Topic: Gauging interest in Aluminum mining rigs (Read 765 times)
This sounds nice i love new ideas!
Those are cheaper than I thought they would be. 60$ and I don't have to mesure and build my own setup 
I pick the rack-mountable GPU enclosure 
I will(hopefully) go with the milk crate solution. My neighbor is a milk farmer and surely got some to spare.
I think the better route is a milk crate. Cheaper and more customizable to your needs. Plus the ability to raise all 4 cards on extenders gives you a great way to keep your cards cooler.
Google milkcrate mining rigs for an example. cryptobadger has a nice walkthrough, but i'd go with 2ft crates as they give you room to put the power supply inside the crate and strap it down. Makes moving it real easy should the need arise. You will need to modify the crates a bit mainly cutting out holes to access the usb and data ports. The one aluminum frame I have works ok but the cooling for the middle card is hard to achieve without just setting a fan directly on top of it. My friend that has a milk crate build runs at temps around 72-76c.
Google milkcrate mining rigs for an example. cryptobadger has a nice walkthrough, but i'd go with 2ft crates as they give you room to put the power supply inside the crate and strap it down. Makes moving it real easy should the need arise. You will need to modify the crates a bit mainly cutting out holes to access the usb and data ports. The one aluminum frame I have works ok but the cooling for the middle card is hard to achieve without just setting a fan directly on top of it. My friend that has a milk crate build runs at temps around 72-76c.
I've seen the openrigs frames that are available and it seems that many people are interested in those. But with the backlog on orders and long shipping time/costs from overseas many are understandably nonplussed. I have seen similiar open air rigs available online and on ebay but I was wondering if there was something specific about the openrigs frames or any other frames specifically that people preferred or wanted? What are some options that you would like to see? I have contacts in the industry that would allow me to pre-manufacture a large quantity of these and ship them locally from within the US but any input on what kinds of features you are looking for would be most helpful. Would you prefer the PSUs to be side by side or one above the other? Are the open air mining rigs the most appealing? Or would people be interested in a closed air setup with connected ducting? Should a hard drive mount be included? Let me know your thoughts.
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