Mining rig

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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 140 NewEgg or Amazon $38
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $17
Graphics card Radeon HD 5830 NewEgg or Amazon ($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) $288 + s/h/t

Three ATI 5770s, Approximately 630 Mhash/s

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 NewEgg $49.99
Motherboard ASRock M3A770DE NewEgg $59.99
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg or Amazon (same price) $37.99
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $17
Graphics card Sapphire Radeon HD5770 1GB DDR5 superbiiz or Amazon $338.97 ($112.99 x 3)
PCIe x1 adapter Extender Cable PCI-E 1X Riser Adapter 9mart $9
Storage Western Digital Caviar 80GB NewEgg $16.99
Total (Approx: $0.8332 /Mhash) $529.92 + 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 Amazon or NewEgg ($5 more) $70
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg or Amazon (same price) $39
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $17
Graphics card Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME Amazon $322 ($161 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 (Approx: $0.8783 /Mhash) $527 + s/h/t

Three ATI 5850s, Approximately 900 Mhash/s

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 NewEgg $70
2nd Power Supply ePOWER 450W Modular Juice Box NewEgg $25
Motherboard ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD NewEgg or Amazon $90
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg or Amazon $39
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $17
Graphics card Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME Amazon $483 ($161 x 3)
PCIe x1 adapter Extender Cable PCI-E 1X Riser Adapter 9mart $9
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 (Approx: $0.8056 /Mhash) $730 + s/h/t

Three ATI 6990s, Approximately 2.1 Ghash/s

Component Description Source Amount
Chassis CoolerMaster HAF X Amazon $179
Power Supply CORSAIR AX1200 1200W, 80 PLUS Certified NewEgg $280
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70 Amazon $195
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg or Amazon $39
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $17
Graphics card 3 * Radeon HD 6990 NewEgg $2220 ($740 × 3)
Storage Kingston 30GB SSD NewEgg $80
Keyboard, Mouse and Display n/a
Total (Approx: $1.5528 /Mhash) $3,010 + 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 Antec CP-1000 1000W, 80 PLUS Certified Amazon $132
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70 Amazon $195
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg or Amazon $39
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $17
Graphics card 2 * Radeon HD 6990 NewEgg $1480 ($740 × 2)
Storage Kingston 30GB SSD NewEgg $76
Keyboard, Mouse and Display n/a
Total (Approx: $1.4564 /Mhash) $2,029 + 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 Amazon $140
Power Supply CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W, 80 PLUS Certified NewEgg or Amazon $135
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD65 Amazon $173
CPU Intel i5-2500k Amazon $220
Memory G.SKILL Value Series 4GB NewEgg $30
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 HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB 21.5" NewEgg $120
Total $1699 + 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 Amazon $140
Power Supply CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W, 80 PLUS Certified NewEgg or Amazon $135
Motherboard Biostar TA890FXE NewEgg $140
CPU AMD Phenom II x6 1100T Black Edition Amazon $190
Memory G.SKILL Value Series 4GB NewEgg $30
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 HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB 21.5" NewEgg $120
Total $1645 + 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 Raidmax RX-850AE 850W, 80 PLUS GOLD Certified NewEgg $120
Motherboard ASRock 890GX Pro3 NewEgg $110
CPU (incl. stock heatsink + fan) AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition NewEgg $114
Memory G.SKILL Value Series 4GB NewEgg $30
Graphics card Radeon HD 6870 Amazon $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 $815 + 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 PH67S-C43 (B3) NewEgg $85
CPU (incl. stock heatsink + fan) Intel Core i3-2100 Amazon $122
Memory G.SKILL Value Series 4GB NewEgg $30
Graphics card Radeon HD 6870 Amazon $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 $743 + s/h/t

See Also

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