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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.
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        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.
                      [/quote]

                      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.
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                        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?
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                                    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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