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Board Mining
building a mining rig with $1800
by
dmurph
on 31/05/2011, 00:39:21 UTC
Hey guys,

So out of a ups blunder they completely destroyed my old desktop (dropped from like 10 feet or something).  I got $1800 worth of insurance, and I'm planning on using all of it on a new mining computer.  I liked this older post: http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=2610.0 but I know things have changed a bit and a couple of those motherboards are over with.

So I'd love some advice on what I should be purchasing for this rig, here's my current build:

(EDITx7)
Case:MYOPENPC BENCH King $60
PowerSupply:CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W $130
CPU:AMD Sempron 140 $40
RAM:Corsair 3GB$40
Motherboard:MSI 890FXA-GD70]MSI 890FXA-GD70 $200
GPU: 3x5850 (I already have 2 unbroken)$450
TOTAL:~$1000
Also with x16 expansions so around ~$1050 at the end.
Then I'll buy two 6970's for gaming rig (that i'll complete later), leaving me around 1750
Thanks to SchizophrenicX and bcpokey for suggesting this build!

For a dedicated miner build, what do you guys think?