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Quote from: greyhawk on September 19, 2012, 07:01:01 AM

4) get a vacuum cleaner and clean out that poor thing.

No! Never vacuum electronics, at least not using direct contact (the fabric brush, or crevice device):

a) the tip could easily cause damage to surface-mounted parts, and
b) electrostatic build-up could be created or transferred, especially with the plastic brushes

A can of compressed air is a much safer bet. Vacuuming your power supply and such from outside the grille is safe, even though compressed air would probably still be more effective. OTOH, having a vacuum cleaner nozzle nearby collecting all that airborne mess is acceptable.

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Quote from: buddrulez on September 20, 2012, 04:45:27 PM

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Quote from: buddrulez on September 20, 2012, 03:56:44 PM

What is this ASIC? From what I can make out its specificly for bitcoin and better than a GPU? Are they even for sale yet and what sort of price are they?

I wouldn't hold my breath on them being release on time. I would continue current methods for now. Although I did just order a BFL single out of curiosity to see how long it would take to receive (something that has been available rather than vaporware) from them - especially since technically i won't lose my investment if i get their ASIC because they offer a full credit of what I paid for the Single towards the new unit.

My general understanding from reading in the forum is that BFL products do work at projected hash rates or better, but painfully slow delivery cycles.. again - personally i will keep doing what i am doing and will shift to the asic's when they arrive (or if).

So what your saying is just get a decent gpu for now and see if/what happens after they get delivered and tested?

Yup.

At least thats the way i am approaching it. Basically hedging my bets.

If you get good GPU's (i use almost exclusively 7970's) - they hold their value very well. so even if things change and you switch to HHR (high-hash rate) ASIC's, then you can recoup probably 60-85% of your investment into the GPU's. do a search on ebay for radeon 7970 and look at what the used ones are going for..

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NIce one thanks for the advice mate!

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More or less, yes.

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Quote from: RoboCoder on September 20, 2012, 04:14:48 PM

Quote from: buddrulez on September 20, 2012, 03:56:44 PM

What is this ASIC? From what I can make out its specificly for bitcoin and better than a GPU? Are they even for sale yet and what sort of price are they?

I wouldn't hold my breath on them being release on time. I would continue current methods for now. Although I did just order a BFL single out of curiosity to see how long it would take to receive (something that has been available rather than vaporware) from them - especially since technically i won't lose my investment if i get their ASIC because they offer a full credit of what I paid for the Single towards the new unit.

My general understanding from reading in the forum is that BFL products do work at projected hash rates or better, but painfully slow delivery cycles.. again - personally i will keep doing what i am doing and will shift to the asic's when they arrive (or if).

So what your saying is just get a decent gpu for now and see if/what happens after they get delivered and tested?

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Quote from: buddrulez on September 20, 2012, 03:56:44 PM

What is this ASIC? From what I can make out its specificly for bitcoin and better than a GPU? Are they even for sale yet and what sort of price are they?

I wouldn't hold my breath on them being release on time. I would continue current methods for now. Although I did just order a BFL single out of curiosity to see how long it would take to receive (something that has been available rather than vaporware) from them - especially since technically i won't lose my investment if i get their ASIC because they offer a full credit of what I paid for the Single towards the new unit.

My general understanding from reading in the forum is that BFL products do work at projected hash rates or better, but painfully slow delivery cycles.. again - personally i will keep doing what i am doing and will shift to the asic's when they arrive (or if).

buddrulez

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What is this ASIC? From what I can make out its specificly for bitcoin and better than a GPU? Are they even for sale yet and what sort of price are they?

[Edit]
n00b moment there I will do the research next time before asking!

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Quote from: Shadow383 on September 20, 2012, 03:33:52 PM

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Quote from: buddrulez on September 20, 2012, 03:04:50 PM

Well I had a nice suprise from the tax man today and now have a $500 budget for a new card/s!

Woot. I would get the ASIC's from BFL though, tbh. Just sayin.. Wink

Or an asic from Cablepair/Avalon at this point Wink

Touche. LOL

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Quote from: BTCMiners.net on September 20, 2012, 03:07:23 PM

Quote from: buddrulez on September 20, 2012, 03:04:50 PM

Well I had a nice suprise from the tax man today and now have a $500 budget for a new card/s!

Woot. I would get the ASIC's from BFL though, tbh. Just sayin.. Wink

Or an asic from Cablepair/Avalon at this point Wink

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Quote from: buddrulez on September 20, 2012, 03:04:50 PM

Well I had a nice suprise from the tax man today and now have a $500 budget for a new card/s!

Woot. I would get the ASIC's from BFL though, tbh. Just sayin.. Wink

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Well I had a nice suprise from the tax man today and now have a $500 budget for a new card/s!

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Quote from: MichelX on September 19, 2012, 08:47:12 AM

From were can i get cheap 5870's?

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ati+5870

Google my man. I saved you the search, so if you want you can BTC me Cheesy

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A gas duster is really effective for cleaning! I had to buy one for someone I know to make him stop vacuuming his computers (people are really stubborn about ignoring warnings of static electricity), and now he's a fan of using them too.

Just keep it well ventilated or even consider doing it outdoors if it's really dusty. It's fine to vacuum around the computer or at the non-electric parts (like at the bottom of the case).

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Quote from: greyhawk on September 19, 2012, 07:01:01 AM

4) get a vacuum cleaner and clean out that poor thing.

5) Don't use a vacuum cleaner.
5a.) Vacuum cleaners can cause static electricity, burning up boards/cpu/cpu, etc.. you get the picture. On top of that, it doesn't clean much.
5b) Use an air compressor, that will blow air versus sucking in air. Preferably between 80-120psi not directly at components, but more indirectly to blow the dust out.
5c) If you used a vacuum cleaner and it fried some components send a bill to greyhawk. Wink

5d) Send BTC to 19N5UBzoE7EfTTsQ1RZmXZyvFbN7GYFYDq if you used an air compressor. Cheesy

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From were can i get cheap 5870's?

Shadow383

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Quote from: Gabi on September 19, 2012, 06:54:19 AM

1)you don't need crossfire for mining Wink

2)buying GPU today for mining is not exactly a good idea
3)Well, get another 58xx, since you already have the computer.

Depends if you can get them cheap - a couple of weeks ago I picked up 3 5830s and a 5850 for ~£190 (~$300) since I already had the board, and they're sat hashing away happily at a combined 1.2Gh/s - won't take too long to pay off at that pace.

And OP - it looks like your machine can handle one more card on that PSU - get something from the 58xx range - obviously 5870s are the best miners but check out the price/performance ratio before you buy.

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Quote from: greyhawk on September 19, 2012, 07:01:01 AM

4) get a vacuum cleaner and clean out that poor thing.

^Also what this guy just said.
dust=heat
heat+mining=lots of heat
lots of heat=dead gpus.

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4) get a vacuum cleaner and clean out that poor thing.

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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat

1)you don't need crossfire for mining Wink

2)buying GPU today for mining is not exactly a good idea
3)Well, get another 58xx, since you already have the computer.

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Ok so I got some pics and I found out I have a 600w power supply and an ati 5770 gpu.

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