Here's a bit of real mining pr0n:
CAD model before building the real thing:
That's:
- 4 5970s (8 cores)
- GPUs are powered through an external 12V rail instead of the PCI-e
- paired-up dual PSUs
- sucks 1120 Watts at the wall socket
- runs at 3009 MH/s steady
And here's the real thing (slightly uglier, but
hey, reality is never as clean as cyberspace):
Front:
Back:
And here's the thing running cgminer:
cgminer version 2.0.0 - Started: [2011-09-07 10:59:38]
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[ALL (5s):2955.4 (avg):2946.7 Mh/s] [Q:52 A:48 R:0 HW:0 E:92% U:47.01/m]
TQ: 24 ST: 24 SS: 0 DW: 0 NB: 1 LW: 115 GF: 0 RF: 0 I: 10
Connected to http://XXXXXXX:XXXX with LP as user XXXXXXXX
Block: 0000010b4d05033cb8ac32e1768d2b2d... Started: [10:59:23]
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[P]ool management [G]PU management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
GPU 0: [67.5 C] [372.2/373.5 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:6 R:0 HW:0 E:150% U:5.88/m]
GPU 1: [368.9/373.5 Mh/s] [Q:5 A:6 R:0 HW:0 E:120% U:5.88/m]
GPU 2: [70.5 C] [359.2/374.6 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:11 R:0 HW:0 E:275% U:10.77/m]
GPU 3: [383.2/369.2 Mh/s] [Q:2 A:4 R:0 HW:0 E:200% U:3.92/m]
GPU 4: [71.0 C] [361.0/375.7 Mh/s] [Q:18 A:4 R:0 HW:0 E:22% U:3.92/m]
GPU 5: [364.4/374.6 Mh/s] [Q:11 A:5 R:0 HW:0 E:45% U:4.90/m]
GPU 6: [40.5 C] [403.9/370.3 Mh/s] [Q:2 A:10 R:0 HW:0 E:500% U:9.79/m]
GPU 7: [387.5/371.4 Mh/s] [Q:3 A:4 R:0 HW:0 E:133% U:3.92/m]
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[2011-09-07 11:00:11] [GPU1 (5s):375.2 (avg):402.5 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:5 R:0 HW:0 E:125% U:9.89/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:11] [GPU4 71.0 C (5s):397.5 (avg):406.9 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:3 R:0 HW:0 E:75% U:5.93/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:12] [GPU7 (5s):350.2 (avg):409.1 Mh/s] [Q:3 A:1 R:0 HW:0 E:33% U:1.98/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:12] Accepted 381dbc11 GPU 7 thread 23 pool 0
[2011-09-07 11:00:12] Accepted 53b68709 GPU 2 thread 2 pool 0
[2011-09-07 11:00:13] [GPU6 37.5 C (5s):365.4 (avg):418.0 Mh/s] [Q:2 A:2 R:0 HW:0 E:100% U:3.95/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:13] [ALL (5s):2960.0 (avg):2947.1 Mh/s] [Q:28 A:29 R:0 HW:0 E:104% U:49.17/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:14] Accepted 2568f80c GPU 6 thread 22 pool 0
[2011-09-07 11:00:15] [GPU2 69.5 C (5s):392.1 (avg):388.8 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:7 R:0 HW:0 E:175% U:11.87/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:16] [GPU4 71.0 C (5s):313.7 (avg):400.2 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:3 R:0 HW:0 E:75% U:5.09/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:16] [GPU3 (5s):349.2 (avg):400.2 Mh/s] [Q:2 A:1 R:0 HW:0 E:50% U:1.70/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:16] [GPU5 (5s):362.7 (avg):398.3 Mh/s] [Q:2 A:4 R:0 HW:0 E:200% U:6.78/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:16] [GPU1 (5s):380.8 (avg):403.9 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:5 R:0 HW:0 E:125% U:8.48/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:17] [GPU0 66.5 C (5s):388.5 (avg):400.2 Mh/s] [Q:4 A:5 R:0 HW:0 E:125% U:8.48/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:17] [GPU7 (5s):398.2 (avg):407.7 Mh/s] [Q:3 A:2 R:0 HW:0 E:67% U:3.39/m]
[2011-09-07 11:00:17] Accepted 580e101e GPU 3 thread 3 pool 0
Even if bitcoin value falls to zero, the fun I've had
building one of these things will _not_ fade away