The demand for mining with HDD increased, NSX China launched a “super giant” motherboard that can fit 32 14TB drives at the same time

According to Wccftech, this motherboard is likely to be very popular in the near future, as Chia Coin mining is becoming more popular in the Asia Pacific region.

Recently, “Chia” is one of the most sought-after cryptocurrencies in China. Unlike ETH, which requires users to use a GPU to mine, this cryptocurrency dubbed ‘Green Bitcoin’ allows users to take advantage of free space on primary storage devices such as HDDs or hard drives. SSD for mining.

Specifically, the mining process of Chia requires a large amount of free space on the storage device, because the mining software runs a lot of data read / write commands. Simply put, the more free space on the hard drive, the more money the miner earns. Grasping the needs of users, hardware component manufacturers in China immediately launched specialized SSD models for Chia Coin miners.

Most recently, motherboard manufacturer Onda has also launched a motherboard dedicated to mining this coin. With a design that is considered quite “weird”, Onda’s motherboard model is called Onda B365 D32-D4 Magic Edition equipped with up to 32 SATA ports, allowing users to plug in 32 storage devices at the same time. storage (HDD, SSD) at the same time.

Onda B365 D32-D4 Magic Edition

According to Wccftech, Onda B365 D32-D4 Magic Edition on Intel B365 chipset, equipped with four DDR4 slots and a single PCIe Gen 3.0 x16 and PCIe 3.0 x1 slot. However, to be able to integrate up to 32 SATA ports, this motherboard is twice the size of the standard m-atx motherboard (244mm x 244mm), up to 530mm x 310mm. According to the details provided by Onda, the Onda B365 D32-D4 Magic Edition has a total of six 6-pin connectors for powering the SATA ports. The SATA ports can support up to 448 TB of storage capacity in either HDD or NVMe SSDs. This means that Chia miners can simultaneously plug in 32 14TB HDDs.

According to Wccftech, this motherboard is likely to be very popular in the near future, as Chia Coin mining is becoming more popular in the Asia Pacific region. Data from the Tomshardware site shows that a series of HDD models with capacities from 16 to 18TB of Seagate and Western Digital brands are always out of stock in China. The selling price of these HDD models also increased rapidly, with an increase of up to 66.4% before the Chia Coin fever took the throne.

Refer to Wccftech