Say a 1080ti = 700h/s for Zcash = $700 USD
An rx 470, if you undervolt to 1000 core/1750 mem/800mv gives 220 - 240h/s and power draw of 50 - 65W from wall I think? Efficiency is still worse than 1080ti (not that much worse though), but we can buy 4 - 5 Rx 470 for the price of a single 1080ti.
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I won't be getting any rx 570's or rx 580's until the fall.
I need to cut back for the June 1 to Oct 1 power rates 2x say 9.7 to 19 cents a kwatt.
When the vegas come out I will get one or two.
I am doing nvidia and zec for 4 or 5 months.
Yeah - I forgot about your seasonal sale of cards due to power cost rise.
I'm very intrigued on Nvidia 1080ti cards. There is a possibility to buy MSI GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition for ~$600. Only thing I hate - to find a person who can mod BIOS for me. Usually it is at least 0.2 BTC (which does not make sense for one card only).
Where can you find a card for $600? For that price, I may finally jump in
I won't be getting any rx 570's or rx 580's until the fall.
I need to cut back for the June 1 to Oct 1 power rates 2x say 9.7 to 19 cents a kwatt.
When the vegas come out I will get one or two.
I am doing nvidia and zec for 4 or 5 months.
Yeah - I forgot about your seasonal sale of cards due to power cost rise.
I'm very intrigued on Nvidia 1080ti cards. There is a possibility to buy MSI GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition for ~$600. Only thing I hate - to find a person who can mod BIOS for me. Usually it is at least 0.2 BTC (which does not make sense for one card only).
okay there are serval reasons I picked those cpu's they are the t version and will save power. I use better t models and did not mention them because they are more costly . i5 6400t are really good and I get them around 120 usd on eBay .
I can get away with this because I buy and sell them on eBay. They are one of the few things that buyers find hard to cheat you with when you sell them on eBay.
i like newer mobos the z270 or b250
vs the older mobos. If you are building 10 rigs and putting in 15k usd to build them six card rigs make sense
If you are doing 1 rig I don't think a six card rig is the way to go.
lets say you buy this mobo build a six card rig and the expensive psu dies all six gpus are not mining
and you will need a new psu. and those big ass psu's cost money.
I don't knock six card rigs but they are loud as they are really fucking hot.
my 3 card rigs are quiet and not hot and evga 750 p2 plats can be had for 125 on sale while the evga 1600 p2 plat
is over 350. so I can buy 3 psus for the price of one.
if you run smOS for your rig a 10 dollar usb stick does the job. no windows involved .
there are os for nvidia but I am pretty new with nvidia so I am using windows 7
I won't be getting any rx 570's or rx 580's until the fall.
I need to cut back for the June 1 to Oct 1 power rates 2x say 9.7 to 19 cents a kwatt.
When the vegas come out I will get one or two.
I am doing nvidia and zec for 4 or 5 months.
I can get away with this because I buy and sell them on eBay. They are one of the few things that buyers find hard to cheat you with when you sell them on eBay.
i like newer mobos the z270 or b250
vs the older mobos. If you are building 10 rigs and putting in 15k usd to build them six card rigs make sense
If you are doing 1 rig I don't think a six card rig is the way to go.
lets say you buy this mobo build a six card rig and the expensive psu dies all six gpus are not mining
and you will need a new psu. and those big ass psu's cost money.
I don't knock six card rigs but they are loud as they are really fucking hot.
my 3 card rigs are quiet and not hot and evga 750 p2 plats can be had for 125 on sale while the evga 1600 p2 plat
is over 350. so I can buy 3 psus for the price of one.
if you run smOS for your rig a 10 dollar usb stick does the job. no windows involved .
there are os for nvidia but I am pretty new with nvidia so I am using windows 7
I won't be getting any rx 570's or rx 580's until the fall.
I need to cut back for the June 1 to Oct 1 power rates 2x say 9.7 to 19 cents a kwatt.
When the vegas come out I will get one or two.
I am doing nvidia and zec for 4 or 5 months.
Phil,
Are you jumping in RX 5xx madness
?
I'm waiting for results with modded ROMs - but as we know you are strictly against it.
Any plans to try new AMD cards?
Are you jumping in RX 5xx madness
?I'm waiting for results with modded ROMs - but as we know you are strictly against it.
Any plans to try new AMD cards?
legendary
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The big part about 6 80 series cards, is they do put out some heat; and they are large heatsyncs on them. Be sure to have good fans to cool the box they are in, or if open air, you should be fine.
The machine that we built out of a rosewell case; got VERY hot very quick; would start to thermal throttle. Needed to upgrade to high CFM fans to combat that.
No need to screw with the fan curves much; just work on the airflow around the cards and keeping fresh air going to them and you should be fine.
The machine that we built out of a rosewell case; got VERY hot very quick; would start to thermal throttle. Needed to upgrade to high CFM fans to combat that.
No need to screw with the fan curves much; just work on the airflow around the cards and keeping fresh air going to them and you should be fine.
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At mods please forgive me for crowding the the top slots. they will clear up over time thanks
phil
Back to mining
Okay just set up this card with a 1080ti
https://us.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1070-GAMING-Z-8G.html#hero-overview
my rigs point to nicehash
note the panda rigs are amds not panda rigs as I sold them.
At mods please forgive me for crowding the the top slots. they will clear up over time thanks
phil
Back to mining
Okay just set up this card with a 1080ti
https://us.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1070-GAMING-Z-8G.html#hero-overview
my rigs point to nicehash
note the panda rigs are amds not panda rigs as I sold them.
Hello again people, since the last thread has been closed i'll quote myself.
You've got a nice setup there @Philipma1957.
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Hello people!!
I been for days reading all posts related and I would like to thank you all for all the great info you're sharing here.
I always been thinking about having my own setup and after reading you it's like I feel ready to spend some cash and atleast give it a try and see how it works.
I'm from Spain, Europe, and some pieces of the gear you recommend along this threads are out of stock and there's no way of obtaining them, especially the MSI Z270 board and ASROCK BTC.
So I still don't know what motherboard I could take (I just choose one, but I think it's too expensive and there should be something cheaper), some advice would be really appreciated.
I think I'm going to start with this:
PSU x1: EVGA-220-P2-1600W --------------- Evga 1300 g2 this is much lower cost and really is a better choice for 3 1080ti gpus
GPU x3: Nvidia 1080 GTX TI ---------------- okay
CPU x1: Intel-BX80662G4400-Pentium-LGA1151 --- okay can you find g4560t or g4600t
MEM x1: Kingston-KVR21N15S8 ---- okay
MB x1: ASRock-Z270-Pro4 -------- can you find this ? https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-Z270P-D3-Crossfire-Motherboard-Motherboards/dp/B01N2V0AHI/ref=sr_1_1?
Somehow if I end up seeing it good and my thoughts are to try to finish the first rig with 6x nvidia 1080 gtx ti, that's why I take that PSU. And also took nvidia for power saving, noise, heat, assorment of algorithms and the most important thing, being capable of outpowering any other gpu in the market.
What are your thoughts for starting and give it a try? Would you change something? Like going RX 580 instead of Nvidia? Motherboard?
Any minor detail to save some money? Smiley
Thanks again and sorry if there's any mistake since my english is not perfect.
I been for days reading all posts related and I would like to thank you all for all the great info you're sharing here.
I always been thinking about having my own setup and after reading you it's like I feel ready to spend some cash and atleast give it a try and see how it works.
I'm from Spain, Europe, and some pieces of the gear you recommend along this threads are out of stock and there's no way of obtaining them, especially the MSI Z270 board and ASROCK BTC.
So I still don't know what motherboard I could take (I just choose one, but I think it's too expensive and there should be something cheaper), some advice would be really appreciated.
I think I'm going to start with this:
PSU x1: EVGA-220-P2-1600W --------------- Evga 1300 g2 this is much lower cost and really is a better choice for 3 1080ti gpus
GPU x3: Nvidia 1080 GTX TI ---------------- okay
CPU x1: Intel-BX80662G4400-Pentium-LGA1151 --- okay can you find g4560t or g4600t
MEM x1: Kingston-KVR21N15S8 ---- okay
MB x1: ASRock-Z270-Pro4 -------- can you find this ? https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-Z270P-D3-Crossfire-Motherboard-Motherboards/dp/B01N2V0AHI/ref=sr_1_1?
Somehow if I end up seeing it good and my thoughts are to try to finish the first rig with 6x nvidia 1080 gtx ti, that's why I take that PSU. And also took nvidia for power saving, noise, heat, assorment of algorithms and the most important thing, being capable of outpowering any other gpu in the market.
What are your thoughts for starting and give it a try? Would you change something? Like going RX 580 instead of Nvidia? Motherboard?
Any minor detail to save some money? Smiley
Thanks again and sorry if there's any mistake since my english is not perfect.
First of all, the G4560T or G4600T are more expensive(€50 or 80€ more) that the one I posted atleast here in Europe, so i'm a bit confused since I haven't seen that you use CPU for mining. So I keep trying on taking the cheapest CPU I can find.
Secondly, the Motherboard isn't available also
, I been reading you for days trying out all setups commented but there's no stock. So it has to be any MB not commented before.I checked once again by previous comments and thankfully I saw that I was mistaken with my MB too.
So If anyone knows about any other MOBO which is not the MSI Z270, ASROCK BTC, GIGABYTE Z270 and it's kinda cheap, please tell me
@Philipma1957, why do you think it's not a good idea to have a rig of 5x or 6x nvidia cards? It makes even more expensive to have two rigs with 3x nvidia since I have to take another CPU, MB, MEM and PSU.
Is there any other reason I don't know?
Would be capable the EVGA 1200W of taking care of a 6x overclocked nvidia cards? I think it won't, but yep for the initial 3x it would go.
Thanks for all the other replys @JaredKaragen and @vapourminer, about the risers I knew it but forgot to mention at the post I made. I've got a seller for that, there's no problem
)Also I got some old HDD that I could use to mount. So I think I won't be buying any SSD, unless you tell me that does affect or somehow improves performance on mining.
And well, thanks everyone for the warm welcome, I really appreciate the feedback.
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At mods please forgive me for crowding the the top slots. they will clear up over time thanks
phil
Back to mining
Okay just set up this card with a 1080ti
https://us.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1070-GAMING-Z-8G.html#hero-overview
my rigs point to nicehash
note the panda rigs are amds not panda rigs as I sold them.
At mods please forgive me for crowding the the top slots. they will clear up over time thanks
phil
Back to mining
Okay just set up this card with a 1080ti
https://us.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1070-GAMING-Z-8G.html#hero-overview
my rigs point to nicehash
note the panda rigs are amds not panda rigs as I sold them.
https://blockchain.info/address/12XaWdkRpScJmPNKTWMYN6cFTcvqrfpXAf
Setting this up
Link to thread 1
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/my-1-gpu-now-11gpus-5rigs-for-ethereum-45-days-of-mining-photos-thoughts-1429151
Link to thread 2
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/my-1-gpu-now-11gpus-5rigs-for-ethereum-45-days-of-mining-photos-thoughts-1429151
link to thread 3
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/third-alt-coin-thread-last-two-were-too-big-builds-links-thoughts-etc-1799555
link to EWBF_ miner for nvidia
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ewbfs-cuda-zcash-miner-1707546
links to smOS for AMD mining
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/device-simplerigresetter-auto-reboot-crashed-rigs-extension-boards-1695298
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/mining-os-simpleminingnet-manage-your-gpu-farm-the-easy-way-30-days-free-1541084
my miner file for smos
optiminer-zec v1.7 (zcash )
-s equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357 -u 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.panda1 -p x
-epool stratum+tcp://us1.ethpool.org:3333 -ewal 0x3ef297e47404a771139472b93621f82c8a832857.Simple2 -epsw x -allpools 1 -mport -3333 -dpool stratum+tcp://decred.usa.nicehash.com:3354 -dwal 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.Simple2 -esm 3 -allpools 1 -dbg -1 -wd 1 -r 1 -ethi 5 -dcri 15 -dcoin decred
-epool stratum+tcp://us1.ethpool.org:3333 -ewal 0x3ef297e47404a771139472b93621f82c8a832857.Simple2 -epsw x -mport -3333 -esm 0 -allpools 1 -dbg -1 -wd 1 -r 1 -ethi 5
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