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Kolink PCI-E 1x to 16x powered Riser Card Mining / Rendering Kit - 60cm [ZURC-006]

Kolink PCI-E 1x to 16x powered Riser Card Mining / Rendering Kit - 60cm
Kolink PCI-E 1x to 16x powered Riser Card Mining / Rendering Kit - 60cm
Kolink PCI-E 1x to 16x powered Riser Card Mining / Rendering Kit - 60cm
Kolink PCI-E 1x to 16x powered Riser Card Mining / Rendering Kit - 60cm

Overview

PCI-E x1 to x16 powered riser card mining / rendering kit - 60cm This PCI-Express x1 to x16 powered riser card (from English "to rise") with an additional Molex power connection is the ideal accessory for Bitcoin mining systems and can of course - taking into account the bandwidth available here - be used like any other riser card for other systems and areas of application for example for mining Altcoin, Ethereum or Ether or Zcash as well as for distributed computing, rendering and Boinc.

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SKU: ZURC-006
MPN: ZURC-006
EAN: 5999094001527
Warranty: 12 Months

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Details

Bitcoin is a virtual means of payment that was launched in 2009 and is created and managed by all participating clients of the decentralized Bitcoin network. Like many other cryptocurrencies with a proof-of-work principle, bitcoins are generated by cryptographic arithmetic tasks that are solved by computers and require a lot of energy, which is known as "mining".

GPU-based mining for bitcoins is no longer worthwhile due to the immensely increased requirements. Therefore, new cryptocurrencies, so-called Altcoins, such as Ethereum, are constantly being launched, which can still be profitably mined with GPUs. In principle, normal computer processors (CPUs) are capable of mining new Altcoins, but they can only calculate a few (kilo-) hashes per second and are therefore not suitable for mining in relation to the time and energy used. In terms of efficiency, they are clearly beaten by graphics processors (GPUs), whereby graphics chips from the Radeon series from AMD have proven to be particularly powerful. So-called mining rigs are PC systems made from commercially available hardware components, the only task of which is toCalculate cryptocurrencies using multiple graphics cards .

In order to counter the high heat development that occurs and to operate as many graphics cards as possible in parallel, these GPU miner systems mostly use very open housings (comparable to benchtables) or sometimes adventurous, self-made housing creations. As with AMD CrossFire or NVIDIA SLI gaming PCs, most of the PCI Express slots cannot be used on the mainboards that serve as the basis of the system, since high-performance graphics cards usually have wide dual-fan or even triple-fan coolers and if the space required for additional GPUs is missing or, in many mining PCs, all PCIe slots have to be relocated due to the respective graphics card constellation.

This is exactly where the practical powered riser card comes in and enables the relocation of PCI Express slots with x1, x4, x8 or x16 connection on the motherboard by strategically allowing an additional PCI Express x16 slot to be positioned inside or outside of the housing. This x16 slot is electrically connected to a single PCI Express lane, the bandwidth of which corresponds to the PCIe generation of the output slot. Since the GPU only performs calculations with Bitcoin mining and, unlike video games, no textures or shader data have to be transported into the graphics memory, the bandwidth available here is completely sufficient for this purpose.

A USB 3.0 cable is used to transfer data to the riser card, which with a length of approx. 600 millimeters allows a lot of leeway when laying the PCIe slot. In contrast to the IDE ribbon cables that are often used with conventional riser cards, the module can be laid more easily and there are further advantages in the higher stability and less obstruction to the air flow. A SATA-to-Molex power cable , which is also included, transmits up to 75 watts of electrical power directly from the power supply unit, which is normally supplied directly from the PCIe slot, while the other energy from the graphics card comes directly from the power supply unit via additional PCIe connectors. With this powered riser it is possible to operate up to 6 graphics cards on a mainboard without overloading its power supply.

Technical details:

Cable length: approx. 60 cm
Connections:
   Connector module : PCIe with 1 lane
   Socket module: PCIe with 16 lanes (electrical connection x1)
Power supply: 1x 4-pin Molex socket
Supplied cables: 1x USB 3.0, 1x SATA-to-Molex adapter cable
Supported PCI Express standards: 1.x, 2.x, 3.0

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