Hi,
 Before you pay someone I would like to point out that a number of your questions can be answered at whattomine.com have a look at the ASIC tab and cryptocompare.com

Reason being, during the last bubble a number of people jumped in with mining rigs(GPU ones, and ASIC ones) and after the bubble they are left with either worthless coins or hardware which didn't return ROI. A person who is replying to you has only has to gamble on10$ that you pay him/hew but you have a huge investment to gamble so please spend some time to read around, especially this board's alt-coin section and bitcoin section has a wealth of information which you could use.

If you still have doubts post back.

Regards,
BLife

Hi,
 Sorry for the late reply. To be honest I am confused by your question, so I will explain what I know, and take it from there.

Mining Pool is a software that allows more than one person or people running their own farms to pool their resource and compute solution
Mining Software is a piece of software that does the actual work of solving(more accurately computing the next block hash).

The general structure is as follows

Mining Rig             |                                           | Server Computer |
Mining Software    |-------------------------------> | Mining Pool           | --------------------------------> Mining Network(ETC,ETH, XMR, ZEC ,etc...)
                                                                     |
Mining Rig             |                                       |
Mining Software    |--------------------------------

Depending upon the load(number of rigs connected to the server, the server computer can be a normal desktop computer or a dedicated server system.

Now why run a pool?
If you have high hashrate say 5MH/s for ZEC then you can do solo mining, but you will have 100's of rigs and you need a place to combine the hash-power into a single entity so you run a pool.

there are other advantages to running a pool.

I hope I gave you a general idea, if you need anymore explanation let me know.

Regards,
BLife

I was browsing another thread about best card for ZEC mining and it appears that SAPPHIRE Radeon Pro Duo appears to be the best producing around 900-1100 for around 280w to 380w, and its water cooled its a big plus in my case

i think what per what this Pro Duo might do better then even Aorus i guess, have to check how much it can be over-clocked though

Regards,
BLife

 Yes you can, but I would strongly recommend you against it, because laptops have very power heat dispensing and mining in general will produce extreme heat and so will melt your laptop. And on top of that even laptops with dedicated GPU's produce very less revenue. So please take this into consideration before you begin.

Real Life Example of what happened

Regards,
BLife

Hi thespycry,
 Here are some numbers to go through.

The price of 1080Ti founders edition is $699.99 & 1070 is $400

1080Ti out of the box does about 690h/s for the power draw of 250w
1070 out of the box does about 400h/s(I don't have one so used your number)

To get 690h/s you need 1.72 1070 GPUs

Now for power

1080 Ti                    = 250 * 24 = 6000w = 6kw
1070                        = 140 * 24 = 3360w = 3.36kw
1070 Adj for 690h/s =  240.8 * 24 = 5779.2 = 5.77kw

ZEC Production

1080 Ti    = 0.0571/day Approx(whattomine data)
1070       = 0.0348/day Approx(whattomine data)
1070 ADj = 0.0571/day Approx(whattomine data)

So in a day with ZEC @ $107/coin it is possible to make

1080 Ti = 6.1097- 0.84(power)      = 5.2697
1070    = 3.7236 - 0.4032(power) = 3.3204
1070 Adj = 6.1097 - 0.6924(power) = 5.4173

To get 1080Ti's level of earning(20 cent more) you will be spending $688 instead of $699.99 for 1080Ti a difference of $11.99

Now this is based on the assumption that 1070 will do 400h/s for 140w if not then I don't think 1070 is that efficient.

Hope this helps, If I made any mistake please let me know.

Regards,
BLife

Hi citronick,
 Though the question was not addressed to me I would like to throw in my 2 cents, hope this helps.

As far as 1080 Ti go, Aorus seems to be the "Nitro+++" equivalent, I run mine at 230w producing around 690 - 710 h/s for ZEC, no over clocking, with a efficiency of 3.06 Sol/Watt
where as a founders edition running at 210w produce 650 - 660 h/s with an efficiency of 3.16 Sol/Watt.

Said that, the over clock potential in Aorus is very high, with +100 core and + 300 memory you can push it to well past 730 h/s.

And also from my experience the fan's CFM in Aorus sucks, I have to place an external 12" fan right in-front of it to keep it below 70C(but the room temperature is well above 36C so its also a thing).

Added later: I forgot to say Aorus is big, very big it almost covers 3 slots so please take that into consideration when you place it into the board directly.

Hope this helps

Regards,
BLife

 Coins that can be mined using CPU has long gone only a few remain, from what I know XMR(Monero) can be mined using CPU and is still profitable, but remember to mine Monero you need to have a CPU that has at-least 2MB Cache per thread and has hardware AES else it will be running circles without any production.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
BLife

Sorry to say buy if you mine in a office space, you better have have air conditioner running 24/7 else you will have hardware failures and if you run AC 24/7 then your profit margin will evaporate into thin air.

Just some numbers for you to crunch.

Each GPU will be pushing around 60CFM of hot air at a mean temperature of 68C, that is about 3600 cubic meter of hot air an hour, an typical room of 20 meters x 20 meters x 12 meters will have a about 5600 cubic meters of air, that is each hour you need to circulate about 65% of the total air. A 1.5Ton AC will have an CFM of around 600, that is about 36,000.

Single GPU : 60CFM
Six GPU      : 360CFM

6 GPU Total : 21,600/hour
AC              : 36,000/hour

 It will hold but the moment you double the GPU you will be running red so I would suggest you find a good ventilated place and do it.

As for as power consumption is concerned a typical Rx 480 will consume about 140W(worst estimate) so each hour a 6 GPU rig will consume about 840w that is 0.84 units, and for 24 hours you will get 20.16 units for 60 days 1209.6 units, with an average electricity cost of 6.3Rs/unit you will be paying 7620Rs for 60 days for the rig alone.

Hope this helps.

Regards
BLife

Hi,

Disclosure : I Sell mining rig supplies

With that said, what you need for a mining rig is.

1.CPU : Any CPU that can handle the demands of GPU, in today's environment any dual core Intel Celeron  will do
2.Motherboard : This can be tricky, this is based on the number of GPU you want to run in a system, an optimal setting is 4+ but most of the people run 6(myself including) in this I would recommend Asrock H81 Pro BTC, this is the best as far as comparability is concerned.
3.Ram : 4GB DDR3 is more than enough
4.HDD : You can run any OS off a USB stick so get yourself a Sandisk 16GB model(USB 3.0 is not required 2.0 will do) and you will be good to go.
5.USB Raisers : You need 1x to 16x USB raisers buy Version 6c and above, what you are looking for is Molex connection or PCIE connection for power so when your GPU pulls in more than 40w through the Raisers your connectors wont melt.
6.GPU : This is highly dependent on what you want to mine, for ZEC nvidia(1080Ti) is best, for ETH go for AMD(Rx 480 8GB), for XMR go for AMD(Rx 480 4GB).
7.Power Supply : Please buy Platinum or Titanium rated ones, the power saving over the years will be worth it.
8.Frame : Buy some aluminium frames and you can build it in less than an hour so do buy any pre built frames online.

If you need any further clarification let me know I will post in detail.

Regards,
BLife

P.S : If you are a DIY person and have electronics knowledge then you can use a server PSU and save a ton of money on PSU

Hi,
 If anyone is interested in customs cables for their rigs, I would be more than glad to make it. Details Below.

Details

Type              : PCIE
Connections : 6Pin to 6Pin, 8Pin to 8Pin
Cable Used   : 1.5 Sq mm Havells Wire

Type              : Molex
Connections : 4 Pin (You need to tell me your PSU Make and Model as each has a different Pinout)
Cable Used   : 1.5 Sq mm Havells Wire

Type              : Dupont
Connections : 2 Pin with On/Off Switch and Red or Green or White or Blue LED
Cable Used   : Rainbow Cables

Type              : Ethernet
Connection   : Cat 5, Cat 5E, Cat 6
Note             : If you are planning on Power over Ethernet please let me know in advance.

Cost Calculation : Total Cost = Pin Cost + Connector Cost + Wire Length + Shipping

Rough Estimation for 80Cm 6 PIn to 6 Pin PCIE Cable : 20 Rs + Shipping

So if you need any cables please let me know of the length of the wire, I will give you the final price.

Some Photos for Details

Engineers PAD-01 Crimper Used for Molex, PCIE, Dupont, etc

Sample PCIE Crimp

Another Sample PCIE Crimp

Sample 6Pin to 6Pin PCIE Cable

6 Pin PCIE Connector

4 Pin Molex Sample

Please Note As I use 1.5 Sq MM wire the maximum power that can be handled is around 250W but I strongly urge you to limit it to <225W for fire safety reasons. I can use 2.5 Sq mm wire but the PCIE connector wont be able to handle that many Amps.

Also Note I will never do double crimping, I will always split them using a Y joint with solder and wrapped it with heat shrink. Like This

Please post or PM if you need any cables.

Kind Regards,
BLife

Hi,
 I have nVidia GTX 750 Ti(2 GB) available for sale. Please see the details below.

Details

Months in Use       : around 5
Quantity for Sale   : 12
Model                    : nVidia GTX 750 Ti (2GB)
Place of Purchase : Chennai
In Warranty            : Yes
Asking Price          : Up for negotiation
Reason for Sale     : Moved to GTX 1080 Ti


Pictures of GPU

Rig Setup Before Dismantling

Entire Original Package

GPU Font Side

GPU Back Side

GPU Side Section

GPU Fan Area

Power Setup for the Rig

Hashrate for Mining ZEC on nicehash

I ran them with a TDP of 30W and they produced around 420H/s ~70H/s/GPU for ZEC(no over clocking), For XMR they produce around 280H/s for 35W with a over clocking of +170 Core and +650 Memory.

If anyone is interested please PM me or post here in this tread. As a new member I will be using Escrow, if within travel distance a in-person deal can be made.

Kind Regards,
BLife