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.
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.
Dedicated Miner Configurations Using a Tower
Entry-level: single ATI 5830, Approximately 245M hash/sec
Component |
Description |
Source |
Amount
|
Chassis |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Power Supply |
Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W, 80 PLUS Certified |
NewEgg |
$49
|
Motherboard |
Foxconn M61PMP-K AMD |
NewEgg |
$45
|
CPU |
AMD Sempron 140 |
NewEgg |
$39
|
Memory |
2GB DDR3 |
NewEgg |
$12x2
|
Graphics card |
Radeon HD 5830 |
NewEgg |
$110
|
Case Fan |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Storage |
Western Digital Caviar 80GB |
NewEgg |
$21
|
Media Drive |
DVD Rom Drive |
n/a |
n/a
|
Keyboard, Mouse and Display |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Total |
|
|
$288 + s/h/t
|
Mid-range: two ATI 5850s, Approximately 600M hash/sec
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 |
$75
|
CPU |
AMD Sempron 140 |
NewEgg |
$39
|
Memory |
2GB DDR3 |
NewEgg |
$12x2
|
Graphics card |
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME |
Amazon |
$298 ($149 x 2)
|
Case Fan |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Storage |
Western Digital Caviar 80GB |
NewEgg |
$21
|
Media Drive |
DVD Rom Drive |
n/a |
n/a
|
Keyboard, Mouse and Display |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Total |
|
|
$527 + s/h/t
|
High-end: single ATI 6990, Approximately 750M hash/sec
Component |
Description |
Source |
Amount
|
Chassis |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Power Supply |
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W, 80 PLUS Certified |
NewEgg |
$135
|
Motherboard |
ASUS M4A78LT-M AMD |
NewEgg |
$70
|
CPU |
AMD Sempron 140 |
NewEgg |
$39
|
Memory |
2GB DDR3 |
NewEgg |
$12x2
|
Graphics card |
Radeon HD 6990 |
NewEgg |
$734
|
Case Fan |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Storage |
Western Digital Caviar 80GB |
NewEgg |
$21
|
Media Drive |
DVD Rom Drive |
n/a |
n/a
|
Keyboard, Mouse and Display |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a
|
Total |
|
|
$1023 + s/h/t
|
Extreme: three ATI 6990s, Approximately 2.1G hash/sec
Component |
Description |
Source |
Amount
|
Chassis |
CoolerMaster HAF X |
NewEgg |
$200
|
Power Supply |
CORSAIR AX1200 1200W, 80 PLUS Certified |
NewEgg |
$280
|
Motherboard |
MSI 890FXA-GD70 |
NewEgg |
$200
|
CPU |
AMD Sempron 140 |
NewEgg |
$39
|
Memory |
2GB DDR3 |
NewEgg |
$12x2
|
Graphics card |
3 * Radeon HD 6990 |
NewEgg |
$2220 ($740 × 3)
|
Storage |
Kingston 30GB SSD |
NewEgg |
$76
|
Keyboard, Mouse and Display n/a
|
Total |
|
|
$3,039 + s/h/t
|
Dedicated Miner Configurations Using a Rack Mount
Dual ATI 6990: Approximately 1.4G hash/sec
Component |
Description |
Source |
Amount
|
Chassis |
IPC-4370S 4U |
P-Link Computer |
$85 (incl s/h)
|
Power Supply |
Antec CP-1000 1000W, 80 PLUS Certified |
NewEgg |
$135
|
Motherboard |
MSI 890FXA-GD70 |
NewEgg |
$200
|
CPU |
AMD Sempron 140 |
NewEgg |
$39
|
Memory |
2GB DDR3 |
NewEgg |
$12x2
|
Graphics card |
2 * Radeon HD 6990 |
NewEgg |
$1480 ($740 × 2)
|
Storage |
Kingston 30GB SSD |
NewEgg |
$76
|
Keyboard, Mouse and Display n/a
|
Total |
|
|
$2,039 + s/h/t
|
Multipurpose Miner Configurations
High-end miner/gaming rig: single ATI 6990, Approximately 750M hash/sec
Component |
Description |
Source |
Amount
|
Chassis |
CoolerMaster HAF 932 |
NewEgg |
$155
|
Power Supply |
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W, 80 PLUS Certified |
NewEgg |
$135
|
Motherboard |
MSI P67A-GD65 |
NewEgg |
$180
|
CPU |
Intel i5-2500k |
NewEgg |
$225
|
Memory |
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB |
NewEgg |
$41
|
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, Mouse and Display n/a
|
Total |
|
|
$1602 + s/h/t
|
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