High End Gaming PC + Miner

VTR

VTR

VTR

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What would be the best spec to run 2 x 290's with the potential to upgrade with another 2 in a few months time.

Looking for recommendations for -

Case
PSU
Motherboard
Memory
CPU
HS/F

I've just sold my GTX780 and am buying 2 of the r 290 Sapphire cards on Friday along with a PSU to go into the following spec -

CM 690-II Advance (may sell for a bigger case, not sure?)
XFX 700w (selling this as won't be enough for 2 cards? Def not for any more anyway)
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8GB DDR3
Asrock Z68 board

Once the PSU and cards have gone in this week, I will then look at changing the rest of the spec.
 
I've said thisa before and i stand by it: i think gaming and mining systems should be seperate. Thats the best way to get the most for you're money (power wise).

Look at it this way.

Mining you need low power everything, then high power GPU's You'll all the 290's but none of the CPU.

Gaming (uinless you're gaming at 1440p or above) will not require both 290's and this will be noisey too..

Personally, id split them.

Get a (secondhand) GPU for you're gaming rig and get a low power CPU and board for you're mining rig, get it in a crate and lock it in a well ventilated room you can't hear. :)
 
Gotta agree with Doomed, it seems logical to mix the 2 together, but they both require opposite ends of the scale. It's easier to split them up.

Miner:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1300W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G2-1300-XR) £199.99
1 x In-Win GRone Full Tower Case - Metallic Black/Grey £89.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x AMD A4-4000 3.00GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD4000OKHLBOX) £31.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1600C1101) £14.99
Total : £1,218.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Case is ugly, but allows for very good airflow as you'll need it to keep those cards cool.
 
I'm building a 6 x 280x dedicated mining rig and running it with free electricity outside of the house.

But I have limited space in my house and want to increase mining capacity so the only option is a gaming/mining machine combined.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
Gotta agree with Doomed, it seems logical to mix the 2 together, but they both require opposite ends of the scale. It's easier to split them up.

Miner:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1300W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G2-1300-XR) £199.99
1 x In-Win GRone Full Tower Case - Metallic Black/Grey £89.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x AMD A4-4000 3.00GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD4000OKHLBOX) £31.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Single Channel Module (TED32GM1600C1101) £14.99
Total : £1,218.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Case is ugly, but allows for very good airflow as you'll need it to keep those cards cool.
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Really need 8gb of Ram for 290's, minimum of 4gb. Doubt it would even run with 2gb :p
 
VTR said:
I'm building a 6 x 280x dedicated mining rig and running it with free electricity outside of the house.

But I have limited space in my house and want to increase mining capacity so the only option is a gaming/mining machine combined.
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You may aswell just buy a gaming machine (not with mining in mind, apart from AMD cards) and do a little mining on that..

The idea you have works in that respect but don't expect it to boost you're profits much..

I'd exploit that free 'leccy as much as you can by building another miner to go down there.
 
If you have access to free electricity why not make a 6 card 290 rig and make a gaming rig at home.

I think 6 x 290 should be enough for most people.
 
The free 'leccy is at works server room. We use around £50k/month on electric so the increase will be minimal. I am limited by space also at work though, so will only be able to build the one machine. I was hoping to do it for £2000 hence the 6 x 280x. Will look into possibly using 290's instead.

I already have the gaming machine as per below -

Antec 690 Advanced-II
XFX 700W
i5 @ 4.3Ghz
Asrock Z68
8GB DDR
500GB HD
GTX780


I've sold the GTX780 and upgrading the PSU and changing to 2 x r290's this weekend but would like to add a 3rd and possibly a 4th if at all possible so therefore would then need to change the board, case etc I would think?
 
OK plans have changed, going to build a 6 card 290 rig and just use the 1 290 at home. Starting new thread for the build.
 
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