AsRock H110 Pro BTC+ Motherboard Review
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The AsRock H110 Pro BTC+ is the successor of the famous AsRock H81 PRO BTC, which is one of the best rated motherboards for mining. AsRock announced that the H110 Pro BTC+ will be available in the second half of July, which is really great news for those of us who are looking to assemble big GPU rigs.
Why the hype?
People look after the H110 because its predecessor, the H81 is still considered one of the best and sought-after motherboards for mining. I have talked about it before on this blog.
“Did not have trouble setting this up, it just worked.”
Indeed, with so many people having trouble to make work all the GPUs they installed on their motherboards, the H81 is indeed a step forward.
AsRock H110 Pro BTC+ Specs
If AsRock will stay loyal to the quality of their first mining MoBo, then we can expect the AsRock H110 Pro BTC+ to be a true game changer. I just hope that they will not run out of stock as fast as the H81 did.
- Supports 7th and 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors
- Supports DDR4 2400/2133
- 1 PCIe 3.0 x16, 12 PCIe 2.0 x1
- Graphics Output: DVI-D
- 7.1 CH HD Audio
- 4 SATA3, 1 M.2 (SATA3)
- 4 USB 3.0 (2 Front, 2 Rear)
- Intel® Gigabit LAN
- Onboard Power On / Reset Button
AsRock H110 Pro BTC+ Review
What about Mining?
The specs we just saw say a lot about how the card performs when it comes to mining. Let’s take a closer look on what those speak mean to you.
First of all, you will be able to assemble one 13-GPU rig instead of two 6-GPU ones. This is convenient in many ways:
- You save on components. Really, you avoid purchasing an additional CPU, RAM module and HDD.
- You save space.
- Convenience. It is way better to have everything unified than having to tweak and monitor two separate rigs.
Secondly, while you probably won’t need more than one SATA and RAM ports, the way the motherboard features more than one of each will help you to re-sell it the day you decide to make a break from GPU mining.
Last but not least, little details like the onboard power on and reset buttons make this board a little bit more convenient to use in a mining rig. Since you won’t be using a traditional PC case, having the buttons right on the board is rather useful.
Limitations
Being able to install 13 GPUs in one single motherboard is good, until you realize that nothing comes for free. While what I am going to mention are not really cons and are definitely not AsRock’s fault, it is good to keep those limitations in mind when making the choice between 6- and 13-GPU mobos.
First of all, due to the recent Ethereum mining boom it became almost impossible to purchase new GPUs that would be good for mining.
This new motherboard could be a true revolution half year ago, but nowadays finding a good motherboard for sale is easier than a good GPU.
The situation won’t change until people lose interest in Ethereum mining. The release of new AMD and Nvidia mining edition GPUs might be a favorable contribution too. Personally I think that the lack of GPUs is a temporary situation rather than something we will have to live with. Consequently, if you will have the chance to get your hands on an AsRock H110, it would probably be a good idea to get one or two.
The second limitation is all about OS compatibility. You guessed it right – Windows 10 causes trouble once again. This time, it is confirmed that as for today, Windows 10 does not accept more than 8 GPU’s of the same architecture. The only way you can run your 13-GPU rig under Windows 10 is by having a mixed set – I’m talking about 8 AMD GPUs and 5 Nvidia ones, or something similar – you get the idea.
However, ideally you might want to switch to Linux, since it does not have those limitations Windows 10 has.
Claymore Miner limitations. If you are going to mine Ethereum, you might want to know that Claymore might crash if you assign more than three AMD GPUs to mining. The solution is to launch Claymore in several instances and assign 3-4 GPUs to each of them. Claymore got a 10 GPU limit though, so you’d have to assign the other three GPUs to mine zCash or other currencies.
Again, those limitations are not AsRock’s faults. I’ve listed them here so you could have a clearer picture on what possible issues you might face by building a 13 GPU rig and how to solve them.
Where to Buy!
In Conclusion
The H110 Pro BTC+ seems to be a nice upgrade to the existing H81 PRO BTC. So far, it looks like the H110 is as solid and trustworthy as its predecessor. This is indeed good news for the mining community and will become even more relevant once mining GPUs come back to shop shelves at normal prices.
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x1 slots too close to each other. they can cause short circuits from x1 riser naked parts. bad design. biostar implementation is much better.
Perhaps slide a piece of teflon sheet in between each? But then again, not everyone has teflon sheet lying around. : ) Teflon is both extreme high heat and high voltage dialectic. This board only $129 and showing up now @ egg today..Had to go for it..
Does more than 8 GPUs (of any config of AMD + NVidia) work on Windows 10? Reports suggest Windows 7/10 can only support 8 GPUs max.
Yeah that is true… linux will be the best choice here.
I got h110 BTC+ with 13GPUs, 8 nvidias and 5 amds. Runing windows 10, 2 instances of claymore 1 for nvidia, 1 for amd and everything works stable and solid as a rock.
If you setup this rig with 13 GPUs you would need 2 PSUs, right? Please correct if i’m wrong, but a standard home outlet in the US is 15 amps, 120 volts, max of 1800 watts and then the breaker trips. I’d like to build one, but i’m hesitant because of this issue.
yeah you need at least two PSU, I made one with 4 PSU 🙂 I’ll post the tutorial soon..
What Linux version you guys recommend for mining?
Hi !! Is it possible to install 14th GPU using M.2 to PCI-E adapter ?? It works for my ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming but does it work with this MOBO ? I am imaging 7x RADEON and 7x NVIDIA
Not sure.. but as i know that is just for sata. so probably not..
Been messing with this for a few hours and it doesn’t look possible. I don’t see any settings related to M.2 in the bios either. I wish it would allow as I can fit one more GPU with my PSU. The GPU connected keep glitching out and is never recognized.
try a 1to4 riser card like this https://www.amazon.de/Rokoo-Express-Steckpl%C3%A4tze-Riser-extern/dp/B072XNX4YX/ref=pd_sim_147_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=R4TJ8EAVWG81BWEWGPH9
This board can’t even handle 13 cards stable. I got 12 working but once the 13th goes in the board is unstable.
Habe you tried ethos? I heard the mix of AMD & NVidia is working on ethos as well, but do not know how. Is any file required to edit when setting the mixed GPU? (e.g. globaldriver in the local.conf)
Hi, yes.. i will post the tutorial this days.. i tested it only with 13 gpu nvidia..
I also tested with 12 nvidia p106-100 + 1 amd rx 560 but I have a problem with the afterburner and gigabyte nvidia p106-100 i tried with asus drives but it is unstable. With up to 3, 4 cards, the driver works with Gigabytes Overclock tool but with 12 cards can not be overclocked
Im having problems with detecting 1 rx580 gpu. Do I have to put it the full pcie lane? before i put the rest on the smaller ones? Or do I have to do any modification on the Bios settings?
One GPU doesn’t play well with this board. I have the same problem.
would an i3 CPU be fine for 13 GPU’s? Usually they use the PCIe lanes on the CPU and that is where the limitations usually come from.
Shure … because … all 1151 cpu having 16 PCIe Lanes … and you need 1 per slot 😉
a celeron processor is fine. Cheapest u can go with
Hi,
Bought this board recently but having issue on it, when it i connect more than 3 gpu it will stuck at the start up and showing a pop up “please connect your 4 pin power”. Then i do it as requested there are 2 molex 4 pin power slot at the board itself which label “Pcie power 1 and 2” after connect the 2 4 pin molex power from PSU, it unable to boot up. Would like to know how to by pass the “please connect your 4 pin power” which stop the windows startup?
just press N
keyboard is not respond. i heard only ps2 keyboard will work. Now im plug my pcie card on the board directly at pcie x16 slot. other 2 on pice riser, then the issue solve
Is it possible to plug a USB wireless keyboard or only PS/2 ? Thx
Yep..
Hi, very nice mining compendium, thank you for all the work. In the article above you mentioned a windows 10 limitation: “Windows 10 does not accept more than 8 GPU’s of the same architecture.”
Is that still the point and is there any fix or workaround available? I am using the ASRock H110 Pro with 9x NVIDIA Gigabyte GTX 1070 and it looks stable under Win 10 but Claymore freezes during GPU initialization but I have no problem when I am using 8x NVIDIA and 1x AMD GPU.
Can an Intel Core i7-8700K CPU work with this motherboard?
Nope, check the list here: https://www.asrock.com/support/cpu.asp?s=1150
Oh I understand that the 8700 does not work but why won’t the 7700k work since its a 7th generation processor?
What would be the best / most powerful processor to do CPU mining with this motherboard?
It’s Socket 1151 NOT socket 1150
Your looking at the wrong link, here are the CPU’s this supports:
http://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/H110%20Pro%20BTC+/index.asp#CPU
Oop.. you are right, i was looking on the wrong page.
Another question, can this motherboard support XEON CPU chips?
Nope
I have two six card rigs, each running the ASRock H81 Pro. Out of the four purchased, one wouldn’t read memory slot two, one wouldn’t any of the PCI slots, one (currently running and awaiting replacement) has a defective power connector at the 16 pin PCIe slot (so it’s only running three cards) and a fourth that seems to run alright. I’ll see when I put the PCIe expansion card in. One out of four is pretty sh*tty for as much as I paid for these things.
Worst product ever. I run two six card ethereum rigs, both running these motherboards (because they are specially made for this purpose). One motherboard works fine (so far, we’ll see once the PCIe expansion is added). One won’t read any of the PCIe slots. One will only read three of the six PCIe slots because it won’t read the power connector at the PCIe slot. One won’t read memory slot two. So far ASRock is one for four and their technical support does not exist. Try another motherboard.
I strongly recommend asrock h81 pro btc or gigabyte h110-d3a for 6x gpu rigs https://1stminingrig.com/gigabyte-ga-h110-d3a-review-the-new-best-motherboard-for-mining/
Then can you strongly recommend where I might find a second working H81 Pro R2.0? 3 out of four I have purchased have been bad and the one I have running will not recognize more than 5 cards. Otherwise I stand solidly behind my bad review.
That’s strange, after all this time i only had one bad mobo.. :/ was those new ? Also you can go with the gigabyte h110-d3a or asus prime z270-p or asus prime z27-a
All brand new. Fifth one should be here tomorrow.
Fifth mobo just like fourth. Won’t read PCI-e slots 1-3.
I using 6 NVIDIA P106 6 & 1 1060 3GB. As soon as i start Claymore system hangs and gives “YOUR PC RAN INTO….”
NVIDIA DRIVER VERSION : 390.77 WHQL
CLAYMORE 10.6
Windows 10 64 bit
RAM : 4gb
CPU : g4500
Works well till 6 cards. But as soon as i plug in 7th card, it starts crashing,
AND yes i have provided power to PCIE & SATA Slots on MOBO. Please suggest?
Have you increased virtual memory ?
Yes. Minimum 16 gb max 32gb
This board is worst ever. No Win installation possible. Tried with Win7 Win8 Win10 each by USB then by DVD…no chance to install anything. Even after using Asrock USB Patcher – nothing. Board stalls after Win Logo or after a few minutes randomly and reboots. 10 wasted hours…never ever.
Worked great for me :/ and still does..