Suggestions for lower power cards for litecoin rig

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Quote from: Wipeout2097 on January 21, 2014, 12:41:42 AM

I believe that's enough!

People already suggested cards: R9-270, R9-270X, R9-260, 7850, 7870!

I posted 3 good looking cards. Do you want me to find in pink or purple to match the curtains???

If you want cards that look cute, don't ask here. Google and look at them

someone has a bug in their undies...

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Quote from: jakedeez on January 20, 2014, 08:54:24 PM

Quote from: philipma1957 on January 20, 2014, 07:19:10 PM

3 for 600 and you will get 900-1050 khs

let me ask again - cards, max $500 - and some hashing.

Suggestions based on that? Also - no card that needs a six and eight pin connector.

I believe that's enough!

People already suggested cards: R9-270, R9-270X, R9-260, 7850, 7870!

I posted 3 good looking cards. Do you want me to find in pink or purple to match the curtains???

If you want cards that look cute, don't ask here. Google and look at them

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Quote from: philipma1957 on January 20, 2014, 07:19:10 PM

3 for 600 and you will get 900-1050 khs

let me ask again - cards, max $500 - and some hashing.

Suggestions based on that? Also - no card that needs a six and eight pin connector.

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Quote from: jakedeez on January 20, 2014, 04:53:33 PM

Quote from: TookDk on January 20, 2014, 04:45:20 PM

I can recommend MSI R9 280X (has twin frozr fan,10 mm), undervolt to 1137 mV.
They perform very stable at 720 kH/s with @ 75C at 65% fan speed.

I was actually experimenting today, with sacrificing hash power for lower noise, they perform well at 690 kH/s @ 78C at 50% fan speed.

50% fan speed is not making much noise.

But the ideal "wife approved" rig, would be to watercool the cards, however the rig will properly never reach ROI.

I use AX760 in my rig, it is general one of the most low noise PSU you can get.

I think I am miscommunicating something here. He doesn't care about the hashing really, just that it looks good. I have 3x xfx r9 280X cards for his rig... but he doesn't give a shit about the hashing. He cares that it looks good. He doesn't want the hashing, fine, I'll happily throw together a new rig and keep it...

So, to rephrase my original question:

What cheap ass cards can still hash at 300+?

find 7850's
http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Radeon-Express-Graphics-900505/dp/B007KJ1URG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1390263507&sr=8-7&keywords=hd7850

3 for 600 and you will get 900-1050 khs

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I would go with the 270s, undervolt them and run watercooling

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Quote from: jakedeez on January 20, 2014, 04:53:33 PM

He doesn't care about the hashing really...

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Does have any color preference? If he likes red and black, check out the ASUS https://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/R9270XDC2T2GD5/

If he's ok with black and yellow/gold, choose Sapphire Toxic 270x. For black and blue, you can get the Sapphire Vapor-X 270x http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1227&pid=2036&psn=&lid=1&leg=0

I suggest R9-270 either way. Just in case he gets bored, you'll get still nice cards for mining at 450 Kh/s

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Quote from: TookDk on January 20, 2014, 04:45:20 PM

I can recommend MSI R9 280X (has twin frozr fan,10 mm), undervolt to 1137 mV.
They perform very stable at 720 kH/s with @ 75C at 65% fan speed.

I was actually experimenting today, with sacrificing hash power for lower noise, they perform well at 690 kH/s @ 78C at 50% fan speed.

50% fan speed is not making much noise.

But the ideal "wife approved" rig, would be to watercool the cards, however the rig will properly never reach ROI.

I use AX760 in my rig, it is general one of the most low noise PSU you can get.

I think I am miscommunicating something here. He doesn't care about the hashing really, just that it looks good. I have 3x xfx r9 280X cards for his rig... but he doesn't give a shit about the hashing. He cares that it looks good. He doesn't want the hashing, fine, I'll happily throw together a new rig and keep it...

So, to rephrase my original question:

What cheap ass cards can still hash at 300+?

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I can recommend MSI R9 280X (has twin frozr fan,10 mm), undervolt to 1137 mV.
They perform very stable at 720 kH/s with @ 75C at 65% fan speed.

I was actually experimenting today, with sacrificing hash power for lower noise, they perform well at 690 kH/s @ 78C at 50% fan speed.

50% fan speed is not making much noise.

But the ideal "wife approved" rig, would be to watercool the cards, however the rig will properly never reach ROI.

I use AX760 in my rig, it is general one of the most low noise PSU you can get.

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Yeah, the R9 270s run well undervolted.

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3x or 4x Gigabyte HD 7850 or R9 270 with Twin Fans are awesome for power efficiency and low noise.

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That is what I suggested, lol! You can mine as few kh/s as you want on basically any card. But the r9 are cool and quiet with good efficiency, no other real choice in 2014

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Quote from: cdog on January 20, 2014, 02:51:12 PM

AMD R9 260 and 270 series

Undervolt quite nicely

What if I wanted to run three cards, but at like 350 each? What would you suggest then?

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AMD R9 260 and 270 series

Undervolt quite nicely

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So, this is kind of an odd request I know, in a different direction then others want to go, but I want lower power, lower hashing cards for a litecoin rig I am building.

Why?

My brother in law wants it as an art piece for his living room. I already have a beautiful ferrari test bed, and I want to make this look really nice... however, he wants it quiet without a ton of fans on teh rig... and no fans pointed at the rig. So I need cooler, lower power cards.

Any suggestions for something that would be cool, quiet, stable, and produce maybe 400-500 kh per card?

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