Note I killed off 99% of this thread in April 2020.
My wife and I both had covid. The was still suffering from the after effects of having the illness> I also had some permanent damage from covid ( I may do surgery in 2021).
It is now December my wife after months of doctors and treatments is better and hopefully is going to be okay.
I am less angry about covid and its effects on me and my wife.
I wanted to offer an apology about deleting this thread (50 or more pages)
I will look around and see if I can save some of it.
Update Note title change
From this title:
Re: My 1 card rig for Ethereum. One day of mining so far. Photos thoughts.
To this title:
My 1 gpu now 11gpus 5rigs for Ethereum. 45 days of mining. Photos thoughts.
Original info below:
First off I made a lot of money with LTC and gpu rigs. Then was crashed by asics for ltc gridseed and GAW killed me.
But I kept a rig and it just sat on a shelf doing nothing. I decided to bring it back to life.
Cost = zero usd.
Some details and photos to follow.
The rig is a sapphire hd7970 with a huge heat sink the biggest and baddest around . I can not get my hd7970 to overheat.
link for the cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242030&cm_re=gpu_cooler-_-35-242-030-_-Product a h77 mobo asrock----- I can get a second card on this board
a crucial ssd 500 gb----------- over kill
a seasonic bronze psu
2 sticks for 4gb ram 8gb total 1833 speed
an intel 2500t cpu low power draw
a cheap cpu intel cooler
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FjxpObBH.jpg&t=663&c=kk2JZKrg7Y-Twg)
I made wires a bit neater
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMl4xsNL.jpg&t=663&c=O_KQEGMuOXUg0Q)
201 watts very nice
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fzn7w2Sd.jpg&t=663&c=iPHqAhWOeOu-4w)
44c is the back of the gpu
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Ff9fsfeL.jpg&t=663&c=h_wQdXWk4eEg_w)
51 c is the back of the gpu the vrm's
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fha2NWAn.jpg&t=663&c=AkCNu3uc17RNhw)
earnings
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqHUzIXQ.png&t=663&c=uVzTCfV5Ri106g)