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Quote from: philipma1957 on November 09, 2016, 05:15:54 AM

Quote from: GabryRox on November 09, 2016, 01:50:27 AM

hmmm... interesting points about Intel potentially impacting the price of ZEC to promote higher CPU sales. Certainly it is possible but AMD & NVidia would benefit much more from pumping ZEC right? Because most Intel CPUs will only provide about 50% hash-rate vs just 1 high end GPU... and you can of course build a rig with 4-6 GPUs, so the effective impact of the CPU on a mining rig for ZEC is only about 10% of the overall hash-rate. Still, I do think Intel could benefit from pumping/buying ZEC... I doubt AMD can afford to do much but maybe NVidia can afford to impact it a bit.

Well for now I have hash on ETH and ZEC. I sell my ETH and I am now holding my ZEC

Interesting to hear that from you Phil. I'm doing the exact inverse, by auto-selling my ZEC and holding my ETH. May I have the reasons of such a choice

?

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Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:29:34 PM

BIOSTAR TB85 LGA 1150 Intel B85 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboards - Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-138-436

6 card board for cheap!!!
Have one runs great ordered two more!!

sold out

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Mine for a Bit

Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:43:05 PM

Quote from: citronick on November 09, 2016, 12:39:46 PM

Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:29:34 PM

BIOSTAR TB85 LGA 1150 Intel B85 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboards - Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-138-436

6 card board for cheap!!!
Have one runs great ordered two more!!

uncanny copy/resemblance of ASrock H81 Pro BTC Cheesy

same price!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157724

True!
I read a lot about the h81 having issues these days

I have also heard of issues with the h81 BTC Pro. I use the MSI Gaming Z97 GAMING 5 with 7 PCIEs:
Here is the motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130770.
Here is how to hook up 7 GPUs: https://youtu.be/EWVyutw3hZk

The MSI Gaming Z97 Gaming 5 price is double the BIOSTAR, but have to look into the BIOSTAR TB85. This price is very intriguing!

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Quote from: citronick on November 09, 2016, 12:39:46 PM

Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:29:34 PM

BIOSTAR TB85 LGA 1150 Intel B85 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboards - Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-138-436

6 card board for cheap!!!
Have one runs great ordered two more!!

uncanny copy/resemblance of ASrock H81 Pro BTC Cheesy

same price!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157724

True!
I read a lot about the h81 having issues these days

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Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:29:34 PM

BIOSTAR TB85 LGA 1150 Intel B85 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboards - Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-138-436

6 card board for cheap!!!
Have one runs great ordered two more!!

uncanny copy/resemblance of ASrock H81 Pro BTC Cheesy

same price!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157724

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BIOSTAR TB85 LGA 1150 Intel B85 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboards - Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-138-436

6 card board for cheap!!!
Have one runs great ordered two more!!

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Quote from: GabryRox on November 09, 2016, 01:50:27 AM

hmmm... interesting points about Intel potentially impacting the price of ZEC to promote higher CPU sales. Certainly it is possible but AMD & NVidia would benefit much more from pumping ZEC right? Because most Intel CPUs will only provide about 50% hash-rate vs just 1 high end GPU... and you can of course build a rig with 4-6 GPUs, so the effective impact of the CPU on a mining rig for ZEC is only about 10% of the overall hash-rate. Still, I do think Intel could benefit from pumping/buying ZEC... I doubt AMD can afford to do much but maybe NVidia can afford to impact it a bit.

Well for now I have hash on ETH and ZEC. I sell my ETH and I am now holding my ZEC

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hmmm... interesting points about Intel potentially impacting the price of ZEC to promote higher CPU sales. Certainly it is possible but AMD & NVidia would benefit much more from pumping ZEC right? Because most Intel CPUs will only provide about 50% hash-rate vs just 1 high end GPU... and you can of course build a rig with 4-6 GPUs, so the effective impact of the CPU on a mining rig for ZEC is only about 10% of the overall hash-rate. Still, I do think Intel could benefit from pumping/buying ZEC... I doubt AMD can afford to do much but maybe NVidia can afford to impact it a bit.

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Quote from: LoneRangir on November 09, 2016, 01:12:49 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on November 09, 2016, 12:53:12 AM

Quote from: LoneRangir on November 09, 2016, 12:16:24 AM

Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:08:54 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on November 08, 2016, 08:43:29 PM

as I said a rally .

http://coinmarketcap.com/

1   Bitcoin Bitcoin   $11,339,854,622   $710.25   15,965,892 BTC

2   Ethereum Ethereum   $925,295,508   $10.79   85,773,991 ETH

39   Zcash Zcash   $5,668,146   $367.59   15,420 ZEC

Look how easy it is for Intel to bump price.

Tell what me what commercial makes you want an intel cpu i 5 or better

  the one with Sheldon Cooper and Michael Phelps

or zec at 1 btc due to intel buying the coins .

wouldnt surprise me if amd or nvidia jumped on it and bought some

You think Intel, AMD, and Nvidia mine alt coins?

No but I think their combined worth is over 50 billion usd

Actually more like 70 billion usd.

And the market cap of Zec is about 6 million dollars.

So if they buy coins on an exchange it does not cost much to move the price to 1 btc.

Which would sell a shitload more CPUs and gpus not to mention mobos and atx psus.

So just buy some Zec at exchanges and it is far better the paying an Olympian and a TV start to do a commercial.

If Zec keeps higher then 1 btc tons and tons and tons of gear will be sold .

With a six million dollar cap the companies above can pump the price easy via exchange purchases

I see... cheaper than R&D and advertising.

Yep and if you read all my thoughts on alt coins since the spring,you would see I have said this about eth and predicted a replacement coin would come .

Which would be Zec.

If you need to buy a pc for your business Zec really gives a strong incentive for you to get an i5 or i7

Like a hp pavilion 510-50. Or a Lenovo m700.

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Quote from: philipma1957 on November 09, 2016, 12:53:12 AM

Quote from: LoneRangir on November 09, 2016, 12:16:24 AM

Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:08:54 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on November 08, 2016, 08:43:29 PM

as I said a rally .

http://coinmarketcap.com/

1   Bitcoin Bitcoin   $11,339,854,622   $710.25   15,965,892 BTC

2   Ethereum Ethereum   $925,295,508   $10.79   85,773,991 ETH

39   Zcash Zcash   $5,668,146   $367.59   15,420 ZEC

Look how easy it is for Intel to bump price.

Tell what me what commercial makes you want an intel cpu i 5 or better

  the one with Sheldon Cooper and Michael Phelps

or zec at 1 btc due to intel buying the coins .

wouldnt surprise me if amd or nvidia jumped on it and bought some

You think Intel, AMD, and Nvidia mine alt coins?

No but I think their combined worth is over 50 billion usd

Actually more like 70 billion usd.

And the market cap of Zec is about 6 million dollars.

So if they buy coins on an exchange it does not cost much to move the price to 1 btc.

Which would sell a shitload more CPUs and gpus not to mention mobos and atx psus.

So just buy some Zec at exchanges and it is far better the paying an Olympian and a TV start to do a commercial.

If Zec keeps higher then 1 btc tons and tons and tons of gear will be sold .

With a six million dollar cap the companies above can pump the price easy via exchange purchases

I see... cheaper than R&D and advertising.

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Quote from: LoneRangir on November 09, 2016, 12:16:24 AM

Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:08:54 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on November 08, 2016, 08:43:29 PM

as I said a rally .

http://coinmarketcap.com/

1   Bitcoin Bitcoin   $11,339,854,622   $710.25   15,965,892 BTC

2   Ethereum Ethereum   $925,295,508   $10.79   85,773,991 ETH

39   Zcash Zcash   $5,668,146   $367.59   15,420 ZEC

Look how easy it is for Intel to bump price.

Tell what me what commercial makes you want an intel cpu i 5 or better

  the one with Sheldon Cooper and Michael Phelps

or zec at 1 btc due to intel buying the coins .

wouldnt surprise me if amd or nvidia jumped on it and bought some

You think Intel, AMD, and Nvidia mine alt coins?

No but I think their combined worth is over 50 billion usd

Actually more like 70 billion usd.

And the market cap of Zec is about 6 million dollars.

So if they buy coins on an exchange it does not cost much to move the price to 1 btc.

Which would sell a shitload more CPUs and gpus not to mention mobos and atx psus.

So just buy some Zec at exchanges and it is far better the paying an Olympian and a TV start to do a commercial.

If Zec keeps higher then 1 btc tons and tons and tons of gear will be sold .

With a six million dollar cap the companies above can pump the price easy via exchange purchases

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Quote from: xleejohnx on November 09, 2016, 12:08:54 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on November 08, 2016, 08:43:29 PM

as I said a rally .

http://coinmarketcap.com/

1   Bitcoin Bitcoin   $11,339,854,622   $710.25   15,965,892 BTC

2   Ethereum Ethereum   $925,295,508   $10.79   85,773,991 ETH

39   Zcash Zcash   $5,668,146   $367.59   15,420 ZEC

Look how easy it is for Intel to bump price.

Tell what me what commercial makes you want an intel cpu i 5 or better

  the one with Sheldon Cooper and Michael Phelps

or zec at 1 btc due to intel buying the coins .

wouldnt surprise me if amd or nvidia jumped on it and bought some

You think Intel, AMD, and Nvidia mine alt coins?

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Quote from: philipma1957 on November 08, 2016, 08:43:29 PM

as I said a rally .

http://coinmarketcap.com/

1   Bitcoin Bitcoin   $11,339,854,622   $710.25   15,965,892 BTC

2   Ethereum Ethereum   $925,295,508   $10.79   85,773,991 ETH

39   Zcash Zcash   $5,668,146   $367.59   15,420 ZEC

Look how easy it is for Intel to bump price.

Tell what me what commercial makes you want an intel cpu i 5 or better

the one with Sheldon Cooper and Michael Phelps

or zec at 1 btc due to intel buying the coins .

wouldnt surprise me if amd or nvidia jumped on it and bought some

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Quote from: GabryRox on November 08, 2016, 07:57:07 PM

ZEC finally having a good day (at least for now lol)... back up over .4 BTC / $300 USD. Might be short-lived but I'm just happy to see a day without a 20% drop lol. Not that the whopping .15 ZEC i've mined with my 1 4-card rig amounts to much anyway, but was just about to switch back over to ETH with my GPUs, then this happened. I guess it wont hurt to keep mining ZEC for a while longer lol.

BTW... I am heading out of town soon and the wife knows nothing about how to maintain my rig, so was looking into remote desktop control options. Windows built-in remote PC control seems to be a decent option since the 2 PCs i want to control remotely are both on W7 and my travelling laptop is W10. Is this a good way to go for just my minimal set-up? Looking for something both easy to set up and easy to operate. Just curious what people are using and recommendations for my specific case. Thanks!

I use the chrome remote desktop app. You can add it right in the the chrome browser on your desktops, and add the app to your phone.

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as I said a rally .

http://coinmarketcap.com/

1   Bitcoin Bitcoin   $11,339,854,622   $710.25   15,965,892 BTC

2   Ethereum Ethereum   $925,295,508   $10.79   85,773,991 ETH

39   Zcash Zcash   $5,668,146   $367.59   15,420 ZEC

Look how easy it is for Intel to bump price.

Tell what me what commercial makes you want an intel cpu i 5 or better

the one with Sheldon Cooper and Michael Phelps

or zec at 1 btc due to intel buying the coins .

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ZEC finally having a good day (at least for now lol)... back up over .4 BTC / $300 USD. Might be short-lived but I'm just happy to see a day without a 20% drop lol. Not that the whopping .15 ZEC i've mined with my 1 4-card rig amounts to much anyway, but was just about to switch back over to ETH with my GPUs, then this happened. I guess it wont hurt to keep mining ZEC for a while longer lol.

BTW... I am heading out of town soon and the wife knows nothing about how to maintain my rig, so was looking into remote desktop control options. Windows built-in remote PC control seems to be a decent option since the 2 PCs i want to control remotely are both on W7 and my travelling laptop is W10. Is this a good way to go for just my minimal set-up? Looking for something both easy to set up and easy to operate. Just curious what people are using and recommendations for my specific case. Thanks!

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Quote from: QuintLeo on November 08, 2016, 04:11:08 AM

Quote from: xleejohnx on November 06, 2016, 08:47:38 AM

Quote from: vg54dett on November 06, 2016, 08:44:48 AM

Profitability seems to match Eth now

With the current block reward it will.
Maybe once the full block reward is given we will see a stable number hopefully it will be profitable
I think .5 btc will be the stable number.

Already dropped below that.

I'm not betting on it being stable even at 0.1 - where's the "retailer acceptance" that is the ONLY thing that can support a price long-term?

On the other hand, the block reward is still ramping up - I'm crunching the numbers at least once a day between ZEC, ETH, and the other option I originally BUILT most of my recent rigs for and switching as appropriate.

Worst case, I've already had a week of "double or more the profitability" out of my existing GPU rigs AND the new 3-card rig. 8-)

Price will get shored up by intel.

some math to follow.

https://www.coingecko.com/en/market_cap/zcash/usd

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Guys,
If you are looking to buy a cpu for cpu-mining and need some info on their relative performance,
this might shed some light.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/overclocked_cpus.html

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Quote from: xleejohnx on November 06, 2016, 08:47:38 AM

Quote from: vg54dett on November 06, 2016, 08:44:48 AM

Profitability seems to match Eth now

With the current block reward it will.
Maybe once the full block reward is given we will see a stable number hopefully it will be profitable
I think .5 btc will be the stable number.

Already dropped below that.

I'm not betting on it being stable even at 0.1 - where's the "retailer acceptance" that is the ONLY thing that can support a price long-term?

On the other hand, the block reward is still ramping up - I'm crunching the numbers at least once a day between ZEC, ETH, and the other option I originally BUILT most of my recent rigs for and switching as appropriate.

Worst case, I've already had a week of "double or more the profitability" out of my existing GPU rigs AND the new 3-card rig. 8-)

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