The motherboard came today and now I have everything to build a 10 GPU crypo-currency mining rig! This weekend I will put my tech-geek hat on and build a serious multi-GPU system to mine crypto coins.
The motherboard and video cards were the toughest to acquire. I choose ASUS’s new B250 Mining Expert motherboard, which is specifically designed for crypto-mining and Radeon RX 580 cards. I am a big fan of ASUS quality and this board is capable of supporting an insane 19 GPUs! Unfortunately, I was not able to get sufficient quantities of their RX 580 cards in a reasonable time, so I took a chance and went with XFS brand. We will see how it goes.
The core of this beast are the 10 power hungry graphic cards. To feed them, I will connect two separate power supplies.
I am planning on a non-traditional OS so this will be a first for me.
Main components:
- ASUS B250 Mining Expert motherboard
- 10 XFS Radeon RX 580 (4GB) video cards
- EVGA 1300w and 850w power supplies
Wish me luck. Should be an interesting build-out this weekend.
Good luck!!! I only run the “traditional” 6 GPU rigs.
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I thought about doing that. It seems to be much easier (Win10, standard drivers, and just a gaming motherboard). But I wanted more. When ASUS came out with a board that supported 19 GPU's, my mind was set!
I do expect some challenges. I know AMD just released drivers that will support up to 12 GPU's on Win10. ...but I hear the performance is not very good. Hope a fix is forthcoming. Until then, I will try simplemining OS.
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I think the dedicated motherboard is aw some!!! If they were around when we started (about July 2016) we would have went that route for sure.
The first month was a lot of tinkering with settings and Drivers. But once you find the magic mix (it is different for each rig) the unit will run for months without a hassle.
Our average profit (after electricity) is about $50USD/GPU. But it varies. And you have newer/faster GPUs that should perform better.
Good luck and have fun getting your geek on.
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how much you spend on each component
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I would have to go back and look at the different receipts. There were a bunch of different components. I know my overall costs, including shipping, tax, and all the components was about $3400
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Excellent, please let us know what your mining power is. I am hoping for 45TH or greater as it would equal 3 s9's but I know nothing about mining myself but would love to try it. Depending on your results I may use my income tax to build one myself:)
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Once I get it up-and-running and stable, I would be happy to post some of the stats on various algorithms. I am not going to push it to dangerous limits though. I will be a bit conservative in overclocking. I don't want to destroy my hardware with a stupid mistake.
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which power supply are you using
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Both the the 1300w and 850w. The motherboard actually supports integration with 3 PSU's. I am only using 2 now. If I expand, then I will need to add a third.
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where are you from? how cheap is electricity there.. I only have 3asus 1070 gpus.. I want to get my hands on that motherboard which you have
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Norther California. Power is not cheap here! Around .13/KwH Considering adding solar eventually if I keep with this hobby.
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What was the total cost? And what do you anticipate a daily/monthly return would be?
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Total cost was $3400. That included the motherboard, risers, memory, CPU, GPU's, power supply's, and USB drive.
I don't have an expectation on the daily/monthly return will be. I am not in it just for the money. I like playing with crypto, so I tend to mine and hold.
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Any idea on anticipated Hash power tho?
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Depends on the algorithm. They are RX 580's with 4GB of memory, 2304 cores, 256bit bus, and 1366Mhz clock. So not the very top-end, but definitely up there.
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Do it up!! I'll follow for results!
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I may take some pictures/video and blog depending how frustrated I get. Something wrong always happens. At least once. Just my history with building systems. ..but it is those challenges that I do enjoy (sometimes).
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I was looking into miners in the future but I want to buy them with bitcoins I've earned.
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Bitcoin specific miners are special ASIC systems, purpose built, and very expensive. GPU's don't have the power to compete. But other crypos can be mined. I know you can rent miners with crypto and likely pay for components as well.
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