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How much time does it take to build a "typical" mining rig?
6 cards (AMD or Nvidai) + windows?
6 cards (AMD or Nvidai) + Linux?
Typical setup (z170/z270 board,etc), or what ever you prefer, mining - ETH,ZCASH,ETC,ETC
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Not to hijack this thread, but this is sort of relevant, when did Nvidia beat AMD for mining (power and flexibility)?
So long term (counting out the mining only cards that are coming), you are recommending the 1080ti for most (all?) PoW altcoins, correct?
Im in the process of building a rig as we speak.
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Your crazy imo haha 1070's ? dude your like a YEAR too late to build a farm with those lol, you are gonna be lucky to ROI probably before they start bring in like 1$ a day each  Plus all that wasted space, did you not consider DENSITY LONG TERM? New mining specific cards are coming out that are gonna DUST your whole farm if you have 1070's, did you consider THAT? Im just getting RID of my old 1070 for POWERFUL cards, 1080, 1080ti, and stacking my coins for the new mining specific card + volta and vega Like you literally picked the worse time to choose 1070, o and in 2 months or less they will be 1/2 price  I've read about those cards, one article said they will not be available at the consumer level...isn't that rigging the game? Another thing to think about is ETH switching to POS someday (this year?) So you are saying he should go with 1080ti? It's performance/watts vs price (and availability). I few sites (could be wrong) say the 1080 is only 18-20% faster...does that sound right? |
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hello guys..
im mining about 3 month ago..
now i mining at 26 x RX 480 Refference (Mixed HIS,Powercolor,Sapphire)
im using Dual Mining Claymore 7.1 ETH+SIA
my spesific hasrate ( used mod bios )
ETH 746 Mh + SIA 11Gh..
i have a plan to Make new Rig with amount 4500$-5000$..
so, which one is better for now to 8 months ahead
2 RIG = 14xRX480 Reff with calculation 4500-5000$
or
1 RIG = 7x1070 with calculation 4500-5000$
cause my friend say if NVIDIA 1070 or 1080 now just for mining not stable coin.. not like eth etc stable price..
if i invest for AMD im worried about when Eth POS and if compare Nvidia and AMD, amd just have half hasrate of 1070 if mining other algo
really im very confused now..
maybe anyone can sharing about reason and profit for choice to buying GPU CARD..
sorry for my bad english hahaha..
What did you end up doing? |
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My electricity cost is pretty high so do you think it would be smarter to buy a 1070/1080 or a AMD RX 480 8GB?
I know the NVidia cards are better when it comes to power usage so I just wanted to see what you guys think.
What are you mining and how many cards? |
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I searched and found only one thread, that had one reply (not much info)...it's a pretty common board, is anyone mining with it?
If so:
What OS?
How many cards?
What are you mining?
It looks like a good AMD board for the money.
Thanks
MSI 970a gaming pro motherboard I guess no one is using this board...I'll set it up this week and report back. If anyone is using it please post results/problems. Thanks |
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I found a great deal on a used laptop (on newegg) that I'm going to set up as a staking machine. I've been wanting something that would have a built in battery backup (beyond my UPS setup) and that I could let run without worrying about a miner crashing it (or keeping it on my main computer as I've been doing).
So the questions I have:
The system comes with an i5 and 4 gigs of Ram, in everyone's experience is the 4g sufficient for running multiple staking wallets and/or master/secure nodes?
Backing up a wallet.dat allows me to import the wallet, but does this bring the blockchain with it or will I need to resync/bootstrap from day zero again for all the wallets i'm running?
Is there any advice/experience others have had with such a setup you could offer to save me some sanity?
Thanks in advance!
I'm not so sure you want to keep a laptop on all the time, in general they run hot (especially HP - I am not sure about the toughbooks, they might be able to handle being on all the time). Maybe look into a celeron (although i3/i5 should be fine) system. There was a link somewhere here (mining) to refurbished $100-$150 desktops. Half of the HP laptops I have owned didn't make it 2 years... 4Gigs should be plenty enough for the staking you want to do. Question: what about building a desktop yourself? |
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Hello everyone! I am now attempting to move from home mining into a 1250 sq ft warehouse. I will increase my mining from 5 to 20 6x GTX 1070 zcash mining rigs. The rigs are rack mountable and will be installed in 42U racks. I am also going to have 3 phase 480V service installed at the maximum amount of amperage allowable by the power company. I have read up quite a bit on data center infrastructure which seems to be similar to a mining operation. I will have raised floors with the cooling initially being done by a single 30 ton Liebert downflow CRAC Unit. Additionally, I will be using a hot aisle cold aisle setup to maintain air flow efficiency. My main issue is in my lack of knowledge with power distribution. Unlike a data center, I do not initially care about redundancy and backup power because of cost considerations so a single flow of electricity is fine by me for my first setup. My main question has to do with how the large 225+ kvA PDU's are installed. Do they wire into a main distribution panel or do they feed directly into a service line? My single line was hard to plan because I lack the knowledge. It was supposed to go service line-->panel-->PDU's (480V to 208V/120V)-->Vertical metered PDU's-->Mining Rigs. I will also have all my wiring, patch cables and electrical conduit run through cable trays above the racks. If you have any information that could help me with power distribution or the overall design of my medium sized farm then I would be very thankful! Have a great day!
I'm going to talk to my electrician friend about your issue. But I also want to ask you a question, how long of a lease are you signing? Do you have any concerns about the loss of profitability and being locked in a lease? I am presently not concerned at all about the long term viability because profitability could go down 2 to 3 times and it would still be fine. I have seen warehouse space in my local area that has a 1 year lease so that is not a problem as well. The main issue with being locked into a long term lease is that you may outgrow your space and need to move but are unable to do so. The main thing is getting the utility company to install the proper transformer and line to supply 480V 3 phase. I will say that from my research it is a lot cheaper if there is a pole that is within 80 feet of your warehouse. Got a question, why so much AC, are you in an extremely hot climate (Texas)? The Liebert cooling system looks awesome, I guess it can get pretty hot in 1250 sq ft (with 120 cards going), does your warehouse have high ceilings? The few warehouse's I've rented had 20-30 ft ceiling, but it still got pretty damn hot (no central air or heat) in summer... |
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Hello everyone! I am now attempting to move from home mining into a 1250 sq ft warehouse. I will increase my mining from 5 to 20 6x GTX 1070 zcash mining rigs. The rigs are rack mountable and will be installed in 42U racks. I am also going to have 3 phase 480V service installed at the maximum amount of amperage allowable by the power company. I have read up quite a bit on data center infrastructure which seems to be similar to a mining operation. I will have raised floors with the cooling initially being done by a single 30 ton Liebert downflow CRAC Unit. Additionally, I will be using a hot aisle cold aisle setup to maintain air flow efficiency. My main issue is in my lack of knowledge with power distribution. Unlike a data center, I do not initially care about redundancy and backup power because of cost considerations so a single flow of electricity is fine by me for my first setup. My main question has to do with how the large 225+ kvA PDU's are installed. Do they wire into a main distribution panel or do they feed directly into a service line? My single line was hard to plan because I lack the knowledge. It was supposed to go service line-->panel-->PDU's (480V to 208V/120V)-->Vertical metered PDU's-->Mining Rigs. I will also have all my wiring, patch cables and electrical conduit run through cable trays above the racks. If you have any information that could help me with power distribution or the overall design of my medium sized farm then I would be very thankful! Have a great day!
I'm going to talk to my electrician friend about your issue. But I also want to ask you a question, how long of a lease are you signing? Do you have any concerns about the loss of profitability and being locked in a lease? |
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I searched and found only one thread, that had one reply (not much info)...it's a pretty common board, is anyone mining with it?
If so:
What OS?
How many cards?
What are you mining?
It looks like a good AMD board for the money.
Thanks
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I'm looking at getting a few PCIe extenders from Amazon, pickings are slim, do you recommend any particular vendor?
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Hi I got few motherboard options which motherboard should i choose from these motherboards, I will Run 470 or 480 6 Graphics Cards. Maximus viii hero Asus tuf z270 mark2 Z270 GAMING M7 Z270 GAMING M5 ROG STRIX Z270F GAMING Please post which motherboard is problem free, I mean which motherboard will power up 6 cards without any problem or any mining issue and Please also post your experience with any motherboard which you are using. Thanks  Is the 270 chipset the overall best for ethereum and 6 (to possibly 8 ) cards. |
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amd are stuck with ETH nvidia have many option now, i think it's good to buy a 1070 now, they ar enot that expensive anymore, and with second hands you can find them for $300, which isa great deal
How is Nvidia's performance with claymore's dual miner ? All my existing cards are AMD, but I'm ready to give Nvidia a try, if people recommend. Thank you |
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I've sold some of my bitcoin and want to "re-invest" it into some new mining gear - plus I miss my mining days, what fun right.
I want to build one or two new setups, I want to mine ETH and Zcash (or whatever you recommend), overall what do you recommend card wise:
AMD RX ?
NVidia ?
Does your recommendation change if you factor in the cost of electricity?
(please note: I've search for this as well, but you know how the search, it pulls up 1000s of messages, many from 2011 onward - so thanks to all who reply).
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I'm mining Zcash with my old gpus.
Any card memory limitations for Zcash (and others)? Seems like you need a card with at least 4gb to mine ETH |
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All my R9 series cards are mining ZEC, a bit lower power consumption and cooler cards.
What about dual mining with claymore, you can mine ethereum and zec, have you tried it? Are you running Linux or Windows? |
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Of course, Ethereum, but is there anything else worth looking at?
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I've got a unique situation were I can't mount the 1x PCIe video cards outside the case like many of our fellow miners do. I have a large case with lots of room, I would like to mount 2 video cards horizontally and/or Vertically inside the case (plenty of room in the CD-rom bays, etc). Any products out there that can assist ?
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I'm in for 2 BTC if batch 4 pops.
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