Given the crazy shortages on higher-end cards, I decided this was a good time to try playing with a 1050 and a 1050 ti to see what kind of efficiency I can get them to, so I ordered one of each (EVGA single-fan models) from Newegg a few minutes ago.
Worst case, they'll replace a couple of my existing 9xx series cards in my "old gaming machine"....
Tentatively, they'll probably end up on my B250 as "padding" to 1 or 2 1080 ti cards per power supply in the long run.
The fact they only take one power connector TOTAL (for the riser) will allow a LOT of them per EVGA G2 850 (in theory up to 10 without having to use ANY splitters at all), and the low power usage should let me pack them in pretty tight while still gettting good cooling.
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Hi guys,
Great thread and amazing knowledge.
So, I bought one of the ONDA B250 MoBos from Sidonia at Letine:
https://leiqing.en.alibaba.com/product/60707942149-803390961/China_New_Top_Sell_Bitcoins_Mining_Motherboard_With_12_PCIE_Ports_B250_Chipset_Intel_Manufacturer.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.89.3.36b10622hDun4L
I recieved the board yesterday.
It's not working. I used the same steps I used with many other motherboards. (NOTE: Except for the RAM, the components listed below work well on my Biostar B250 12 GPU motherboard.) Here are the steps:
1. I installed the following components:
PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series HX1200i
CPU: Intel Core I3-7100 Kaby Lake Dual-Core Processor Socket LGA 1151, 3.9GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200 Model F4-2400C16S-4GRS)
GPU: 1 x EVGA 1060 SC
SDD: 120 Gb SDD with Windows 10
2. I attached the GPU to my monitor with an HDMI cable.
3. I booted the system. Nothing happened. The monitor was completely black. I mean there was no BIOS screen or anything to see.
4. I tried it with SMOS (Simple Mining Operating System). Again, It did not post.
5. I replaced the CPU with a G4400. It didn't solve the issue.
Has anyone else experienced this?
How did you resolve it?
Thx,
Howard
Great thread and amazing knowledge.
So, I bought one of the ONDA B250 MoBos from Sidonia at Letine:
https://leiqing.en.alibaba.com/product/60707942149-803390961/China_New_Top_Sell_Bitcoins_Mining_Motherboard_With_12_PCIE_Ports_B250_Chipset_Intel_Manufacturer.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.89.3.36b10622hDun4L
I recieved the board yesterday.
It's not working. I used the same steps I used with many other motherboards. (NOTE: Except for the RAM, the components listed below work well on my Biostar B250 12 GPU motherboard.) Here are the steps:
1. I installed the following components:
PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series HX1200i
CPU: Intel Core I3-7100 Kaby Lake Dual-Core Processor Socket LGA 1151, 3.9GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200 Model F4-2400C16S-4GRS)
GPU: 1 x EVGA 1060 SC
SDD: 120 Gb SDD with Windows 10
2. I attached the GPU to my monitor with an HDMI cable.
3. I booted the system. Nothing happened. The monitor was completely black. I mean there was no BIOS screen or anything to see.
4. I tried it with SMOS (Simple Mining Operating System). Again, It did not post.
5. I replaced the CPU with a G4400. It didn't solve the issue.
Has anyone else experienced this?
How did you resolve it?
Thx,
Howard
Did you try the motherboard HDMI output? It might need this first boot then you can access bios to configure the gpu as primary video.
Hi guys,
Great thread and amazing knowledge.
So, I bought one of the ONDA B250 MoBos from Sidonia at Letine:
https://leiqing.en.alibaba.com/product/60707942149-803390961/China_New_Top_Sell_Bitcoins_Mining_Motherboard_With_12_PCIE_Ports_B250_Chipset_Intel_Manufacturer.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.89.3.36b10622hDun4L
I recieved the board yesterday.
It's not working. I used the same steps I used with many other motherboards. (NOTE: Except for the RAM, the components listed below work well on my Biostar B250 12 GPU motherboard.) Here are the steps:
1. I installed the following components:
PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series HX1200i
CPU: Intel Core I3-7100 Kaby Lake Dual-Core Processor Socket LGA 1151, 3.9GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200 Model F4-2400C16S-4GRS)
GPU: 1 x EVGA 1060 SC
SDD: 120 Gb SDD with Windows 10
2. I attached the GPU to my monitor with an HDMI cable.
3. I booted the system. Nothing happened. The monitor was completely black. I mean there was no BIOS screen or anything to see.
4. I tried it with SMOS (Simple Mining Operating System). Again, It did not post.
5. I replaced the CPU with a G4400. It didn't solve the issue.
Has anyone else experienced this?
How did you resolve it?
Thx,
Howard
Great thread and amazing knowledge.
So, I bought one of the ONDA B250 MoBos from Sidonia at Letine:
https://leiqing.en.alibaba.com/product/60707942149-803390961/China_New_Top_Sell_Bitcoins_Mining_Motherboard_With_12_PCIE_Ports_B250_Chipset_Intel_Manufacturer.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.89.3.36b10622hDun4L
I recieved the board yesterday.
It's not working. I used the same steps I used with many other motherboards. (NOTE: Except for the RAM, the components listed below work well on my Biostar B250 12 GPU motherboard.) Here are the steps:
1. I installed the following components:
PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series HX1200i
CPU: Intel Core I3-7100 Kaby Lake Dual-Core Processor Socket LGA 1151, 3.9GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200 Model F4-2400C16S-4GRS)
GPU: 1 x EVGA 1060 SC
SDD: 120 Gb SDD with Windows 10
2. I attached the GPU to my monitor with an HDMI cable.
3. I booted the system. Nothing happened. The monitor was completely black. I mean there was no BIOS screen or anything to see.
4. I tried it with SMOS (Simple Mining Operating System). Again, It did not post.
5. I replaced the CPU with a G4400. It didn't solve the issue.
Has anyone else experienced this?
How did you resolve it?
Thx,
Howard
Interesting observation..
The other day, when my Rosewill died, I decided to move a couple cards around to different rigs.
I number each card, they are AMD and have different volt and clock settings.
I moved cards to a rig with all new (to me) orange 3 capacitor risers.
The cards had come from a rig with blue risers
I set up the clock/volt values as recorded for the blue risers, and got BSOD.
Ended up i needed to retune every card.
Seems the new risers, while looking the same from 2 feet, are actually much different as far as functionality is concerned.
Had to lower clock rates drastically and increase voltage slightly for each.
Upon closer inspection,both risers have exactly the same circuit board, but the orange risers do not have 1 resistor and do not use the center pin on the transistor as compared to the blue riser.
Just one more complication for the AMD cards.
The other day, when my Rosewill died, I decided to move a couple cards around to different rigs.
I number each card, they are AMD and have different volt and clock settings.
I moved cards to a rig with all new (to me) orange 3 capacitor risers.
The cards had come from a rig with blue risers
I set up the clock/volt values as recorded for the blue risers, and got BSOD.
Ended up i needed to retune every card.
Seems the new risers, while looking the same from 2 feet, are actually much different as far as functionality is concerned.
Had to lower clock rates drastically and increase voltage slightly for each.
Upon closer inspection,both risers have exactly the same circuit board, but the orange risers do not have 1 resistor and do not use the center pin on the transistor as compared to the blue riser.
Just one more complication for the AMD cards.
...
Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
I was surprised at how much of a hit to hashrate teamviewer causes, even on a Ryzen 5 1600, and a KVM switch isn't a good choice for me at the moment because the Onda 6-GPU boards have a VGA port while everything else I have shanghaied into mining uses DVI/HDMI/DP (though I guess I could get a bunch of DVI to VGA converter plugs).
If you use CPU's that have built in GPU, and set that as primary, Teamviewer will not make any impact at all on mining.
VNC is a good alternative too
...
Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
I was surprised at how much of a hit to hashrate teamviewer causes, even on a Ryzen 5 1600, and a KVM switch isn't a good choice for me at the moment because the Onda 6-GPU boards have a VGA port while everything else I have shanghaied into mining uses DVI/HDMI/DP (though I guess I could get a bunch of DVI to VGA converter plugs).
If you use CPU's that have built in GPU, and set that as primary, Teamviewer will not make any impact at all on mining.
...
Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
I was surprised at how much of a hit to hashrate teamviewer causes, even on a Ryzen 5 1600, and a KVM switch isn't a good choice for me at the moment because the Onda 6-GPU boards have a VGA port while everything else I have shanghaied into mining uses DVI/HDMI/DP (though I guess I could get a bunch of DVI to VGA converter plugs).
FYI if you were using Nicehash when they got hacked: https://www.nicehash.com/news/nicehash-will-fully-reimburse-its-users
I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one. I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Interesting. But ... why? Miners just need to be monitored, not sure why you want continuous access to all 4 at the same time at all times. Just install a remote monitoring tool and use a KVM or remote in if any of them go down is the usual go to that just makes sense for most folks. So that's why I'm asking... just wondering ... why.
That and because it would be useful. Useful because all I've done so far as a miner since I started 8 months ago was Nicehash and Zcash with Flypool. I did a little SIGT shitcoin and tried a few other things, but it's mostly been those two. I want to learn to mine other things, and tweak my settings, etc. and with 4 machines right now and one monitor dedicated to all the rigs it would be easy to do.
Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one. I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Interesting. But ... why? Miners just need to be monitored, not sure why you want continuous access to all 4 at the same time at all times. Just install a remote monitoring tool and use a KVM or remote in if any of them go down is the usual go to that just makes sense for most folks. So that's why I'm asking... just wondering ... why.
I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one. I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Looks pretty good! Let us know how it works out.
I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one. I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P
It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products. Have used plenty of KVMs.
Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy
That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.
Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
Hey Everyone, been busy with life recently so ive not had a real chance to come on here much, plus i was kinda licking my wounds on the whole Bitconnect thing and stepped away from crypto for a few weeks... granted i technically didnt loose any money, because i withdrew more than my initial amount, but i had a nice little nest egg built up in that system and had done a new loan of 30k+ 2 days prior to the site shutting down and exiting.......
So....been just letting the newer rigs just do what they do best working out some kinks i had with my watercooling system and actually redesigned it compared to the origional way i was going about things.. I had 2 industrial inline waterpumps fail on me in the first month of running the watercooling system due to the bushings around the shafts getting to tight and causing resistance on the motor to overcome, leading to excess motor temps, now im running some submergable pumps in hopes of longer life out of them, if these end up failing im planning to switch to externally driven waterpumps that a friend of mine recommened... basically pulley driven chevy automotive waterpump.......
I have really come to a standstill with my mining setup due to the lack of GPU's available at reasonable prices... curious what all of yall been involved with...... Im only up to 47 GPU's at the moment, wishing i could get more around MSRP pricing...
, My rigs have been super super stable with the new watercooling setup, the ability to maintain temps on all the cards within +/-3 degrees has allowed them to produce more overall hash power and less buggy lockups and restarts that i had prior to going watercooling. Currently i have 100% of my entire mining rigs running on watercooling.
I'd love to hear more about your water cooling setup. Have you posted details elsewhere already? Care to share some? Thanks!! So....been just letting the newer rigs just do what they do best working out some kinks i had with my watercooling system and actually redesigned it compared to the origional way i was going about things.. I had 2 industrial inline waterpumps fail on me in the first month of running the watercooling system due to the bushings around the shafts getting to tight and causing resistance on the motor to overcome, leading to excess motor temps, now im running some submergable pumps in hopes of longer life out of them, if these end up failing im planning to switch to externally driven waterpumps that a friend of mine recommened... basically pulley driven chevy automotive waterpump.......
I have really come to a standstill with my mining setup due to the lack of GPU's available at reasonable prices... curious what all of yall been involved with...... Im only up to 47 GPU's at the moment, wishing i could get more around MSRP pricing...
, My rigs have been super super stable with the new watercooling setup, the ability to maintain temps on all the cards within +/-3 degrees has allowed them to produce more overall hash power and less buggy lockups and restarts that i had prior to going watercooling. Currently i have 100% of my entire mining rigs running on watercooling. 
I am fully riser free.. Thanks to my Seller Sidonia on aliababa .
I am running 6 slot and 8 slot boards with zero risers.
Hi!
Do you prefer server PSU for 6-slot riserless? I've ordered M06 (integrated CPU) from Letine but now I am unsure what PSU should I buy for it, cause the M06 have lot's of MOLEX and SATA connectors onboard.
I like Corsair rm1000i. Refurbished from Corsair website.
But if you plan on using nvidia and smos
Set tdp to pull under 750 watts.
That would be 6 1070 at 100 to 120 watts.
I have a few Corsair Ax1200i refurbished. The warranty is one year. Two out of four died at 18 months point.
well here is the deal most atx die too soon
you can pay for the rm1000x
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/rmx-series-rm1000x-1000-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-fully-modular-psu-na-refurbished 140 usd knowing it dies at year 2
or
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/rmx-series-rm1000x-1000-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-fully-modular-psu new 190 knowing it dies at year 2 and it gets replaced
both will die running at 800dc 900ac at the wall
so up front I am 50 bucks ahead and it pays off in under a year.
Also notice the new one is sold out.
ATX can't do 80% dc 7/24/365
for more then 2 or 3 years.
Seasonic
EVGA
Corsair
Fractal
Rosewill
all die off and I don't push the shit out of them.
Pretty disappointed in them all. As none of the 1000 watt plus really last at 80% dc
I am fully riser free.. Thanks to my Seller Sidonia on aliababa .
I am running 6 slot and 8 slot boards with zero risers.
Hi!
Do you prefer server PSU for 6-slot riserless? I've ordered M06 (integrated CPU) from Letine but now I am unsure what PSU should I buy for it, cause the M06 have lot's of MOLEX and SATA connectors onboard.
I like Corsair rm1000i. Refurbished from Corsair website.
But if you plan on using nvidia and smos
Set tdp to pull under 750 watts.
That would be 6 1070 at 100 to 120 watts.
I have a few Corsair Ax1200i refurbished. The warranty is one year. Two out of four died at 18 months point.
I purchased 2 sli 1080 ti gaming rigs for
2327 each
and 196 in coupon off
2131 for a complete 2 card 1080ti gaming rig is good.
Now I have to hope it ships when it is supposed to.
and the sale ended as I tried to get more with a friends account.
2327 each
and 196 in coupon off
2131 for a complete 2 card 1080ti gaming rig is good.
Now I have to hope it ships when it is supposed to.
and the sale ended as I tried to get more with a friends account.
It's still possible to get 1080tis for $800 or lower on Amazon but you must be really fast, like within 30s of seeing the email alert and have 1 click buy ready. They still restock 2-3 times a day, limit 3 cards per order.
I only managed to amass 9 cards before prices went completely nuts, and haven't even bothered trying to buy more in the last couple of weeks. Instead I've been kicking around the idea of getting some used server blades and setting them up for cryptonight, or maybe some bare, single PCIe-x16 slot Ryzen mobos for the same (single GPU slot should make it much less desirable for mining, methinks).
I'm just keeping my eyes peeled for good second hand deals at the moment. New prices here in the UK are just too high on what little stock there is!
I'm only on 12 GPUs now so small fry compared to you guys. The recent dip in BTC also came at a bad time as I was looking to cash out 0.2 BTC of earnings, but I guess I don't need the money and as there are no cards to buy, HODL it is!
Just feeling like we're stuck in limbo at the moment, with crypto taking a dip and cards being out of stock. Looking forward to Volta.
I'm only on 12 GPUs now so small fry compared to you guys. The recent dip in BTC also came at a bad time as I was looking to cash out 0.2 BTC of earnings, but I guess I don't need the money and as there are no cards to buy, HODL it is!
Just feeling like we're stuck in limbo at the moment, with crypto taking a dip and cards being out of stock. Looking forward to Volta.
Pricing is crazy right now. I bought my last 1070 Ti right after xmas for 499 bucks each and they are now priced over 600 and mostly unavailable. The last RX 570 I bought during black friday sales for 219 bucks now they are 340+ and mostly unavailable.
The only upside is that the difficulty won’t increase since there is an obvious shortage.
The RX Vegas really killed all Cryptonight coins the difficulty is insane
The only upside is that the difficulty won’t increase since there is an obvious shortage.
The RX Vegas really killed all Cryptonight coins the difficulty is insane
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