Description

This is a typical build for an AMD Ryzen machine

Components

These are all required before you proceed:

Case: Something of your taste, at least an ATX mid size tower, to accommodate upgrades and offer sufficient airflow. Some things to consider are if the system will serve a secondary purpose, or if it is a dedicated miner. If this is the start of your PC project, there is a good probability you will want to expand in the future. Consider the following things:

• Do not buy a case on looks alone, form must follow function. If it looks nice but is difficult to work with, or has no expansion or extra components (fans), you might regret it later.
• Filters are a good option to consider. You can typically fit aftermarket screens, but built-in is much cleaner.
• A properly vented case should have an inlet, outlet, and ideally a passive vent for a PSU to get fresh air. Typically these cases mount a PSU on the bottom of the case.
• Consider expansion for 3.5" HDDs and 2.5" SSDs, you will likely want to add storage in the future, and there is no reason a miner can't also work as a file server
• Ensure there are enough PCIe slot punch-outs to accommodate your motherboard, and perhaps future motherboards.

Motherboard: Look for good ram support, as well as components such as NVMe/M.2, multiple PCIe 4.0 x16 slots. One for each GPU that may be installed on the system. Note that if you are installing a large GPU directly on the board, it will cover the adjacent PCI slot. Ensure the slots are not just sized x16, but are actually wired as x16. You can visually confirm this by looking at the back of the motherboard and seeing how long the data lane traces are; x16 is twice as long as x8, which is also twice as long as x4.

CPU: AMD Ryzen is the leader in high hashes that are energy efficient.

CPU Cooler: You want to keep the CPU as cool as possible, so a big fat cooler is great. Ryzen CPUs tend to be thermally stable with air cooling, so unless noise and the cool factor are a concern, there is no need for a water cooling solution.

Memory: Fast low latency RAM, preferably Samsung B-die. Fast RAM will mean anything above DDR4-3000 and low latency RAM means anything lower than CAS 16 timing. A sweet spot for performance is DDR4-3600 with CAS 16 timing.

Video Card: Most high-end Ryzen CPUs do not have an integrated GPU meaning no display out will work without an addition GPU. The Ryzens with a G suffix do contain an integrated GPU. A high-end GPU is required if you are going to mine/game, else a low-end one is fine.

Storage: Fast storage is great for gaming, else a simple HDD or SSD will be fine.

Power Supply: At least 750W to handle all your components and future upgrade. A PSU is one component you do not want to try and save money on. Without proper power, you can damage the rest of your build. Energy efficiency is also something to keep in mind. The 80 PLUS ratings correlate to how much power is loss from the wall to your system. As electricity is one of the main factors in mining profitability, having a power efficient PSU will pay for itself while also protecting your parts from damage.

Recommended Hardware

These are some common hardware recommendations:

Case

• Your choice of how you like the look of an ATX mid tower case.

Motherboard.

• ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus ATX Motherboard, AMD Socket AM4.
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CPU

• AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.
  • Best value for money.
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• AMD Ryzen 5 3600.
  • Budget version of the 3900x.

CPU Cooler

• be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4, 250W TDP, CPU cooler.
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Memory

• Team Group RIPPED Edition 16GB (2x8GB) Dual Channel Kit DDR4-3600 with CAS 14 timing.
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Video Card

• NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super.
  • Great gaming performance.
• NVIDIA RTX 3060Ti.
  • Similar gaming performance to RTX 3070, more energy efficient.

Storage

• Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe M.2.
  • Super quick storage.

Power Supply

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Tuning

Clocking

These are the recommendations:

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