Topic: 1060 vs 1070 mining rig - page 3. (Read 23779 times)

No way.

1080ti compared to 1060 3GB is just 80% more Hashpower but 250% "more Price" and 150% more power consumption.

I burned my 12V pins on motherboard atx-connector with two 750ti (without pcie power connectors) when testing them back in 2014, it was an overkill rig which went alive through btc and scrypt mining and then failed on 2x35 watts cards...

I have 2 1050ti's running ZEC right now each getting 158-161 Sol/s

They are in my rig named Leoben (for some reason the cards are not indexed properly in the display but you will see what I mean)
https://minerstat.com/public/Bones.html

Love those little cards.  No power connection needed only fed power through the motherboard.  I will probably pick a few more up and toss them into open spots I have on some of my rigs with extra power available.

i believe that the 1080ti is the better deal here, the 1060 is very poor in performance, and it's also overpriced like the other, but the 1080ti is less overpriced compared to the other, because the price was already high, before the gpu shortage, i would just buy two 1080ti for now, versus 6 x 1060

use https://www.nicehash.com/?p=calc to compare 1050 1060 and 1070. they show you power and hashrate. for me the 1060 3gb was the best choise.

I have both 1070's and 1060's in separate rigs mining Ether, and here are my settings and results with stable 24/7 mining:

GTX 1060 6GB
No chassi fully open build.
NVIDIA driver 382.05
MSI Afterburner power limit 60%, core clock +150, memory clock +750.
With Claymore miner 9.7, the hashrate is 20-21 MH/s and power draw is 103 watt. Temperature at 64 degrees celcius. Fan speed at around 40% (pretty silent).
Efficiency level 103/20 = 5,15 W/MH

GTX 1070 8GB
In a big tower chassi.
NVIDIA driver 382.53
MSI Afterburner power limit 60%, core clock +150, memory clock +700.
With Claymore miner 9.7, the hashrate is 29-31 MH/s and power draw is 130 watt. Temperature at 66 degrees celcius. Fan speed at around 44% (fairly silent but audible in my room).
Efficiency level 130/30 = 4,33 W/MH

So... depending on how fast you want ROI, your budget, watt prices and other factors such as power supply unit(s) needed, wife complaining about noice level and heat etc , you need to decide what you think suits you best.

Personally, I really like the 1070 cards for their power/MH efficiency level and low noice. I've been able to buy my 1070 cards for around 490 USD on second hand markets (unused retail price is 650 USD in my country).

Hope this post helps. Cheers and good luck!
/Arch

PS. I previously had GTX 970's and I got an efficiency level around 7 W/MH (17-19MH/s).

http://www.parallelminer.com/product-category/power-supply-kit/
You still need a regular PSU to power the motherboard, CPU etc though.

Where do you get those server PSUs? I have never heard of using that for GPU mining.

1500W would probably be fine if you under volt them but I don't really care about power so I'll be overclocking them and use a separate 2400W server PSU (2400W is way too much but they're not that expensive anyway).

You can always invest in some special cooling for better results.

don't worry. they are totally ok if you supply enough fresh air form them. just put a ventilator/fan in front of the rig and let it blow through.
i have 6x Gigabyte Mini ITX OC in a closed chasis and they r doing fine with 65-70 degrees celsius

What can you dual mine with a single GTX 1070?

Hi,

MSI GTX1060 6GB uses around 71W. (DGB Skein speed: 327.92 Mh/s) http://mylifegadgets.com/GTX10606GB

I'm thinking about buying 6x 1070 MINI. Does anyone know if these cards are good for mining? I'm worried about the cooling system and overclocking capabilities.

Dang it now it is hard to choose. If a 1050ti uses 75w i can mine 6x on a 650w. Wonder how much watts a 1060 consumes

the price for cpu ram and motherboard and rack is very minimal. and with lesser cards you will save a lot on psu....   doesnt matter what careds you buy up to  the 1070  the price of the system (including risers psu and rack) will be roughly 25 - 33 % the cost of the cards :

eg

cpu ram mobo risers  for 1060 to 1050ti will be roughly 115 EUR  for a 5 gpu system

psu 89 eur (750w 80+ gold)

for 1070 you will need much more juice so psu alone will cost roughly the double if not triple.

btw gtx 1050ti is 14h/s in eth with 70/75w not 50

but a 6x 1060 mining rig will outhash 3x 1070 and 1x 1060 rig.

im just concerned with power draw since it might change which rig will earn higher

don't buy cheap card that hash low 1060 is not good now, buy expensive oen that have higher density and hashrate because the profit is very high roi is fast


how do you power that with dual psu or single 1500watt? is that enough?

hmmm i cant. im waiting for the restock of rx 570 or 580 cards.
but right now i cant resist to add a mining rig since eth is nearing 400 dollars.

so for the mean time im going to go for 1060 or 1070s