any idea which card will give me the most bang for the buck?

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=rx570&N=-1&isNodeId=1


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bought a card locally for testing, it's a SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 4GB , bought it cause it seems to advertise a faster clock and overclock, than the others, i'll let you know how it does stock, and then we'll see what can be done to give it a bump.

Thanks for the reply, I have found the rx570's for sale and they appear to be competitively priced and have a better output than the Nvidias 1060.

I am wondering about the bios mods for these RX570's. Where can I find out about them?


<<<edit>>> ooops! i see that you give some info in this thread, I'll read the whole thing, then come back with my newb questions!

Hey Guys!

I'm back in the mining biz. Have been Hodling my bitcoin and now I have got the itch to start mining again.
Looks like monero will be my target.

I am at that stage where i'm trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can and my head is spinning. I am hoping someone could help direct my focus.

located in Canada
cost per KWH: aprrox 6.5 cents per kw hour (US)
Goal: build a GPU mining rig

I have ordered a couple of Nvidia GTX 1060's 4GB just to stick in a couple of computers i have lying around, just to play around with different configs. My expectation for this card is to get about 525 H/S for about 50w once optimized.

Before I go out an buy 6 or 8 cards for a rig i wanted to get familiar and find the best card in terms of speed and energy efficiency and purchase price.

Now that i have already ordered the 1060's I stumbled upon some RX580's , cost a bit more to buy, more to run, but seem to put out more hashes. Once configured and maybe bios modded, what do you think the RX580 will do? 890 MH/s at 95 watts?

Seeing as my hydro costs are fairly low, perhaps I should be looking at AMD?

one more question, resale value? Should i be concerned? What about moded firmaware, can that be restored to stock before i sell the AMD? I have heard the Nvidia do better on resale? True? or nothing really to worry about?

The PSU I ordered is  EVGA SuperNOVA 850 https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438092


If AMD is the way to go,I can always return the Nvidias 1060's i have coming or stick them in some other pcs I have lying around.

So ideally, what would you suggest for the rig? 6 AMD rx580s'  or like 8 Nvidia 1060's . What would be the best way to max out that power supply? Any good motherboard suggestions would be appreciated!

I got one too!, aside from the funny link and domain, the rest of the message was in Chinese

BTC only, sorry.

I stand corrected 

those are the chip frequencies, i think 375 was stock speed, but i cant remember, it was quite some time ago when i was setting all that up. I did not push the speed as hard as others may have. I watched the error rate and would drop the freq down if it was making too many mistakes

Computer gear is duty free into the USA! You should not be charged anything extra. The 200$ daily limit applies to other items that are not duty-free.

see my new thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=720994

Yes I can confirm that an agreement has been reached, and a deposit left,  they are off the market for at least two weeks, or indefinately once the balance is paid.

I have however just listed the three from my mom's basement with PSU's in a new thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=720994

Having Just sold the three from my garage:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=704178

I am now hoping to sell the last three I own. These are located in my mom's basement and are working well, but may be dusty.

<<The rest I am basically cutting and pasting from the old thread, with some asdjusting>>

They are mildly overclocked. The original config file is still on each antminer, if you wish to revert it to 'stock'

3x Antminer S1's
2x Corsair GS 800 PSU

I am looking for 0.17 BTC for each miner and 0.09 BTC for each PSU. This is a total of 0.69 BTC and this price includes shipping to the USA or Canada.

Here is the image:




These are #'s 230, 232, 233 (last digits of IP address), you can see them and their history at eligius. They have been pretty stable except for a while my ISP (wireless providor was acting up)

http://eligius.st/~wizkid057/newstats/userstats.php/19nLCeGzHrzqdb61m6fTDBrqotABQqCcjF

#230 over clocked to 381.25 mhz
#232 over clocked to 387.5 mhz
#233 over clocked to 387.5 mhz


This offer is for all 3 Antminers and the 2 PSU's for 0.69 BTC delivered with tracking and insurance anywhere in the USA / Canada.

SOLD

Looking for bitcoin only, but thanks

thanks for the offer, but i would like to get rid of them all with the power supplies also.

NEW low price, now just 0.17 each miner for a total of 0.69 BTC for the 3 S1's and the 2 PSU's

<bump> these are still available... <bump>

Sorry, didn't mean to wind you up. 

Just because you have a bitcoin store halfway across the country doesn’t make you easy to find or trustworthy in my opinion.

I am not a high volume seller or a wheeler dealer. Just a bitcoin miner selling off his old gear. I have two transactions under my belt, both were with no escrow.

You are absolutely right, people should be cautious, and never transact beyond their own comfort level.

said the guy who pm'ed me asking to send them first without payment

yes i am in canada, local pickup is not an option, sorry

I want to add (I ship fast once payment is received). Canada post should be able to provide next day shipping into the GTA.

Have been hashing away for what seems like 6 months now. Working well. (albeit a little dusty) These three are located in my garage.

They are mildly overclocked. The original config file is still on each antminer, if you wish to revert it to 'stock'

3x Antminer S1's
1x Corsair GS 800 PSU
1x Kingwin ABT-850M PSU

I am looking for 0.19 0.17 BTC for each miner and 0.09 BTC for each PSU. This is a total of 0.69 BTC and this price includes shipping to the USA or Canada.

Here is the image:




These are #'s 231, 234, 235 (last digits of IP address), you can see them and their history at eligius. They have been pretty stable except for a while my ISP (wireless providor was acting up)

http://eligius.st/~wizkid057/newstats/userstats.php/19nLCeGzHrzqdb61m6fTDBrqotABQqCcjF

#231 over clocked to 387.5
#234 over clocked to 387.5
#235 over clocked to 375

This offer is for all 3 Antminers and the 2 PSU's for 0.75 0.69 BTC delivered with tracking and insurance anywhere in the USA / Canada.

SOLD

Nice Quotation, but i like it better as, your attitude when you have nothing and your patience when you have everything.

I dont want to seem like an ingrate but...

We have been very patient on the NMC front. I would appreciate a little more forthright response on WTF is going on.