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I had been running a number of Ryzen-based gaming PCs, with semi-high-end video cards (GTX 1660 ti 6GB, one with an RX 5700 as well, my main rig). I like to do DC, occasionally (PG races, Dec. F@H race.) But to pay for my video cards, I use NH to make a few bucks on the side daily.
To conserve power, actually, consolidate power usage because my bedroom and living room are on the same 20A circuit, and my A/C in the bedroom is also on that circuit, but I have a separate circuit for A/V in the living room, which I've attached a power strip (it has a 120V and a 230V outlet on that wall plate/circuit), and thus I was running some crunchers/miners on that circuit as well.
I've consolidated all but my main rig's GTX 1660 ti cards into a Rosewill mining chassis (the 8-GPU, dual-PSU-capable one). It's a 6U rack case, it's fairly nice for what I paid for it ($65). It was interesting putting it together. I'm running off of my other Antec EDG 750W 80Plus Gold PSU. I also have another one in my main rig.
I'm using Rosewill x1 PCI-E risers, the ones that use the blue USB3.0 Type-A cables to connect a little PCI-E x1 "stub" circuit board, into the mobo in an x1 slot, and then into a little board that attached to a PCI-E x16 slot to plug intro a video card.
So I have 5x GTX 1660 ti 6GB cards hooked up this way now. Using an ASRock H110 PRO BTC+ as a mobo. (Picked up a couple of those for $20 ea. from monoprice.)
Anyways, the whole rig is powered by a dual-core Skylake Celeron G3900, because that's what I had around. However, that's popular for mining rigs like that one.
My question is, what DC projects will run on GPUs connected by PCI-E x1 connections? Any of them? I know that F@H likes bandwidth.. Not sure about PrimeGrid.
Fear not, I will keep my main rig "pure", as a gaming PC, that can run DC apps if need be.
But this consolidation for mining and thermal/electrical optimization was long needed.
Edit: The rig has 2x8GB of DDR4-3200, running at 2133. I do believe that it's likely that even with an x1 connection to the GPUs, that they will still be faster than CPUs for some projects.
Edit: Oh, I still have the Ryzen 6C/12T rigs, they just now have GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5 cards, about half the performance of the GTX 1660 ti cards. So they can still crunch, especially on the CPU. I've upgraded one more of them to a Ryzen R5 3600 CPU, so I now have two of those in my stable of rigs.
To conserve power, actually, consolidate power usage because my bedroom and living room are on the same 20A circuit, and my A/C in the bedroom is also on that circuit, but I have a separate circuit for A/V in the living room, which I've attached a power strip (it has a 120V and a 230V outlet on that wall plate/circuit), and thus I was running some crunchers/miners on that circuit as well.
I've consolidated all but my main rig's GTX 1660 ti cards into a Rosewill mining chassis (the 8-GPU, dual-PSU-capable one). It's a 6U rack case, it's fairly nice for what I paid for it ($65). It was interesting putting it together. I'm running off of my other Antec EDG 750W 80Plus Gold PSU. I also have another one in my main rig.
I'm using Rosewill x1 PCI-E risers, the ones that use the blue USB3.0 Type-A cables to connect a little PCI-E x1 "stub" circuit board, into the mobo in an x1 slot, and then into a little board that attached to a PCI-E x16 slot to plug intro a video card.
So I have 5x GTX 1660 ti 6GB cards hooked up this way now. Using an ASRock H110 PRO BTC+ as a mobo. (Picked up a couple of those for $20 ea. from monoprice.)
Anyways, the whole rig is powered by a dual-core Skylake Celeron G3900, because that's what I had around. However, that's popular for mining rigs like that one.
My question is, what DC projects will run on GPUs connected by PCI-E x1 connections? Any of them? I know that F@H likes bandwidth.. Not sure about PrimeGrid.
Fear not, I will keep my main rig "pure", as a gaming PC, that can run DC apps if need be.
But this consolidation for mining and thermal/electrical optimization was long needed.
Edit: The rig has 2x8GB of DDR4-3200, running at 2133. I do believe that it's likely that even with an x1 connection to the GPUs, that they will still be faster than CPUs for some projects.
Edit: Oh, I still have the Ryzen 6C/12T rigs, they just now have GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5 cards, about half the performance of the GTX 1660 ti cards. So they can still crunch, especially on the CPU. I've upgraded one more of them to a Ryzen R5 3600 CPU, so I now have two of those in my stable of rigs.
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