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Mining Rig Setup!

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rig.md

#Hardware

MOTHERBOARD

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard 2 of ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
I am still deciding if it is limiting my gpu output, I will know soon.

RAM

Kingston Technology HyperX 8 GB (2x4 GB Modules) 1600 MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Kit (PC3 12800) 240-Pin SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX

CPU

AMD FX 4100 4-Core Processor, 3.6 4 Socket AM3+ FD4100WMGUSBX

Thermal grease! (I have some left!)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound 3.5 Grams

FAN didn't fit the braket hahahah still works

ARCTIC Alpine 64 Pro Rev. 2 CPU Cooler - AMD, Supports Multiple Sockets 92mm PWM Fan at 23dBA

GPUS

GIGABYTE GV-R928XOC-3GD REV2 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card

CASE

HAF XB really cool case! they term is as a lan box :D

PSU

Raidmax 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX12V/EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply RX-850AE
Should have gotten a bigger one!

Useful resources

Build your own Litecoin Mining Rig

litecoin cpu comparison

pci-e(x16, x8, x4, x1) ? what is the difference in performance?

I was wondering since the motherboard has the x4 in the gpu specs

not sure how accurate this is since that is an older model amd card.
Probably not much difference.

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