Re: Octominer B8PLUS 8 PCIe Slot Mining Board (Motherboard, integrated CPU)
Cool. One thing I'm interested in and am going to test out with the one motherboard I ordered is cooling.
Rather than getting a case with a bunch of fans, I'm wondering if an "open air rig" with a box fan in front (and maybe in back) would give enough airflow. My idea is to get a metal rack (ie. one you can find off of amazon/lowes) and put several miners on the shelves. Directly in front of the shelves would be a stack of box fans - one stacked on top of another. Will probably build a wooden frame so I can easily stack them and put them in a wooden rame. On the back, thinking about having a bunch of box fans again, or just a big exhaust fan (the one I have right now in my basement is 3,000 CFM) to suck the hot air out.
If you have a box fan, would appreciate any tests you could do with the 1080tis and putting the box fan in front of the motherboard/GPUs on the highest fan setting.
I'm not opposed to buying a case with fans, just trying to figure out of there is an easier/cheaper way to cool a rig - especially running multiple rigs.
Or if you/anyone has any other thoughts, please let me now.
I will be getting these 1080 TI's. Will post results when I get them
https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N108TGAMING-OC-11G#kf
Rather than getting a case with a bunch of fans, I'm wondering if an "open air rig" with a box fan in front (and maybe in back) would give enough airflow. My idea is to get a metal rack (ie. one you can find off of amazon/lowes) and put several miners on the shelves. Directly in front of the shelves would be a stack of box fans - one stacked on top of another. Will probably build a wooden frame so I can easily stack them and put them in a wooden rame. On the back, thinking about having a bunch of box fans again, or just a big exhaust fan (the one I have right now in my basement is 3,000 CFM) to suck the hot air out.
If you have a box fan, would appreciate any tests you could do with the 1080tis and putting the box fan in front of the motherboard/GPUs on the highest fan setting.
I'm not opposed to buying a case with fans, just trying to figure out of there is an easier/cheaper way to cool a rig - especially running multiple rigs.
Or if you/anyone has any other thoughts, please let me now.
I will be getting these 1080 TI's. Will post results when I get them
https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N108TGAMING-OC-11G#kf
Sounds good. Open air rigs will work fine if the cooling is designed properly and there is enough airflow.
We will be posting more testing results in February. We are currently designing an open air "rig" also for the motherboard, we will start shipping that in March.