Building my first eth/zcash/etc.. I have a $1500 what equipment should I buy?

[blitzer]

I could use some help I have about a $1500 budget to spend what should I purchase?  I would like to get 6 8G graphics cards and at least 1200 w pw supply.. What would you do in this situation?

[Jamievs]

What have you found by yourself? You can't expect other people to make your shopping list for you..

[Ambros]

There are 20 topic like yours in the first page.

Many people have also topics about their own rigs with every detail.
You can just read them topics and learn from there, instead to ask more experienced people to do the work for you.

Here are some examples:
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1890570.0
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1888607.0

[philipma1957]

I could use some help I have about a $1500 budget to spend what should I purchase?  I would like to get 6 8G graphics cards and at least 1200 w pw supply.. What would you do in this situation?

Okay what country?
What power cost you?

Do you like Nvidia or AMD ?

Nvidia is better for Zec and a few other coins.

Amd is better for eth.

Since you want a six card rig I suggest getting an Evga 1300 G2. For the Psu

I would tell you
Look at Nvidia 1060 6gb cards.

Mine Zec and convert to btc and cash.

this is a good one  nice small size

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IA9FEOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Jamievs]

I could use some help I have about a $1500 budget to spend what should I purchase?  I would like to get 6 8G graphics cards and at least 1200 w pw supply.. What would you do in this situation?

Okay what country?
What power cost you?

Do you like Nvidia or AMD ?

Nvidia is better for Zec and a few other coins.

Amd is better for eth.

Since you want a six card rig I suggest getting an Evga 1300 G2. For the Psu

I would tell you
Look at Nvidia 1060 6gb cards.

Mine Zec and convert to btc and cash.

this is a good one  nice small size

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IA9FEOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Why would you go for a 1060 over a 1070 or 1080? If it is about price he can pick a 1070/1080 and expand to 6 gpu's over time?

[blitzer]

 This is what my research tells me but I am not sure that's why I am asking, I do not want anyone to do the work for me just a little pointing in the right direction that's all..


Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 570 8GB 96 0 - unless you recommend something cheaper I was thinking of goig with the 460 any suggestions?


208V+ 2400 Watt Power Supply Kit For (2) Avalon 6, 721 Platinum 94% Efficiency ( will this work or is it only for BTC mining?) because the EVGA SuperNOVA 1300G2 ATX Modular 1300W 80 Plus Gold power supply Is very High. Why not just use two 600W or 700W Nova power supply's at like half the cost?

6-Pack PCIe PCI-E 16x to 1x Powered Riser Adapter Card W/USB 3.0 Extension Cable....


and what kind of SSD card or processor would I use with this? would this be windows? I would like to be able to min as many diffet types of coins as possible would I be able to do it with this equipment. Or what Should I change

What am I missing or doing wrong?

[blitzer]

I could use some help I have about a $1500 budget to spend what should I purchase?  I would like to get 6 8G graphics cards and at least 1200 w pw supply.. What would you do in this situation?

Okay what country?
What power cost you?

Do you like Nvidia or AMD ?

Nvidia is better for Zec and a few other coins.

Amd is better for eth.

Since you want a six card rig I suggest getting an Evga 1300 G2. For the Psu

I would tell you
Look at Nvidia 1060 6gb cards.

Mine Zec and convert to btc and cash.



I was going to purchase this  "Ethos SSD 16 GB for Ethereum mining ETH ethosdistro configured / READY"  but I was skeptical that it would be hacked in some way or the other since uI would be purchasing of off eBay

this is a good one  nice small size

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IA9FEOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Why would you go for a 1060 over a 1070 or 1080? If it is about price he can pick a 1070/1080 and expand to 6 gpu's over time?

I was going to purchase this  "Ethos SSD 16 GB for Ethereum mining ETH ethosdistro configured / READY"  but I was skeptical that it would be hacked in some way or the other since"I would be purchasing of off eBay.  Also my research told me which I may very well be wrong that the 4g cards wil not be able to keep up with the blockchain as ETH and ZCASH get more hard to min, so wouldn't a 8g be required"

this is a good one  nice small size

[blitzer]

I could use some help I have about a $1500 budget to spend what should I purchase?  I would like to get 6 8G graphics cards and at least 1200 w pw supply.. What would you do in this situation?

Okay what country?
What power cost you?

Do you like Nvidia or AMD ?

Nvidia is better for Zec and a few other coins.

Amd is better for eth.

Since you want a six card rig I suggest getting an Evga 1300 G2. For the Psu

I would tell you
Look at Nvidia 1060 6gb cards.

Mine Zec and convert to btc and cash.



Country USA power Cost 0.11
this is a good one  nice small size

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IA9FEOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Why would you go for a 1060 over a 1070 or 1080? If it is about price he can pick a 1070/1080 and expand to 6 gpu's over time?

[cryptominer420]

For $1600 I can fully setup 2 4 Card Rigs using 775 Motherboards, Core 2 Duo's, 4GB DDR2, 60GB SSD, 1000W PSU
Which would be making about $600-$700/M right now all Bios Modded Mining ETH pulling from 670W - 780W at the wall per Rig Depending on the Card Quality.

I don't know were you Live but I am in Ohio USA and I run a small Investment Group for Locals. My Groups Terms are as follows.
(**After Power is Deducted**)
10% of Profits are set back for potential Maintenance
15% cut of Profit for 24/7 Rig Monitoring/Troubleshooting
75% Goes to you until 100% ROI
After 100% ROI (Equipment Ownership reverts to the Group)
10% of Profits are set back for potential Maintenance
15% cut of Profit for 24/7 Rig Monitoring/Troubleshooting
8% Goes to the Groups Management
67% Goes to you until the rig is no longer profitable


If Maintenance Has not been used by the time the rig is no longer profitable it will be split 50/50 or can be used 100% to Upgrade the Rig with a renewed investment.

We are responsible for maximizing uptime and * also ensuring that the equipment is the most profitable *
*(Unless you are mining to hold a Coin VS Fiat)*

ROI is calculated at the time of coin payout so if eth is $60 at the time of a 1 ETH payout your ROI amount would be $45 and It is not re-calculated If say the value of eth goes up or down after the time of payout so you could achieve more than 100% ROI by the time we calculate that your full ROI has been returned.

[philipma1957]

This is what my research tells me but I am not sure that's why I am asking, I do not want anyone to do the work for me just a little pointing in the right direction that's all..


Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 570 8GB 96 0 - unless you recommend something cheaper I was thinking of goig with the 460 any suggestions?


208V+ 2400 Watt Power Supply Kit For (2) Avalon 6, 721 Platinum 94% Efficiency ( will this work or is it only for BTC mining?) because the EVGA SuperNOVA 1300G2 ATX Modular 1300W 80 Plus Gold power supply Is very High. Why not just use two 600W or 700W Nova power supply's at like half the cost?

6-Pack PCIe PCI-E 16x to 1x Powered Riser Adapter Card W/USB 3.0 Extension Cable....


and what kind of SSD card or processor would I use with this? would this be windows? I would like to be able to min as many diffet types of coins as possible would I be able to do it with this equipment. Or what Should I change

What am I missing or doing wrong?

The list is long. Avalon are ASIC miners that only do sha 256 mining that is Btc PPC and a few others.

A lot of people will offer you info

I won't offer any more because I do not know your power cost or the country you live in.

Good luck.