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Re: Litecoin: 1x to 16x PCI-E extenders, CPU question
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on 22/05/2013, 15:48:46 UTC
Quote from: Gazylion on April 28, 2013, 02:14:29 AM
Quote from: Anazha on April 27, 2013, 08:22:27 PM
Quote from: mitty on April 26, 2013, 02:42:20 AM
Also do you think it's a better idea to get a CPU/mobo with integrated graphics, or is it okay to use one of the mining GPUs for video? (this would be a dedicated mining rig... it would just be sitting there with a terminal running cgminer)

For my latest build I picked up an AMD APU to power the monitor instead of off the gpu or integrated graphics. $43 for the APU, just needs to be set as default display in BIOS. The only problem with this is you are more limited with the mobos available, most only have 2 pci x16 because of the APU slot, but mine also has 3 PCI x1 slots.

Best mobo for APU is ASRock A55DEL 5 x PCI-E for under $70


And btw You don't have to use powered risers even for 6 GPUs if your mobo has power port next to PCI-E (6PIN usually. I have MSI 990FXA-GD65 with 6 GPUs, no problems at all.



a couple of questions :

1. do you run CGminer?

2. what do they all hash ?

i'd love to see a screen shot with 6 running ?