Topic: What is the best Graphics Card for mining? (Read 20407 times)
Nice resurrection! I haven't seen one brought back from that long ago in a while!
Asus Ares 2 
I just burned mine last week, so waiting for a new one ...
I just burned mine last week, so waiting for a new one ...
Methinks someone should convert a dorm fridge into a miner! 
Heh, now this is getting a little off topic, but the OP seems to have disappeared anyway.
I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
not much of a guide...I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
take some copper plate... cut it up...
cut some copper tubing solder it to gether...
solder it onto the coper plate
i ponly have 1 piece of advice...
take your time and thihnk it through...
it takes me about a week to make a block...
most of it thinking...
Hacker if you could standardize your blocks you'd probably sell quite a few
not worth my time...
it cheaper for me to buy the blocks then it would be for me to make them time wise...
i just enjoy making them from time to time...
i have 8 6970 video cards that i bought blocks for...
just waiting for resevoirs.. then i can dump all the heat into my cold air ducts for the winter...
Heh, now this is getting a little off topic, but the OP seems to have disappeared anyway.
I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
not much of a guide...I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
take some copper plate... cut it up...
cut some copper tubing solder it to gether...
solder it onto the coper plate
i ponly have 1 piece of advice...
take your time and thihnk it through...
it takes me about a week to make a block...
most of it thinking...
Hacker if you could standardize your blocks you'd probably sell quite a few
Heh, now this is getting a little off topic, but the OP seems to have disappeared anyway.
I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
not much of a guide...I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
take some copper plate... cut it up...
cut some copper tubing solder it to gether...
solder it onto the coper plate
i ponly have 1 piece of advice...
take your time and thihnk it through...
it takes me about a week to make a block...
most of it thinking...
Heh, now this is getting a little off topic, but the OP seems to have disappeared anyway.
I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
I do think this deserves it's own thread, a nice fat DIY watercooling guide would be amazing
the only problem i have is bending the pipe to get the pipes woven back and forth.
that is why i have just a signle pipe across teh GPU itself.
that is why i have just a signle pipe across teh GPU itself.
Your local home improvement store should have a tubing bender which looks like a tightly coiled spring. The spring keeps the tubing from collapsing when making tight bends. You can also fill the tube with water and freeze it to accomplish the same thing (but more time consuming.
Auto parts stores should care a tubing bender for brake lines also, but you'd probably have to braze the brake tubing to the copper water block.
Also, did you lap the surface of the waterblock after soldering the pipe to it? If not, you probably have some heat distortion that is impacting efficiency.
the only problem i have is bending the pipe to get the pipes woven back and forth.
that is why i have just a signle pipe across teh GPU itself.
that is why i have just a signle pipe across teh GPU itself.
Yeah, they're not running water through 100 small veins really close to the surface, it's a thick plate with a single pipe running over it, you're getting contact of only a sliver of the curve at the bottom side of the piping.
Definately cool, but not practical for other than "Hey I had a pump on hand and some cheap copper." factor, maybe if he used the big piping for the rest but stepped down to 1/4 that size woven back and forth a few times it'd be a lot more efficient pulling heat away.
Definately cool, but not practical for other than "Hey I had a pump on hand and some cheap copper." factor, maybe if he used the big piping for the rest but stepped down to 1/4 that size woven back and forth a few times it'd be a lot more efficient pulling heat away.
curretnly the 5770 isn't a bad bang for buck.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
5770s are really great if you can control the heat, and have lots of open slots for them =p
That is... so... awesome... Ghetto, but awesome..
+1 I like seen inivation and inventiveness
thanks...
except for CPU i have my hole machine watercooled this way.
MB
Ram
but this is going off topic...
Could I pay you for ghetto waterblocks for my sapphire 5830 and reference 5870? 1/2 inch ID
these geto waterblocks won't remove the amount of heat made by suce video cards...
my 5770 is running prety warm.
but does teh job... (not over clocked)
curretnly the 5770 isn't a bad bang for buck.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
5770s are really great if you can control the heat, and have lots of open slots for them =p
That is... so... awesome... Ghetto, but awesome..
+1 I like seen inivation and inventiveness
thanks...
except for CPU i have my hole machine watercooled this way.
MB
Ram
but this is going off topic...
Could I pay you for ghetto waterblocks for my sapphire 5830 and reference 5870? 1/2 inch ID
but this is going off topic...
Oh, that's ok, we don't mind looking at porn.
How about you get comfortable and show us a little water-pump
LOL 
but this is going off topic...
fap fap fap
more pics pls
but this is going off topic...
Oh, that's ok, we don't mind looking at porn.
How about you get comfortable and show us a little water-pump
curretnly the 5770 isn't a bad bang for buck.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
5770s are really great if you can control the heat, and have lots of open slots for them =p
That is... so... awesome... Ghetto, but awesome..
+1 I like seen inivation and inventiveness
thanks...
except for CPU i have my hole machine watercooled this way.
MB
Ram
but this is going off topic...
curretnly the 5770 isn't a bad bang for buck.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
5770s are really great if you can control the heat, and have lots of open slots for them =p
That is... so... awesome... Ghetto, but awesome..
+1 I like seen inivation and inventiveness
curretnly the 5770 isn't a bad bang for buck.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
doesn't use to much power either.
just need to find it on sale.
5770s are really great if you can control the heat, and have lots of open slots for them =p
That is... so... awesome... Ghetto, but awesome..
if you pay for electric, i don't think its a good idea to buy new parts to mine solely for profit. As you'll likely never make your money back.
It depends what you do with your coins though isnt it
if you pay for electric, i don't think its a good idea to buy new parts to mine solely for profit. As you'll likely never make your money back.
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