Quote from: kokojie on April 11, 2013, 03:29:39 AM

Quote from: pro on April 10, 2013, 04:20:34 PM

Quote from: Bitcoinassasin on April 10, 2013, 12:31:41 PM

Ok, bought 12 sapphires, and 3 of everything else. Going to add another mobo and fixing asap. So I will start running 3 rigs with 4 cards each, and will thin them to 4 rigs ASAP.
Noob questions begin here.
1. How do I run the 4 gpus off the mobo listed? Can anyone provide a link to the required extra gear or cables needed. I did upgrade the psu to 1000's already btw

2. How do I clone the harddrives for mining?

3. I got long risers which will space the gpu's no less than 6" apart in a fan like set up, space is not a concern for me. Will this provide adequate cooling space for the 4 gpu on 1 mobo set up in the beginning?

Any tips and suggestions would be great.
Thanks!

iam not sure if 4x 7950 will work stable with a 1000psu. it will depend on the corevoltage of each card.

i got 2x gigabyte7950, this version is overclocked out of the box with a locked corevoltage of 1,25. each card pulls about 320W, so 4x them would be too much for a 1000w psu

Which gigabyte GPU? I'm running 4x gigabyte 7950 windforce, on a 1200W PSU with no problem, I didn't under-volt. They each only pull 200W barely, probably less. How can a 7950 pull 320W? I hope your 7950 better mine at 1000kh or something. Though you are right, 4x7950 on a 1000W most likely will not work, since PSU only work at 80% efficiency. So that 1000W is only capable of giving you 800W actual power, 4x7950 will eat that up, leaving nearly zero power for other components.

i got this one: http://geizhals.at/eu/gigabyte-radeon-hd-7950-gv-r795wf3-3gd-a732249.html. i got 2 of it + an i5 + 1 ssd . this setup takes 580W under full load, according to my wattmeter. so my guessing of 320W was bit overrated. cpu+ ssd cant take more than 50W. so each card pull about 260W.

as u said 4 would be too much, 3 will work fine with a 1000W