{"id":413,"date":"2018-04-27T20:09:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2018-12-04T00:13:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:13:56","slug":"asus-b250-mining-expert-with-19-gpu-slots-mining-motherboard-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/asus-b250-mining-expert-with-19-gpu-slots-mining-motherboard-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Asus B250 Mining Expert with 19 GPU Slots – Mining Motherboard Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sooner or later every miner wants more GPUs and one big mining rig. Indeed, it is very convenient to have all the graphics cards on one motherboard \u2013\u00a0you can save on the hard drive, RAM, and CPUs.<\/p>\n

Asus Motherboard for Mining<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What\u2019s unique about the Asus B250 Mining Expert is that it has 19 GPU slots, which is why it\u2019s considered a mining motherboard.<\/p>\n

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It comes with the Intel B250 chipset, the LGA 1151 CPU socket, and DDR4 DIMM slots. The board has 6 power phases for the CPU. But most importantly it has 18 PCI-E x1 slots and 1 PCI-E x16 slot. It also has 3 PSU slots. But can it support 19 GPUs?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s read the user\u2019s manual first. The manufacturer recommends installing graphics cards as follows.<\/p>\n

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As you see, 19 GPUs for mining can be installed only with the use of P106 cards \u2013 other options won\u2019t do. Even with 13 GPUs, the manufacturer recommends installing a few NVIDIA cards, which is fine. Now let\u2019s get down to business.<\/p>\n

We are testing the following rig:<\/p>\n