6 GPU Mining Rig AMD RX580 Intel LGA 1151 for Ethereum and Zcash

Latest version of my guide to building and operating a mining rig is here,  How to Build a 6 Rig GPU Miner for Zcash and Ethereum with Nvidia GTX 1070 and EthosDistro posted Oct 1, 2017 on Steemit.

This is the latest model of 6 GPU mining rig I am building this week.

Bill of Materials

Equipment list – Links are to Newegg or Amazon or Parallel Mining product page

1. Asrock Fatal1ty Gaming K4 motherboard with the B250 chipset
2. Intel Celeron in the LGA 1151 processor
3. Kingston HyperX FURY Black 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM Desktop Memory
4. SSD – EthosDistro 16GB with operating system and application pre-installed.
5. Case – ParallelMiner BAREBONE – ALL ALUMINIUM 6.1 GPU OPEN AIR MINING CASE
6. Power Supply – Antec High Current Pro 1300W ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply HCP-1300 Platinum 94% efficient
7. PCI-E Risers – ITHOO USB3.0 PCI EXPRESS 1X TO 16X EXTENDER RISER CARD ADAPTER W/ 24″ CABLE from parallel miner – Qty 6
8. GPU – MSI Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 RX 580 8G 8GB
9. ATX power switch – PC Case Red Green LED Lamp ATX Power Supply Reset HDD Switch Lead 20″ (optional)
10. Case screws:
    1. Motherboard to case – PC Mounting Computer Screws M3 x 1/4-Inches Long – qty 50
    2. Risers and GPU’s to case – Maxmoral 200pcs Toothed Hex 6/32 SCREW 6 – 32 Computer  – qty 200

Total Cost for Bill of Materials: ~$2250

Build Instructions

I always forget something when I build the machine. Here’s some basic instructions for the most efficient order of operations. The idea is to get a basic computer built, troubleshoot any potential issues, install the operating system and application, then build the rest of the machine.

Hardware Build

1. Assemble the Case
2. Put the CPU, CPU fan, and memory on the motherboard. Plug in the CPU fan.
3. Attach the ATX power switches and LED’s to the power header.
4. Plug the SATA cable into the motherboard.
5. Put the motherboard in the case and screw it in with the smaller screws.
6. Attach the power supply to the right side of the case. Use the screws that came in the box. Attach power cables from the power supply to the Motherboard, CPU power, SSD.
7. Screw in one of the PCI-E Riser cards, plug it into the PCI-E slot closest to the processor, and plug in power from the power supply.
8. Put a GPU into the PCI-E riser card, screw it into the case, and attach PCI-E power cable to it.
9. Attach a keyboard to the motherboard and HDMI monitor to the GPU card.
10. Plug the power cord into the Antec power supply, turn on the power switch.
11. Press the ATX power button. The machine should boot.

If it doesn’t boot, this is the time to do basic troubleshooting. Don’t add any more graphics cards until you get at least one working.

If it does boot, set up the BIOS, connect an ethernet cable to the network that can get to the internet, and reboot.

Motherboard BIOS Settings

Turn of unneeded services on the BIOS.

Keep all the PCI settings on Auto

Set the graphics TOLUD to 3.5GB

Complete Build Guide – Older version

For details of setting up the hardware and software, look at this previous post:

GPU Mining Zcash and Ethereum with EthosDistro and AMD RX470 on 6 GPU Rig