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Topic: My #1 GPU Mining Rig - Let Me Know What You Think! (Read 650 times)

legendary
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You have to watch it for when it is mining for dev fee.

 --fee is effective - but it's not as cut-and-dried as it could be, due to how EVERY miner I've seen that imposes a fee for use does so.

 --fee set to 0.2% might not actually GIVE that low, but it's noticeably lower than the default 2% does from when I was monitoring it to check.


 It's unfortunate zawata never got his FREE zec miner up to speed to be competative....

 It would also be interesting if wolf0 decided to build a ZEC miner - might still be fee but performance would probably beat anything current.

newbie
Activity: 28
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 EWBF miner is quite happy to run at a 0.2% fee (which I consider a LOT more reasonable for a widely-used mining program of comparable performance).


Hi QuinLeo,

How do you know the real fee is just 0.2%? And how to set that fee?
As I remembered EWBF's miner has the fees of 2% and somebody did tests to figure out that this miner has a average fees of about 3.8%, and the command --fee seems not effective.
Thanks!


EWBF has 2 - 3.8%? I Didn't know that Sad.
full member
Activity: 672
Merit: 154
Blockchain Evangelist.

 EWBF miner is quite happy to run at a 0.2% fee (which I consider a LOT more reasonable for a widely-used mining program of comparable performance).


Hi QuinLeo,

How do you know the real fee is just 0.2%? And how to set that fee?
As I remembered EWBF's miner has the fees of 2% and somebody did tests to figure out that this miner has a average fees of about 3.8%, and the command --fee seems not effective.
Thanks!
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
Did some OC and left my rig for the night.

Power 85%, Core +85, Mem +400 - This was the most stable setup so far.

Here are the stats for zCash from nanopool:

https://i.imgur.com/CVUwzyY.png

Let me know your tips Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1030
I guess you bought good premium hardware and rentability of it will about 8-13 month

Thanks.

It's best to upgrade my rig with 1070 TI or 1080 Ti in the next 2-4 weeks or maybe go with more 1060?

 Rig density on the 1060 is WAY too low for me to bother with them on anything except PERHAPS ETH - if I was doing any ETH mining at all.

 1070 ti is the current efficiency champ for ZEC/offshoots that is affordable - technically the Titan V is more efficient but at $3000 a card it is a TOTAL FAIL on hash/$.

 The Titan V does indicate that the new Volta upgrade cards will probably be 20-30% better efficiency over any current Pascal card - but gotta wonder if NVidia is going to bump the price on the new cards given that they'll be noticeably better than anything AMD.


 The Zotac Mini 1080 ti SHOULD be efficient if you run it at a low enough power level - try it in the 150-180 watt range where it's cooling system should be able to keep up.
 I wouldn't buy one due to the apparent lack of ball bearing fans (their AMP Extreme line brags about it's ball bearing fans, but their other cards are suspiciously silent on the subject) but if you already have it might as well use it effectively.


 BMiner on pretty much ALL of my rigs will not even load - since it's a Windows-specific program and I'm a major fan of the RELIABILITY of LINUX in a mining environment (and the very few Windows rigs I still have are getting moved OUT of Windows due to the low stability of the junk).
 I've also not been real impressed with it's posted hashrates - barely better than EBWF but you lose most of all of the improvement to the FIXED fee.
 Same issue as with DTSM except that some of my testing has shown DTSM giving SAME OR LOWER hashrate as EBWF on the same card at the same power setting.

 EWBF miner is quite happy to run at a 0.2% fee (which I consider a LOT more reasonable for a widely-used mining program of comparable performance).


newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
I see. Will look for 1000+. Thanks!

it's better if you also go for the non-mini version of your gpu as they tend to throttle a lot, and i don't think 250gb is really necessary, 120gb is enough for big virtual memory for certain coins

ZOTAC 180 TI Mini is slow. zCash 707 Sol/sec. and my 1070ti are 509 Sol/sec.

ZOTAC was almost 2x the price! I fucked up ....... and learned my lesson.
legendary
Activity: 3248
Merit: 1070
I see. Will look for 1000+. Thanks!

it's better if you also go for the non-mini version of your gpu as they tend to throttle a lot, and i don't think 250gb is really necessary, 120gb is enough for big virtual memory for certain coins
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
ETH Stats:

80% Power, +130 core, +600 memory

GPU0 t=55C fan=0%, GPU1 t=45C fan=44%, GPU2 t=48C fan=40%, GPU3 t=63C fan=31%
ETH: 12/19/17-16:20:48 - New job from eth-eu2.nanopool.org:9999
ETH - Total Speed: 121.748 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:00
ETH: GPU0 31.656 Mh/s, GPU1 35.911 Mh/s, GPU2 22.560 Mh/s, GPU3 31.621 Mh/s

GPU0 t=58C fan=27%, GPU1 t=53C fan=49%, GPU2 t=53C fan=45%, GPU3 t=65C fan=37%
ETH: 12/19/17-16:20:58 - New job from eth-eu2.nanopool.org:9999
ETH - Total Speed: 122.147 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:00
ETH: GPU0 31.755 Mh/s, GPU1 36.018 Mh/s, GPU2 22.663 Mh/s, GPU3 31.711 Mh/s
ETH: 12/19/17-16:21:03 - New job from eth-eu2.nanopool.org:9999
ETH - Total Speed: 121.789 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:01
ETH: GPU0 31.653 Mh/s, GPU1 35.997 Mh/s, GPU2 22.552 Mh/s, GPU3 31.587 Mh/s

GPU0 t=58C fan=28%, GPU1 t=58C fan=52%, GPU2 t=57C fan=49%, GPU3 t=65C fan=38%
ETH: 12/19/17-16:21:34 - New job from eth-eu2.nanopool.org:9999
ETH - Total Speed: 121.653 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:01
ETH: GPU0 31.653 Mh/s, GPU1 35.919 Mh/s, GPU2 22.484 Mh/s, GPU3 31.597 Mh/s
ETH: 12/19/17-16:21:42 - New job from eth-eu2.nanopool.org:9999
ETH - Total Speed: 121.741 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:01
ETH: GPU0 31.622 Mh/s, GPU1 35.914 Mh/s, GPU2 22.509 Mh/s, GPU3 31.697 Mh/s
newbie
Activity: 16
Merit: 0
Try Bminer for better hash

GTX 1070 Ti [GPU 0] Speed: 536.69 Sol/s 286.64 Nonce/s
GTX 1070 [GPU 1] Speed: 502.82 Sol/s 268.06 Nonce/s
GTX 1060 [GPU 2] Speed: 348.18 Sol/s 186.93 Nonce/s
Total 1387.68 Sol/s 741.63 Nonce/s Accepted shares 42 Rejected shares 0

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annbminer-a-fast-equihashethashcuckaroo29z-miner-for-amdnvidia-gpus-1649-2519271
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
Thank You guys so much for the help!

I'm running now on 80% Power.

3.33 Sol/W so far Smiley Small improvement.
member
Activity: 336
Merit: 15
Decrease the power limit to 85% and observe the hashrate for 1-2 hours. From there onwards decrease in 2% steps to fine the optimal settings. Keep in mind that not all the cards will behave identically so it might be that you need individual settings for best performance.
full member
Activity: 192
Merit: 100
I’m a little late to the party but went overkill on the CPU but glad you fixed the PSU. Your really need to play with your OC settings and you will be able to get much better hashrates.  I would try even up to +150 core +600 memory and see if it’s stable at 70% if you got Samsung memory in your GPUs it might be possible.

OK. Will try with more OC. So far it's all stable. GPU temp is around 68-73C per card.
try not to go over 70C. just keep em cool. give em some fresh air Cheesy my rigs have also the fans not on auto. i was playing around with each gpu to keep em under 70c
newbie
Activity: 28
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I’m a little late to the party but went overkill on the CPU but glad you fixed the PSU. Your really need to play with your OC settings and you will be able to get much better hashrates.  I would try even up to +150 core +600 memory and see if it’s stable at 70% if you got Samsung memory in your GPUs it might be possible.

OK. Will try with more OC. So far it's all stable. GPU temp is around 68-73C per card.
full member
Activity: 192
Merit: 100
I’ve been doing some research for the past 2 weeks and i decided to build my #1 test mining rig or a gaming PC if i fail at mining Smiley.

My plan is to build simple mining PC with NVidia GPUs to learn how to mine. If successful i’d like to scale and add 4 more GPUs to the current build and add more rigs in the future.
#1 priority is to have fun with small and easy build and learn as much as I can in terms of mining, optimisation and overall strategy (hodl or trade mined coins)

I based my research on best YT channels:

@VoskCoin https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT44w6854K62cSiwA1aiXfw and BBT https://www.youtube.com/user/BitsBeTrippin

Here is my rig hardware (keep in mind it’s gonna be a gaming PC if i fail at mining):

GPU
Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti MINI 8GB GDDR5
GPU
Zotac Geforce GTX 1080 Ti MINI 11GB GDDR5X
MOBO
Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3P
RAM
Crucial 8GB 3000MHz Ballistix Tactical Gray CL15
PSU
Corsair CX750M 750W Bronze BOX

CPU
Intel i5-7400 3.00GHz 6MB BOX
Paste
SilentiumPC Pactum PT-1 4g
SSD
Samsung 250GB 2,5'' SATA SSD Seria 850 EVO
CASE
Aluminium 2xPSU 6xGPU

Please let me know what You think.

was just reading what you wrote Cheesy
full member
Activity: 378
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I’m a little late to the party but went overkill on the CPU but glad you fixed the PSU. Your really need to play with your OC settings and you will be able to get much better hashrates.  I would try even up to +150 core +600 memory and see if it’s stable at 70% if you got Samsung memory in your GPUs it might be possible.
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
My Rig is online.

Now i'm mining zCash

Here are my stats so far:

CUDA: Device: 0 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 11264 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 1 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 2 GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 6144 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 3 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64

Temp: GPU0: 73C GPU1: 63C GPU2: 71C GPU3: 70C
GPU0: 737 Sol/s GPU1: 516 Sol/s GPU2: 310 Sol/s GPU3: 492 Sol/s
Total speed: 2055 Sol/s
+-----+-------------+--------------+
| GPU | Power usage |  Efficiency  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
|  0  |    251W     |  2.94 Sol/W  |
|  1  |    178W     |  2.90 Sol/W  |
|  2  |    122W     |  2.54 Sol/W  |
|  3  |    168W     |  2.93 Sol/W  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
u need to play with your settings to get the best bang for the buck (efficiency) try to use +150 core and +400 memory and tdp 75% and check your results

I already did +100 Core and +500 memory on all cards using MSI AfterBurner. What's a TDP? Power consumption?

Yes, you will get much better sol/watt ration with almost same speeds. try for each card individually. if you use MSI afterburner it is called power limit
and please try to swap out your PSU for a better one Smiley

My PSU is:

EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2, 1200W, 80 PLUS Platinum

I'm OK .... i think Smiley

Will change Power Limit. Thanks!
full member
Activity: 192
Merit: 100
My Rig is online.

Now i'm mining zCash

Here are my stats so far:

CUDA: Device: 0 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 11264 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 1 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 2 GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 6144 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 3 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64

Temp: GPU0: 73C GPU1: 63C GPU2: 71C GPU3: 70C
GPU0: 737 Sol/s GPU1: 516 Sol/s GPU2: 310 Sol/s GPU3: 492 Sol/s
Total speed: 2055 Sol/s
+-----+-------------+--------------+
| GPU | Power usage |  Efficiency  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
|  0  |    251W     |  2.94 Sol/W  |
|  1  |    178W     |  2.90 Sol/W  |
|  2  |    122W     |  2.54 Sol/W  |
|  3  |    168W     |  2.93 Sol/W  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
u need to play with your settings to get the best bang for the buck (efficiency) try to use +150 core and +400 memory and tdp 75% and check your results

I already did +100 Core and +500 memory on all cards using MSI AfterBurner. What's a TDP? Power consumption?

Yes, you will get much better sol/watt ration with almost same speeds. try for each card individually. if you use MSI afterburner it is called power limit
and please try to swap out your PSU for a better one Smiley
full member
Activity: 788
Merit: 100
Wow expensive rig, your processor is overkill i think, pentium is enough  Grin
Equihash algo i recomendation you to mine Bitcoin Gold, i think this is more profitable than ZEC
Good luck sir
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
My Rig is online.

Now i'm mining zCash

Here are my stats so far:

CUDA: Device: 0 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 11264 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 1 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 2 GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 6144 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 3 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64

Temp: GPU0: 73C GPU1: 63C GPU2: 71C GPU3: 70C
GPU0: 737 Sol/s GPU1: 516 Sol/s GPU2: 310 Sol/s GPU3: 492 Sol/s
Total speed: 2055 Sol/s
+-----+-------------+--------------+
| GPU | Power usage |  Efficiency  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
|  0  |    251W     |  2.94 Sol/W  |
|  1  |    178W     |  2.90 Sol/W  |
|  2  |    122W     |  2.54 Sol/W  |
|  3  |    168W     |  2.93 Sol/W  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
u need to play with your settings to get the best bang for the buck (efficiency) try to use +150 core and +400 memory and tdp 75% and check your results

I already did +100 Core and +500 memory on all cards using MSI AfterBurner. What's a TDP? Power consumption?
full member
Activity: 192
Merit: 100
My Rig is online.

Now i'm mining zCash

Here are my stats so far:

CUDA: Device: 0 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 11264 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 1 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 2 GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 6144 MB i:64
CUDA: Device: 3 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 8192 MB i:64

Temp: GPU0: 73C GPU1: 63C GPU2: 71C GPU3: 70C
GPU0: 737 Sol/s GPU1: 516 Sol/s GPU2: 310 Sol/s GPU3: 492 Sol/s
Total speed: 2055 Sol/s
+-----+-------------+--------------+
| GPU | Power usage |  Efficiency  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
|  0  |    251W     |  2.94 Sol/W  |
|  1  |    178W     |  2.90 Sol/W  |
|  2  |    122W     |  2.54 Sol/W  |
|  3  |    168W     |  2.93 Sol/W  |
+-----+-------------+--------------+
u need to play with your settings to get the best bang for the buck (efficiency) try to use +150 core and +400 memory and tdp 75% and check your results
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