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sr. member
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January 03, 2018, 05:33:08 AM
#37
what about ASUS B250 Mining Expert ? I cant get H110 PRO in my country.. too expensive from overseas.

I think it is a great choice because you have a mobo optimized for mining and also you can add many gpus.
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January 03, 2018, 01:02:23 AM
#36
what about ASUS B250 Mining Expert ? I cant get H110 PRO in my country.. too expensive from overseas.
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Activity: 633
Merit: 159
January 02, 2018, 10:30:29 PM
#35
Stupid question. Do you need to buy a CPU heat sink or does it come with one. I know, stupid question.

Box or Retail CPU's come with heatsinks. If you buy a "tray" or "OEM" cpu its hit or miss.

Gotta be careful with that... Pentium/Celeron/i3, yes.  Intel stopped shipping heatsink/fan combos with the i5/i7 boxed CPUs because they realized everyone threw 'em out anyways and bought an after-market cooler.

Check the specifications of what you're ordering carefully - if you buy from NewEgg (for example) it'll state whether its CPU-only or includes a cooler in the box

I've never seen a Box CPU not come with a heatsink / fan combo..

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117561&cm_re=intel_core_i5-6600k_skylake_3.5_ghz-_-19-117-561-_-Product

ooohhh, wait... its the "K" series unlocked CPUs that don't come with heatsinks...


nevermind!!!

Guess I stand corrected. This is the first I have seen without a heatsink /cooler combo.
newbie
Activity: 182
Merit: 0
January 02, 2018, 10:03:33 PM
#34
Stupid question. Do you need to buy a CPU heat sink or does it come with one. I know, stupid question.

Box or Retail CPU's come with heatsinks. If you buy a "tray" or "OEM" cpu its hit or miss.

Gotta be careful with that... Pentium/Celeron/i3, yes.  Intel stopped shipping heatsink/fan combos with the i5/i7 boxed CPUs because they realized everyone threw 'em out anyways and bought an after-market cooler.

Check the specifications of what you're ordering carefully - if you buy from NewEgg (for example) it'll state whether its CPU-only or includes a cooler in the box

I've never seen a Box CPU not come with a heatsink / fan combo..

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117561&cm_re=intel_core_i5-6600k_skylake_3.5_ghz-_-19-117-561-_-Product

ooohhh, wait... its the "K" series unlocked CPUs that don't come with heatsinks...


nevermind!!!
newbie
Activity: 322
Merit: 0
January 02, 2018, 09:31:26 PM
#33
Stupid question. Do you need to buy a CPU heat sink or does it come with one. I know, stupid question.

Box or Retail CPU's come with heatsinks. If you buy a "tray" or "OEM" cpu its hit or miss.

Gotta be careful with that... Pentium/Celeron/i3, yes.  Intel stopped shipping heatsink/fan combos with the i5/i7 boxed CPUs because they realized everyone threw 'em out anyways and bought an after-market cooler.

Check the specifications of what you're ordering carefully - if you buy from NewEgg (for example) it'll state whether its CPU-only or includes a cooler in the box

I've never seen a Box CPU not come with a heatsink / fan combo..

Yeah, I just checked and it does.
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Activity: 633
Merit: 159
January 02, 2018, 09:22:15 PM
#32
Stupid question. Do you need to buy a CPU heat sink or does it come with one. I know, stupid question.

Box or Retail CPU's come with heatsinks. If you buy a "tray" or "OEM" cpu its hit or miss.

Gotta be careful with that... Pentium/Celeron/i3, yes.  Intel stopped shipping heatsink/fan combos with the i5/i7 boxed CPUs because they realized everyone threw 'em out anyways and bought an after-market cooler.

Check the specifications of what you're ordering carefully - if you buy from NewEgg (for example) it'll state whether its CPU-only or includes a cooler in the box

I've never seen a Box CPU not come with a heatsink / fan combo..
newbie
Activity: 182
Merit: 0
January 02, 2018, 09:08:46 PM
#31
Stupid question. Do you need to buy a CPU heat sink or does it come with one. I know, stupid question.

Box or Retail CPU's come with heatsinks. If you buy a "tray" or "OEM" cpu its hit or miss.

Gotta be careful with that... Pentium/Celeron/i3, yes.  Intel stopped shipping heatsink/fan combos with the i5/i7 boxed CPUs because they realized everyone threw 'em out anyways and bought an after-market cooler.

Check the specifications of what you're ordering carefully - if you buy from NewEgg (for example) it'll state whether its CPU-only or includes a cooler in the box
full member
Activity: 633
Merit: 159
January 02, 2018, 09:05:18 PM
#30
Stupid question. Do you need to buy a CPU heat sink or does it come with one. I know, stupid question.

Box or Retail CPU's come with heatsinks. If you buy a "tray" or "OEM" cpu its hit or miss.
newbie
Activity: 322
Merit: 0
January 02, 2018, 08:27:39 PM
#29
Stupid question. Do you need to buy a CPU heat sink or does it come with one. I know, stupid question.
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Merit: 159
January 02, 2018, 08:20:01 PM
#28
Nicehash is what I use personally its ultra simple to setup and run.  WinMiner is my second easy setup and run choice and Minergate would be my absolute last choice.
newbie
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January 02, 2018, 08:01:41 PM
#27
Just ordered my equipment, minus one GPU. Someone bought one before I completed check out, so I will need to source one more. What's good pool to start with? Nicehash? Minergate?
newbie
Activity: 322
Merit: 0
December 31, 2017, 11:51:59 PM
#26
18 f is not going to be good for the motherboard and other parts of that computer. while it would do well for the gpus absolutely, i'd be careful with those temps constantly on a motherboard, hd, and other parts that don't get completely warmed up.

yeah, this isn't normal temps here. Thursday and Friday will be a high of only 10 degrees. I do not have the setup yet anyway.
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December 31, 2017, 03:51:11 PM
#25
18 f is not going to be good for the motherboard and other parts of that computer. while it would do well for the gpus absolutely, i'd be careful with those temps constantly on a motherboard, hd, and other parts that don't get completely warmed up.
newbie
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December 31, 2017, 03:17:51 PM
#24
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December 31, 2017, 03:15:17 PM
#23
I suggest to invest in Nvidia 1080ti for energy efficiency and density.

Or if you want to spend less get the Nvidia 1070ti for best performances in few algos.

These Gpus perform better than AMD in mostly algos but for example if you want mining cryptonight algo get AMD Vega 64 it performs double than 1080ti.

Sorry, are you saying the 1070 TI is better for algos?

Yes the model 1070ti is better for mostly algos with optimized miner.

AMD is better for ethash or cryptonight algos.

It's between the 1070 ti and AMD 580 Saphires. Also, with the cold temps here in NJ 18 degrees currently, I am setting this up in my non heated garage (stays cool in the summer too). I'm not going to have any issues with the cold, right? I'm assuming it's better anyway?

I suggest additional ventilation and not too much cold 18 C are fine. It can be less i think not much like 4 C, but if it's a garage the local temps will become hotter after starting the rigs.

Good point. I will need to ventilate it better in the summer.
sr. member
Activity: 616
Merit: 250
December 31, 2017, 02:51:36 PM
#22
I suggest to invest in Nvidia 1080ti for energy efficiency and density.

Or if you want to spend less get the Nvidia 1070ti for best performances in few algos.

These Gpus perform better than AMD in mostly algos but for example if you want mining cryptonight algo get AMD Vega 64 it performs double than 1080ti.

Sorry, are you saying the 1070 TI is better for algos?

Yes the model 1070ti is better for mostly algos with optimized miner.

AMD is better for ethash or cryptonight algos.

It's between the 1070 ti and AMD 580 Saphires. Also, with the cold temps here in NJ 18 degrees currently, I am setting this up in my non heated garage (stays cool in the summer too). I'm not going to have any issues with the cold, right? I'm assuming it's better anyway?

I suggest additional ventilation and not too much cold 18 C are fine. It can be less i think not much like 4 C, but if it's a garage the local temps will become hotter after starting the rigs.
newbie
Activity: 322
Merit: 0
December 31, 2017, 02:46:51 PM
#21
I suggest to invest in Nvidia 1080ti for energy efficiency and density.

Or if you want to spend less get the Nvidia 1070ti for best performances in few algos.

These Gpus perform better than AMD in mostly algos but for example if you want mining cryptonight algo get AMD Vega 64 it performs double than 1080ti.

Sorry, are you saying the 1070 TI is better for algos?

Yes the model 1070ti is better for mostly algos with optimized miner.

AMD is better for ethash or cryptonight algos.

It's between the 1070 ti and AMD 580 Saphires. Also, with the cold temps here in NJ 18 degrees currently, I am setting this up in my non heated garage (stays cool in the summer too). I'm not going to have any issues with the cold, right? I'm assuming it's better anyway?
sr. member
Activity: 616
Merit: 250
December 31, 2017, 02:37:33 PM
#20
I suggest to invest in Nvidia 1080ti for energy efficiency and density.

Or if you want to spend less get the Nvidia 1070ti for best performances in few algos.

These Gpus perform better than AMD in mostly algos but for example if you want mining cryptonight algo get AMD Vega 64 it performs double than 1080ti.

Sorry, are you saying the 1070 TI is better for algos?

Yes the model 1070ti is better for mostly algos with optimized miner.

AMD is better for ethash or cryptonight algos.
newbie
Activity: 25
Merit: 0
December 31, 2017, 01:53:29 PM
#19
ASRock H110 pro BTC+ is the current best mining motherboard for rig density IMO. Very easy to get going out of the box. Since the slots are so close, you do need to cover the back of the riser x1 connectors with electrical tape to prevent them shorting out on the USB connector of the one next to it. Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580's are the best cards in cost/hash for Ethash and are excellent dual mining cards that run cool. 30+ MH/s ETH + 850+ MH/s DCR @ 130-140 W dual mining after a simple Polaris Bios Editor 'one click timing patch' Bios mod.

The very long answer... shortened!
Very well done. Stick to these info.
newbie
Activity: 322
Merit: 0
December 31, 2017, 01:35:38 PM
#18
I would go with the 1070ti unless you only want to mine ETH or Cryptonight.  If you want to mine Equihash, Lyra, or others then go with the 1070ti, efficient and powerful.

But it would be good for ETH if I primarily did that?
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