Ah! Thank you all for the recommendation of looking into Sempron boards vs. Intel Atom. I've been an Intel person for so long that I hadn't even considered that the AMD option (even going full Mobo+CPU) would be that much cheaper! Additionally, it seems for the same price point I'd have the option of going into a multi-GPU configuration as well going AMD.
The rig I have tentatively spec'd out is as follows:
- MSI 870-G45 AM3 Motherboard
- Sempron 140
- AMD 6870
- 2GB Crucial DDR3 1600
- Rosewill 430w 80+ Certified (no sense in wasting power)
The "out the door" price on this rig would be $430 from NewEgg. Using the ROI calculator over at bitcoinX.com, this seems like a no-brainer purchase.
Thoughts? (and thanks in advance!)
The rig I have tentatively spec'd out is as follows:
- MSI 870-G45 AM3 Motherboard
- Sempron 140
- AMD 6870
- 2GB Crucial DDR3 1600
- Rosewill 430w 80+ Certified (no sense in wasting power)
The "out the door" price on this rig would be $430 from NewEgg. Using the ROI calculator over at bitcoinX.com, this seems like a no-brainer purchase.
Thoughts? (and thanks in advance!)