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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Fourth alt coin thread last three got oversized.
by
Storx
on 13/06/2017, 02:44:21 UTC
can you guys recommend which type of risers I should use? Getting mixed opinions everywhere. I was gonna go with sata risers directly to 6 pins but heard it is dangerous. What is the safest way to power risers?

Im still learning, but i was told if you go with 2 PSU's on a rig you have to power the risers from the psu connected to the mobo otherwise the 2nd psu will backfeed through the riser and cause power conflicts and unstable rig... but powering the GPU's directly from a 2nd psu to the 6/6+2 plugs on the GPU doesnt cause any issues...

Im still waiting on some parts for my first riser build.. but one person told me its worth buying connectors that fit whichever psu you use to power the mobo and hard wire the riser to the psu cable directly by soldering the wires to the 4 pins.... was told this is the safest way to go with the molex style risers... or build my own cables from scratch entirely going with oversized wires...