How To Build a 7 GPU Mining Rig for ZCash, Ethereum, LBRY, and other Crypto Altcoins using MSI Z97 Gaming 5 & RX470/RX480

in zcash •  8 years ago  (edited)

cryptomined

Have you ever wanted to build a 7 GPU Mining Rig? Everyone builds 6 GPU Rigs, but how many people have 7-GPU rigs.
I decided to take to the challenge of doing something that most people don't do, and went ahead and built myself a 7-GPU mining rig using Sapphire Nitro RX470 4GB GPU's and a RX480 8GB GPU along with a MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Motherboard.

Parts used:
z97 Gaming 5 Motherboard
i7 4790K CPU
6X RX470 4GB Sapphire Nitro GPU's
1X RX480 8GB Sapphire Nitro GPU
16 GB Avexir Core DDR3 Ram (red)
Galaxy 120GB SSD
Leadex 2000W PSU
a metal rack/shelf
spare PVC Board
some Motherboard mounting screws
and a lot of plastic ties :)

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This is great!

That is just glorious.

LOL Thanks :)

Seriously though that is freaking awesome.

WilmaBallsdrop_ Wilma Ballsdrop 🚀 tweeted @ 01 Nov 2016 - 00:37 UTC

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thank you friendly bot please remember me when the machines take over

LOL Thanks :) :)
have fun!

LOL i really wish I had a clue what this mining this is LOL, I understand the theory but it is still a complete mystery to me : )

I can always Wikipedia it if I need more info ; )

Hope you enjoy your interest and hobby . . .

LOL Thanks :)
keeps me busy and keeps me learning. never a bad thing.

How many rigs do you have running?

4

This motherboard works in ethos with 6 or 7 GPUs ?

i dont know ethOS banned me from the IRC, F ethOS, those racist pricks
wonder if i can post the screen shots from the IRC channel on steemit... do they allow conversations about racism?

Hi cryptomined. I really really need your help. I have the same mobo , but i cant get my six cards running on win 10 64 bit. Could you please help me out with a few mobi settings ?

I'm also having trouble. I have the same exact motherboard with an i5-4440 processor. It will boot with 6 cards, but as soon as I plug in the 7th card it doesn't even load past the bios screen. It just shows a pixelated screen with a bunch of small rectangles. My monitor is hooked up through the onboard DVI. I'm going to try it through VGA or HDMI maybe I can get somewhere. How are you using 7 cards?

You should plug the monitor in one of the gpus, not on the onboard ports. Go into the bios and disable internal gpu, set all pci slots to gen 1.

  ·  8 years ago Reveal Comment

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