This will be a mining-only rig.
Would like to be in the 750M - 1 Ghash range
Would like to be in the 750M - 1 Ghash range
A budget helps
My friend and I put together a 1.2 GHps rig for about $1100. No case, no hdd/optical. <$1 per MHash is very doable.
5850s, AMD quad, free RAM, and MSI 890FX board with 1 kW PSU. Should work well. Building tonight =)
Lol, I put together a rig for <$500 that will put out almost 800Mhash/s.
Shop around is all I can say. Check lots of forums and websites for good deals.
Do your homework on whatever card you buy? Some 5850's aren't as easily overclocked as others. Reference cards are generally easier to overclock than some others. I get 360 Mh/s out of mine. Someone managed to eek out 390 from a sapphire toxic(?) I think but it was really high voltage to accomplish it.
Specs? Any used parts in the build?
My 2x 5850 rig will end up costing me:
$260 (Saphire 5850's)
$50 (Antec 900)
$0 (RAM already have)
$70 (750W Thermaltake Tough power 775W)
$45 Foxconn AMD motherboard with Dual PCI-E
$38 Sempron 140
$0 (laptop SATA drive)
So yea, less than $500 for hopefully ~700Mhash overclocked.