Yeah, the issue is with reading through different posts, usually they only cover a tiny fraction of my actual questions as I tried to read throguh blogs, posts etc. It is extremely time consuming, unfortunately. I assembled PCs years back, but have not done that quiet some time, so I am lil bit out of touch and never really was into using different PSU's etc. and wireing several cards was not really necessary, but this has another purpose now.
I already put some money in different coins, but with the recent heavy fluctuations, I would be happy to just have a more solid thing running aside as one is having at least the graphic cards and the equipment at the end of the day. That is why I tend to start mining in addition as day trading or even intermediate trading is very time-consuming and quite stressful in my opinion.
Yeah, I figured out that it actually seem to not have PCI express slots but just regular ones.
So, in early march, I would potentially have in total 3x 1060, 1x 1080, 3x 1070 delivered as I got if confirmed today. Is there a website where I can easily calculate the max /min and/or average power consumption?
Is a 1200 Watt from EVGA or Corsair a good choice or are the better more cost-efficient ones available that I also may want to look at?
Someone having one or some mainboards in mind that would fulfill my desires for the rig with the 7 (potentially 6 cards if 7 not possible)?
I also read that the more recent mainboards such as those require much less to none BIOS modifications as they are set up differently. Obviously, I am also looking for something that needs less optimization, particulary if I am just starting...
I looked into those mainboards, though hardly any available:
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B072NDFT1D/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (though sold out at the moment)
https://www.amazon.it/gp/offer-listing/B075D7R8DL/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (expensive for 230 Euros)
https://www.amazon.it/Asrock-H81-PRO-BTC-R2-0/dp/B01M5FQZYE/ref=sr_1_16?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1519151251&sr=1-16&keywords=bitcoin (this one could be delivered for about 120 Euros, but I read that it is not user-friendly for beginners)
The issue I truly have with this 400 USD power supplies is really when they actually pay off unless you sell them later on in addition. As an example, when I use 1200Watt/hour continously 24/7, I would use 864, 000 Watt = 864 kWh a month, a 5% higher efficiency would be about 43kWh safed and with a price of 0.2 Euro per kWh, I would literally safe 8.6 Euro each month. If they cost me 200 Euro more than a cheaper one, the RIO for the better PSU would nearly 2 years....which feels to me a very long time in crypto-terms. Opinions? Obviously, I could make calculations for every PSU, but I am asking for opinions that would help me to make a decision faster.
In regard to the Corsair PSU's, I pre-ordered the one without software control/monitoring (the HX model) and the digital one from the HXi series that is able to do that. Is that a feature that I actually need for mining the software/control monitoring?
@thanks for the short explanation about the modular issue, now I get the difference between modular and non-modular
Thanks, guys!