Will this PSU be able to handle two 6970s?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-190-030&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=5&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29

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I just bought a new 6970 off of craigslist, but it didn't include the two power cables that go from the power supply to the GPU directly. I'm trying to buy it online but can't be sure if the stuff that I'm looking at is the correct power cable. Can someone link me to a place where I can buy the correct power cables? Much thanks.

If Jim Rogers wanted to do it right, he'd create an entirely new CryptoCoin, peg it to a value, guarantee that value, put MtGox out of business, and finance structured ASIC development and sell the opportunity as monopolized hardware. He wouldn't buy into Bitcoin. Ever.
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Peg it to a value in what? Dollars? You can get dollars at the bank. Gold? There are already gold backed credit cards. ASICs can get reverse engineered. Has Intel ever "monopolized" CPUs?

It would seem to me that the way to "do it right" would be to buy up a million or two of bitcoins and then invest in bitcoin startups that would build the infrastructure of the bitcoin economy allowing technical illiterates to use it as well as merchants to hedge for currency risk. Then talk about bitcoin every time he goes on TV.

Haha, if the price drops, he can just buy more. At the current market cap, he could buy all the bitcoin owned by The Manipulation, Wagner, and Satoshi combined. And most traders will sell at 3.5 or 5 thinking it's a false rally and have nothing to sell when it's at 30 to drive the price down.

But of course there's still the miners...

You know that when Jim Rogers buys he buys heavy and holds for multiple decades right?

That's really all we need to send bitcoin sustainably above $30.

Is there are place to buy that thing? I'm not being lazy. You have no idea how clumsy I am.

That's very true, in fact my current mining rig I build myself. Problem is, it literally took a month. At first I ordered a 6970 and powersupply but the GPU wouldn't fit on my motherboard. Then I bought a new motherboard, RAM and CPU, but the motherboard was an ATX and my case was an ATX-mini. Then I bought a full tower on craigslist and it wouldn't start up properly so I had to return the motherboard and GPU. Now it works and I'm going to add another GPU on the second PCIe slot if I win that bid on ebay. I still want to get another mining rig though since my electricity is free. I figure it's comparative advantage. I just want to do it properly and have it cooled and OCed properly so as to be sustainable. I think I have room for one or two more rigs.

Another thing is, I see on youtube that alot of miners have no case and just mount the board on piece of wood and have a big external fan blowing on it. This seems logical since the fan can be replaced cheaply, you save on the cost of a case, and it's better for cooling, but I don't know how to build that setup. Do they drill the holes for the Mobo themselves or do they buy it somewhere? I work a full time job so I'd rather have an expert do it correctly for me. "Reasonable" for me would be the cost of materials plus a few hundred. I figured that at this bitcoin prices, a few people will be willing to sell some rigs.

Looking for someone in NYC willing to sell me a mining rig at a reasonable price. I'm looking for something around 1GHash/s but more is welcome too. I need to be able to verify the hash rate running at a sustainable temperature first.

I can't find the CCC anyway on the taskbar. Can it be found in program files?

Also, do the manufacturers really not matter? I noticed that different manufacturers sell for a different price on ebay. Are some better than others?

Thanks for the responses. I managed to squeeze a little extra out with the flags: -v -w64 -f2 -r5. I still have some questions though.

Is there a page that explains exactly what every flag for this miner does? Among all the miners, are there others that are considered better? I'm currently using MSI Afterburn to overclock and when I increase the core speed above the default of 880, the hash rate actually goes down. What could be causing this? Also MSI only allows me to decrease the memory speed down to 600. So what are you guys using to underclock the memory? Also if I tweak a variable such as core speed and see that it optimizes at 920, will 920 core speed also be the optimal speed for any given voltage level or memory speed? I keep my fan at 65% and the core temp at 80C, is this a good setup?

Appreciate the help guys. I'm trying to get into mining since I don't pay for electricity.

Use the flags: -v -w 128 -f 30. Also disable the hardware acceleration on flash.

This shit is fucking stupid. I've spent weeks on this forum and now have a serious question about mining and can't post in the mining section. At first I thought it was related to the hack or something but I noticed that everyone else can post but I can't.

So if anyone can answer my mining question: I have a 6970 mining at 328MHashes/s I'm using guiminer on Windows 7 with the flags -v -w 128 -f 30. How can I increase my mining speed since the bitcoin hardware comparison website said you can get around 385 out of it. Also, if I decide to buy another GPU, to put on the second PCIe slot, does it have to be the same card and manufacturer? Would really appreciate the help.