02-11-2016, 03:19 AM
Your chassis looks nice, well done.
... So, are you building a password cracking rig, or a bitcoin miner? If you plan to run six GPUs with 4GB VRAM each, then you should have at least 24GB of host RAM. There's certainly no reason to skimp on the CPU, either. You don't have to go with a i7-4790K, but you should at least go with an i5-4590 or something.
Why those GPUs? There's usually never a good reason to use AMD GPUs in a new build. I guess it's because you're wanting to spend no more than 100 GBP per GPU? Keep in mind those GPUs are power hungry pigs, you should budget for them pulling 325-350W each. This means on your 1200W PSU you should only power three GPUs max. Any more than that, and your nice wooden chassis will turn into a pile of ashes.
Linux is the obvious choice.
(02-11-2016, 02:55 AM)zozeri Wrote: CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 Processor 2.8 GHz
RAM: Kingston 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
... So, are you building a password cracking rig, or a bitcoin miner? If you plan to run six GPUs with 4GB VRAM each, then you should have at least 24GB of host RAM. There's certainly no reason to skimp on the CPU, either. You don't have to go with a i7-4790K, but you should at least go with an i5-4590 or something.
(02-11-2016, 02:55 AM)zozeri Wrote: GPU: None purchased - either 7970 or 290x
Why those GPUs? There's usually never a good reason to use AMD GPUs in a new build. I guess it's because you're wanting to spend no more than 100 GBP per GPU? Keep in mind those GPUs are power hungry pigs, you should budget for them pulling 325-350W each. This means on your 1200W PSU you should only power three GPUs max. Any more than that, and your nice wooden chassis will turn into a pile of ashes.
(02-11-2016, 02:55 AM)zozeri Wrote: 4) OS - I want to use the rig as a remote server that I can use via command line.
Linux is the obvious choice.