Are you sure you bought GTX 1050? Cause it seems you have a GTX 1070 or 1070 Ti judging by the hashrate you're getting by the miner.
Anyway, it can take up to 60 days to get one BTG according to your hashrate given that difficulty stays the same.

It can be because of different memory vendor and ASIC quality.

GTX 1060 mining BTX at 10 MH/s consuming 75-80 w power.
CPU won't be able to mine as difficulty is high which makes mining from CPU obsolete.

Did you try swapping the riser to another x1 slot in the motherboard?
Did you try another riser or another riser version?
If nothing works, well use 480 as the main GPU on the x16 slot.

No issues! Don't forget to read some of VEGA GPU threads in here. They have tons of discussion to get the most out of VEGA GPUs.

I'm using Skylake with BIOSTAR TB 250 BTC Pro and never faced any issues.
As the motherboard is similar, you shouldn't face any problems with using Skylake whatsoever.

All of my rigs rocks ASUS motherboards with Z270 chipset and LGA 1511 socket. ASUS Z270 Prime P is the way to go. Economical and can easily support up to 8 GPUs.

It comes down to available power from your electrical panel.
Let's say you have 30 Amps service with a 120 Volt connection, L3 will consume around 6.5-7 Amps. In that manner, you can run probably four with that panel.
If you have 30 Amps service with a 230 Volt connection, L3 will consume around 3.5-4 Amps. So, you can run around 8 or so.
Moreover, the above calculation is without your day to day electricity consumption, so consider it in your calculation before running.

Yes, it is.
Mining any coin is profitable until and unless you own the hardware and the electricity cost are not off the roof.
But the question you should ask if it is worth it?
No, mining with CPU is so 2010 and it won't mine substantial amount compared to GPUs.
You can still give CPU only coins a try.

Yeah, I know 15GB image file for Linux Distro with every software related to mining. It is kind of a large file but it works pretty well. I'll recommend to flash it in 32 GB USB drive for better stability.

The problem with Xorg might be related with ./Xmodmap
Here are a few links for you to check them out and see if this is the culprit behind the freeze:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/914148/xorg-high-100-cpu-on-xubuntu-17-04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/998310

Oh! It's okay, every card is different and the highest hashrate you can get depends solely on ASIC quality of the GPU.
The difference between the numbers can be because I got my numbers using nvOC distro.
I still recommend you to give nvOC a try and see if you can get more from your system.

For VRAM, just set the above clocks, if they are stable at the given clock speeds, then it has the corresponding VRAM vendor. If you have Samsung, just push it more to get 24.5 MH/s which is possible.
Set power limit to 65W. GPUs should work perfectly fine at 65W for mining ETH.

I wouldn't suggest dual mining because it will draw much more power than single mining, you'll likely face stability issues. Moreover, Single mining at 24.5 MH/s with 65W will be a bit more profitable than mining ETH at 22 MH/s and SIA at 300 MH/s at 80W. Just place these values in whattomine and you'll understand.

If you don't want any headaches setting up Linux for mining environment, I will suggest you give nvOC a try. It's a prebuilt Linux distro with everything ready for mining.
Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.0

1. I'll suggest getting a dummy plug because it's good for the long run and it'll cost 8 USD and it'll save you a ton of time configuring for a headless mode.
2. GpuPowerMizerMode=2 for better hashrate.
3. Use OpenSSH.
4. Core Overclock: -300 and Mem Overclock: +1600 for 24MH/s. (GTX 1060 Samsung Mem)
    Core Overclock: -300 and Mem Overclock: +1000 for 22.5MH/s. (GTX 1060 Micron Mem)
    Core Overclock: -300 and Mem Overclock: +200 for 17MH/s. (GTX 1060 Hynix Mem)

Bitcoin Gold is still running their test net and they haven't launched their main net yet. So, you will have to wait for a few days to start mining Bitcoin Gold.

Like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Post an image of your configuration to tackle the problem more clearly. Moreover, just give an order for add2psu as if above doesn't work, this will surely do. It'll cost you around 1.5-2 USD an adapter.

You have to create an offline wallet, which you can get from here under Offline wallet generator.
https://downloads.electroneum.com/

Once created, using Claymore Cryptonote for AMD or Ccminer for Nvidia, point your miner to ETN pool with your public wallet address created above.
https://etn.uax.io/#

Download Electroneum CLI Zip, Sync the blockchain, Use your Offline wallet keys to import it in Electreneum CLI wallet. After it's done, you can transfer your mined ETN to exchange sites.

There are infinite threads and videos on assembling, components and so forth. All just a google search away. Anyway, try 1stminingrig.com, they have enough posts to cover your query!

I don't think so that new mining algorithms supported by the newest model of Baikal miner is backwards compatible with previous generation miners. There has to be some kind of alteration in the hardware itself to make it work with new algorithms like groestl.

The melting of riser can be for various listed reasons.
1) The power type of the riser and the power flow.
i.e, A SATA string can handle up to 54 watts of power safely on one point of connection. A SATA string in total can draw up to 110 watts of power from PSU safely. So, If I use a SATA string to connect two risers with GTX1060 GPUs on them which draw around 35-40 watts of power from the riser, totalling to 70-80 watts. I'm fine using SATA connection for my riser in long run.
Another scenario, I use a single SATA string to connect two 1080ti, which consume a little over 65 watts each. I'm just waiting for fireworks in my rig in long run. I'll have to turn over to MOLEX which can handle up to 70 watts at one point of connection and can draw around 154 watts from PSU. So, a MOLEX strand to power two 1080tis with the riser. Moreover, six pin risers are the best possible solution out there but hard to come by.

2) Quality of risers.
i.e, There is no way to check the quality of risers that I know of, but I have a box of black coloured and blue coloured risers. I prefer the black ones. They are more sturdy in feel. All the risers that I've used, I'll recommend not using that cheap SATA to MOLEX convert that comes with the pack. They are the worst of all and the main reason of melting. On further inspection, I saw they were made of Aluminium which is not the best metal for electrical conductivity.

3) Wrong placement of x1 adapter in motherboard.
i.e, I've seen many first timers plugging the x1 adapter in wrong place on their motherboard which resulted in instant failure and damaging of motherboard or GPU. Don't ever make that kind of mistake and always double check before starting your system.


Pretty well said!