Hi all,
hope I am posting this in the right place and that this topic can be on its own. I am really new to crypto mining and still getting the hang of it. I managed to set up a 6x1070 gtx OC dual and out of the stock without any tweaks to it I used Claymore v11 to mine ETH with 170MH/s...I have been reading past few days and seen people using afterburner to setup cards to higher clocks to achieve better MH so today I used only the ClockCore on afterburner to bring it up to 180Mh/s. Which now seems Ok, only temperature on one card runs 63C on most others its 62 61 60...The fans are on auto and running on approx 38-40%. I keep the rig in the warehouse where the surrounding temperature does not exceed 7'C.
Now what I would like to know will decrease in voltage reduce electricity consumption and temperature or lower temperature is achieved with higher fan %...is higher fan% drawing more power. I really have no means or knowledge to test this from technical side and instruments so any input in regard to this is welcome.
Moreover, since I mine only ETH for now I would appreciate if anyone can suggest what would be the best coin to add to dual mining (if that is even economically sound). I have been searching online what would be best coin to add to dual mining but mostly I find dates from 2017 which is unusable now.
Thank you for your time and effort to help me out
Lower temperature will be achieved by lower ambient temperature AND/OR reducing clock speed and power consumption. If your rigs were in a freezer then you would be able to expect a drop in temperature. However, this is not a practical solution. I manage my cards by setting a temperature threshold. When a card hits that temp the fan is increased and the power reduced. Your best bet is to manage your rigs in a similar fashion. I'd set it so that the power and temp was set lower, you can still raise clock speeds (small increments until instability) and go from there.
