Topic: Power efficiency: 8+ GPU rig running normal OS from USB? (Read 353 times)
I have a 7 card rig running off a usb 3.0 512GB Toshiba External HDD with Windows 10 Pro and have no issues whatsoever. My rig is 7 x GTX 1060 on Biostar BT250-BTC Pro.
That few watts or less different between usb stick and ssd not going to cost you any noticeable amount of money .
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.25$/kwh , you paying around 2.2$ for a year
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.10$/kwh , you paying around 0.9$ for a year
SSD much faster
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.25$/kwh , you paying around 2.2$ for a year
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.10$/kwh , you paying around 0.9$ for a year
SSD much faster
USB 3.0s or those portable disks should work fine right?
The problem is you concentrating on a few dollars electricity price different between USB drive or SSD !
Let see if you have to reboot you mining rigs , with USB boot you might need time somewhere between 90-120 second with windows 10 , with the properly configured SSD install you need 30 second or less , so miner can start work 3-4 time faster with SSD than booting from USB ! So after each boot you can start earning money 60-90 second sooner with SSD
we are talking about very very small amount of money what you can earn , or lose with the power usage of ssd or usb / booting timeYes i tried mining from usb installed os, i dont like it all bc its much slower that ssd , time is money
Yes you can run Linux , Windows from USB without any problem.If you thinking to buy USB3 portable disks for you booting device , i just dont understand why you not using internal hdd or ssd , also external usb hdd are drawing more power that USB flash drives
That few watts or less different between usb stick and ssd not going to cost you any noticeable amount of money .
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.25$/kwh , you paying around 2.2$ for a year
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.10$/kwh , you paying around 0.9$ for a year
SSD much faster
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.25$/kwh , you paying around 2.2$ for a year
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.10$/kwh , you paying around 0.9$ for a year
SSD much faster
USB 3.0s or those portable disks should work fine right?
That few watts or less different between usb stick and ssd not going to cost you any noticeable amount of money .
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.25$/kwh , you paying around 2.2$ for a year
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.10$/kwh , you paying around 0.9$ for a year
SSD much faster
USB Flash Drive
SSD
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.25$/kwh , you paying around 2.2$ for a year
if you are using 1 watt and paying 0.10$/kwh , you paying around 0.9$ for a year
SSD much faster
USB Flash Drive
SSD
My friend told me tried it but it s was t efficient, he told he lost about 1.5M/h per GPU. And after some time he got a lot of errors and some GPU got disconnected.
Does anyone have experience running the OS of a mining rig with more than 8 GPUs from a USB? Can you do this with traditional operating systems like linux and windows?
Actually, I already know this can be done, my question is actually is it efficient and worth doing? Or will it just be a big headache?
Im asking because as far as I know running off from USB is more power efficient than running the OS from an SSD. Electricity isn't exactly cheap from where I am and I am looking to do this to reduce power costs.
Actually, I already know this can be done, my question is actually is it efficient and worth doing? Or will it just be a big headache?
Im asking because as far as I know running off from USB is more power efficient than running the OS from an SSD. Electricity isn't exactly cheap from where I am and I am looking to do this to reduce power costs.
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