Building Cheap Miners : My "Secret" - page 23.

sundownz

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Quote from: ronnylov on March 14, 2018, 05:58:41 AM

Quote from: spinx on March 14, 2018, 05:13:41 AM

This is interesting...

"With 20 KH/s hashrate for Cryptonight and 40 KH/s for Cryptonight-lite at just 60 Watts of power usage any GPU feels out of date already, even AMD’s VEGA GPUs with just about 2 KH/s are not interesting for mining these algorithms anymore. So Monero (XMR) is going to become the next major ASIC only coin with the many Cryptonight-based alternatives following when the Giant-N miners start hitting the market, unless of course they fork to another algorithm."

http://cryptomining-blog.com/9538-baikal-giant-n-the-first-cryptonight-asic-miner/

Important note at the end of the article:
"It already seems that Monero (XMR) could be the first one to fork to a new version of the algorithm that will net be mineable by this new ASIC device and if others coins follow you may actually end up with an expensive piece of hardware that might not be very usable, so be careful if you are considering to buy one or more of these ASIC miners."

Indeed. I may need to move away from ITNS on my CPUs if they don't fork to a new algo.

ronnylov

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Quote from: spinx on March 14, 2018, 05:13:41 AM

This is interesting...

"With 20 KH/s hashrate for Cryptonight and 40 KH/s for Cryptonight-lite at just 60 Watts of power usage any GPU feels out of date already, even AMD’s VEGA GPUs with just about 2 KH/s are not interesting for mining these algorithms anymore. So Monero (XMR) is going to become the next major ASIC only coin with the many Cryptonight-based alternatives following when the Giant-N miners start hitting the market, unless of course they fork to another algorithm."

http://cryptomining-blog.com/9538-baikal-giant-n-the-first-cryptonight-asic-miner/

Important note at the end of the article:
"It already seems that Monero (XMR) could be the first one to fork to a new version of the algorithm that will net be mineable by this new ASIC device and if others coins follow you may actually end up with an expensive piece of hardware that might not be very usable, so be careful if you are considering to buy one or more of these ASIC miners."

spinx

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This is interesting...

"With 20 KH/s hashrate for Cryptonight and 40 KH/s for Cryptonight-lite at just 60 Watts of power usage any GPU feels out of date already, even AMD’s VEGA GPUs with just about 2 KH/s are not interesting for mining these algorithms anymore. So Monero (XMR) is going to become the next major ASIC only coin with the many Cryptonight-based alternatives following when the Giant-N miners start hitting the market, unless of course they fork to another algorithm."

http://cryptomining-blog.com/9538-baikal-giant-n-the-first-cryptonight-asic-miner/

Amstellodamois

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I really like this thread. The amount of information shared is refreshing when you compare it to the 1080Ti specific thread.

sundownz

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Quote from: itmanvn on March 09, 2018, 11:35:07 AM

Quote from: PharmEcis on March 09, 2018, 11:05:07 AM

Quote from: itmanvn on March 09, 2018, 06:04:32 AM

Quote from: Michael20 on March 08, 2018, 02:14:02 AM

On the picture only 2 1070?! You also mining with cpu, you know how much wattage with cpu only mining? Or the complete system?

I take picture when setting thing up, its not done yet. I tried cpu mining but miner(Claymore CryptoNote CPU Miner v3.9) report that the CPU(Xeon W3565) does not support AES-NI - slower mining! Mining IntenseCoin speed only 65 h/s for 8 core CPU Huh

, so I mining GPU only.

Not all Xeon's support the AES-NI instruction set. You will need to upgrade that CPU for mining.

https://ark.intel.com/products/39721/Intel-Xeon-Processor-W3565-8M-Cache-3_20-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI

Scroll to bottom, you will see it says AES NO.

Ark should be your first stop whenever looking for intel processors for mining. Wink

Thanks mate!, first lesson learned Cry

The X5660 / X5670 have been my favorites -- ~220 H/S no problem & also cheap.

itmanvn

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Quote from: PharmEcis on March 09, 2018, 11:05:07 AM

Quote from: itmanvn on March 09, 2018, 06:04:32 AM

Quote from: Michael20 on March 08, 2018, 02:14:02 AM

On the picture only 2 1070?! You also mining with cpu, you know how much wattage with cpu only mining? Or the complete system?

I take picture when setting thing up, its not done yet. I tried cpu mining but miner(Claymore CryptoNote CPU Miner v3.9) report that the CPU(Xeon W3565) does not support AES-NI - slower mining! Mining IntenseCoin speed only 65 h/s for 8 core CPU Huh

, so I mining GPU only.

Not all Xeon's support the AES-NI instruction set. You will need to upgrade that CPU for mining.

https://ark.intel.com/products/39721/Intel-Xeon-Processor-W3565-8M-Cache-3_20-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI

Scroll to bottom, you will see it says AES NO.

Ark should be your first stop whenever looking for intel processors for mining. Wink

Thanks mate!, first lesson learned Cry

PharmEcis

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Quote from: itmanvn on March 09, 2018, 06:04:32 AM

Quote from: Michael20 on March 08, 2018, 02:14:02 AM

On the picture only 2 1070?! You also mining with cpu, you know how much wattage with cpu only mining? Or the complete system?

I take picture when setting thing up, its not done yet. I tried cpu mining but miner(Claymore CryptoNote CPU Miner v3.9) report that the CPU(Xeon W3565) does not support AES-NI - slower mining! Mining IntenseCoin speed only 65 h/s for 8 core CPU Huh

, so I mining GPU only.

Not all Xeon's support the AES-NI instruction set. You will need to upgrade that CPU for mining.

https://ark.intel.com/products/39721/Intel-Xeon-Processor-W3565-8M-Cache-3_20-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI

Scroll to bottom, you will see it says AES NO.

Ark should be your first stop whenever looking for intel processors for mining. Wink

itmanvn

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Quote from: Michael20 on March 08, 2018, 02:14:02 AM

On the picture only 2 1070?! You also mining with cpu, you know how much wattage with cpu only mining? Or the complete system?

I take picture when setting thing up, its not done yet. I tried cpu mining but miner(Claymore CryptoNote CPU Miner v3.9) report that the CPU(Xeon W3565) does not support AES-NI - slower mining! Mining IntenseCoin speed only 65 h/s for 8 core CPU Huh

, so I mining GPU only.

jakkwb

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Thanks for the advice. Unplugged and reseated everything, it came up and is working.

tadeus1

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Seems video problem. Does it work with 1 or 2 gpu on the mb?
Try with only 1 gpu, then 2 , etc.

See if this helps

The Diagnostic LED blinks red 5 times and the system beeps 5 times (once per second), then a 2-second pause follows:
This indicates a pre-video memory error.
To resolve the issue, complete the following steps:
1) Ensure that the memory modules are loaded correctly.
2) Reseat the memory modules.
3) Replace the memory modules one at a time to find the faulty module.
4) Replace the third-party modules with HP memory.
5) Replace the system board.

The Diagnostic LED blinks red 6 times and the system beeps 6 times (once per second), then a 2-second pause follows:
This indicates a pre-video graphic card error.
To resolve the issue, complete the following steps:
1) Reseat the graphics card.
2) Replace the graphic card.
3) Replace the system board.

jakkwb

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Ok, so attempting to add 3rd GPU to my Z600. Existing two are on the motherboard in slots, so 3rd one goes on riser. Plug in, power up, getting 5 or 6 beep code from HP, no video. Tried diff riser, same thing. Any ideas?

ronnylov

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Quote from: PharmEcis on March 07, 2018, 10:08:38 AM

Quote from: ronnylov on March 07, 2018, 03:22:47 AM

Its kind of annoying having dual 1400W Gold class PSU in the server but no PCIe power connectors from the PSUs.
So there is breakout-boards that can solve this so I can use existing PSUs?

My server is Supermicro 2042-6RF.

From the quick look I did, I don't think you have PSU's that can use breakout boards. The Liteon's in the Dells and the HP ones are readily available on Ebay. From what I saw of the connectors, technically I guess you could MacGyver something by soldering leads to the pins of the PSU but you would still have to buy cabling.

Picking up an HP1200w PSU and breakout board with cables is normally ~100 or so on ebay.

Thanks! I will check Ebay if I need powering some more GPUs.

Michael20

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On the picture only 2 1070?! You also mining with cpu, you know how much wattage with cpu only mining? Or the complete system?

Quote from: itmanvn on March 07, 2018, 08:06:52 AM

Quote from: sundownz on March 04, 2018, 04:32:16 PM

Quote from: itmanvn on February 28, 2018, 02:02:42 AM

any update man? Wink

Been going slower than I had hoped... been very busy with my main business.

But the 5th rack of GPU rigs is 100% done and the 2nd rack of Dell servers is 50% done.

I am starting on the 6th rack of GPU rigs tomorrow.

Im building rigs using HP Z400, in my country it's about 230$/pcs, xeon w3565, 12G ram, 160G HDD 10.000rpm. I using HP server PSU, so cheap on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/i/302651472969?rt=nc its about 70$ for me, riser 5$/pcs. 4x1070 for mining ETH at 130Mh/s.

Just want to say thank you Grin

greyday

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Quote from: MinersRus on March 07, 2018, 02:57:51 PM

Quote from: greyday on March 07, 2018, 02:30:32 PM

That's a link to a url that shows the image. You need to use an image link (ends in .jpg, .gif, .png, etc).

sundownz posts have pictures showing and they do not have any extension.

See here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.31588057

The link to one of his pictures is: https://ibb.co/jsWe57

You can put that link in a browser and see the picture and you can do the same with my picture link.

So the answer is not the extension but must be something else.

I don't know about sundownz, but that is how you use the img tags.

Example:

Code:

 

[img]http://www.greydayrecords.com/bands/photos/heligoats.jpg[/img]

Results in this:

spinx

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Quote from: MinersRus on March 07, 2018, 02:57:51 PM

Quote from: greyday on March 07, 2018, 02:30:32 PM

That's a link to a url that shows the image. You need to use an image link (ends in .jpg, .gif, .png, etc).

sundownz posts have pictures showing and they do not have any extension.

See here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.31588057

The link to one of his pictures is: https://ibb.co/jsWe57

You can put that link in a browser and see the picture and you can do the same with my picture link.

So the answer is not the extension but must be something else.

He used this code, note the [img] tags and the url pointing directly to the .jpg -file. Remove the asterix (*) from the code below to use.

Code:

[*url=https://ibb.co/jsWe57][*img]https://preview.ibb.co/bYhmk7/0303181208_resized.jpg[/img*][/url*]"

MinersRus

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Quote from: greyday on March 07, 2018, 02:30:32 PM

That's a link to a url that shows the image. You need to use an image link (ends in .jpg, .gif, .png, etc).

sundownz posts have pictures showing and they do not have any extension.

See here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.31588057

The link to one of his pictures is: https://ibb.co/jsWe57

You can put that link in a browser and see the picture and you can do the same with my picture link.

So the answer is not the extension but must be something else.

greyday

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That's a link to a url that shows the image. You need to use an image link (ends in .jpg, .gif, .png, etc).

MinersRus

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A quick question. How are posters like sundownz able to get picture links to show the actual picture in the post and not just a link to the picture?

I have used the "Insert Image" and put the link between the [i m g]link[/i m g]

like this:

but all I get when this is posted is the link to the picture and not the picture directly.

PharmEcis

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Quote from: ronnylov on March 07, 2018, 03:22:47 AM

Its kind of annoying having dual 1400W Gold class PSU in the server but no PCIe power connectors from the PSUs.
So there is breakout-boards that can solve this so I can use existing PSUs?

My server is Supermicro 2042-6RF.

From the quick look I did, I don't think you have PSU's that can use breakout boards. The Liteon's in the Dells and the HP ones are readily available on Ebay. From what I saw of the connectors, technically I guess you could MacGyver something by soldering leads to the pins of the PSU but you would still have to buy cabling.

Picking up an HP1200w PSU and breakout board with cables is normally ~100 or so on ebay.

itmanvn

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Quote from: sundownz on March 04, 2018, 04:32:16 PM

Quote from: itmanvn on February 28, 2018, 02:02:42 AM

any update man? Wink

Been going slower than I had hoped... been very busy with my main business.

But the 5th rack of GPU rigs is 100% done and the 2nd rack of Dell servers is 50% done.

I am starting on the 6th rack of GPU rigs tomorrow.

Im building rigs using HP Z400, in my country it's about 230$/pcs, xeon w3565, 12G ram, 160G HDD 10.000rpm. I using HP server PSU, so cheap on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/i/302651472969?rt=nc its about 70$ for me, riser 5$/pcs. 4x1070 for mining ETH at 130Mh/s.

Just want to say thank you Grin

https://preview.ibb.co/d0Dusn/IMG_6426.jpg
https://preview.ibb.co/k2HyJS/IMG_6416.jpg
https://preview.ibb.co/nfHb57/IMG_6414.jpg
https://preview.ibb.co/mt8usn/IMG_6421.jpg

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