i'm going to start dabbling in gpu mining and have been doing research putting together a rig.
first of all, please note,
i do not have access to international markets and have to make do with whatever hardware i can find locally.
that's been very limiting but whatever..
i'm still working the list of the hardware available here and prices; for now this how it's been;
GPU:
2x MSI R7 370 Gaming 2GB (i read somewhere here on the forum that 2GB or 4GB makes no difference; is that correct? or will there be an advantage in getting the 4GB?)
or 1X MSI R9 390X Gaming 8G (i can get 3 r7 370's with the same price! based on the info here it has only twice the output.) MSI R9 390X is a viable option but is to ramain strikethrough not to complicate things!MB:
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i don't have access to ASRock H61/H81 Pro; my current options are:)
MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Asus B85-PLUS Asus M5A97 R2.0 (i read about the latter two on a thread on the mining sub forum at ethereum.org and they are almost half the price of the MSI one!) both asus models are still viable options they ramain strikethrough not to complicate things!PSU:
Corsair RM Series RM750*
Refer to post
#11,
#13 and
#17 *its just the top candidate, not approved.
i have no clue! haven't had a desktop in years! are there any specific brands i should look up? initially i'm starting with only 2gpus but every two weeks i can add one more gpu to the rig out of my own pocket! what are your recommendations for a power supply that would only support my initial 2 gpus? and what should i look for if i'm serious about adding 3 more to the rig?!CPU:
Intel Pentium G3220*
or
Intel Core i3-4130*
*just the top candidates, not approved.
based on this
list.
do i need the core i or the pentium will do? the core i price is more than twice the other one!
still working on finalizing the list of hardware; feel free to make any suggestions.
and lastly any links or reads you can direct me to helping me with this list will be greatly appreciated.