Will this motherboard support 6 GPUs for mining?

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So, is this gonna work if I use 6 RX 480s and connect using risers for mining ether or other currencies

 

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Edited June 22, 2017 by TheRandomness
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[DrMacintosh]

I am assuming you have those 6 RX 480s? Because you can't get them otherwise. And It would be better to invest that minimum $1,200 USD you have there in something tangible. 

 

And no, that board could only theoretically have 3 GPUs

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

I am assuming you have those 6 RX 480s? Because you can't get them otherwise. And It would be better to invest that minimum $1,200 USD you have there in something tangible. 

 

And no, that board could only theoretically have 3 GPUs

With PCIe x1 to x16 risers you can run 6.

 

@notifications Yes it's possible.

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Just now, TheRandomness said:

With PCIe x1 to x16 risers you can run 6.

 

@notifications Yes it's possible.

Thank you, that is what I was looking for

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

With PCIe x1 to x16 risers you can run 6.

ahh, I'm assuming that the data exchanged for mining between the GPU and the board isn't very massive then? Since its running on 1x?

[Electronics Wizardy]

6 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

ahh, I'm assuming that the data exchanged for mining between the GPU and the board isn't very massive then? Since its running on 1x?

nope, for mining the link speed doesn't matter.

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Just now, DrMacintosh said:

ahh, I'm assuming that the data exchanged for mining between the GPU and the board isn't very massive then? Since its running on 1x?

Would it work for mining ether?

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

ahh, I'm assuming that the data exchanged for mining between the GPU and the board isn't very massive then? Since its running on 1x?

You can run x1 splitters to 4 x16 slots and still be fine. Well, you'd need a PLX bridge for the switching, but x1 is completely fine because the data you need is only about 2.4GB in size if you're mining Ethereum.

1 minute ago, notifications said:

Would it work for mining ether?

Yes it'd be fine. That is how many people mine, with 6 graphics cards and splitters. Make sure to overclock the memory on each card though.

 

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[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

nope, for mining the link speed doesn't matter.

No wonder there arent any GPUs.

 

Potatoes can mine!

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

No wonder there arent any GPUs.

 

Potatos can mine. 

Nah, they don't have enough VRAM. You need at least 3GBs of VRAM to mine, and at least 4GB to have a safe buffer.

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

You need at least 3GBs of VRAM

Imo 3GB is pretty potato tier. 

 

Nvidia thought it was ok to give people 3GB on a $200+ card though so who knows. 

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

44 minutes ago, notifications said:

So, is this gonna work if I use 6 RX 480s and connect using risers for mining ether or other currencies

 

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youll have to use either a linux distro or heavily modified windows to get 6 cards going since windows doesn't support 6 by default last i checked 

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

35 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Imo 3GB is pretty potato tier. 

 

Nvidia thought it was ok to give people 3GB on a $200+ card though so who knows. 

potato tier is a gt 210 which they still sell and i've seen people buy it has 1 gig gddr3