"Gold" is an efficiency rating, NOT a "how well engineered for long life" rating.
Gold-rated power supplies TEND to be better engineered, but not always.
Biggest issue I have with the GQ series (AND the new G3 series) is that junk "fancy name sleeve bearing" fan in the things - they DO NOT LAST in high-load high-temp environments anywhere near as long as ball bearing fans do (like the G2 series uses).
Oh I know it's not a quality but an efficiency rating. But when the psu sports an 80+ gold rating, it means it should be able to sustain the constant 80% load I put them under (which those GQ do... just not for very long, apparently). In any case I was wrong/lucky on that third PSU. It ended up being a fried connector to one of the risers. So that PSU's off the hook... for now  @dragonmike -- AMD's are not so great on Equihash. I would put them to work on Cryptonite or ETH. Yeah I know, but if BTG becomes a short-term cash cow, it might still be worth having the AMD rigs ready anyway. Wouldn't hurt. I'll try readying up the Claymore AMD miners. when does btg start? I think I will run 3000 sols at it and run 5200 sols at zec I have more gear on order I may boost those numbers. |
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mine on bravo-mining he gives a 1 btc bonus for hitting the block. or mine on https://pool.viabtc.com/pool/bcc/home/mine bcc mine pps and every 10 days solo mine instead if you hit a block it is 7200 usd much easier to hit then a btc block I have a lotto pc I mine with 4 sidehack sticks and I mine with a gpu. the gpu earns enough to pay all the power used and make 1 dollar a week. plus the usb stick could get lucky |
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I've RMA'd two already. This will be the third. This time I'm going to try to ask them to send me another model back. I'm putting 600W load onto them. It's within spec. They should really not die within a few months. I believe they probably use better quality components on the higher-range of their PSUs... but then they shouldn't advertise the GQ series as being "gold" efficiency (if they're only going to be "golden" for a few months that is - they are pretty dark brown in my book).
"Gold" is an efficiency rating, NOT a "how well engineered for long life" rating. Gold-rated power supplies TEND to be better engineered, but not always. Biggest issue I have with the GQ series (AND the new G3 series) is that junk "fancy name sleeve bearing" fan in the things - they DO NOT LAST in high-load high-temp environments anywhere near as long as ball bearing fans do (like the G2 series uses). It's too late now, I've got 4 GQ 750W PSUs... Fingers crossed they last long enough. the 750 p2 is good I had a 1600 p2 died in 32 months time they gave me a replacement |
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Hey all!
I'm having troubles finding a list of good coins for staking. I know you can stake WAVES and that it's a serious project (don't know about returns though) but most other topics I come across when looking for coins to stake seem to lack professionalism. Could it be that staking in general is not very much supported by the community? Everybody is so crazy about investing in ICOs and setting up mining rigs that consume a ton of energy, that the easiest way of generating a profit is overseen, it seems. What do you think?
POS coin = piece of shit coin Basically they are much like a bank or a bond. They do not pay high interest. Worse yet they have no backing most banks and bonds have insurance. A gpu backed coin if all fails you still have a pc with good gpus. I did a lot with PPC a 50-50 coin pos and pps combo. I had 2000 coins staked and was waiting for my first interest so to speak. My wallet was on a mac. I was due 20-40 coins. They insisted we upgrade to new wallet or lose all coins. The wallet upgrade would re set clock for my ppc payout od 20-40 coins worse they only had a windows update ready leaving me on the hook with my mac wallet I complained on their official website and with under 2 days to the deadline still no mac wallet up grade I sold the coins and never looked back. oh and with 16 hours left to the upgrade deadline they offered the mac upgrade It still would have re-set the interest on my 2000 coins. I would say no one should want to own or invest in a POS coin. But this is only one story. |
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Hello philipma1957
Thank you for your quick reply.
The inrush current is never more than 1600 watts, is that correct?
Are you absolutely sure?
No since I only had 12 machines and never ran one past 13.5 th I would think a 14th may go too high |
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okay what is best link for btc gold?
Just finished my testing with btcg.miningspeed.com POOL. Tested the other pools listed in btcg website - https://bitcoingold.org/ .... but settled for this pool Planning to throw everything to BTG with AMD and NVIDIA (around 38 rigs = 70k/sols). The AMDs 470,480 are poor Equihash performers but better something than nothing. The NVIDIAs are very good Equihash performers - too bad the NVIDIAs are only about 40% of the total rigs. All on smOS Linux. EWBF/NVDIA
--server btcg.miningspeed.com --user mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$RigName --pass x --port 3092 Optiminer v1.7/AMD-s btcg.miningspeed.com:3092 -u mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$RigName -p x Notes: 1. The BTG address used here are samples given by Pool for testnet. 2. Tested 1 x GPU for AMD and another 1 x GPU for NVIDIA 3. There is another batch of 30 rigs (Nanos and R9-390s)... but will remain put because my other members don't support BTG  Man thats alot of sols lol, I dont know if i will move my 20 amd rigs to bcg , my 8 nvidia rigs will be moving forcsure Im using suprnovas pool though, I like it cuz they keep the workers from all my other algos mined on thier platform and i can mine to the pool until i get a valid btg transfer address. I think if i move all my rigs id be looking at 50k sols but ill be happy with the 20k sols from the 1070s, 1080tis and the Vegas @citronik why use optiminer vs claymores zec miner? its easier to monitor and pretty much same hash and fee? I am only pointing 3000 sols at it. will continue to point at nicehash testing gave me 3000 sols for 5 1080 ti's not pushed |
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Hey guys Does one of you know how much watts the inrush current of the 1600W power supply of the Antminer S9 has? I hope you can help me.  The worst I ever saw was 6.1 or 6.2 amps at 241 volts |
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I made some progress today, but it's not 100% yet. I hooked up the converter to the controller, still with no miner, and after setting my laptops ip as shown in the instructional websites, I was able to go into the controller and set things. I set the controller to DHCP instead of the default static IP, not sure if that was a mistake or not. Doing an ifconfig command on the controller still shows the default 192.168.0.100 static ip address.
But we are not finished working on it yet. The miner spends most of its time with a green (idle) status light. Every few minutes, the converter will flash red, and the mined light will go to blue (active) for about a minute, then back to green. My NiceHash pool shows no new work submitted, or the new miner, so I have to figure that out.
Your trust is terrible. But I like Avalon so I will try to help. Screen shot the qui. Show the advance version that looks like s-9 GUI I will try to see what is wrong. Btw one of my Avalon 741s does this and I have yet to get parts . But if I see your GUI I can tell if you have my problem |
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okay what is best link for btc gold?
Just finished my testing with btcg.miningspeed.com POOL. Tested the other pools listed in btcg website - https://bitcoingold.org/ .... but settled for this pool Planning to throw everything to BTG with AMD and NVIDIA (around 38 rigs = 70k/sols). The AMDs 470,480 are poor Equihash performers but better something than nothing. The NVIDIAs are very good Equihash performers - too bad the NVIDIAs are only about 40% of the total rigs. All on smOS Linux. EWBF/NVDIA
--server btcg.miningspeed.com --user mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$RigName --pass x --port 3092 Optiminer v1.7/AMD-s btcg.miningspeed.com:3092 -u mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$RigName -p x Notes: 1. The BTG address used here are samples given by Pool for testnet. 2. Tested 1 x GPU for AMD and another 1 x GPU for NVIDIA 3. There is another batch of 30 rigs (Nanos and R9-390s)... but will remain put because my other members don't support BTG Was the testnet stable for you? I considered directing a couple of GPUs towards it myself, but I haven't had the opportunity to do so thus far. Is there any new word on when either exchanges will have addresses to use, or when the BTCG wallet is ready to download? I will be using Binance to hoard the BTGs, the deposit tab isnt available yet (grayed out) In the BTCG website, there is also 3rd party wallets that you can download. I choose miningspeed pool because their frontend is quite informative and so far the only one that has US, EU and ASIA nodes so I reckon that this pool may well be a good sized one and likely churning blocks without issues. I am also trying out a local pool based in SG -- hash submission should be fast this one - let's see. opened a binance account put in some bcc purchased some btc then used it to buy some btg so bcc 0.260 btc 0.002 btg 0.330 |
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okay what is best link for btc gold?
Just finished my testing with btcg.miningspeed.com POOL. Tested the other pools listed in btcg website - https://bitcoingold.org/ .... but settled for this pool Planning to throw everything to BTG with AMD and NVIDIA (around 38 rigs = 70k/sols). The AMDs 470,480 are poor Equihash performers but better something than nothing. The NVIDIAs are very good Equihash performers - too bad the NVIDIAs are only about 40% of the total rigs. All on smOS Linux. Notes: 1. The BTG address used here are samples given by Pool for testnet. 2. Tested 1 x GPU for AMD and another 1 x GPU for NVIDIA 3. There is another batch of 30 rigs (Nanos and R9-390s)... but will remain put because my other members don't support BTG Was the testnet stable for you? I considered directing a couple of GPUs towards it myself, but I haven't had the opportunity to do so thus far. Is there any new word on when either exchanges will have addresses to use, or when the BTCG wallet is ready to download? I will test today EWBF/NVDIA--server btcg.miningspeed.com --user mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$phil --pass x --port 3092 Optiminer v1.7/AMD-s btcg.miningspeed.com:3092 -u mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$phil -p x |
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okay what is best link for btc gold?
Just finished my testing with btcg.miningspeed.com POOL. Tested the other pools listed in btcg website - https://bitcoingold.org/ .... but settled for this pool Planning to throw everything to BTG with AMD and NVIDIA (around 38 rigs = 70k/sols). The AMDs 470,480 are poor Equihash performers but better something than nothing. The NVIDIAs are very good Equihash performers - too bad the NVIDIAs are only about 40% of the total rigs. All on smOS Linux. Notes: 1. The BTG address used here are samples given by Pool for testnet. 2. Tested 1 x GPU for AMD and another 1 x GPU for NVIDIA 3. There is another batch of 30 rigs (Nanos and R9-390s)... but will remain put because my other members don't support BTG Was the testnet stable for you? I considered directing a couple of GPUs towards it myself, but I haven't had the opportunity to do so thus far. Is there any new word on when either exchanges will have addresses to use, or when the BTCG wallet is ready to download? I will test today EWBF/NVDIA--server btcg.miningspeed.com --user mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$RigName --pass x --port 3092 Optiminer v1.7/AMD-s btcg.miningspeed.com:3092 -u mxvc3oiidWytyQ2XoSrzT7GpPjUeC1guNt.$RigName -p x |
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They'll most likely refund the price you paid, not the amount of currency you paid.
this is correct |
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Actually 275MHz makes a theoretical max of 121GH. It might be pushed further, and I'm considering upping the max voltage, but the ~3.1V/275MHz is about the peak hashrate from 60W DC. But there's no good reason to limit it to 5A brick power since some people have 8A bricks or PCIe PSUs. The stock fans and heatsink will only handle so much heat, but the final version has a temp sensor and overtemp shutdown for that reason.
Quite a few folks may have 10A bricks left over from the Gridseed Blade days - though I wouldn't want to push 10A out of those bricks 24/7 yeah but he has a pcie jack on the miner so any atx or sever psu will do. |
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okay what is best link for btc gold?
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Everybody, please test your configs and rigs. Setup mining for 5 minutes to get some shares and voila, you are ready for BTG mainnet! Follow instructions: http://btg.altpool.pro/getting_startedExample wallets to use: mfmu1kzqcrvnhjcpfAzZRz3PdtqgjQhc8Y mfiXia9rHL8KLiDVN8YDVbs6HxTENHN3Bk mhqBh65Tu6zyWTy7SDWGcLrXQVzx8dW9P1 _____________________________________________________________ Пожалуйста, протестируйте настройки своих ригов для майнинга. Буквально несколько шар можно получить, и все, вы готовы для майнинга в основной сети BTG! Следуйте инструкциям: http://btg.altpool.pro/getting_startedКошельки для использования: mfmu1kzqcrvnhjcpfAzZRz3PdtqgjQhc8Y mfiXia9rHL8KLiDVN8YDVbs6HxTENHN3Bk mhqBh65Tu6zyWTy7SDWGcLrXQVzx8dW9P1 you are asking to be tagged a scammer if I put in those addresses to test mine I would be willing to say you will get real coins. just say that people would still test mine. I would not mind doing that but instead you list 3 addresses that most likely are yours. or am I just paranoid. |
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I purchased this on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/Deep-In-The-Mines-2600w-ATX-Power-Supply-180v-240v-ETH-ZEC-mining-S7-S9-12-GPU/401396653730?I have an ebay ebucks offer for 8% I made an offer for 210 so 210-16 = 194 I paid with paypal 2% off so 194 - 4 = 190 net In theory I can now run as much as 8x 1080 ti's set to 200 watts each! The real name atx psu's that allow big power would be Evga 1600 g2 Evga 1600 p2 Evga 1600 t2 corsair ax1500ti these cost $$$ like 360 to 430 usd So since this psu is in the states and the seller is a forum member I am going to test it here. I will try slot 1 >>>> zotac 1080ti mini at 150 watts slot 2 >>>> msi 1080ti seahawk at 175 watts slot 3 >>>> evga 1080ti hybrid at 175 watts slot 4 >>>> evga 1070ti hybrid at 125 watts slot 5 >>>> evga 1070ti hybrid at 125 watts slot 6 >>>> msi 1070 seahawk at 120 watts slot 7 >>>> msi 1070 seahawk at 120 watts slot 8 >>>> evga 1070 hybrid at 120 watts that is 1110 watts add 40 for rest of system 1150 maybe 1200 watts should push 4400 sols now if btc-gold is good maybe timing will work out well |
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There's a cpu 4 pin near the top of the mobo. Are there any 8pin pcie to 4 pin cpu converters out there? Couldn't find any on aliexpress. I think even at $228 it's pretty good value. We are saving on a pico psu ($30) and 8 risers ($40). A 8 slot biostar mobo with these combined is close to $200 too. Not to mention the space savings and extra reliability. All you need is PICO kit 4pin to power the CPU - it works, all my server powered rigs uses only 4pin out of the usual ATX 8pins. I am assuming that this 4pin is enough for standard LGA1151 CPUs Where on the 8 pin are you plugging the 4 pin in? (If that makes sense) Okay The eight pin 0000 0000 00 00 00 00 Do the left side or the right side. Make sure you match the clip on the four pin to the clip on the eight pin. If you go this route you can not mine with the CPU . Frankly I think every one of the boards is flawed just a bit. I like the six card onda and the 8+4 card onda They use three sata and three molex. The eight+four m12 is nice use your own cpu drop in a larger ram stick and running 1000 watts say 8 x 1070s I am impressed so far. But flaws are it needs an atx. And if you want to run 8 x 1070 you need a solid psu. The other boards using all pcie in have some spacing issues. Or fixed cpu issues or really costly. I ordered a Chinese knock psu that is designed to run the m12 miner. I will demo it when I get it. |
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Ok, it’s been awhile since I posted, but I finally got the 1200 CFM fan installed into my small space 5’x5’x8’ converted wine room. As you can see from my pictures, I’ve hung the fan from 2x4 studs. The fan utilizes 8’ of 10 inch duct to expel the hot air out the side of my house. I’ve also removed the old wine cooling unit and you can see the resulting open square left in the wall. I will bring fresh air in through that opening. I hooking up a generic 2.5 foot house fan to that black duct you see coming from the open square. However, that’s not working at all. When I shut the door, my miners heat up to 42 C real quick. Do you guys think I need to buy another 1200 (or higher) CFM fan and push fresh air through that square? Right now, I have 5 Avalon 741s running. I’m not sure how to expel all this heat effectively? https://imgur.com/gallery/3jUrsThanks for your help, Steve Avalon 741 has a 250cfm fan. Having 5 of them gives you a total of 1250cfm. Plus the heat load from the power supply.. i suppose you have 1600W PSU running them. Your 1200CFM fan is not enough to expel all the hot air coming from your miners and power supply. Also, those flexible aluminum duct has high friction loss. Your 10" flex duct gives around 3050FPM air velocity at 1200cfm of air. Either change your fan and make it around 1500-2000 cfm, or add another one. Then change your flex duct. It is quite small for your air volume. If the other side of that square opening where your flex duct is already outside the house, just make a screen with filter for better airflow. Window opening should be atleast 1.5 times the area of your exhaust fan duct area, BUT it should be below your miner or else there will be "short circuit" in your air flow. Fresh air will just exhaust out right away by your fan. You have two choices the way I see it. If you don't relocate your window opening below, put a duct to your exhaust fan and extend it beside the fans of your miners so it can easily suck up the hot air (change your duct size). Or, leave your exhaust fan up there and relocate your window below, put louver/grille/screen and filter. Whichever makes it easier for you. he is spot on that is not a good duct this is better https://www.homedepot.com/p/Speedi-Products-16-in-x-12-ft-Insulated-Flexible-Duct-with-Metalized-Jacket-R8-FD-12R8-16/203393287?keyword=16+in+flex+ductthis is a better fan https://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-1600-CFM-Power-Gable-Mount-Attic-Fan-EGV6/205924917 if you replace what you have with above and then use what you have to pull air in it should work. or look at photo  |
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Yes you would. The driver's the same, and 2Pac and Terminus have different speed flags.
good I will use same pc. I have a nice spare atx I can do A few of them. 3 or 4 work for me. |
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