Review on MSI MPG Z390 LGA1151 Motherboard by Matt Barsa

Read on if you want to understand how to setup this card for cryptocurrency mining. I know I'm a gamer too, but I'm also interested in cryptocurrencies. Haters will hate. All MSI Z390 6-slot boards work fine for crypto, but there are some tweaks you need to keep in mind to make them work. If you don't apply these settings, you won't be able to address more than 4 PCIe/GPU riser slots. Advice. Use an Intel processor with graphics and enable integrated onboard graphics so you don't suck hashrate out of one of your miners. .Settings:PEG0=Gen1; PEG1=Gen1; More than 4 GB available = Activate; Power Fail State = Power On (if you want your rig to start automatically); Disable everything else you don't need ie HD Audio, Serial COM etc. This will allow you to use at least 6 GPU sockets with this board. You could probably get 8 GPU slots by using M.2 PCIe adapters in each M.2 slot and connecting the HDD to a SATA or USB port, but I haven't tested that yet. It works stably and reliably with 6 GPUs. RIG: MSI Z390 Gaming Plus, Intel 9600k, F4-3200C16D-16GTZR, 6-GPU Rig Frame VEDDHA, 2xEVGA 1600W G2 PSU, 6xASUS TUF RTX-3080 = 600 MH/s