Topic: My second ZEC + XMR+ ETH thread builds info links thoughts and photos. - page 15. (Read 147923 times)

Yeah I got .2 for 167  and .2 for 171

  the other .2 buys were higher. 

I never go all in any more too old for those moves.

Buying around $830-850 was a great investment!

Thanks Phil... I agree... based on that review I am not exactly gung-ho on that Capstone.  I will probably just wait for the price of that Quark to drop again. After all, I cannot really justify spending $1100 for 6 new MSI 470's at the moment anyway, so any money spent on other components that would just sit around for several weeks would probably not be wise.  Also, RAM prices seem to be quite high right now, although not as confident that those will drop.  If I had everything else except the PSU I would be more gung-ho but I actually only have the Mobo for rig #3 so I may wait a bit to go full-bore on rig #3. Probably will pick up at least 1 MSI 470 before Jan end for $170 though since I don't want to miss a rebate month.

you did quite well then... I missed that drop below $850 but bought $200 worth when it was around $920 I think, so not great but luckily, this happened:  I had requested a poker cash-out of $400 when BTC was a bit over $1100.  Lucky for me they are on a 2-3 day lag and the day they actually sent that $400 worth of BTC to my wallet, it was right at the $900 mark. So, I ended up about even but could have very easily lost $100 in value if it would have transferred even 24 hours earlier, so I count myself very fortunate there.

Since January 1 I sold 1 at 1000 later maybe the 4th  I sold 1 at 1111. I did 5 buy backs. Each of .2.


  Range of 830 best to 920 worst. Average for the 1 purchased back was 890.

Phil,

On different note - did you catch the moment when BTC dropped to $825 to buy a coin? I slept it out

1200 watt capstone review  a 7.8 I would not buy it



http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=453


quark review  a 9.2  I would buy it


http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=435

So, i didn't end up pulling the trigger on those 2 x 550w PSUs.  It was going to cost $140 for 1100w vs the 1200w single unit, which yes, now costs $180 but has been as low as $160 recently and $120 a little longer out.  I just didn't want to hassle with a 2-PSU setup for what would probably be a nominal savings.

So... still on the lookout for a good deal on a 1200w unit, I found this Rosewill Capstone G Series at NewEgg for $100 after $10 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182361&cm_re=rosewill_1200w-_-17-182-361-_-Product

This at least appears to be very similar to the Quark Plat Series, with the exception of course of the 2% difference in power efficiency, but was wondering if anyone on this thread had used this series (in any wattage).  In addition, the Capstone seems to be semi-modular, but with only the 24-pin connector permanently connected, so probably no issue there. Otherwise, seems to have the same # of cables/connectors as the Quark.  This still puts me 1 molex cable short, but hopefully can find a work-around for that.

If i do my math right, the incremental electricity cost for Gold vs Plat is only $2/month, so ROI wise, this would be a no-brainer vs the $180 (or even $160) Quark version.  But, wondering if there are any other differences that I am not catching.

I am short parts to fully test that.  but now that I know the trick pandaMinder does to change a non enterprise windows ten into an enterprise ten I will be test that in the next two weeks.

@ GabryRox  the price is great really great sale ends today.  If you wire and setup correctly it can be done 2 plus to one board. be careful

@m1n1gP4d4w4n

yeah we do get really good prices in the USA at times.

The z270 board is up and running!

I have 1 rx 470 and 1 rx 460 running in it.  doing eth

the board is pretty has nice leds





How to Upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise
Rather than messing with DISM, you can do this entirely from Windows 10’s Settings app. To do so, open the Settings app from your Start menu, select “Update & Security,” and select “Activation.” Click the “Change Product Key” button here.



You’ll be asked to enter a new product key. If you have a legitimate Windows 10 Enterprise product key, you can enter it now. But if you don’t, grab the KMS client setup key for Windows 10 Enterprise  and Windows 10 will automatically convert itself to a Windows 10 Enterprise system. Remember, as this isn’t an valid key for activation, the resulting Windows 10 system won’t activate with Microsoft’s activation servers online. You may not want to do this on your primary Windows system.

Here’s the key you’ll need to enter for Windows 10 Enterprise:

NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43

I have a source for Windows 10 Enterprise key that is legit.

So by the end of the day this board should have a Working windows 10  enterprise.  If it works and does more then 4 cards I will buy the legit key.


It is now a Windows 10 Enterprise I have 30 days to activate it.  This is allowable with any windows 10 .  After 30 days you need to activate it.

I will need a few days to get all parts to test this mobo and cpu

 I have an intel i5-7500

The aorus z270 k5 by gigabyte.
stock intel cooler
1 stick of ram
1 1tb ssd sandisk edge
1 silverstone 700 watt  titanium
1 msi rx 470
1 visiontek rx 460

I fucked up with a riser I got it in the mail and did not remember where I purchased it.  it worked great It had a six pin pcie jack for power. not those shit   4 pin power jacks.

I used a few weeks and rearranged all my gear for the panda miner  So I sold a psu to generalt and he asked me if I had a riser So I tossed it in and never did the review of duh moron me.

I will post more on it  but I am asking generalt does it still work well?

Phil, that's a good price for the 550w.  I've been watching the 1200w prices for over a month and they are ridiculously high. Amazon had it for $160 for a while but now it can't be found anywhere for less than $185!  I am kicking myself for not buying 2 when they were on sale for $120 a few weeks back.

Anyway, this good price on the 550w got me thinking... what potential issues would there be in running a 6-GPU rig off of 2 of these?  Wattage wise, it could easily be done on XMR and while a bit closer, could probably mine ETH too with enough headroom.  But, not sure what concerns there would be with running a rig off 2 separate PSUs.  Could PSU #1 run the mobo and 2 GPUs, and GPU #2 run the other 5 GPUs?

Damn i would love to see thoses kind of price in europe

Does the z270 do more than 4 GPUs? I read that there are 4 more PCIE lanes, but they're for the X3D cache

Okay  I found a really good price for a platinum psu.  it is small 550 watts will do 2 rx 470's no worries.


USA buyers 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA07234S8693&cm_re=Rosewill_Quark-_-17-182-349-_-Product


The price is $69.99  fully modular

It is great for a  smaller build

I own
the 550   watt quark
the 850   watt quark
the 1000 watt quark
the 1200 watt quark

They work well none have failed.

and $69.99 for a  platinum 550 watt modular psu is really cheap.

Oh I go my hands on a new z270 mobo  review is here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128966&cm_re=aorus_motherboard-_-13-128-966-_-Product


this will be fleshed out today as the intel cpu arrived today.

 Dang it you jinxed it!

 At least it's recovered SOME from the dump....

Thanks Aries! that 1750 strap seems to have done the trick for my 1 MSI 470 with Samsung memory. I switched over to ETH on that rig (mainly cuz of XMR 9.6 being unstable but also to get the hash-rate by card) and that Samsung MSI is right in line with the other 4 MSI speed wise.  I don't think I will mess with modding the Nitro right now as there seems to be some debate as to how best to mod it with Samsung memory.

As to my happiness with that Nitro... if I could do it over, I would rather have had another MSI 470 4GB.  Firstly, that Nitro 8GB cost me $40 more.  In addition, as mentioned above, it is proving to be much more challenging to mod the bios... so as it stands, it cost me about 20% more than an MSI 4GB and is getting about 15% less hash-rate... not to mention sucking more power.  Granted, if I can get a good bios mod in it won't be as bad, but somehow I doubt I will ever make up for that extra cost. It would have to hash 33 on ETH to be proportionally as good as the MSI 4GB, and there is now way that is going to happen.  I bought this card on a recommendation from another thread when I was still very new to mining... before Aries and others helped me maximize effectiveness of my MSI's.  I was very frustrated back then with getting low 20's on those MSI's so kind of jumped the gun with the hopes of getting a better card.

Are you happy with the sapphire nitro ? i heard they were very good

Sapphire Nitro's are a WHOLE different beast.  Do not strap these the same way.  They went from Hynix to Elpida, but I did not know they went to Samsung.  Since I started I have only had about 6 of these Sapphires and downloaded straps from other people.   Here is the guy "Cryptomined" I learned how to strap the Sapphires from:  https://youtu.be/vt9G_rfRVqo

Hope this helps.

Thanks Aries!  I had heard that 1750 strap mentioned elsewhere but much better to get the confirmation from and expert like you before trying it.

Out of curiosity, would this apply to all 470's with Samsung memory or just the MSI?  Reason I ask is that I have 1 Sapphire Nitro 470 8GB OC that also has Samsung memory and I have been hesitant to mod the bios on it as well.

Totally agree on Lee and his videos... really good stuff and I have learned a lot from watching them. He is also quick to respond to any questions, which is really cool.

Gotta love the fact that the $400 of poker winnings I sent to my Coinbase BTC wallet a few weeks back is now worth over $600.  Unfortunately, now kicking my self that I didn't send more winnings to BTC at that time, but who knew, right?  This is also the first day in the ~6 months that I have been in this that all 9 of the coins I hold are up in the last 24 hours... and all but 1 (XRP) is up 10% or more lol.  I only wish I had more significant holdings but can't have everything, right?