Hello, I was going to buy 470s but I can't find any in stock.

Is it good idea to buy 570/580 instead? Is there still consistent problems with 6 cards at same time? I heard people were having hard time making it work but has it been fixed now? Would I risk spending a lot of time trying to make them all work or has it been easily fixed by now? Sorry for not reading whole thread.

Also, would 1200W PSU be enough for 6 470s?

Damn, I feel very stupid now, I read that post wrong about ball point bearings.

Alright thanks for clearing that up. I will be hunting for good in-stock cards now, if anyone has anything good from Amazon or Newegg (preferrably amazon) feel free to link me

Very well thanks.

So I have done more searching and I've concluded that I found MSI Armor 470s, but google search showed me that its a ball bearing fan, how bad is it? Should I avoid this card even though its pretty much only "good" card I've found in stock? And anyone has experience with those cards?

Bumping this because I accidentally somehow locked the thread last time I posted, was on phone. 

Anyone got any tips concerning my last post?

Alright. But I need just 6 for now. Looking for ones in stock at amazon. What are differences between 470 and 570? is 570 better? So I can decide clearer. I heard theres problem running 6 570s? is this true?

Thank you!

Well I have a new concern, I was about to decide on what exactly to buy in terms of GPU, but I realized most 470s are out of stock and all, and this made me think to get 570s instead? Are they better? Are they worth it? I tried looking at the separate thread for 570/580 But I could not get exact answers

I was thinking about ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX570 but then after little bit of googling I realised... its ball bearing right? which is bad as post above this one said?

Anyone has any recommendations for exact good models that have proper stock (amazon newegg etc)? Or any tips in general on finding ones in stock? or is it hard to get them right now?

Sorry for annoying questions. 

Thank you very much zij.

I have one more question, about GPU models/manufacturers, whats generally difference between 4GB and 8GB? does it make difference in mining? is it worth extra money to get 8GB ones? Also, anyone has experience with XFX? is it good? (470) or is asus better? I've heard asus gets more hot, is this true?

Thanks again.

Hello, so I am planning to set up a 6x GPU (I have RX 470 planned) rig. I am going to get more in future, so few questions have been bothering me.

1) Where do you all buy cards from? Amazon/Ebay? how big of stock do they have usually? Because often they are out of stock, what are the reliable alternatives? Used vs New? there's 20$-30$ difference or so, I guess buying new is better in my case? (Once again, RX 470)

2) Which ones are most reliable models/manufacturers for mining?

3) If I'd like to buy it in a bulk (maybe 50, maybe 100, maybe more) what can I do? Is it possible to contact manufacturers directly? or they don't do that?

Now, about actually placing the rig

4) Where do you all place rig on, the floor? is there any stands or server racks everyone uses? I am getting 1 rig first, is it just safe to leave it on some kind of metallic panel or even just bare floor?

5) I am getting proper desktop PSU from good brands (for example thermaltake, EVGA, etc) is it still risky like unbranded server PSUs to catch fire in any way? Of course all kinds of electronics can catch fire but how do I prevent any dangers? Is it still quite risky?

6) Where do I power my rig (well obviously I'll need specialized enviroment when I get many rigs) in regular office setting, I mean 1 rig for now, can 220v EU plugs take 1200W power supply without any specific equipment and tweaking? And isnt 1200W enough for 6 RX 470s?

7) Should I build some kind of custom frame that people build or should I just leave GPUs in the standard PC case? I am getting one of those 6 PCI MBs.

Thank you very much for reading, I may have few other questions later.

Yeah I should had emphasized more about it, mining on laptop will kill it in most cases, sooner or later. just get a specialised mining rig, like a desktop with 1-3 GPUs (since you don't have huge budget, but if you do at least have enough for that and you are interested, it'd be fun) its much more easier to cool, for example you could take cover panel off and it will cool more efficiently - ugly but effective from what I've heard. Or you could just build it inside a metal frame or whatever like some more dedicated people do, its more effective than having closed case I think, and in case of laptop thats just worse.

Gotta ask about those metal frames around here soon, I am wondering how they build it or where they buy it 

გამარჯობა. საფულედ რას იყენებთ? ემონის? რამე სხვა ალტერნატივა არ არის ბანკის ანგარიშზე ან ბარათზეც რო ადვილად გადარიცხო?

True.

for 1000$ you can build mining rig for mining nicehash or anything else. assume that good motherboard/power supply setup will cost you 400-500$ on its own, and then look around for GPU prices, and for GPU, pick them by profitabiltiy, if you plan on using nicehash, go to that nicehash calulator you already used (https://www.nicehash.com/?p=calc)

and then calculate how much is it worth it for you, make sure to set the electricity costs to get accurate results.

Yeah 1050 is not the best card for mining, but its possible.

I am not very competent with LTC so I'd rather not reply. But my guess would be standard GPU mining in LTC is not profitable anymore.

Nicehash mines different algorithms but pays you in BTC which is nice.

0.25/kwh is a lot. It'd be hard to get profit on that price. But I think its possible, not with laptop usually though.

Yeah when you mine it uses much more power depending on your laptop.

Hey, is it worth buying used GPUs (470 in particular) or its better to get new ones?

To avoid bothering with overheating used cards or just in general having any problems with random ebay sellers?

Noob question - can you mine with GPUs on normal PCI (1.0?) slots?

Don't want to open new thread for this but, will 600W bronze run 2 GPUs well? (GTX 960 and R9 280X)

Since this is most active thread about baikal miners, I will post here.

Can you use mini at home? it says 45 DB on some market (not sure if its legit) and that shouldn't be loud at all, right? Anyone who has mini uses it at their house?

გამარჯობა. 

დენის ფასი აიწია ხო? 301+ზე თბილიში 19 თეთრი არ იყო რამდენიმე თვის წინ რომ აიწია? ახლა 21 თეთრი წერია ოფიციალურ საიტზე თელასის.

როგორ აისახა თქვენთვის? უკვე დასავლური ქვეყნების ტარიფი გვაქვს ფაქტიურად (ამ მხრივ წინ მივიწევთ დასავლეთისკენ, კი  )

რა მოგება გრჩებათ დენის გამოკლებით სრულ მოგებასთან შედარებით? როგორც წინა პოსტში დავწერე აქ, კიდევ ვაპირებ ახალი ვიდეო კარტების ყიდვას და მაინტერესებს ღირს თუ არა, მერე რომ ადგილს გამოვუძებნი Antminer-საც ვაპირებ.

ხომ, კიდე, 320 ლარად ვიყიდე ის R9 280x (overclocked ვერსია იყო, ქარხნულად) და nicehash-ზე საკმაოდ ცოტას აკეთებს, არ ვიცი სწორედ დავითვალე თუ არა მაგრამ 40-60 ცენტი დენს მიაქვს და თვითონ 72-80ს აკეთებს დღეში

გაყიდვა მინდა და სხვა რამის ყიდვა, მაგრამ ძალიან ცხელდება და გავხსენი და დავზეთე (ხმაურობდა კიდევაც) და ახლა რამდენად შევძლებ დაახლოებით გაყიდვას თუ ვინმე ერკვევა? ქულერის უკანა პანელი თუ რაღაც მოტეხილი აქვს კიდევაც (არანაირ პრობლემას არ ქმნის მგონი, ქულერი ჩვეულებრივ მუშაობს) 250-280-ად გავყიდი თქვენი აზრით?

Because I do not want to mess up my card, I thought this was a common thing people do so I thought everyone would know what to do.
Screw this toxic world.



You mean increase core clock and decrease memory until its stable? Alright I will try that, thank you

Yeah I had similar CPU and it made way less than actual electricity bill, so yeah its not worth it, get some good GPU.

Try whattomine.com