I'm looking at purchasing an R9 280X for mining. Any advice? Any cards I should look out for? Any to avoid?
Any advice would be much appreciated. I'd hate to make an impulse purchase and end up with a lousy hashrate. I plan to add one more in the near future also.
Any major brand is good, If you haven't heard of it then don't buy it.
Personally I run 6 MSI R9 280X on one single board, each card is pulling roughly 700-705 khs.
After adding the fourth + card I have to restart the machine once every few days or the khs will drop to around 650-675 per card.
Settings are key as well if you choose msi then I can help!
People can complain. but I use GUI miner with updated files and config.
It works fine for me, you can pull up cgminer and you will see the estimates are accurate.
Currently running two 7970s MSI as well. Cannot get the right settings for the life of me, both hashing at 700khs.
Cards are all around 75-80C I cool them with two box fans one in and out the in has a custom built air filter i placed over the front. Run in my furnace room so its mighty cold.
Asus, sapphire, xfx(sometimes), MSI, are the top brands i think.. In no order