Hey all,

Pretty new to cryptocurrency, read a few books and am getting the fundamentals down. I had been planning to gear my mining endeavors toward ETH to start since at the moment it seems to be the most profitable, however, it seems that they will be switching to a POS platform soon and mining will no longer be viable, if what I am reading is correct. So now I am wondering whether it would be better to gear my first rig toward ZCash with the 10xx cards or some other coin with the x70/x80 cards. It is my understanding that Zcash is also making some big moves with JP Morgan, could this help or hurt the mining prospects? I know that none of this is concrete, but I am just curious on getting some thoughts on these matters from some folks with a bit more experience than myself.

Thanks!

Hey all,

New guy here, just going over the data that is available and trying to see if building a mining rig is viable, ultimately I would like this to be something lucrative, but for now I am just looking to get my feet wet and not end up in the red while I get the hang of all of this. Going over some of the recommended specs for motherboards, I see that H81 seems to be a preferred chipset and having 6x PCIe support is key in order to get 6 cards up and running. As I am sure many of you are aware, these boards are marked up to a much higher secondary value given the supply and demand. I see that one can still get 5x PCIe boards for about a hundred bucks and am wondering if this is a better option.

As I mentioned before, this is something that I would like to possibly turn in to a more profitable project for myself so scalability is something that I have in mind. I don't mind paying the $400+ for a 6 PCIe motherboard for my first rig, but this doesnt seem like something that is sustainable over time as one expands.

What do you other custom rig users use to keep costs minimal while maximizing your hashrates and scalability?

PS - Go easy on me, I am still very much in the learning phase here