Help - 990FX Motherboard Bang for the Buck!

rubenclavs · Feb 20, 2014

de.das.dude said:
mining = everyday stuff + ability to be turned on 24x7
u want bang for buck, so its worthwile to get a good durable stuff.

I don't know how to mine? Can you teach me?

de.das.dude · Feb 20, 2014

neither do i XD

Blue-Knight · Feb 20, 2014

rubenclavs said:
Can you teach me?

Yes! Mining is easy, hard is to profit doing it...

d1nky · Feb 20, 2014

mining is done on gpu's and if you havent got good efficiency (i.e. 2/3+ 7950s or better radeon gfx cards per mobo) then its pointless

rubenclavs · Feb 20, 2014

d1nky said:
mining is done on gpu's and if you havent got good efficiency (i.e. 2/3+ 7950s or better radeon gfx cards per mobo) then its pointless

Do you have steps on how to do it? Like programs to install and etc?

d1nky · Feb 21, 2014

Google.com

psyko12 · Feb 21, 2014

rubenclavs said:
Do you have steps on how to do it? Like programs to install and etc?

Well here is a guide idk if it's super outdated but explains mining for beginners....
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9430.0

hope this helps

rubenclavs · Feb 21, 2014

psyko12 said:
Well here is a guide idk if it's super outdated but explains mining for beginners....
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9430.0

hope this helps

Thanks! Reading it now. There are a lot of 990FX for sale using bitcoin. Hmmmmm?

Is this a trusted seller? https://www.bitcoinstore.com/

psyko12 · Feb 21, 2014

rubenclavs said:
Thanks! Reading it now. There are a lot of 990FX for sale using bitcoin. Hmmmmm?

Is this a trusted seller? https://www.bitcoinstore.com/

I'm not sure never did continue with the coin mining biz... Power Cost to Coin ratio fails me haha expensive utilities here in our home land.

Vario · Feb 21, 2014

voted gigabyte for the awesome warranty

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H270M-D3H
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System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
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Processor	Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz
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Power Supply	300W (Generic)
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System Name	Zotan
Processor	i9-10850K
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Power Supply	Seasonic S12II 620w
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Keyboard	A4 Tech X7 Oscar
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Help - 990FX Motherboard Bang for the Buck!

Which will be the best Bang for the Buck Motherboard? Features and ETC. Thanks :)

MSI 990FXA-GD80 - ₱8,300

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - ₱7,400

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0) - ₱6,400

ASRock 990FX Extreme3 - ₱5,650

ASRock 990FX Extreme4 - ₱6,990

ASRock 990FX Extreme9 - ₱9,800

ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional - ₱8,150

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d1nky

psyko12

rubenclavs

psyko12

Vario

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