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| Power Supply ||Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W, 80 PLUS Certified || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182199 NewEgg] || $49
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| Motherboard || Foxconn A88GMX AMD || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186206 NewEgg] || $80
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| CPU || AMD Athlon II X2 250 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103903 NewEgg] || $60
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| Memory || 2GB DDR3 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134489 NewEgg] || $12x2
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| Graphics card || Radeon HD 6950 || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102921&cm_re=6950-_-14-102-921-_-Product NewEgg] || $243
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| Storage || Western Digital Caviar 80GB || [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136292 NewEgg] || $21
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Revision as of 22:07, 16 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.

Typical Configuration

The following component list 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.

Bill of materials - dedicated miner (entry-level), single ATI 5830

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 Athlon II X2 250 NewEgg $60
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 $309 + s/h/t

Bill of materials - dedicated miner (midrange), single ATI 6950

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 A88GMX AMD NewEgg $80
CPU AMD Athlon II X2 250 NewEgg $60
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $12x2
Graphics card Radeon HD 6950 NewEgg $243
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 $477 + s/h/t

Bill of materials - casual miner (multipurpose), single ATI 5970

Component Description Source Amount
Chassis n/a n/a n/a
Power Supply Tuniq Ripper PSU-RIP1000W-BK NewEgg $130
Motherboard MSI 870-G45 AMD NewEgg $70
CPU n/a n/a n/a
Memory 2GB DDR3 n/a n/a
Graphics card Radeon HD 5970 NewEgg $600
Case Fan n/a n/a n/a
Storage SATA drive n/a n/a
Media Drive DVD Rom Drive n/a n/a
Keyboard, Mouse and Display n/a

Bill of materials - dedicated miner - rack mount, dual ATI 5970

Component Description Source Amount
Chassis IPC-4370S 4U P-Link Computer $85 (incl s/h)
Power Supply RS850-AMBAJ3-US Amazon $150
Motherboard MSI 870-G45 AMD NewEgg $70
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg $38
Memory 2 * 1GB Kingston DDR3-1066 NewEgg $26 (for both)
Graphics card Radeon HD 5970 NewEgg $1,200
Case Fan Scythe Ultra Kraze 3000 NewEgg $13
Storage Kingston 30GB SSD NewEgg $76
Media Drive DVD Rom Drive n/a n/a
Keyboard, Mouse and Display n/a
Total $1,658 + s/h

Bill of materials - dedicated miner tower, three ATI 5970s

Questions remain for this configuration, as far as -- do the GPU miners work with this configuration without alteration? Does the PSU need additional cabling to accommodate all 3 5970s?
Component Description Source Amount
Chassis CoolerMaster HAV X NewEgg $200
Power Supply Antec HCP-1200 NewEgg $300
Motherboard MSI 890FXA-GD70 NewEgg $200
CPU AMD Sempron 140 NewEgg $39
Memory 2GB DDR3 NewEgg $21
Graphics card 3 * Radeon HD 5970 NewEgg $1800 ($600 × 3)
Storage Kingston 30GB SSD NewEgg $76
Keyboard, Mouse and Display n/a
Total $3236

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See Also

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