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atp1916

atp1916

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https://www.techspot.com/news/74872-asus-unveils-new-cryptomining-motherboard-supports-up-20.html

I am totally thinking riser testing board. :D

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Why do they still bother putting audio on what is clearly a mining mobo?

I might pick one up to check it out. I recently got some Gigabyte B250-FINTECH boards, and I have not been impressed with those. They don't like my PICO inverters (lets me use server PSUs), so I'm stuck using ATX PSUs with them, which was not my plan.

I'm pretty sure you can use just a single PSU with these. The reason there are 3 PSU power connectors is to allow turning them all one and off at the same time, in case you need that many to power your GPUs.
 
They put audio on it, but leave out the m.2 connector!
 
pclausen said:
.......The reason there are 3 PSU power connectors is to allow turning them all one and off at the same time, in case you need that many to power your GPUs.
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I figured, I've seen two, just not three - is that unique?
 
I've never seen more than 2, at most - 3 definitely unique.

Really, since the major AIBs started making these types of boards, having even 2 ATX connectors was out of the ordinary.
 
atp1916 said:
I've never seen more than 2, at most - 3 definitely unique.

Really, since the major AIBs started making these types of boards, having even 2 ATX connectors was out of the ordinary.
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The Asus Mining Expert has three.
 
I don't understand why these have any ATX power at all.

Just have the DC power converters on board and take 12v only from the server PSU's.

Easy peasy
 
thebufenator said:
I don't understand why these have any ATX power at all.
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Because they're optional, and because the cheapo $50 HP refurb server PSU's are still hacky despite their wide use. There's no point in ASUS limiting this board's market by removing them.

A lot of big operations actually swear by ATX PSU's - especially direct from manufacturer - because even though the upfront cost is higher than the cheapo HP refurbs, at scale the numbers can actually crunch out better when factoring the entirety of TCO (warranty replacement, failure rates, resale, downtime costs).
 
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I'd love to see pictures of a large farm using consumer ATX psus compared to server psus rated for a commercial environment. Not to say they don't exist, I just haven't seen them personally. I'll take running 2000w+ server psus over consumer atx any day of the week (and twice on sunday).
 
Having a 12V 6-pin Molex power connector would be sweet. They could have that in addition to the standard 24 pin ATX. Would probably not add more to the cost than those 2 extra ATX connectors.

I too use server PSUs anywhere I can. I was very disappointed that the Gigabyte B250 Fintech mining mobos I picked up are not compatible with any of the PICOs I have tried on them.
 
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