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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Fourth alt coin thread last three got oversized.
by
citronick
on 09/07/2017, 18:23:23 UTC
@ Citronick, What CPU would you recommend for that board? i3, i5?
ram? I'm thinking about getting one too.
Thanks for any info.
Chili
 

does look cool a 13 card board.

I have to think use  an i5  6400t  but not sure.

Wouldnt you need like an i7? i wouldnt think the i3 and i5 have enough pcie bandwidth... my understandings is each 1x pcie slot reserves 2 channels on pcie controller..... the motherboard may be compatible with the lower cpu's but do they have enough channels to fully use the motherboard fully??

ive read that i3 with 16 channels can only support up to 8 gpu's max

ive read that i5 with 16 channels can only support up to 8 gpu's max

ive read that i7 with 28 channels can only support up to 14 gpu's max



I followed Cryptomined's video, since he got the 12 x GPUs (6x1060s and 6x580s) working with Celeron but he did try both 8GB and 16GB memory in the build.

Biostar's guide was 8/16GB for 6xcards and 16/32GB for 12 cards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exjRTIZu89Q