The motherboard came today and now I have everything to build a 10 GPU crypo-currency mining rig! This weekend I will put my tech-geek hat on and build a serious multi-GPU system to mine crypto coins.
The motherboard and video cards were the toughest to acquire. I choose ASUS’s new B250 Mining Expert motherboard, which is specifically designed for crypto-mining and Radeon RX 580 cards. I am a big fan of ASUS quality and this board is capable of supporting an insane 19 GPUs! Unfortunately, I was not able to get sufficient quantities of their RX 580 cards in a reasonable time, so I took a chance and went with XFS brand. We will see how it goes.
The core of this beast are the 10 power hungry graphic cards. To feed them, I will connect two separate power supplies.
I am planning on a non-traditional OS so this will be a first for me.
Main components:
- ASUS B250 Mining Expert motherboard
- 10 XFS Radeon RX 580 (4GB) video cards
- EVGA 1300w and 850w power supplies
Wish me luck. Should be an interesting build-out this weekend.