Is it just me, or does anyone actually know how to "mod" these things? Specifically, can I turn an 8-pin CPU cable into a 6+2 for a GPU? Or maybe just a 6-pin to power a riser? From what I've gathered, they both pull from the same 12V rail, right? If I want to run 2 or 3 different power supplies for my mining rig, I'll have these extra P8 cables just sitting there. They’re modular units, so finding extra cables is basically impossible—you can't just grab them anywhere. I picked up a Gigabyte unit and didn't come with any spares. Google it. People usually end up bugging the manufacturer directly. Whatever! For now, it seems like my best bet, though even then, I'm still short on enough outputs.
Option two is just taking one 1200W unit and splitting it into two. There are pros and cons to both, obviously.
So, if anyone has any insight, let me hear it.
P.S. No need to lecture me about polarity or whatever—I'm an electrician. A total Bandera!
Bryan Taylor6 said:If I run two RX 580 4GB cards—and if anyone can actually tell me what the net profit is after stripping out the electric bill—could I pull in maybe $10$6.75 a day?
I saw some people on Facebook selling those cards for $667 a pop—is that actually a realistic price?
With just one card, if you managed to snag $1.75 a day, you’d be doing alright. There's an online calculator out there.
As for those Facebook prices—if someone actually buys them, I guess they're "real" enough.
I’m not sure if you really need a 20-25% buffer—honestly, 10-15% should be plenty. Even if an overclock goes south, the PSU isn't going to be redlining at 100% capacity all day long—at least not in my setup. Prices for power supplies don't scale linearly with wattage, and the beefier units don't necessarily offer more PCIe slots anyway. It actually makes more sense to grab two 850W units rather than one massive 1500W beast. Personally, I'm not looking at the RTX 30xx series anytime soon—I'll stick to the 20xx cards or similar.
From what I gather, a riser can pull up to 75W, which is actually quite a bit. But how risky is it to just grab risers from eBay or AliExpress? You can find them for maybe $5 or $6 there, while they go for $50 here in the States. I could probably buy two just to have a spare and still come out ahead.
Thanks for the video link—definitely some good info in there.
I spotted those BTC-37 boards with the integrated CPUs, though there's a total lack of actual reviews out there—even if some people claim they work fine.
Ugh, why would anyone bother making a decision on this nonsense!!!
I know prices used to be absolute garbage compared to now! Just two months ago, I snagged a new RX 570 8GB for about $600, but now you can't even find one for $600—not even if you look under $1000. Look, I know how to read a price chart; I'm not exactly an idiot.
Forget the money side for a second—I want to talk tech.
Basically, I'm wondering if I can push an MSI Pro B365 or an MSI MAG B460 Tomahawk to run at least 5, maybe even 6 GPUs for mining, without hitting technical walls—you know, motherboard overheating, cards choking each other out, and all that nonsense?
I won't pretend I'm some kind of genius here—I’m not just jumping into this blindly like some reckless idiot. I know there's a real chance this whole thing ends up being a massive waste of money, but hey, you only bet what you can afford to lose, right? Besides, we all know GPU prices have gone absolutely insane lately. I've been scouting shops over in Germany, and honestly, I might be able to snag some cards at prices that actually make sense compared to the highway robbery happening here. I'm looking at an EVGA RTX 2060 for about $600—shipping included.
I get that theoretically I can plug GPUs into just about any board. What I actually need to know is configuration compatibility—specifically, how many GPUs I can realistically run before the system load or general stability hits a wall. For power, I’m budgeting roughly 130W per card. With four GPUs plus the core components (CPU, motherboard, SSD, RAM), we're looking at around 600W total—which puts an 850W PSU at about 70% capacity. I've got one of those plug-in wattmeters, so I'll be able to verify exactly what each card pulls. Obviously, if I scale up the number of cards, I'll just pick up a second PSU.
I'm leaning toward building two smaller rigs rather than one massive monster. If everything goes south—and let's face it, things always do—is it better to have one whole rig dead or just half of them? An 8-card setup (not including the cards themselves) would run me about $1500, assuming I include two PSUs, whereas splitting it into two builds would cost $5,700. Once you factor in the cost of those $400 GPUs, the gap isn't huge, but the peace of mind is worth it.
My plan is to go with two rigs holding 4-5 cards each. I'm not buying everything at once; I'll probably just grab one GPU a month. Of course, if a good deal pops up, I might snag two.
Hey there. I've got some extra cash burning a hole in my pocket, so I'm thinking about putting together a mining rig. I'm mostly worried about compatibility issues and potential headaches with these builds. After spinning my wheels for a bit, I've narrowed it down to two possible paths:
1. Motherboard: MSI Pro B365 or maybe an MSI MAG B460 Tomahawk—I could probably grab something $100$50 cheaper, but isn't more expensive always better? CPU: Intel Celeron G5900
2. Motherboard: MSI H110 Mining (honestly, just a gut feeling here) CPU: Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Power supply for both: EVGA SuperNOVA 850G (from what I can tell, the main difference with the Aorus version is having two fewer cables and slightly shorter ones). I'm assuming 850W is plenty for 4 GPUs—if I decide to scale up later, I'll just pick up another PSU.
RAM: whatever cheap 8GB stick I can find. SSD: the cheapest 128 GB drive available.
I’ve been digging through the advanced settings—searching everywhere—but nothing's popping up. I tried tweaking a few other things too, but honestly? Zero results. Ended up just moving the cards back to where they were before. It was freezing up constantly.
So, I picked up an ASUS RX 570 8GB for some mining work, while keeping my old GTX 1060 3GB as my main card. Everything was fine at first—flashed the Radeon card and kept using the GeForce just like always. Then I noticed the GTX 1060 was running hot because it was sitting right above the Radeon card, so I decided to swap their positions. And that’s when everything went south. The Radeon card completely bricked on me—thankfully, I managed to revive it by having a buddy with integrated graphics help me re-flash it.
Now, the setup is the Radeon in PCIe Slot 1 and the GeForce in PCIe Slot 2, which creates a massive headache whenever I plug my monitor into the GeForce; Windows takes forever to boot and I can't even get into the BIOS. If I move the cable over to the Radeon, everything works perfectly fine.
My motherboard is an ASUS B450 Plus. I've been digging through the BIOS settings, but I honestly can't figure out how to set PCIe Slot 2 as the primary. I tried Googling how to set NVIDIA as the primary, but the "preferred GPU" option is nowhere to be found in my control panel.
Any suggestions, ideas, or advice before I start tearing this whole thing apart? Cheers.
Look, there’s no "expert rescue" coming here. It’s not like this drive holds anything life-altering. I only posted the question here hoping someone might toss out a suggestion for a Hail Mary recovery attempt—anything at all.
Just realized I actually had a partition on that disk labeled "Music"...
The BIOS and some other utilities can see the Seagate, but Windows 7 just won't acknowledge it exists. I already tried nuking and reinstalling the SATA drivers—nothing worked. I ran the Western Digital diagnostic tool for a quick scan that was supposed to take maybe two minutes, but it's been sitting there for over two hours with zero progress. It’s a WD Black drive—dead silent, too. No spinning, no nothing. Honestly, I've already written it off; I have a replacement on the way and there isn't anything life-altering on this one anyway. Any bright ideas on how to salvage what's left?
Good grief—who even are you? You’ve got maybe six posts to your name this year—four of which were deleted—yet you’re acting like the self-appointed moral police for every single thread? Are you some kind of bot? Because if you are, you’re already breaking the site rules.
I'll take "rude" if it means I actually get to have a life—and maybe step away from my computer and the internet for a weekend once in a while.
Look, like I told you in our DM, you jumped into a thread where you have absolutely zero history just to stir the pot. You provoked everyone—and clearly, it worked, given the reactions from the rest of the board. In the end, all you got was a warning (so, zero penalty points).
As for who said what to whom in private messages or on other threads? Not my job to play detective.
If rural life were actually that "perfect," people wouldn't be fleeing the countryside in droves.
For some city dweller looking to escape the grind—maybe you think you need a quiet retreat?—get yourself a weekend house, but don't go too far out. Honestly, who has the patience to pack a suitcase just to head out for a quick getaway?