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.
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
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Power Supply
Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W, 80 PLUS Certified
Note: this build requires a "dremel" modification to the pcie adapter for the x16 card to fit into it. Using this adapter also means that one of the cards will not be mounted in a typical case location.
Component
Description
Source
Amount
Power Supply
Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W, 80 PLUS Certified
Note: this build requires a "dremel" modification to the pcie adapter for the x16 card to fit into it. Using this adapter also means that one of the cards will not be mounted in a typical case location.
Component
Description
Source
Amount
Chassis
n/a
n/a
n/a
Power Supply
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W , 80 PLUS Certified
