How to split the investment - 20k for a little mining farm

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Quote from: kakoluckiam on December 21, 2017, 07:19:16 PM

Hi there. I'm going to invest 20k for some rigs, considering that ethereum may go to PoS next year, I was thinking about taking something like:
1 rig with 8x 1070 (mining zcash or whatever is profitable)
1 rig with 8x vega (mining cryptonight)
3 rigs with 8x 580 each (24 GPUs total, mining ethash or whatever will be profitable)

How is this setup? Does it make sense to split the hardware like that to chase different mining objectives? Or should i just go for 48x 580s, 24x vegas or 32x 1070s?

I'd like to receive some tips, thank you.

I think now it's very difficult to estimate profitablity of mining. The volatility of main cryptocurrencies is very high. But the most effective at the moment are 1070ti and Vega56

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Quote from: Agozyen on December 21, 2017, 10:10:10 PM

Quote from: martyroz on December 21, 2017, 07:40:01 PM

Quote from: kakoluckiam on December 21, 2017, 07:19:16 PM

Hi there. I'm going to invest 20k for some rigs, considering that ethereum may go to PoS next year, I was thinking about taking something like:
1 rig with 8x 1070 (mining zcash or whatever is profitable)
1 rig with 8x vega (mining cryptonight)
3 rigs with 8x 580 each (24 GPUs total, mining ethash or whatever will be profitable)

How is this setup? Does it make sense to split the hardware like that to chase different mining objectives? Or should i just go for 48x 580s, 24x vegas or 32x 1070s?

I'd like to receive some tips, thank you.

If I had $20k for a set-up I would go;

35 * 1070ti ($15,715)
5 * 7 card rigs - 1200W PSU and nvOC on USB

If you have a mix of cards you will have to learn that much more. You will run into problems, especially if you are running Windows 10. My best advise would be to learn how to disable Windows update. Microsoft has fine-tuned that so you can't disable anymore through control panel or the stupid 'settings' anymore.

My next rig will run Linux.

If you don't know how to disable windows update, follow this guide: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3085136/windows/two-ways-to-control-or-stop-windows-10-updates.html. Windows 10 is the best option for both beginner and advanced because of the compatibility it offers for software such as bios modding, performance monitoring, and GPU support.

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Quote from: Agozyen on December 21, 2017, 10:10:10 PM

Quote from: martyroz on December 21, 2017, 07:40:01 PM

Quote from: kakoluckiam on December 21, 2017, 07:19:16 PM

Hi there. I'm going to invest 20k for some rigs, considering that ethereum may go to PoS next year, I was thinking about taking something like:
1 rig with 8x 1070 (mining zcash or whatever is profitable)
1 rig with 8x vega (mining cryptonight)
3 rigs with 8x 580 each (24 GPUs total, mining ethash or whatever will be profitable)

How is this setup? Does it make sense to split the hardware like that to chase different mining objectives? Or should i just go for 48x 580s, 24x vegas or 32x 1070s?

I'd like to receive some tips, thank you.

If I had $20k for a set-up I would go;

35 * 1070ti ($15,715)
5 * 7 card rigs - 1200W PSU and nvOC on USB

If you have a mix of cards you will have to learn that much more. You will run into problems, especially if you are running Windows 10. My best advise would be to learn how to disable Windows update. Microsoft has fine-tuned that so you can't disable anymore through control panel or the stupid 'settings' anymore.

My next rig will run Linux.

You can easily prevent windows update from downloading and installing updates in Win10. GPEDIT dude! I built a 6 gpu Vega 56 rig a couple of weeks ago. It's been stable as fuck. Love that thing. Zero problems. Tonight I'm going to be building my first 6 gpu 1070ti rig. Hopefully that will go just as smooth as the Vega rig did.

I wouldn't mix cards in the same rig, but I definitely want the experience of building AMD and NVIDIA rigs. Having to learn that much more is not a negative.

kakoluckiam

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I've pretty high electrecity costs, about 0,18 USD, that's why I want to choose well.
I'm probably going for 12x vega on 2 separate rigs, and 2x 12 580s rigs. This will be 4 rigs in total, running dedicated OS on linux obviously.
Tips are still welcome, gonna be my first experience in mining

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Quote from: kakoluckiam on December 21, 2017, 07:53:42 PM

It seems to be the less profitable solution tho, according to whattomine. I may be wrong, just checked.

Whatever is more profitable is also dependent on your power costs. For those with cheap electricity, older cards can often give better yields for a given initial investment. (Note that less efficient hardware also influences your PSU budget, in addition to power costs at the wall.) For those with higher electricity costs, efficient GPUs such as the 1070ti can often be better investments.

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Until the end

Quote from: martyroz on December 21, 2017, 07:40:01 PM

Quote from: kakoluckiam on December 21, 2017, 07:19:16 PM

Hi there. I'm going to invest 20k for some rigs, considering that ethereum may go to PoS next year, I was thinking about taking something like:
1 rig with 8x 1070 (mining zcash or whatever is profitable)
1 rig with 8x vega (mining cryptonight)
3 rigs with 8x 580 each (24 GPUs total, mining ethash or whatever will be profitable)

How is this setup? Does it make sense to split the hardware like that to chase different mining objectives? Or should i just go for 48x 580s, 24x vegas or 32x 1070s?

I'd like to receive some tips, thank you.

If I had $20k for a set-up I would go;

35 * 1070ti ($15,715)
5 * 7 card rigs - 1200W PSU and nvOC on USB

If you have a mix of cards you will have to learn that much more. You will run into problems, especially if you are running Windows 10. My best advise would be to learn how to disable Windows update. Microsoft has fine-tuned that so you can't disable anymore through control panel or the stupid 'settings' anymore.

My next rig will run Linux.

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Quote from: kakoluckiam on December 21, 2017, 07:53:42 PM

It seems to be the less profitable solution tho, according to whattomine. I may be wrong, just checked.

Seems like you know what you want to do then.

Let us know

kakoluckiam

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It seems to be the less profitable solution tho, according to whattomine. I may be wrong, just checked.

martyroz

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Quote from: kakoluckiam on December 21, 2017, 07:19:16 PM

Hi there. I'm going to invest 20k for some rigs, considering that ethereum may go to PoS next year, I was thinking about taking something like:
1 rig with 8x 1070 (mining zcash or whatever is profitable)
1 rig with 8x vega (mining cryptonight)
3 rigs with 8x 580 each (24 GPUs total, mining ethash or whatever will be profitable)

How is this setup? Does it make sense to split the hardware like that to chase different mining objectives? Or should i just go for 48x 580s, 24x vegas or 32x 1070s?

I'd like to receive some tips, thank you.

If I had $20k for a set-up I would go;

35 * 1070ti ($15,715)
5 * 7 card rigs - 1200W PSU and nvOC on USB

kakoluckiam

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Hi there. I'm going to invest 20k for some rigs, considering that ethereum may go to PoS next year, I was thinking about taking something like:
1 rig with 8x 1070 (mining zcash or whatever is profitable)
1 rig with 8x vega (mining cryptonight)
3 rigs with 8x 580 each (24 GPUs total, mining ethash or whatever will be profitable)

How is this setup? Does it make sense to split the hardware like that to chase different mining objectives? Or should i just go for 48x 580s, 24x vegas or 32x 1070s?

I'd like to receive some tips, thank you.

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