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Re: My new ZEC + XMR+ ETH thread builds info links thoughts and photos.
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philipma1957
on 21/12/2016, 13:09:23 UTC
I have started to streamline the GPU farm into Biostar Z170 4-PCI riserless format


Do you think these MBs can be used for 4 GPUs?

http://a.co/i1sB4TF
http://a.co/dvemM6M
http://a.co/4xfxdVj


 Those should all work - but tend to be more expensive than the Biostar option.

 Personally, I'd prefer to find a good board with *3* PCI-E slots with proper spacing to leave an "open" space between each card, but all of the motherboard makers want to cram the 2'nd and 3'd card too close together (or want you to pay SERIOUS $$$ for a board with 5+ slots on it).

 Putting an ITX-type "short" card in the third slot on a common 3-slot board (or better yet, a low profile card) works well enough for good cooling. I keep wondering when Gigabyte (or someone) is going to introduce a "short" RX480 or RX470 board, they don't eat as much power as the Gigabyte ITX-type short 1070 board.

 If AMD can put a RX480 on a True Single Slot fairly short board (WX7100), someone should manage it easily on a "ITX-short" double-slot card.



I ordered the evga

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188178

135+10 tax = 145 - 20 rebate = 125

 It comes today. 

I have 5 biostar  the best I ever did was  119 + 9 tax = 128 - 20 rebate = 108

For 17 bucks extra I will test it.

There is a small rx 480  it comes inside here


http://store.hp.com/us/en/PDPStdView?catalogId=10051&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&productId=1501157&storeId=10151