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February 28, 2015, 02:31:52 PM |
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I'm trying to research motherboards that can drive 6 GPUs and came across this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130677anyone know if this should be able to drive 6 GPUs with those extension cables? and no, this isn't to mine btc etc. it's for another purpose, but I still could use some input from you guys who've built these rigs before. thanks!
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February 28, 2015, 04:48:01 PM |
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Looks like it ought to, if you can grab some decent x1 riser cables. Is it going to be a graphics rig, or a computation rig? X1 socket bandwidth won't be enough for high-performance graphics but if you have a long algorithm computation it's fine.
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February 28, 2015, 04:52:39 PM |
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Might need some powered risers with 6 cards. I have not used them for a while with GPU mining pretty much dead. There are some very nice risers that use USB and get you some extra space. With 6 cards having some extra space to spread them from each other is nice. Then use some kind of fan to push air though (assuming it is getting hot)
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February 28, 2015, 04:58:55 PM |
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Looks like it ought to, if you can grab some decent x1 riser cables. Is it going to be a graphics rig, or a computation rig? X1 socket bandwidth won't be enough for high-performance graphics but if you have a long algorithm computation it's fine.
not graphics, just BURST plotting using GPUs and different alt coin algos when not plotting.
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February 28, 2015, 07:05:54 PM |
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February 28, 2015, 09:59:26 PM |
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I really like the idea of H61 Pro BTC mobo, but reading reviews on newegg, I don't want to experience issues with it
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February 28, 2015, 11:29:31 PM |
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I really like the idea of H61 Pro BTC mobo, but reading reviews on newegg, I don't want to experience issues with it You are on the right track. I know I have 2 of those boards in my parts from GPU days. They were a little bit of a pain, i had good luck with powered risers. With using unpowered it had trouble running with a full board of cards even with it's two molex power for cards.
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Meech
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March 01, 2015, 02:50:27 PM |
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I had no problems with my Asrock pro btc and am still using it for my computer currently. Works great for me with risers.
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