System consolidation

[dhvd79a]

I am thinking about consolidating a bunch of systems into 2. It will be involved will be putting 5 9800gtxs and one GTX 460 in two machines.

So what I am thinking of getting is the following;

2 X ASRock Z68 PROFESSIONAL GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157263

2 X Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

2 X CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

In one system I will put 3 X 9800gtx. In the other 2 X 9800gtx and 1 GTXD 460. These cards will run as discrete cards, no SLI.

Anyone have experience running 3 video on this MB?

Anyone know if BOINC apps will be able to use all three cards?

Power supply calculators say these power supplies are enough with about 15% headroom. Sound about right? The system will only have 1 HDD and 1 DVD-RW + memory.

I think I can get enough out of selling parts to pay for 60-80% of this.

 

[Outlander_04]

why do you want to run 3 separate but identical graphics cards on a single system?

 

[inzone]

why do you want to run 3 separate but identical graphics cards on a single system?

Yes I would like to know the answer to your question as well.

 

[dhvd79a]

BOINC apps;

Seti@Home
Collatz Conjecture, etc.

 

[Katsushiro]

Bitcoin mining.

But Nvidia cards already use more power than what they mine.

Just saying, there are potential uses...

 

[dhvd79a]

Thank you for all your insightful and useful posts. I especially like the one that suggests possible criminal involvement.