Quote from: bigjee on November 26, 2017, 04:11:41 AM

video cards dont mine bitcoin. I suggest doing more research before you order your first part.

He says he will put his GPU rig along with the ASIC Miner (Antminer I think)

Quote from: IITravel01 on November 26, 2017, 01:02:22 AM

I've got a few video cards laying around and wanted to try to put together a mining rig for bitcoin. This would be a first for me, I've always just bought Bitmain miners, but why not if I've got most of the equipment and can afford a few hundred to try.
I see that MSI has a Z370-A Pro is only $100 after $10 MIR that's designed for mining.
The only other thing I would need is a CPU, but have no idea which one is recommended or if a minimum is required. I know the graphics card does the load, but if I've got 8 cards running (2 on motherboard and 6 on riser cards), do I need an adequate CPU to handle the load? With the Z370 it needs to be a 8th gen. Intel. Will a i5 8400 65W be OK, it's $200?
I've got the rest of the big items. A couple 8GB sticks of DDR4 (should I use both or just one)? A CPU Cooler. A few Hard Drives lying around.
I've got a EVGA 1600w Platinum power supply that i'm not using. (will this handle 8 GPU cards?)
I see a case is $60 on eBay https://www.ebay.com/i/322581889838?chn=ps&dispctrl=1 if I need to go with one.
And the riser card set for 6 is like around $45 and the USB 3.0 card is $30 on amazon.com are the accessories I'd need.

don't ever pair your gpu on your motherboard. while doing the mining process, all parts of your gpu will increase its temperature and it will melt the pcie socket on your motherboard.