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(Regrouped miners by dedicated tower, dedicated rack mount, and multipurpose instead of single gpu and multi gpu.)
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* 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.
 
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| Power Supply || CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W, 80 PLUS Certified || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009 NewEgg] || $135
 
| Power Supply || CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W, 80 PLUS Certified || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009 NewEgg] || $135
 
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| Motherboard || ASUS M4A78LT-M AMD || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131672 NewEgg] || $70
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| Motherboard || ASRock 890GX EXTREME4 AM3 AMD || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157207 NewEgg] || $135
 
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| CPU || AMD Sempron 140 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103698 NewEgg] || $39
 
| CPU || AMD Sempron 140 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103698 NewEgg] || $39
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| Memory || 2GB DDR3 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134489 NewEgg] || $12x2
 
| Memory || 2GB DDR3 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134489 NewEgg] || $12x2
 
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| Graphics card || Radeon HD 6990 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150529&cm_re=6990-_-14-150-529-_-Product NewEgg] || $734
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| Graphics card || Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME || [http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-100282XTREME/dp/B004W75ATI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1306101445&sr=8-4 Amazon] || $447 ($149 x 3)
 
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| Keyboard, Mouse and Display || n/a || n/a || n/a
 
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| Total ||  ||  || $1023 + s/h/t
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Revision as of 12:02, 24 May 2011

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.

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 $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

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 $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

Three ATI 5850s, Approximately 900 Mhash/s

Component Description Source Amount
Chassis n/a n/a n/a
Power Supply CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W, 80 PLUS Certified NewEgg $135
Motherboard ASRock 890GX EXTREME4 AM3 AMD NewEgg $135
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg $39
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $12x2
Graphics card Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME Amazon $447 ($149 x 3)
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 $801 + s/h/t

Three ATI 6990s, Approximately 2.1 Ghash/s

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

Typical Dedicated Miner Configurations Using a Rack Mount

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 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

Typical Multipurpose Miner Configurations

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

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

See Also

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