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      thectspot last edited by

      ATTN All Miners:

      Planning on building a couple of rigs and getting into a mining pool. Here is what I’m looking at purchasing for my first mining rig:

      2 - PowerColor AXR9 280X 3GBD5-DHE Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
      1 - GIGABYTE GV-R928XOC-3GD REV2 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card
      1 - ASUS P8Z77 WS LGA 1155 Intel Z77 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
      1 - PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 750W Modular Power Supply features 100% Nippon Chemi-Con Capacitors compatible …
      1 - Intel Core i3-3240 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor …
      1 - Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KVR16N11S8/4
      1 - SanDisk SDSSDP-064G-G25 2.5" 64GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
      1 - LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM

      Putting it all in a:
      1 - Thermaltake Overseer RX-I VN700M1W2N Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

      Plan on running Windows 7 Pro with (cgminer?). Should run around $2000 for this.

      Questions are: Is this too much? Will this work? How many KH/s am I looking at?

      • I saw somewhere that I could get about 725KH/s for each card.

      Give me your thoughts, plan is to mine FTC only. Thanks!

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        MTRisner last edited by

        Greetings thectspot. I have a question and a couple of thoughts for you. Are you planning on using this for anything other than mining? If not, you could definitely go with a cheaper processor, as it won’t effect performance. Like this one: Intel Celeron G1610 2.60GHz LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G1610. Also, I would definitely go with a higher quality psu. The one you listed isn’t going to be able to run those 3 cards together.

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          thectspot last edited by

          [quote name=“MTRisner” post=“42363” timestamp=“1386654832”]
          Greetings thectspot. I have a question and a couple of thoughts for you. Are you planning on using this for anything other than mining? If not, you could definitely go with a cheaper processor, as it won’t effect performance. Like this one: Intel Celeron G1610 2.60GHz LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G1610. Also, I would definitely go with a higher quality psu. The one you listed isn’t going to be able to run those 3 cards together.
          [/quote]

          It is going to sit in a room and mine 24/7. That same model makes a 1200Watt so I’ll go with that one and with a lower-end processor. Thank you for the input.

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            MTRisner last edited by

            Np. I would also suggest that the PSU be 80 plus certified. You’re going to be using lots of electricity :D

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              angloblaxon Regular Member last edited by

              [quote name=“thectspot” post=“42360” timestamp=“1386653602”]
              ATTN All Miners:

              Planning on building a couple of rigs and getting into a mining pool. Here is what I’m looking at purchasing for my first mining rig:

              2 - PowerColor AXR9 280X 3GBD5-DHE Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
              1 - GIGABYTE GV-R928XOC-3GD REV2 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card
              1 - ASUS P8Z77 WS LGA 1155 Intel Z77 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
              1 - PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 750W Modular Power Supply features 100% Nippon Chemi-Con Capacitors compatible …
              1 - Intel Core i3-3240 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor …
              1 - Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KVR16N11S8/4
              1 - SanDisk SDSSDP-064G-G25 2.5" 64GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
              1 - LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM

              Putting it all in a:
              1 - Thermaltake Overseer RX-I VN700M1W2N Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

              Plan on running Windows 7 Pro with (cgminer?). Should run around $2000 for this.

              Questions are: Is this too much? Will this work? How many KH/s am I looking at?

              • I saw somewhere that I could get about 725KH/s for each card.

              Give me your thoughts, plan is to mine FTC only. Thanks!
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              my opinions…

              lose the i-3 and 1155 for an AM3+ sempron and board… money saved

              lose the dvd drive… money saved

              lose the 64gb ssd for a 32gb… money saved

              lose the case for a workbench case which will give you openair… this way you can stick a boxfan on it. things will get very hot for a 24/7 miner

              add another 4 gb of ram

              each of those cards will burn 300 watts easy. that will make 900 watts. 900 > 750. 1200 - 1500watt for expansion. There is tons of recommendations on seasonics (1250watt). You NEVER want to go cheap on the mobo or PSU. Those are as important as your cards.

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                thectspot last edited by

                Bad Luck

                [img]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/11309307333_323a7336bb.jpg[/img]

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                  thectspot last edited by

                  Parts are ordered:

                  1 - Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel / Plastic ATX High Airflow Cube Case
                  3 - XFX Double D FX797GTDFC Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video …
                  1 - GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX AMD Motherboard
                  1 - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold - 1200W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi-Modular Cables
                  1 - AMD FX-4300 Vishera 3.8GHz (4.0GHz) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4300WMHKBOX
                  2 - Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KVR16N11S8/4
                  1 - SanDisk SDSSDP-064G-G25 2.5" 64GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

                  Total Cost: $2588.

                  Thoughts anyone? Has anyone used the XFX 7970s? BTW, those were the only in stock.

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                    colsteel last edited by

                    so do you actually need 8gb of memory? one of my machines has 4gb and seems to run fine

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                      angloblaxon Regular Member last edited by

                      its cheap enough and i do it just in case. I had a few machines give me weird errors that went away when i increased it to 8. I also disable my paging file because of SSD which leads to more memory required.

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                        angloblaxon Regular Member last edited by

                        [quote name=“thectspot” post=“42547” timestamp=“1386693496”]
                        Parts are ordered:

                        1 - Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel / Plastic ATX High Airflow Cube Case
                        3 - XFX Double D FX797GTDFC Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video …
                        1 - GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX AMD Motherboard
                        1 - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold - 1200W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi-Modular Cables
                        1 - AMD FX-4300 Vishera 3.8GHz (4.0GHz) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4300WMHKBOX
                        2 - Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KVR16N11S8/4
                        1 - SanDisk SDSSDP-064G-G25 2.5" 64GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

                        Total Cost: $2588.

                        Thoughts anyone? Has anyone used the XFX 7970s? BTW, those were the only in stock.
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                        cant say on the xfx. but there are a few mixed reviews on them.

                        [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112287[/url]

                        case is nice but openair is best. i promise! I really like this case above. i have modded it for my config. see below for example.

                        [url=https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=1725.15]https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=1725.15[/url]

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                          RIPPEDDRAGON Regular Member last edited by

                          [quote name=“thectspot” post=“42547” timestamp=“1386693496”]
                          Parts are ordered:

                          1 - Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel / Plastic ATX High Airflow Cube Case
                          3 - XFX Double D FX797GTDFC Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video …
                          1 - GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX AMD Motherboard
                          1 - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold - 1200W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi-Modular Cables
                          1 - AMD FX-4300 Vishera 3.8GHz (4.0GHz) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4300WMHKBOX
                          2 - Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KVR16N11S8/4
                          1 - SanDisk SDSSDP-064G-G25 2.5" 64GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

                          Total Cost: $2588.

                          Thoughts anyone? Has anyone used the XFX 7970s? BTW, those were the only in stock.
                          [/quote]

                          How much are you paying for the 7970s? The XFX 7970s can be a bit of a struggle to get above 700KH/s there are a lot of posts on poor performing XFX 7970s hashing scrypt.

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                            thectspot last edited by

                            $499.99 I would have purchased something different but this is the only thing that was in stock that would have high rates. I did read some of the reviews and hopefully they can be good for me.

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                              angloblaxon Regular Member last edited by

                              man… just a month ago i was getting 280x for 299.99… all these miners coming in are killing me!

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                                thectspot last edited by

                                Just got an Auto-notification 30 minutes ago for a R9 280X. Just checked and it’s already out of stock. Crazy!

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                                  thectspot last edited by

                                  Step 1: Got the parts in
                                  [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/11403638395_e0ca16e78b.jpg[/img]

                                  Step 2: Get it installed
                                  [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/11403638785_c1d8fd7822.jpg[/img]

                                  Step 3: Get it off the kitchen counter to keep the wife happy and start mining
                                  [img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/11403749833_08c129c8d3.jpg[/img]

                                  Currently mining at about 1800 KH/s

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                                    svennand Regular Member last edited by

                                    soo getting 600khash from em
                                    should be 750 but then again its xfx(hate em, and think theres a reason they are still in stock) fans on all my xfx 7970 died after 1-2months. and max i could pull was 600khash each.

                                    gotta say im amazed that they dont overheat there. whats your card temp?

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                                      thectspot last edited by

                                      [quote name=“svennand” post=“45062” timestamp=“1387208317”]
                                      soo getting 600khash from em
                                      should be 750 but then again its xfx(hate em, and think theres a reason they are still in stock) fans on all my xfx 7970 died after 1-2months. and max i could pull was 600khash each.

                                      gotta say im amazed that they dont overheat there. whats your card temp?
                                      [/quote]

                                      Pretty much. I’ve got the top pushing a little over 700, middle around 650, and the lower a little bit less. Probably will put a box fan to get a little more air but the wife wouldn’t let me steal it out of our room last night. It dropped temps 5 Celsius each card when I tried it.

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                                        DARKANGEL6415 Regular Member last edited by

                                        lol @ #3

                                        [quote name=“thectspot” post=“45056” timestamp=“1387207737”]
                                        Step 1: Got the parts in
                                        [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/11403638395_e0ca16e78b.jpg[/img]

                                        Step 2: Get it installed
                                        [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/11403638785_c1d8fd7822.jpg[/img]

                                        Step 3: Get it off the kitchen counter to keep the wife happy and start mining
                                        [img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/11403749833_08c129c8d3.jpg[/img]

                                        Currently mining at about 1800 KH/s
                                        [/quote]

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