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even if you had the wires to connect it, youd better be careful. sometimes a 500W psu only has 350-400W of 12V, and/or multiple 12v rails.  at full power, a pair of 1080ti would easily trip the psu. at drastic powerlimits, youd still be looking at 400w+ draw when counting the mobo/cpu/ram/ssd

about $6/day right now

Im doing ~875MH with 80%TDP, +160core, -100mem

you paid nearly $1000USD for a 1080ti? that's pretty high.

as for power use, set a realistic tdp of ~75% and each card should draw <200W, and the entire system ~1150W

a celeron can handle a miner with identical cards (eg all 480s), but is under more load if mixing algorithms (such as zcash on 3xx cards simultaneous to eth on 4xx cards) and shows a bit of delay. works fine, but you might consider $20 more for an i3 on mixed rigs

1-3hrs to source parts locally (or 2weeks online)
1-2hrs to assemble
1hr to install OS
1hr to get drivers and mining software up to date
1-2hrs to tune the cards. (2-4hrs if you really fiddle with them)

setup changes a lot. tight spaces with wiring or airflow concerns may add an hour to assembly. issues with drivers (win7 installations dont play well with usb3.0) or pcie settings can add another hour or two

your first one will take an afternoon to get running at 90-95% optimal, and another day or two to finesse it

i seem to get issues at >+170core, but mine is just the SC black version. at 80% powerlimit getting around 890-910MH

GPU's MODEL NAME: EVGA 1080ti SC2 (Black)
VRAM: 11gb
CORE/MEMORY CLOCK: 1960/5400
HASHRATE: ~630
OS: Windows 10
TDP(OPTIONAL): 85%, 215 watt (70 Celsius, 40-50% fans)

Part of me wishes i went with the iCx or ftw3 versions for better cooling, but at the same time the heat produced is my real limitation as summer arrives and using a lower tdp is needed to keep my computer room under 25C. Ive had pretty meh overclocking results, and pushing core past a +150mhz (or mem past +400) tends to reset my device driver within a few minutes. not sure if its a thermal reason or simply a lower binning

you can get 1060 3gb cards for a steal (<$200 for the itx versions) right now and get ROI as quickly as a $300 480 card can

but you can get a better density with 1070 cards. and a 1080ti is also pulling a greta return and will always retain a strong resale value (easier to resell a 1080ti for $500 next year than a trio of $125 1060 cards)

generally they hold up pretty well. Ive got 270x cards that i bought for litecoin in 2014 and theyve probably had a full 2yrs of 24/7 operation (were offline for much of 2016). out of 3 cards (2 fans each), only one fan is showing signs of failure (bearing is a bit off balance and sounds 'clickity' at some rpms)

tbh you can buy entire heatsink/fan assemblies on ebay for a reasonable price, and many cards share component/mounting patterns so just because your dual-x fans fail doesnt mean a triple-x shroud isnt a possibility to replace it with. lots of people convert to watercooling and sell the unneeded shroud

its pretty much set-and-forget. the first day or two may involve some tuning, but once stable gpu rigs can run weeks or months without issue.

and if you build a $3000 rig with better cards (such as 1070/1080/1080ti), you might make $6000+ within a year and still have about $2000 hardware resale.  hard to hate on a potential 100-200% profit within a year

zec hashrate beats the 480, and eth hashrate is still ~3/4 as much at a similar/lower price and better power usage.

you can find the mini 1060 cards for as little as $200usd/$260cad

install both drivers. its pretty much as simple as that IMO. ive got a mixed rig of 270x and 1070 cards

you're probably looking at about 1.8-2.3BTC based on how the collectibles market is doing lately, and your own urgency

if its your last one, why sell it? I love my coins and have enough difficulty parting ways with duplicates

still for sale!

with the rise in USDBTC, im a bit more flexible to offers. a 4day auction went for only 1.82BTC so im looking for ~2.3 BTC for this piece

im open to offers on mine.

i have the gaming-x 470 in openair setup, and the fans are idle almost half the time. very quiet

usually you can. but right now a lot of stuff is making money still.

I have r9-270x cards that are about 3yrs old, still making around $1/day each. once they stop making money at zec ill either sell them at $80ish each hopefully, or make keychains and pendants with them.

^gtx1080 isnt much better for memory-based work, but core-based is about 30% better.   so a 1070/$350 and a 1080/$450 are about equal, but the 1080 allows better density and might be easier to resell

so let me understand: asicboost essentially is an added logicgate at chiplevel that determines whether a specific nonce is worth hashing, and if not, the chip doesnt do any other work for that cycle (hence the savings). So its not any faster at mining, it just saves some power??

if thats the case, it actually serves to decentralize mining by making minimal savings for the big (cheap-power) miners but significant savings for smaller miners who have more expensive electricity. ie: someone paying $0.03/kwh saves maybe $5/month, while someone paying $0.10/kwh saves $15/month