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Title: silencing ASIC miners to use them as heating Post by: Mr_Snipes on July 28, 2017, 06:13:06 PM All that heat mining generates got me thinking a bit...
It's a shame that all that hot air is treated like a waste-byproduct. I'd like to use that heat to keep my kitchen warm in the upcoming spring and winter. Since these ASICs are a bit loud i started digging for solutions to reduce the noise. Some people build enclosures and lower the noise a little bit- like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvzP4g1bfh0 I was thinking about using sound-dampening foam or bitumen-mats. Title: Re: silencing miners to use them as heating Post by: philipma1957 on July 28, 2017, 06:17:44 PM All that heat mining generates got me thinking a bit... It's a shame that all that hot air is treated like a waste-byproduct. I'd like to use that heat to keep my kitchen warm in the upcoming spring and winter. Since these ASICs are a bit loud i started digging for solutions to reduce the noise. Some people build enclosures and lower the noise a little bit- like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvzP4g1bfh0 I was thinking about using sound-dampening foam or bitumen-mats. Or build a pc with 2 or 3 gpus. Title: Re: silencing miners to use them as heating Post by: Mr_Snipes on July 28, 2017, 07:18:27 PM That is another option- i have however one ASIC inbound :P
Title: Re: silencing miners to use them as heating Post by: dadesu on July 28, 2017, 07:24:29 PM All that heat mining generates got me thinking a bit... It's a shame that all that hot air is treated like a waste-byproduct. I'd like to use that heat to keep my kitchen warm in the upcoming spring and winter. Since these ASICs are a bit loud i started digging for solutions to reduce the noise. Some people build enclosures and lower the noise a little bit- like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvzP4g1bfh0 I was thinking about using sound-dampening foam or bitumen-mats. I and lots of peoples I know use mining rig to heat houses. Rigs in almost all room in past :) But in that case you must go on silent cards and power suplies. For example in past was very good for that kind of buisnies to use msi gamin x series of cards, like msi 380, card is almost without any sound, and with combine with rmx 1000 you have perfect rigs for house :) Now for is good msi 1060 gaming x, on ethereum almost passive cooling :) And design of mining rig is also need to be change, best is that use 4 cards and all of them to take cold air, not from other cards. Title: Re: silencing miners to use them as heating Post by: Mr_Snipes on July 28, 2017, 07:44:52 PM I don't mind some noise in that room, we eat in another one.
If i cannot hear much through the closed door, that will be optimal. Are you guys using electrical heating in your houses by default ? I have some local heating-provider as default. Title: Re: silencing miners to use them as heating Post by: 64dimensions on July 28, 2017, 07:57:38 PM You might want to look at 0db mode GPU's.
For instance, the ASUS R9 380 in 0db mode doesn't turn on the fans until 60C. A variant of this idea is to run GPU's at a higher temp say 75C to 78C Title: Re: silencing ASIC miners to use them as heating Post by: Mr_Snipes on July 28, 2017, 07:59:59 PM ok, i changed the headline a bit to clarify it:
My question is how to get these ASICS more silent. I know that the GPUs offer more options but my question is targeted towards silencing Antminer-ASICS in particular |