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Title: mining rig pit or profit Post by: crypto.mycology on January 25, 2015, 09:02:38 AM I have been following crypto for a little while.
I have six r9 280 GPU's that were given to me from a former coworker. He made a small fortune in the last year and is now taking an extended vacation. He gave me some of his hardware and told me to use this forum if I had any questions. Is it worth spending the capital for a motherboard, power supply and ram to make a mining rig with six GPU's? What would be the best motherboard, processor, and power supply? Any coins that would be best to mine? I was able to get one of the GPU's to work with my desktop but that's all I can hook up. I've been mining boolberry for a couple weeks. I get cheap electricity so that's not a concern. Is it worth it to spend more money to use the GPU's I've been given or should I just put them in a box and forget about them. It wouldn't cost much but I don't want to waste my time if it's pointless. Thanks in advance. Title: Re: mining rig pit or profit Post by: djm34 on January 25, 2015, 12:52:21 PM I have been following crypto for a little while. if it's for mining any crappy board and low end cpu/ram will do... the important part is the psuI have six r9 280 GPU's that were given to me from a former coworker. He made a small fortune in the last year and is now taking an extended vacation. He gave me some of his hardware and told me to use this forum if I had any questions. Is it worth spending the capital for a motherboard, power supply and ram to make a mining rig with six GPU's? What would be the best motherboard, processor, and power supply? Any coins that would be best to mine? I was able to get one of the GPU's to work with my desktop but that's all I can hook up. I've been mining boolberry for a couple weeks. I get cheap electricity so that's not a concern. Is it worth it to spend more money to use the GPU's I've been given or should I just put them in a box and forget about them. It wouldn't cost much but I don't want to waste my time if it's pointless. Thanks in advance. Title: Re: mining rig pit or profit Post by: grouper fish on January 25, 2015, 01:21:07 PM Well you already have the expensive part of the rig (GPUs) and you say that your electricity is cheap. I would go for it. :)
You can probably get the rest of the parts you need cheap here on the marketplace forum. I´m mining with 10 280x and they are pointed at XMR for now, low network hashrate and a good chance to increase in value. Title: Re: mining rig pit or profit Post by: Amph on January 25, 2015, 08:32:43 PM motherboard h81 pro btc with risers without power, 4 gb of ram and a pentium haswell will do the trick
psu 1500i from corsair, should be enough with some undervolting at best |