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Motherboard experience guide

cdawall

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System Name All the cores
Processor 2990WX
Motherboard Asrock X399M
Cooling CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory 4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s) (2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage 2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s) Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s) Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard Keychron K8
Software W10P
I will update this as I use them or see them used. As of right now the easiest boards I have used that aren't "mining" boards are the Asus products. Tons of guides on how to set them up and tons of guides for tweaking them to work in your specific needs.

Asus

Z170 pro gaming --6 cards (none of the BIOS's seem to allow the M.2 to function with a PCI-e adapter)
Z170 pro gaming Aura --7 cards
Z170-AR --7 cards
Z270-P --8 cards
Z270-AR --9 cards
Z270-K --7 cards

MSI
Z270 Gaming M5 --8 cards
Z170A GAMING PRO --7 cards
Z170A GAMING M5 --8 cards
Z170A PC MATE -- ***This board should do 6, however I had issues with more than 4 working***

Asrock
H81 PRO BTC--6 cards
H110 PRO BTC+ --13 cards
Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 -- ***This was another oddball, no matter which BIOS nothing was stable with more than 4 cards***
X99 Extreme 4 --4 cards max

Gigabyte
X99-P SLI --5 cards max
 
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System Name Box
Processor Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard MSI Meg Ace Max 570S
Cooling Corsair h150i Elite Capellix 360 white
Memory 16 GB Teamforce DDR 4 4500 (2x8) CL18
Video Card(s) Aorus 1080ti
Storage NVMe: Samsung 980 Pro 2TB, WD_BLACK SN770 2TB, Crucial P5 Plus 2TB, spinners: 3TB, 4TB
Display(s) Samsung 1080p
Case Lian Li 011 Dynamic white - fans: 2x140mm, 7x120mm
Audio Device(s) stock
Power Supply EVGA G2 850
Mouse Razor DeathAdder 3.5G
Keyboard Corsair K68 RGB
VR HMD Valve Index
Software Win10 pro
Benchmark Scores later
Gigabyte UD3H Z97X: 5 cards, have not tested more than that.
 

cdawall

where the hell are my stars
Joined
Jul 23, 2006
Messages
27,680 (4.27/day)
Location
Houston
System Name All the cores
Processor 2990WX
Motherboard Asrock X399M
Cooling CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory 4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s) (2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage 2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s) Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s) Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard Keychron K8
Software W10P
I picked up one of the mining Asus B250 boards. 19 cards max it is something different I must say :roll:
 
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System Name Xazax
Processor 6700k
Motherboard ASrock Fatal1ty z170
Cooling H240X
Memory 16GB DDR4 2800mhz
Video Card(s) Gtx 980ti
Storage 1TB Mushkin
Display(s) ASUS PG27 G-sync
Case Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s) Logitech G35
Power Supply Corsair 1500w Digital
Keyboard Patriot Viper
Software Windows 10
FYI the ASUS B250 Mining expert board only supports 13 GPUs total or 8 Nvidia/8 AMD in Windows. You have to have "Mining" specific cards with Cluster BIOs in order to use all 19 GPUs.

I've personally used MSI Z170 Gaming m5/m7, the ASUS Z270-A, and the Asrock H110 PRO BTC. The ASROCK H110 PRO BTC By far the best Motherboard i've used for Mining, easy setup got 13 GPUs in Linux. The ASUS Z270-A board would be next never had issues with the board and even got 8 GPUs to work with M.2 Adapter. Had a lot of issues with the MSI Z170 boards, only had on that would run 7 cards in windows without any issues.
 

cdawall

where the hell are my stars
Joined
Jul 23, 2006
Messages
27,680 (4.27/day)
Location
Houston
System Name All the cores
Processor 2990WX
Motherboard Asrock X399M
Cooling CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory 4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s) (2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage 2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s) Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s) Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard Keychron K8
Software W10P
The Asus boards are definitely the easiest to deal with so far. I have two m.2 adapters on my Z270-P
 
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