PCIe 16x to 1x splitter for cheap

[Colty]

I want to find something like this at a reasonable price. I have a 6 GPU mining frame and a GT 1030 that I use to mine with and for a video adapter. My motherboard is a Z87 Asus board that only has 5 total PCIe (3 are 16x, 2 are 1x) slots. Is there something similar and cheaper that would let me put two more cards up to fill the frame? And how can I know they're compatible with Z87? Some things I've seen only have Z97 and up support. 

[LienusLateTips]

Nyet

 

plus why are you mining with a 1030

[Colty]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Nyet

 

plus why are you mining with a 1030

I got it for dirt cheap and it still makes like 0.50 a day after elecricity. It's only in there for a display adapter, slight mining boost, and because I have nothing better to do with it. (at the moment) I should have maybe clarified that I've got four other cards in the rig and just want two more to fill it up. 

[Blebekblebek]

I have GT1030, and it's not profitable mining with that GPU

it only produce 50-55 sol/s (assuming you are mining equihash since that is the only algorithm worth to mine with 1030)

 

Even if your electric is free, that card alone cost  too high for what it can do.

[FireClawGames]

I've found some stuff that's similar for cheaper than that on Aliexpress. I think this one might be good, but no guarantees.

 

 

[FireClawGames]

What CPU do you have? Where are those other GPU's plugged into?

[Blebekblebek]

1 minute ago, FireClawGames said:

I've found some stuff that's similar for cheaper than that on Aliexpress. I think this one might be good, but no guarantees.

 

 

it's the same thing.

I can show you more cheaper option from my country, but it's gambling, either it's work or not, and it's not refundable.

[Colty]

1 minute ago, Blebekblebek said:

it's the same thing.

I can show you more cheaper option from my country, but it's gambling, either it's work or not, and it's not refundable.

Can you pay with Paypal? Paypal Purchase Protection would make that a non-issue. 

[Colty]

3 minutes ago, FireClawGames said:

What CPU do you have? Where are those other GPU's plugged into?

It's an i5 4670k (which isn't being used for mining) and the other cards are 970s I picked up on the cheap, already had, or a friend had. 

[Colty]

9 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

I have GT1030, and it's not profitable mining with that GPU

it only produce 50-55 sol/s (assuming you are mining equihash since that is the only algorithm worth to mine with 1030)

 

Even if your electric is free, that card alone cost  too high for what it can do.

With a cost of 10 cents per kWh, the 1030 costs about 8-10cents a day to run. Right now (With profits being low) it's still making thirty cents a day. It's nothing crazy, but it's worth it to keep it in my system if possible. I have to get a pcie hub for six cards anyway, I could do seven cards if I kept the 1030 in the rig too. I do plan on replacing it, but I wait for deals on these things. 

[FireClawGames]

1 minute ago, Colty said:

It's an i5 4670k (which isn't being used for mining) and the other cards are 970s I picked up on the cheap, already had, or a friend had. 

31 minutes ago, Colty said:

And how can I know they're compatible with Z87? Some things I've seen only have Z97 and up support. 

 

I'm pretty sure that if you were to get another splitter (assuming you have the 970's plugged into a 4-port one) you should be fine. The 4670K has 16 PCIe lanes and the Z87 chipset has 8 which should be enough for the 2 lanes that the splitters would take along with the max 16 that the 1030 would take. I think that 16 lanes would be assigned for the 1030 from the CPU and 2 for the splitters from the chipset, but I haven't fully figured out how lane allocation works. You could save a bit for going for a 2-port splitter if you only plan to have 2 more.