The three EVGA 1080ti's I orderd on the 9th of June are finally in my hands after being stuck in customs for ten days. Needless to say the mining landscape has changed a bit, I would have loved to set these cards to work back on the 9th when profits were double what they are now.
Anyway, I've always held a long-term strategy and will put them to work in an energy-efficient manner.
Just a question for the big boys, here is my current equip;
850W corsair gold powering a 6600k + 5 * SATA SSD + GTX1070 + CDROM + Lights n Fans (the gaming PC)
CPU/RAM/MOBO/HDD/CASE of an old, unused PC
5 * PCIE risers NEW
1000W corsair gold NEW
3 * 1080ti NEW
1* SLI motherboard for the 6600K NEW
It's a mixed array and I'm definitely using the SLI motherboard with 2 * 1080ti's for gaming. It has space for a third card and here is my problem;
Do I put the 1000W with the 6600K (and all of the misc things)? Or do I leave the 850W in it and just run 2 GPU?
A) 1000W - 6600K - 6SATA devices - 2*1080ti - 1070 /// 850W - 2500K - 1SATA device - 1080ti - add-on GPU's up to 850W limit
B) 850W - 6600K - 6SATA devices - 2*1080ti /// 1000W - 2500K - 1SATA device - 1080ti - 1070 - add-on GPU's up to 1000W limit
Anyway, I've always held a long-term strategy and will put them to work in an energy-efficient manner.
Just a question for the big boys, here is my current equip;
850W corsair gold powering a 6600k + 5 * SATA SSD + GTX1070 + CDROM + Lights n Fans (the gaming PC)
CPU/RAM/MOBO/HDD/CASE of an old, unused PC
5 * PCIE risers NEW
1000W corsair gold NEW
3 * 1080ti NEW
1* SLI motherboard for the 6600K NEW
It's a mixed array and I'm definitely using the SLI motherboard with 2 * 1080ti's for gaming. It has space for a third card and here is my problem;
Do I put the 1000W with the 6600K (and all of the misc things)? Or do I leave the 850W in it and just run 2 GPU?
A) 1000W - 6600K - 6SATA devices - 2*1080ti - 1070 /// 850W - 2500K - 1SATA device - 1080ti - add-on GPU's up to 850W limit
B) 850W - 6600K - 6SATA devices - 2*1080ti /// 1000W - 2500K - 1SATA device - 1080ti - 1070 - add-on GPU's up to 1000W limit
if I have 3x 1080 ti and 1x 1070
850w is system + 1080 ti + 1070 and 1000w is 2x 1080 ti
1080 ti can draw up to 300w so x3 is not an option....although you can undervolt/underclock, or other algo with lower power consumption etc...my practice is a power supply capacity is budgeted to a cards max power draw.....typically power supplies are more efficient at about 50% load.. and when you decide to mine other coins with more power draw, there will be no human error (forgetting that the psu is not enough or at the edge/ maxed out).
