Any suggestions on building quiet moderately priced rig?

[FoolFully]

How can I build a rig that’s quiet so I can put it in bedroom without spending lots for liquid cooling? Like is it much louder if I use 2 evga G3 750w psu rather than 1 evga 1600w? Also are blower type cards more quiet than cards with 3 fans?

[philipma1957]

How can I build a rig that’s quiet so I can put it in bedroom without spending lots for liquid cooling? Like is it much louder if I use 2 evga G3 750w psu rather than 1 evga 1600w? Also are blower type cards more quiet than cards with 3 fans?

quiet rigs  and low priced =  hard to do

[jillscarbrough]

RIG never quiet except your RIG idle. besides that, RIG produces heat temperature will influence your bedroom temperature. and The current GPU price is terrible.

[philipma1957]

RIG never quiet except your RIG idle. besides that, RIG produces heat temperature will influence your bedroom temperature. and The current GPU price is terrible.

rigs can be made quietly.

Evga  1080ti hybrid  are quiet, but  cost $$$.

[rdluffy]

This is not the moment to buy hardware

[chandrarahmadewa]

I am shocked to see the price of VGA cards now, and we compare prices this year with last year, in Southeast Asia is getting more and more expensive, so the possibility of buying VGA card with low cost becomes difficult now. Now the price of the old VGA card is almost the same as the price of the new VGA card, for me crazy hehe.

[philipma1957]

This is not the moment to buy hardware

Buying 1080ti's at 1000 usd is now common and it puts the buyer 300 usd in the hole  as the cards are worth 700.

I would argue the op can not achieve his goal  due to markups in card prices.

this card in the link would work at the listed price of 600


http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-gfx-gtx-1080-liquid-cooled-graphics-card

3 year warranty  will do 550 sols  2 of them will do 1100 sols and not be loud

he could build a rig for 600 + 600 = 1200 + 200 = 1400

it would earn 5 to 7 usd a day and roi in 200-280 days  fully warrantied for 3 years that is decent price.

but those cards are selling for 800 to 900 not 600

[IonicTong]

How can I build a rig that’s quiet so I can put it in bedroom without spending lots for liquid cooling? Like is it much louder if I use 2 evga G3 750w psu rather than 1 evga 1600w? Also are blower type cards more quiet than cards with 3 fans?

CPU Mining is the quietest way to go, its virtually silent, however, you are obviously restricted with what coins you can mine with your CPU. The only way to have a quiet(ish) rig with GPU's is to use lower spec cards. I have a small starter rig here for testing using Sapphire 560's (4GB), if your mining Ether expect a 50% drop (or more) in hash rate though, its not very loud at all compared to the 1080 setup I have but it will still keep you up at night.

Failing that, just buy some ear defenders and sleep in the buff...

[QuintLeo]

How can I build a rig that’s quiet so I can put it in bedroom without spending lots for liquid cooling? Like is it much louder if I use 2 evga G3 750w psu rather than 1 evga 1600w? Also are blower type cards more quiet than cards with 3 fans?

Blower cards tend to be LOUDER, as they usually have to run higher fan settings to stay cool.

Cards with good cooling, set for efficient mining, in a riser rig with plenty of space between the cards, will usually result in a very quiet rig.
Use a standard box-type fan instead of small computer fans also tends to help keep it quiet, as you can probably leave the fan set on "low" and still get more than enough airflow.


Due to ram shortages and pricing on RAM, 1080 ti cards are "worth" more like $800 now - and that's not looking likely to change for quite a while.


The additional heat in a small room like a bedroom might be an issue though, especially if your rig is fairly high powered.

[rdluffy]

This is not the moment to buy hardware

Buying 1080ti's at 1000 usd is now common and it puts the buyer 300 usd in the hole  as the cards are worth 700.

I would argue the op can not achieve his goal  due to markups in card prices.

this card in the link would work at the listed price of 600


http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-gfx-gtx-1080-liquid-cooled-graphics-card

3 year warranty  will do 550 sols  2 of them will do 1100 sols and not be loud

he could build a rig for 600 + 600 = 1200 + 200 = 1400

it would earn 5 to 7 usd a day and roi in 200-280 days  fully warrantied for 3 years that is decent price.

but those cards are selling for 800 to 900 not 600

Yes, I agree
Here in Brazil 1080ti is USD 1250 at the moment
RX 580 is USD 560

In the past I always buy and sell like you, but I can't find any GPU at good price since December 2017

[philipma1957]

This is not the moment to buy hardware

Buying 1080ti's at 1000 usd is now common and it puts the buyer 300 usd in the hole  as the cards are worth 700.

I would argue the op can not achieve his goal  due to markups in card prices.

this card in the link would work at the listed price of 600


http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-gfx-gtx-1080-liquid-cooled-graphics-card

3 year warranty  will do 550 sols  2 of them will do 1100 sols and not be loud

he could build a rig for 600 + 600 = 1200 + 200 = 1400

it would earn 5 to 7 usd a day and roi in 200-280 days  fully warrantied for 3 years that is decent price.

but those cards are selling for 800 to 900 not 600

Yes, I agree
Here in Brazil 1080ti is USD 1250 at the moment
RX 580 is USD 560

In the past I always buy and sell like you, but I can't find any GPU at good price since December 2017

I was able to get 6 of these at 805 usd in Early Jan  like the 3rd or 4th  direct from corsair


http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-gfx-gtx-1080-ti-liquid-cooled-graphics-card

along with 2 of these at 360 usd

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/ax1500i-digital-atx-power-supply-1500-watt-fully-modular-psu


One other good deal was this at 299 usd on christmas day

http://www.diamondmultimediastore.com/diamond-amd-rx580-video-card

I ordered a second one on Jan 7 for 399   which = 2 for 700  after that  no deals anywhere  or anyplace.

I sold  20,000 usd in cards in Jan and Feb.  I paid about 17,000  and mined maybe 3,000 or 4,000 usd with them.

 So about 7000 usd in profit.
I am offloading every aircool card I have.
I want quiet gear.


I am down to these:
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-gfx-gtx-1080-ti-liquid-cooled-graphics-card#
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=11G-P4-6598-KR

and 3 of these

http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/omen-desktop-pc-880-150t-2tb60av-1


the 1080ti's are all very good plus quiet.

[chaosmage]

That thing costed me around 3K$ 2 months ago.
mATX motherboard capable of SLI, 2x1080ti watercooled, 360mm of rads. The rest is pretty simple and cheap.
https://i.imgur.com/EX5SOfw.jpg