New Mining rig set up

[Coinkarlonline]

Hi,

I am currently in the process of setting up an ethereum mining rig. I have purchased intel 7th gen processor , MSI intel Z270 SLI Plus motherboard , corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15B 2 x 8gb DDR4 ram, powered riser cables and corsair platinum 1200w ps. I am wondering if anyone has any input on this set up? The motherboard is the main query as I have read the z170 is near industry standard. Also gpus I have considered are amd radeon rx580 / nvidia gtx 1070. (More so leaning towards amd) I am caucious of purchase of gpus as I have also read that both companies plan to introduce mining specific gpus in weeks to come.

Any feed back is welcomed

Thanks.

[iamnoobplzhelp]

The processor and memory are overkill for a mining machine. You can buy the cheapest Intel pentium processor and 4GB of RAM is enough.

I'm not sure about the Z270, but I have the Z170 version of that board running 6 cards no problem.

1200w may not be enough depending on how many and what type of cards you are running. Make sure you do a lot of undervolting to make sure that you fit in that 1200w.

Another thing to consider is that every day you don't mine is a day you lose out on profit, so don't spend too long thinking about which card to get.
The RX580s are also out of stock everywhere.

[Coinkarlonline]

Thanks a lot! It's just figuring out the right gpus now. Hopefully the rx580s become available shortly. I can see they are available for pre order on amazon but no eta on delivery. But again don't want to throw all my money into something if an improved version is on the way. Will prob start with 2 and then progress from there. I was told you should give 2 gigs of ram per card (hence the 16gs). The z270 can take 6 cards but wasn't sure what the difference was between the 170..

[philipma1957]

The processor and memory are overkill for a mining machine. You can buy the cheapest Intel pentium processor and 4GB of RAM is enough.

I'm not sure about the Z270, but I have the Z170 version of that board running 6 cards no problem.

1200w may not be enough depending on how many and what type of cards you are running. Make sure you do a lot of undervolting to make sure that you fit in that 1200w.

Another thing to consider is that every day you don't mine is a day you lose out on profit, so don't spend too long thinking about which card to get.
The RX580s are also out of stock everywhere.

I disagree with you as the cpu will earn  money on xmr  if he finds a deal on one on ebay.

My 8 cpus earn 2-4 bucks a day  so at 3 bucks = 1000 usd in earnings  with next to nothing in extra power say 150.

So 850 back.

used i5 6400t's run  for 120-140 do the math

[iamnoobplzhelp]

Thanks a lot! It's just figuring out the right gpus now. Hopefully the rx580s become available shortly. I can see they are available for pre order on amazon but no eta on delivery. But again don't want to throw all my money into something if an improved version is on the way. Will prob start with 2 and then progress from there. I was told you should give 2 gigs of ram per card (hence the 16gs). The z270 can take 6 cards but wasn't sure what the difference was between the 170..

Not sure where you got the 2GB per card. I have 8 card rigs running with only 4GB of RAM without problems.

[Coinkarlonline]

Cheers for the feedback guys! I went with a more reasonably priced processor and will keep the ram as it's bought now anyway. I plan to expand (all going well) so may be handy to have. Just the gpus to pick up next which will hopefully become available sooner rather than later but failing I may have to go with what is available to get rig up and running.

[philipma1957]

Cheers for the feedback guys! I went with a more reasonably priced processor and will keep the ram as it's bought now anyway. I plan to expand (all going well) so may be handy to have. Just the gpus to pick up next which will hopefully become available sooner rather than later but failing I may have to go with what is available to get rig up and running.

you can use some of the ram on your next rig.

[Coinkarlonline]

Hi again! Looks like I will be second rigging from the beginning as the processor I purchased is socket LGA  1150 whereas motherboard is LGA 1151..(a rooky error in sure) Just going to shell out for i7 and use it for mining separate currency as suggested by philipma(makes sence). I also picked up 2 msi geforce gtx 1070's and a zotac nvidia GeForce 1070. I'm thinking a 1200w psu would suffice anyway for 3 cards and I've ordered a joiner for addition power supply if required. Or could I just undervolt all cards to fit into a 1200w? I note from a few of the online set up guides they say a 1200w will suffice..