Mining rig

A mining rig is a computer system used for mining bitcoins. The rig might be a dedicated miner where it was procured, built and operated specifically for mining or it could otherwise be a computer that fills other needs, such as performing as a gaming system, and is used to mine only on a part-time basis.

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Tips

• Motherboards with on-board graphics (also referred to as integrated graphics) often are either problematic or unusable when more than one GPU card is installed. Choose a motherboard with no on-board graphics.
• The following component lists might be used to help in building a new rig. To minimize shipping costs, components from the same supplier were preferred over compenents from the least expensive source.

Typical Dedicated Miner Configurations Using a Tower

One ATI 5830, Approximately 245 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	n/a	n/a	n/a
Power Supply	Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W, 80 PLUS Certified	NewEgg	$50
Motherboard	Foxconn M61PMP-K AMD	NewEgg	$45
CPU	AMD Sempron 145	NewEgg	$39
Memory	2GB DDR3	NewEgg	$13
Graphics card	Radeon HD 5830	NewEgg ($153)	$110
Case Fan	n/a	n/a	n/a
Storage	Western Digital Caviar 80GB	NewEgg	$17
Media Drive	DVD Rom Drive	n/a	n/a
Keyboard, Mouse and Display	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	(Approx: $1.1755 /Mhash)		$285 + s/h/t

Three ATI 5770s, Approximately 630 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Power Supply	Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W, 80 PLUS Certified	NewEgg	$50
Motherboard	ASRock 890GX EXTREME4	NewEgg	$125
CPU	AMD Sempron 145	NewEgg	$39
Memory	2GB DDR3	NewEgg	$13
Graphics card	Sapphire Radeon HD5770 1GB DDR5	superbiiz	$339 ($113 x 3)
Storage	Western Digital Caviar 80GB	NewEgg	$17
Total	(Approx: $1.0412 /Mhash)		$583 + s/h/t

Two ATI 5850s, Approximately 600 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	n/a	n/a	n/a
Power Supply	CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W , 80 PLUS Certified	NewEgg	$70
Motherboard	MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX	NewEgg ($5 more)	$70
CPU	AMD Sempron 145	NewEgg	$39
Memory	2GB DDR3	NewEgg	$13
Graphics card	Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME	$322 ($161 x 2)
Case Fan	n/a	n/a	n/a
Storage	Western Digital Caviar 80GB	NewEgg	$17
Media Drive	DVD Rom Drive	n/a	n/a
Keyboard, Mouse and Display	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	(Approx: $0.8917 /Mhash)		$531 + s/h/t

Three ATI 5850s, Approximately 900 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	n/a	n/a	n/a
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W, 80 PLUS Silver Certified	Directron	$120
Motherboard	MSI 890FXA-GD70		$195
CPU	AMD Sempron 145	NewEgg	$39
Memory	2GB DDR3	NewEgg	$13
Graphics card	Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME		$483 ($161 x 3)
Case Fan	n/a	n/a	n/a
Storage	Western Digital Caviar 80GB	NewEgg	$17
Media Drive	DVD Rom Drive	n/a	n/a
Keyboard, Mouse and Display	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	(Approx: $0.9677 /Mhash)		$877 + s/h/t

Three ATI 6990s, Approximately 2.1 Ghash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	CoolerMaster HAF X		$179
Power Supply	SILVERSTONE ST1500 1500W, 80 PLUS Silver Certified	Newegg	$365
Motherboard	MSI 890FXA-GD70		$195
CPU	AMD Sempron 145	NewEgg	$39
Memory	2GB DDR3	NewEgg	$13
Graphics card	3 * Radeon HD 6990	NewEgg	$2220 ($740 × 3)
Storage	Western Digital Caviar 80GB	NewEgg	$17
Keyboard, Mouse and Display	n/a
Total	(Approx: $1.4438 /Mhash)		$3,028 + s/h/t

Typical Dedicated Miner Configurations Using a Rack Mount

Budget AMD Sempron / Dual ATI 6990: Approximately 1.4 Ghash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	IPC-4370S 4U	P-Link Computer	$85 (incl s/h)
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W, 80 PLUS Silver Certified	Directron	$120
Motherboard	MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX	NewEgg ($5 more)	$70
CPU	AMD Sempron 145	NewEgg	$39
Memory	2GB DDR3	NewEgg	$13
Graphics card	2 * Radeon HD 6990	NewEgg	$1480 ($740 × 2)
Storage	Western Digital Caviar 80GB	NewEgg	$17
Keyboard, Mouse and Display	n/a
Total	(Approx: $1.3057 /Mhash)		$1,824 + s/h/t

Typical Multipurpose Miner Configurations

High-end Intel-based miner/gaming rig: single ATI 6990, Approximately 750 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	CoolerMaster HAF 932		$140
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W, 80 PLUS Silver Certified	Directron	$120
Motherboard	MSI P67A-GD65		$173
CPU	Intel Core i7-2700K	NewEgg	$340
Memory	G.SKILL ECO Series 8GB	NewEgg	$55
Graphics card	Radeon HD 6990	NewEgg	$734
Heat Sink Fan	CoolerMaster Hyper212+	NewEgg	$40
Storage	Seagate 1TB 7200RPM HDD	NewEgg	$70
Media Drive	ASUS DVD-RW	NewEgg	$22
Keyboard	LITE-ON SK-1788/BS PS/2 Keyboard	NewEgg	$8
Mouse	V7 M30P20-7N PS/2 Mouse	NewEgg	$7
Display	LG IPS231P-BN Black 23" 6ms IPS	NewEgg	$250
Total			$1949 + s/h/t

High-end AMD-based miner/gaming rig: single ATI 6990, Approximately 750 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	CoolerMaster HAF 932		$140
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W, 80 PLUS Silver Certified	Directron	$120
Motherboard	Biostar TA990FXE	NewEgg	$130
CPU	AMD FX-8150	NewEgg	$250
Memory	G.SKILL ECO Series 8GB	NewEgg	$55
Graphics card	Radeon HD 6990	NewEgg	$734
Heat Sink Fan	CoolerMaster Hyper212+	NewEgg	$40
Storage	Seagate 1TB 7200RPM HDD	NewEgg	$70
Media Drive	ASUS DVD-RW	NewEgg	$22
Keyboard	LITE-ON SK-1788/BS PS/2 Keyboard	NewEgg	$8
Mouse	V7 M30P20-7N PS/2 Mouse	NewEgg	$7
Display	LG IPS231P-BN Black 23" 6ms IPS	NewEgg	$250
Total			$1832 + s/h/t

Mid-level AMD-based miner/gaming/workstation rig: single ATI 6870, Approximately 300 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	CoolerMaster Centurion 5	NewEgg	$50
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts EA-650 GREEN 650W, 80 PLUS BRONZE certified	NewEgg	$65
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46	NewEgg	$90
CPU (incl. stock heatsink + fan)	AMD FX-6200	NewEgg	$169
Memory	G.SKILL Value Series 4GB	NewEgg	$23
Graphics card	Radeon HD 6870		$165
Storage	Seagate 1TB 7200RPM HDD	NewEgg	$70
Media Drive	ASUS DVD-RW	NewEgg	$21
Keyboard	LITE-ON SK-1788/BS PS/2 Keyboard	NewEgg	$8
Mouse	V7 M30P20-7N PS/2 Mouse	NewEgg	$7
Display	HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB 21.5"	NewEgg	$120
Total			$798 + s/h/t

Mid-level Intel-based miner/gaming/workstation rig: single ATI 6870, Approximately 300 Mhash/s

Component	Description	Source	Amount
Chassis	CoolerMaster Centurion 5	NewEgg	$50
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts EA-650 GREEN 650W, 80 PLUS BRONZE certified	NewEgg	$65
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-G45 (B3)	NewEgg	$103
CPU (incl. stock heatsink + fan)	Intel Core i5-2500K	NewEgg	$214
Memory	G.SKILL Value Series 4GB	NewEgg	$23
Graphics card	Radeon HD 6870		$165
Storage	Seagate 1TB 7200RPM HDD	NewEgg	$70
Media Drive	ASUS DVD-RW	NewEgg	$21
Keyboard	LITE-ON SK-1788/BS PS/2 Keyboard	NewEgg	$8
Mouse	V7 M30P20-7N PS/2 Mouse	NewEgg	$7
Display	HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB 21.5"	NewEgg	$120
Total			$873 + s/h/t

See Also

• Mining Hardware Comparison
• Bitminer.info