Putting together a mining computer for the sole purpose of FAH.
Picked up the following (All from Amazon)
- Biostar TZ590-BTC Duo Mining Motherboard with 8 x PCIe 3.0 slots Support, 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot x8 mode ($199)
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
- Had an el-cheepo 256g Silicon Power SSD that has Windows 11 Pro on it.
- EVGA Supernova 1600 watt G+ Power Supplies (2x)
- 240v Power plugs (20amp 240v wiring and outlet in garage!)
- ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC (Testing and for a spare)
- Intel Core i5-11400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores
- BTBcoin 6 Pack PCI-E Riser 010S GPU Riser Adapter Card PCI-Express 1X to 16X Riser Card
- Antec PWM PC Fans, 120mm Fan, High Performance Case Fan, 4-pin PWM Connector, Computer Fans with 2000 RPM, Storm Series 5 Pack
- ARCTIC Case Fan Hub - 10-fold PWM Fan Distributor with SATA Power
- Funplaysmart V4 6-GPU Aluminum Miner Case, Stackable Cryptocurrency Mining Frame, Surface Miner Rack with Fan Bracket (was $36!)
Some numbers for comparison, both with the same video card (RTX3060) and same work project 18601.
i9 SH370R8 Shuttle computer with PCI-E x 16 3.0 slot
9% complete showed a daily points of 2,219,979
70% complete showed a daily points of 2,184,844
i5 FAH mining computer with PCI-E x 1 at
6% complete showed a daily points of 1,825,384
47% complete showed a daily points of 1,918,667
So looks like average about a 15% hit for using the PCIe 1x slots vs. the Shuttle's 3.0 x16 slot
SOME QUESTIONS...
- Anything Special in setting up windows 11?
- Anything Special for setting up FAH?
- Suggestions for cost effective RTX GPU's? 4x+ 3070Ti's are what I'm looking at plus possibly a RTX3090 for the full slot on the Mobo)
- Can FAH support 6 GPU's?
New to the mining style of computing, but seems like it could really work well as the mining game has taken a turn for the worse it seems, but good for FAH hardware prices I guess