Stefan Mileschin

Gigabyte this week has taken the wraps off of a new motherboard built specifically for the again popular cryptocurrency mining crowd: the H110-D3A. Like other boards targeted at mining, there is a plethora of PCIe x1 slots. Design choices, like having several PCIe x1 slots on mining motherboards make it more cost effective to simply add more video cards in instead of expanding to additional systems. Meanwhile some common features found in mainstream consumers boards – and things miners likely will not use – such as a high quality audio CODEC or a more robust VRM system, are left out as well in an effort to reduce board prices for this cost-conscious and investment-oriented market.

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