Topic: first setup questions - page 2. (Read 2200 times)

I'm currently running 7 cards
the 7970's go for about $450 a pop
You join a pool to get a steady payout

amd yes... kinda liked nvidia better, but thats just from my experience...thought geforce were the best? (or are they good, but most expensive?
1. so u run 8  to 10 cards now?
2. how much average cards? 500 each? so like 5k in cards?
3. what do you see when you solve a hash?

If you have a basement, it will do fine there, the larger the room the less effect from all the heat.

"Once the asic miners start to come out mining on a gpu will get a lot harder."


you mean because more/faster asic will solve hash aster than gpu so by time im halfway finished they already done because their asic faster than my gpu?

First thing is ATM/AMD GPU's will work far better than NVidia.  ok, AMD it is...

Next with the current difficulty, you're looking at about 3-5 high end pc's to start making a somewhat decent profit. whats decent profit? i need 5 computers? how man cards each pc? 1-5? so maybe 25 cards needed?

I'm running 4 7970's (soon to be 5), 2 5830's, and a measly 7770. All together I get about 3.4 GH/s which is like 0.22 BTC a day.  whats numbers mean?3.4 GH/s? ghz per scond? of cpu? or total power? im confued....   and o.22 BTC a day, so 5 days=1 BTC?

The PSU for these rigs 1250+, you will be drawing a bit of power with cards, fans, etc. i bet...

Fans ARE A MUST! My cards run (auto target set) of 75 degrees celsius (167 degrees F) imagine 4 of them blasting in 1 room, it will make the room unbearable unless you have some type of ventilation setup, so you needs fans in the PC to help cool the cards a bit, or send cool air through the system.

need server room ac for all this stuff... thinking my electric bill will go thru roof..Thanks.

Asic miners are a bit of a scam atm. it will take months for your order to come, I know some who has been waiting 8 months. I would just get a 7770 and mine litecoins. Once the asic miners start to come out mining on a gpu will get a lot harder.

been lookin for a few days. gets confusing.


Early Bitcoin client versions allowed users to use their CPUs to mine. The advent of GPU mining made CPU mining financially unwise. The option was therefore removed from the Bitcoin client.

GPU Mining is drastically faster and more efficient than CPU mining. See the main article: Why a GPU mines faster than a CPU. A variety of popular mining rigs have been documented.


FPGA mining is a very efficient and fast way to mine, comparable to GPU mining and drastically outperforming CPU mining. FPGAs typically consume very small amounts of power with relatively high hash ratings, making them more viable and efficient than GPU mining. See Mining Hardware Comparison for FPGA hardware specifications and statistics.


ASIC Mining: An application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, is a microchip designed and manufactured for a very specific purpose. ASICs designed for Bitcoin mining were first released in 2013 and (at the time of this writing) are in the hands of a very limited number of miners. For the amount of power they consume, they are expected to be vastly faster than all previous technologies and will likely make GPU mining financially unwise.


1.) so i should be looking at asic setups? or fpga? have no hardware really, except 2 yr old x64 wndows box, 3.4ghz cpu, no "good"  gpu yet...

2. whats difference between bitcoin and litecoin? post i saw says nothing... maybe im just not understanding.. thanks

Well the ASIC's haven't been released yet, so here's what I did.

First thing is ATM/AMD GPU's will work far better than NVidia.

Next with the current difficulty, you're looking at about 3-5 high end pc's to start making a somewhat decent profit.

I'm running 4 7970's (soon to be 5), 2 5830's, and a measly 7770. All together I get about 3.4 GH/s which is like 0.22 BTC a day.

The PSU for these rigs 1250+, you will be drawing a bit of power with cards, fans, etc.

Fans ARE A MUST! My cards run (auto target set) of 75 degrees celsius (167 degrees F) imagine 4 of them blasting in 1 room, it will make the room unbearable unless you have some type of ventilation setup, so you needs fans in the PC to help cool the cards a bit, or send cool air through the system.

Research. And lots of it. There are lots of numbers posted out there, but you need to compile a lot and figure out what fits your budget and expectations.

where to start? thats the question.. reading i see cpu replaced by gpu. now its aisc... how do i know where to start? any help appreciated thanks