Quote from: mvoss on July 14, 2011, 03:14:32 AM

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I'm getting around 440MH/s out of mine. I can't remember where I saw it, but there was a chart comparing MH/s, cost, and power consumption and the 5870 is THE card to get for MH/s vs. Power used.

If you add up the costs for a server (bare minimum)
cpu- $30
ram- $10
psu- $150
mobo- $140 (if you know cheeper then this with 4 pci express then let me know)
hd- $15
PCIe x16 Extender Cable $12*4
5870 $190x4
= $1,153
(440x4)/1153=1.53 megahash per dollar(full server cost)

with 5830
5830 $110x4
= $833
(330x4)/833=1.58

So as long as you go the absolute cheapest route 5830 rig at 110 is better but not much so. If you add a case or more to the cost at all the 5870 at 190 will probably overcome the 5830.

The last price the 5830s was available at was $130, not $110. Using that figure the ratio comes out to 1.445 for the 5830 rig, so the 5870 rig is actually more economical.

Not that I would dream of buying new rigs right now!

Do me a favor, PLEASE link me to the $140 motherboard for sale with the 4 PCI x slots...

Its out of stock now I posted this about a week ago but here is the link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138193