ASRock H81 Pro BTC discontinued?

indytim · June 2016

I place an order for an ASRock H81 Pro BTC at Newegg on Jun 26, and just recevied an email from Newegg saying it was no longer available. I contacted them through chat and they state it's been discontinued.

Can anyone confirm this?

indytim · June 2016

Checked a couple other sites, and it looks like it is indeed being discontinued. If you plan to get this board for your rig, you should buy it (or them) now.

bbcoin · June 2016

there's a new asrock anniversary board for mining

that's all

stoon · June 2016

The H97 is the new version and has improved over the H81.

indytim · June 2016

stoon said:
The H97 is the new version and has improved over the H81.

Got it thanks. I don't see any features in the H97 that would matter to mining. Any significant improvements over the H81?

shutfu · June 2016

newer chipset with newer features, better resellability (this is not a word, I don't know the proper word to use, resaleability? shoot me) because of said features. More usb3 ports, ram slots, supports more processors without a bios update.

One big thing I've noticed is the H97 anniversary only has one molex on the motherboard now, as opposed to two with the h81 pro btc. Not sure if this matters while using power risers or not.

I actually have an h97 anniversary sittin right here in a box from newegg upopened that I bought before eth crashed with plans to build another rig. now i'm just dumbfounded

Amph · June 2016

i don't like that it has only one molex, more usb and stuff like that are useless for the mining, i'll remain witht the h81 for the tiem being

dlehenky · June 2016

@Amph I run many 6 GPU rigs with the H97, no problem.

stoon · June 2016

I have 3 H97 and 2 H81 6 GPU rigs. The new H97 performs just the same, although I don't have 390's for power draw to test with a ribbon but the 7990 works. Has a newer updated BIOS, 4 USB 3.0 slots, more RAM slots, and only one molex.
But your right, nothing that really matters for mining, at the moment.

Heliox · June 2016

I have a few of these as well.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B85 Anniversary/

Very happy with those!

You can directly seat a gpu in the 16x slot and still have room to connect your risers to the 1x slots. Something that isn't possible witht he pro btc boards

Amph · June 2016

dlehenky said:
@Amph I run many 6 GPU rigs with the H97, no problem.

is this without power risers? because with the h81 you can use only normal risers, not sure with the other MB

dlehenky · June 2016

@Amph Powered risers, always.

indytim · June 2016

Amph said:

dlehenky said:
@Amph I run many 6 GPU rigs with the H97, no problem.
is this without power risers? because with the h81 you can use only normal risers, not sure with the other MB

While I don't have first-hand experience with the H81, my understanding is that it does support powered risers. Am I missing something?

Techman34 · June 2016

Glad I picked up 4 H81's when they dropped to $55 on Newegg then in anticipation of 480 builds!

dlehenky · June 2016

@indytim No, you can use either type. With unpowered risers you have to connect your PSU to the 2 molex aux power connectors on the MB. The H97 only has 1 such connector. If you use powered risers, those power connections to the MB aren't required.

Amph · June 2016

indytim said:

Amph said:

dlehenky said:
@Amph I run many 6 GPU rigs with the H97, no problem.
is this without power risers? because with the h81 you can use only normal risers, not sure with the other MB
While I don't have first-hand experience with the H81, my understanding is that it does support powered risers. Am I missing something?

yeah, i mean in the h81 you can also use non powere risers, can you do the same with the h97 anniversary?

dlehenky · June 2016

@Amph Yes, yes, yes. Both the H81 and the H97 can use both powered and unpowered risers.

Amph · June 2016

dlehenky said:
@Amph Yes, yes, yes. Both the H81 and the H97 can use both powered and unpowered risers.

with 6 card? so the second molex is useless mmh, anyway the h97 cost more, and here on amazon i still see plenty of h81 pro btc, so no reason to switch

Amph · June 2016

talking about the h81 pro btc someone has the correct distance between the screw hole? i can not measure mine right now, very, they are in a tricky position, i need it to do another open frame

Techman34 · June 2016

@Amph - should just be your normal ATX spec - google ATX form factor specifications - here's an excerpt showing measurements:

Techman34 · June 2016

Link to full spec:
http://www.formfactors.org/developer/specs/atx/atx2_1.pdf

Amph · June 2016

are those inches?

Techman34 · June 2016

@Amph Yes

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