Hello citronick.
What sort of problems are you having with risers?
100% of my cards are using them. All of them are gtx1060s. Operating for 2 months already with no issues from risers.
following issues:
#1) connected 4 risers to 1 sata cable resulting in the connector at the modular end of the PSU melting (just me being stupid: not reading enough)
#2) one of the gtx 1060 3gb cards stopped working, upon inspection, artifacts appeared when its stress tested. replaced by store warranty.
other than that no issues on risers
Got a few boards to test.
I want to run Linux on this - anybody knows what mobo chipset is this?
Celeron powered with DDR3 memory should point to chipset before Z170 ?
Per QuintLeo's comment, it uses Intel SoC, so no chipset per se. I'm thinking a recent Linux distro would run just fine.
When do you plan to test the board?
I just got one of my China contacts last night to buy it for me.
Taobao is a Alibaba for domestic market kind of a thing, so plenty of Chinese text there unlike Aliexpress which is designed for International market.
Hope to get it in the next week or so via air - will revert soon.
Bought 3 Qty - 2 for me and 1 donating to Phil :-)
While the concept is remarkably clever, the spacing between the pcie slots is not big enough imo. The cards will be overheating if you stack six of them.
With good fans, airflow and the correct GPUs, that spacing challenge is easily solved.
At this point, I will do almost anything to get rid the of bloody risers
My group has more than 300 x GPUs (90% with risers) and the root of all problems start with those risers.
What sort of problems are you having with risers?
100% of my cards are using them. All of them are gtx1060s. Operating for 2 months already with no issues from risers.
following issues:
#1) connected 4 risers to 1 sata cable resulting in the connector at the modular end of the PSU melting (just me being stupid: not reading enough)
#2) one of the gtx 1060 3gb cards stopped working, upon inspection, artifacts appeared when its stress tested. replaced by store warranty.
other than that no issues on risers
Phil, have you seen this board?
Might be worth ordering one for testing. Riser-less 6GPU rigs would save you lots of components from your 3GPU rigs.
Manufacturer page
http://www.onda.cn/MotherBoard_Designs.aspx?id=369
Translated by Google
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Designs.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url
Specs:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Specifications.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url
List price is CNY 1100, but the manufacturer's web shop is out of stock.
However, I found it on this website
https://s.taobao.com/search?q=D1800-BTC
Cheapest seem to be around CNY 590, which is the equivalent of $90.
Might be worth ordering one for testing. Riser-less 6GPU rigs would save you lots of components from your 3GPU rigs.
Manufacturer page
http://www.onda.cn/MotherBoard_Designs.aspx?id=369
Translated by Google
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Designs.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url
Specs:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Specifications.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url
List price is CNY 1100, but the manufacturer's web shop is out of stock.
However, I found it on this website
https://s.taobao.com/search?q=D1800-BTC
Cheapest seem to be around CNY 590, which is the equivalent of $90.
Got a few boards to test.
I want to run Linux on this - anybody knows what mobo chipset is this?
Celeron powered with DDR3 memory should point to chipset before Z170 ?
Per QuintLeo's comment, it uses Intel SoC, so no chipset per se. I'm thinking a recent Linux distro would run just fine.
When do you plan to test the board?
I just got one of my China contacts last night to buy it for me.
Taobao is a Alibaba for domestic market kind of a thing, so plenty of Chinese text there unlike Aliexpress which is designed for International market.
Hope to get it in the next week or so via air - will revert soon.
Bought 3 Qty - 2 for me and 1 donating to Phil :-)
With good fans, airflow and the correct GPUs, that spacing challenge is easily solved.
At this point, I will do almost anything to get rid the of bloody risers
My group has more than 300 x GPUs (90% with risers) and the root of all problems start with those risers.