Topic: Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big. - page 44. (Read 47218 times)

Three different Screens without 1070.
75% PT , Core + 100 , memory -500

100% PT , Core + 0, memory -500

75% PT , Core + 0, memory -500

 Depends on the 1GB card - both my GTX 750ti and my HD 7750 (and 7850 and 7870) cards are still profitable.

 They're not making a TON, granted, but they're all long since paid off, and the 7750s are low profile which makes them useful for now as "heat management" cards where I don't have enough other "shortie" cards to fill all the slots.

 Are they pulling in $1 a day net per card? No, but they're pulling in SOMETHING which is better than leaving those slots empty.

Thanks for the zpool algos hint. But what about switching interval? Is it worth to raise it from default 90?
Also, did you recover from lightning damage?
Router surge protectors are dime a dozen at ebay, maybe it would be wise to invest in them?
Regarding your Digibyte stash, why not place auto sell order at 50% of its ATH from June?
Or even 100% if you feel bullish

Ya, i have a lot of dgb from the week i mined on yiimp, but unfortunately its not even remotely worth cashing it out, i have been watching my friend do some small trades lately on poloniex and such... he seems to be making small returns on most days on his small profit sell orders he typically buys and sets auto sell orders for 0.5% to 1.0% of what he bought it for... seems to be working out for him, he is just playing with small money orders like less than $50 worth at a time.. because he is still to scared to put more skin in yet...

Interesting. I was running Nemos and it is not working well for me. Perhaps like what philip pointed out, I should stop switching and focus mining X coin for a longer period to see the effect. Thank you for sharing, Storx.

Thank you sir. I don't exactly know what you mean but I will try different approach now.

Go back to zpool don't switch.  But pick the right coin on your own.

Sounds cruel but you need to learn to pick coins on your own.

Switching software is  not the way to go .

Try skein for a few days.

Try a new coin after that.

It is hard to teach a person how to pick coins.

I am holding Zec
I am holding dgb
I am holding sia
I am holding btc

Hi philip,

What are you guys mining to get 4.25 (after power deduction) per Ti card? I am making 3.25(before power deduction \ 0.016 zcash per day) at nanopool-zcash. Could you give some hints for a newbie miner here? i tried multi-algo autoswitching at zpool and it was even worst.

65% tdp, -100 mem, +50 core.

I get ya, i seem to have to play with the rigs like 1 or 2 times a week.. been getting old.. but recently i bought some smart switches so i can turn the outlet off on the PC through an app, then i had computer setup to auto start after a powerloss, so i just turn it off, let it boot up and log in via teamviewer to check it all out, the mining is setup to auto start backup on startup.... but most of my issues lately has been heat issues.. i keep having random GPU's getting stuck not mining, but still consuming power.. dont understand it.. then the GPU because its stuck it doesnt respond with fans and gets to hot and goes missing tell i get a chance to restart the pc.

They make about 4.50. Each  a day for me after power costs.

But for me summer power is costly,  so I would sell off all of the above.

As it would be all profit and less work.

Remember I am older (60) and can get run down a bit easier then some younger members.

Say it aint so..... are you just getting low earnings? My 30 day average as of today after deducting my power cost is $4.71 per 1080ti card since all i have is 1080ti's at the moment.

I am winning at least in terms of profit




like I said  rx 470 rx 480 rx 570 rx 580 cards fully paid off

are meant to be sold.


6000 in retail  will sell for the same or more right now.


that is pure profit  since they are paid off.



It is not about squeezing the last penny out of your cards.

If you can make profit  certain  today via a sale of them  

basically  doing a 100 % profit at the minimum

6000 in and 12000 back  certain  and done .

vs 6000 in 6000 back and still mine  hoping to beat that 6000 from selling you simply don't understand  game strategy.

the proper move is to sell.

I am sitting on 9 nvidia 1080 ti's  all paid and mining  and a few crap cards

 1 rx 480 8gb left from 40 or so
 1 rx 460 4gb left from   8
 1 r9 290x 4gb
 1 1050 ti   6gb

I kept the lessor  cards  for testing some rigs and ideas out.

everything is paid off.  

Holding cash
Holding BTC
Holding coins.

I would tell you right now  I would sell    7 of the 1080ti's if I got exact retail price for them roughly 5k.  
I would toss in  the 1 r9 290x  and the  rx 480 8gb asus strix  as a bonus and a quality setup mobo with a cpu i5 6400t + 8gb ram  stick as a bonus

 it gives me   a certain profit of 5k more then I have at the moment.

Would be crazy not to.

I would cash ½ of the 2.2 btc and hold  the  other coins.

I would still have 60th  in BTC mining.

I would be down to:

 2x 1080 ti's
  1x  rx 460
 1x 1050 ti

and  the s-9's the avalon 721's and the single r4

I would be holding coins and cash and  could take the summer off.

My hope is the 1080 ti's drift up a bit  as I would sell them off.  I am a bit tired of mining as it is.

I would build back up in Oct.  if I feel like it.

So 7 1080 ti's
    1 r 290x
    1 rx 480 8gb
     1 setup mobo  a biostar z170  a i5 6400t a 8gb ram stick

usa only 5k  which is under retail.  

There is a crossover point where you can make more money per watt per card with newer cards at the right price (This may be the point that's getting lost).  (Nearly) Nobody is successfully mining with a 1GB card anymore.  The technology is continuously getting better.  Current gen card prices are all out of whack right now.  You can make money selling "old" card, you can get screwed by "buying" new cards.   Maybe I'm justifying doing both...

We're both right, we don't need to continue to argue...  This is the internet.  Nobody will ever win  

Towards the end of 2014 when I stopped I mostly mined new coins with a low diff since I only had a couple of Pitcarin cards and that was the only thing that was profitable. The 2GB cards I have are still profitable to mine ZEC at ~195 H/s. You can also mine other new Ethash coins like UBIQ that have a smaller Dag file. The RX cards I bought are already the best choice in hash/cost for most algorithms, I don't see that changing any time soon, especially with how overpriced all cards are ATM, so why fix what's not broken?  Keep making money or accumulating coins with the cards that are paid off and if you need to upgrade, then you can sell the cards or some of the coins and buy more cards.

I use alot of VNC and TV for remote access from central console, from home or from next door to machine room.

But yea, there are times when you need to troubleshoot or install something manually so...

I use a 9" LCD screen & RF mini keyboard/touch pad -- good enough to see and change BIOS settings etc.

It was going to be used for my Pi project but ended up going headless, so had a spare small portable LCD screen.

What were you mining back in 2014? 2015 2013?  The algorithms keep up with the technology.  You can't mine ETH on a card from 2014 2012/2013.  The DAG file is too big to fit in 1/2GB of VRAM.

You can always make more money on "old" equipment, That's not in debate.  However,   are you positioning yourself to keep up with an exponentially evolving marketplace? 

I would disagree. The Crypto market is growing exponetially as evidenced by the exploding market caps over the past two years. IMO that will continue as more people start paying attention to $2000+ BTC. ETH hasn't even begun to shown it's development platform potential. The same goes for other coins. In any given time period investments can go up or down. That's called risk and is part of any investment, mining is no different. The diffrence is with a mining rig that's paid off, your set costs are essentailly the same no matter what coin you mine.

Historically those that take a long term approch and mine coins they believe in do much better than those that just look at short term profits. Just like those that were mining LTC or Dash when ASICS took those coins over in 2014. I stopped mining at the end of 2014 after it was no longer profitable. I got back in earlier this year and and looking back, it was a mistake not to have just kept mining. I did keep most of the coins I mined and for the most part, I'm glad I did.

AMD RX series cards that were bought for close to the original MSRP are more profitable in hash/cost than any other cards available at the moment. I currently don't see a reason or better options to replace cards that i'm currently making $2 a day profit per card with.

You have to put the last ~9 months in context.  It has been extraordinary circumstances.  It was hard NOT to make money in the last few months!  
Anyone that has equipment that is not ROI'd has purchased it in the last 3-6 months, not the last 8-18 months.

Also you're picking a coin where you know the outcome. You could've been mining junk-coin, or trash-coin instead of ETH (which went to the moon), and you'd have a different perspective.

In general, Moore's Law is alive and well. Compute processing is going to double every 18-24 months.  If you don't stay ahead, or on par with that, you're going to be behind.  The difficulty growth just exacerbates this problem.  

Mining isn't always about ROI or even making your power bill. Selling cards that are paid off now only makes sense if you are planning to quit mining. Otherwise you are left with rebuying overpriced cards compared to the cards you sold and extentending your ROI all over again. i don't see the value in that. People that were mining ETH at a loss after power when it was <$10 and accumulating several coins a week with a 6 card rig towards the end of last year did a much better now than those that sold the rig.