What the motherboard sitting on? Care to post a picture or 2?


Also, anyone using anti-static mats under the motherboard (for the metal and wood framed cases), not that you need one?






Thanks

Did anyone get the C.H.U.D reference?

The extra power should have been sold to AZ at a discount...do you think the federal government should step in and regulate...


I'm against more "regulation" in general, but there should be a distribution structure setup for the nation...anyone remember Enron...

Thanks for pointing those out, good to know.

What do you recommend for T-Mobile ?

Wonder Woman was very, very good.


Now I'm waiting for Spider Man...

Who is you ISP and how much is it?

Do you have a fire suppression system?

Mine is keep anything flammable away from the rigs, give them space...not much of a system.

What have to done to deal with chance of a fire?

What is your favorite Science Fiction television/cable show?


I will list a few of mine: Blake 7, Farescape. Firefly


Kind of the same theme throughout the 3 shows...

In fact, I think Farescape is a modern copy of Blake 7...and Firefly should have had a longer run.


List yours:

I have commercial warehouse space...I'm thinking about moving a few mining rigs there. My question is, what are my best low cost internet options?


It's a modern place with landlines, other business next to me, it is zoned commercial, etc...but I'm hardly ever there, so I don't want to spend $120 a month on internet.


I know one option is to ask a neighbor if I can share their internet, my second question would be how secure/private would that be...how much traffic would 2-3 mining rigs create?

Basement...it's mostly underground, so it's always the coldest place in the house...at my old place; it was freezing downstairs in winter, the miners made it warm and livable.



BUT, I do have a warehouse I use for other purposes, I'm thinking about moving some miners there...but it's hot now with no AC (or heat), typical industrial warehouse.

Anyone using MSI Z170a PC MATE Motherboard?


I got a great deal on it, searching revealed nothing, is anyone using one?


Please note it is the "PC MATE", not gaming, version; it has 2 PCI-E (x16) and 3 PCI-E (x1) slots

Yes it's a celebration, we have to consume stuff like beer and hotdogs; and watch fireworks.

BUT

I was in Home Depot and the employees were covering prices for a Fourth of July sale, like it's black Friday or something...when did this happen?


I guess in America it's a slow crawl to commercialization of everything holy or revered.


In America, we have a "go out and spend" events/holiday almost every month

Please add to:

Jan - New Years Day
Feb - Valentines Day, President's Day (was G Washington's B-day)
March - University Spring Break, [got to be something else...please add]
April - Elementary and High School Spring Break, Secretaries Day (YES...Secretaries Day) - also Jefferson's birthday (old)
May - Memorial Day Sales / Mother's Day
June - Father's Day
July - 4th of July
Aug- Vacations and Back to school
Sept - Labor Day Sales
Oct - Columbus Day sales
Nov - Thanksgiving Day (Black Friday - big one)
Dec - X-mas (big big big)



For non-Americans is it similar in your country ?

Seems like many of these new alt coins are heavily pre-mined, what % (if any) do you think is "fair" for a new altcoin?



Of course we have ICO's happening as well...but that is a question for another thread.

We all know about the scarce availability of some cards, video card prices have increased, plus it seems the less expensive ones are GONE...you are left having to buy the version with all the bells and whistles

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/cryptocurrency-mining-graphics-card-prices/

this website provides a list, but is this accurate:


                      MSRPNeweggAmazonTigerDirect
NvidiaGTX 1080Ti $700 $700    $700    $762
Nvidia GTX 1080    $550    $530    $500    $582
Nvidia GTX 1070    $380    $658    $700    $500
Nvidia GTX 1060  $250    $400    $400    $375 (6gb)
Nvidia GTX 1060  $200    $357    $243    $230 (3gb)
AMD RX 580     $230 $600    $700    Out of Stock
AMD RX 570     $170 $500    $650    No listing
AMD RX 560     $100 $100    $110    $117


If the above is not accurate...what were the prices before the buying surge happened?

I can't believe the AMD cards are that jacked up...

We have to go back about 6 months (when ethereum was $40/$50)...that's when prices were normal...

So here is the big question, when do you think, prices will return to normal?

whether you agree or disagree that this is positive - banks also serve a "bigger" purpose



http://positivemoney.org/how-money-works/how-banks-create-money/

Okay, that was funny....

Reminds me of Buyer's Remorse (cognitive dissonance)

Wow, solar power is on it's way...Great article, we need more solar power around the globe...



http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/



"On 14 days during March, Arizona utilities got a gift from California: free solar power.

Well, actually better than free. California produced so much solar power on those days that it paid Arizona to take excess electricity its residents weren’t using to avoid overloading its own power lines.

It happened on eight days in January and nine in February as well. All told, those transactions helped save Arizona electricity customers millions of dollars this year, though grid operators declined to say exactly how much. And California also has paid other states to take power..."

Yes, you can mine Monero with a cpu (still weaker than a GPU). If you are just starting out and want to learn it's a good place to start.

There also might be some new altcoins you can try.

If you could only run 4 cards in one of your machines...which card would you choose?


This would be for mining some of the usual suspects (ETC/ETH/ZEC/XMR)