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Planning to setup my first mining rig. Which is better for ETH 6pcs of GTX1060 @ $279.99 each or 3pcs GTX1070 @ $429.99 each. Also need some advises for long term mining plan if GTX1060 will still be useful after several years.

Why you want mining ethereum with Nvidia ? , with this equihash algo is better or more . 

yea, go amd if your planning to mine just ETH but in my opinion 1070s a good buy for more versatile/flexible gpu

1060 was better choice in past, but now with hyunix memory 1060 is too slow for eth.
Because of that is much better to go on 1070 cards. Even new p106 mining cards have lots of hyunix :(

Is it a good thing that they are using hynix or not? Is there a way to know if what memory are they using?

Sorry not aware that AMD is better for ETH. but for future use 1070 is better than 1060? for AMD part which is better to purchase?

I prefer 1070 for its flexibility. But if you focus on ETH, P106-100 is a good choice for better ROI.
I'm using P106-100 for mining ETH, each card costs about 240$ here, and it could draw 25.5 Mh/s, while 1070 may cost about 470$ and hash 30.5 Mh/s.

If you do really want to save up I would really choose  P106-100 because its cheaper and the price difference is too big when you tend to buy 1070 on just mining ETH. This is only on case to case basis but if you do have plans on mining other alts then I would go for 1070 because it is better on 1060 performance but as expected roi would be longer considering on the cost.

What brand is best for a 1070 GPU? Is EVGA GTX 1070 SC good or not? And also what is the profitable coin to mine and algorithm to use for a 1070 card?

Thanks in advance for the answers.

Totally agree with you! Mining ETH is harder and harder so in somehow 1070 is a good choice because of its flexibility.

But ETH is one of my most favour coin, and I believe in its future, so I'm going to purchase more some P106-100 rigs.

EVGA GTX 1070 SC is a good card. I have 1 rig of 1070, it includes 4 MSI + 2 EVGA, easy in overclocking, yeah so far so good!

ZEC/ZEN/ should be profitable for 1070, you could reference whattomine.com for this (but actually I do not regularly get reference from this, I just mine which coin I believe).

zotac 1060 6gb amp is coming with samsung mem
ordered a few all came samsung

well if eth will not go and change to PoS its still the best coin to mine and collect as we knew that future ahead would be much
brighter its all about trust, 1070 might work well for eth mining mate just research a lot and see how can you maximize your earnings.

The 1070Ti will come out soon. It is even better.

Same card with samsung memory to to about 24.5m in eth, but with hyunix max hash rate is about 19m, depend of your lucky.
And dont be fast with buying p106, lots new are with that not so good hyunix memory :(

Wow, it's good to hear. I had already purchased the EVGA 1070 SC and the other parts of my first rig, currently waiting for the delivery. How about dual mining and what miner do you use? I heard about nicehash, they say it's good for beginners. Lastly, whats the best OC settings for EVGA card?


Thanks by the way for your response, it is very much appreciated.

I guess those who go for Nvidia have purpose besides only mining, such as running AI training, or just normal numeric tasks. I heard Numba, the acceleration package for Python can use CUDA now.

no way to determine if what memory are they using until you use your GPU?

Dual mining is fine, you could do it with ETH + DCR/UBQ/LBC...For me, I just mine ETH only.
I use Claymore miner in following link, OC setting as: +600 mem, -100 core, temp. target 70C, 55-60% fans, it's quite stable and stays around 64C.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.0

Thanks a lot shibob, I will try to do a backread to the thread you suggest. I'm hoping to learn a lot from it. I'm still positive that mining is still profitable and it is still very much alive and kicking, contrary to those who said that mining is dead.

How much hashrate have 1060 with equihash now ? and consumption ? ( i have gtx 1070 ) .

Thanks .

1060@6Gb Asus strix stock have 290 sol/s. with 120w

It's interesting that Nvidia leaves such a large gap in price & performance between the 1060 and 1070. Supposedly they're working on a 1070ti, but I think something to go between the 1060 and 1070 would be just as popular, if not more so.

I believe your question would be best answered by factoring in your budget for the entire rig because all the other variables (motherboard, PSU, ram, etc.) will depend primarily on how much you are spending. Will you be buying a 12-GPU capable mother like the biostar tb250 btc pro? or just any simple mobo with 5 GPU slots? Too much things are in play that you need to consider and research on. That is the fun in mining too.

To answer your question tho, I suggest go for the 1060s only if you're planning to build a large rig (more than 8+ GPUs). Otherwise, if youre using an existing PC mobo with just 4 GPU slots for example, just get the 1070s. 1060s because they are more power efficient in terms of hashrate/power-consumption and they are easier to resell. Not many gamers are willing to spend on 1070s when 1060s do the job well.

1070 is an obvious choice against 1060. But look for something else than ETH.

I would suggest go with a "traditional" 6 GPU configuration since most of M/Bs have 6 PCIe slots. More slots mean more power for GPUs that will lead to 2 x PSU.

Bad advice. Do you think sticking to what is traditional will get you maximum profits? If you keep doing what are you doing today, you will never get anywhere. You should really learn to have an open mind and try and change for the better.

Your "more slots and more power for GPUs" problem can easily be remedied by an even more power efficient server PSU. Server PSUs are also cheaper than your regular PSUs.