, drilling or whatsoever, everything sits nicely on the metal rack including the PSU's
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4 wasn't enough as the mobo supports 5 cards ! took me couple of days figuring out on how to get 5 GPU's to be recognized in WIN 7, now it can support up to 8 GPU's under WIN 7
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5 cards settled, running smoothly. will be cleaning up the wiring. had some delays due to AC plugs burning out on a single surge protector. rewired & now each PSU are pulling power from separate surge protectors but from same wall outlet. better not start a fire ! more wiring upgrades coming.
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more upgrades are coming along the way when i have enough time. below are the list of my rigs :
- MOBO Asus RIVE
- PSU Cooler Master 850W Gold (will upgrade if needed) this PSU have not given me any problem, been using it for 5 years
- 16 gigs of Corsair ram @ 2400 mhz
- CPU i7 3930K 6 Core LGA 2011 Clock @ 4.5ghz
- GPU Asus DCII GTX 680 : Clock @ 1345 mhz Memory clock @ 1598 getting an avg hashrate of 244 khash/s (collecting dust now, may sell it online)
- Case Cooler Master Cosmos
- Soundcard ROG Asus Xonar Phoebus
- 7 x Sapphire R9 290 cards
- MSI FM2 AXA G65 Mobo
- AMD A4 CPU
- Kingston 8 GB value ram (did not work, could not boot up even into BIOS will be changing to a better RAM)
- Thermaltake 3.0 Extreme CPU liquid cooler (more cooling for my main rig & space to fit gfx cards)
- 2 x AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply — 1200 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum Certified Fully-Modular PSU
- 20 x PCI-e express 1X to 1X/16x Riser Extender Card with extra power (on it's way now)
extra SATA power supply for PCI-e video card.
USB 3.0 Cable Length:30cms
hashing away now headless on full time rig
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