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Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone has tested the "new" pcie 1x to usb to pcie 16x powered risers. I hear that they improve stability compared to traditional powered pcie risers and solve some crashing problems people might have.

 

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Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone has tested the "new" pcie 1x to usb to pcie 16x powered risers. I hear that they improve stability compared to traditional powered pcie risers and solve some crashing problems people might have.

 

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Does usb really carry the bandwidth or am I missing something
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Does usb really carry the bandwidth or am I missing something

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Yep.

How can that carry high powered things :( usb is rather limited is it not

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How can that carry high powered things :( usb is rather limited is it not

Look closely. Just besides the usb connector on the 16x pcie's pcb, there's a molex power connector.

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Look closely. Just besides the usb connector on the 16x pcie's pcb, there's a molex power connector.

i mean power by like how much data it can push through
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i mean power by like how much data it can push through

I answered your question. There's a molex power connector besides the usb connector on the 16x pcie's pcb.

 

Power : molex connector

Data : usb cable

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How can that carry high powered things :( usb is rather limited is it not

 

Yes and no. Actual USB is very limited when it comes to bandwidth, however this is because of the controller and not the actual cable. In this case the USB cable could have been any other cable, it would not have made a difference, it's just copper that transfers data. It should be no different from your regular PCI-e risers though, so as to whether or not it fixes crashing I seriously doubt it makes any difference at all.

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i mean power by like how much data it can push through

I'm wondering the same thing.

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Hm... I dont thiks this will work well

But for mining it should be enugh bandwith

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i dont even... what is this thing... and why would it be used...

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i dont even... what is this thing... and why would it be used...

Because I burnt around 10 pcie risers because they are crappy soldered connections and have a crappy regulation of voltage coming from pcie lane.

 

Because they make a lot of mining rigs unstable and crash.

 

Because sometimes, they are the cause of lowered mining performance.

 

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I'm wondering the same thing.

 

Hm... I dont thiks this will work well

But for mining it should be enugh bandwith

 

 

Mining doesn't require a ton of bandwith. Proof of that is that mining on a 1x pcie lane is totally fine.

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Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone has tested the "new" pcie 1x to usb to pcie 16x powered risers. I hear that they improve stability compared to traditional powered pcie risers and solve some crashing problems people might have.

 

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It looks like all this does is bottleneck bandwidth.

If your mining rig is crashing because of bad risers, buy better risers.

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It looks like all this does is bottleneck bandwidth.

Not an issue.

 

 

If your mining rig is crashing because of bad risers, buy better risers.

Exactly my question. Are these better ? Has anyone tried them ?

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Yes and no. Actual USB is very limited when it comes to bandwidth, however this is because of the controller and not the actual cable. In this case the USB cable could have been any other cable, it would not have made a difference, it's just copper that transfers data. It should be no different from your regular PCI-e risers though, so as to whether or not it fixes crashing I seriously doubt it makes any difference at all.

Even with the custom power delivery on the 16x lane's pcb ? In my mind that should improve stability a lot. Also the overall seems a lot more well made. No more lane of 30-40 crappy solder points.

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Even with the custom power delivery on the 16x lane's pcb ? In my mind that should improve stability a lot. Also the overall seems a lot more well made. No more lane of 30-40 crappy solder points.

 

Well the reason there isn't 40 crappy solder points is because what you're looking at is a 1x riser, not a 16x riser. Also there are plenty of regular powered risers out there, the extra power delivery is by no means a new thing.

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Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone has tested the "new" pcie 1x to usb to pcie 16x powered risers. I hear that they improve stability compared to traditional powered pcie risers and solve some crashing problems people might have.

 

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I wonder what would happen if you plugged that into a usb port

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I was thinking of getting a couple. It requires a usb 3 connection for anyone wondering about bandwidth

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Thats cool

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I was thinking of getting a couple. It requires a usb 3 connection for anyone wondering about bandwidth

And USB 3.0 is over 500 Mb/s IIRC. Which is more than the PCI-e x1 can support, so it would be the bottleneck first. And mining doesn't care about that because mining uses very little bandwidth.

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I have been hearing great things about these on Reddit. I would give them a try! They have the bandwidth and power for mining, so they have no faults really. 

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