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... @ phillipma1957 - Until there is better Mining software for NVIDIA, AMD is still KING for the coins we care about for now which is ETH and ZEC. More importantly if you're dual mining. Also NVIDIA is very flakey in 6 and 7 GPU setups due to driver and mining software compatibilities. This is why I'm still 100% AMD.
ZEC is good with NVIDIA; can't say for the rest of coins though ~ ETH is poor for example. Eg. EWBF and Excavator miners drives high ZEC hash (even higher than ZEC on Fury X at very low watts). Many good cgminer forks for other familiar and unfamiliar algos like DCR, LBRY, Lyra2, X11Gost etc. Pros: ZEC killer (and only ZEC though, I wonder what clicks in ZEC and NVIDIA architecture), impressive wattage - better than AMD Cons: Bloody expensive... Started building my first ZEC rig on twin 1080ti, hopefully this will be an equivalent of a 7-8 rig AMD ZEC rig, at half the watts. Patiently waiting for Phil's weekend review. 2 cards now one 1080 ti one 1080 watts for entire rig = 373 h for zec = 1168 pretty much kills anything from amd in the world of zec my advice is build 3 six card amds for every 1 two card 1080ti two card results https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1851004.msg18496734#msg18496734why not get two 1070s with low power limit they will do around 930 zec for around 300 watts the 1080ti should be doing like 1k for it to be worth it Part of my model for mining is sale of gear that is near ROI. So the 1080 ti zotac will be sold to a friend that has a gamer wife. I will sell it to him in about 120 days. if it does 670h it will earn around 5 bucks a day - 1 for power = 4 x 120 = 480 I spent 704 so I would be 224. If I sell it to him for 375 it is a good deal for him and I profit 150 . I do this with many of my cards. He has a 970 in his wifes pc system she will love the upgrade to the 1080 ti.
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April 08, 2017, 02:50:07 PM |
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I have not been following graphics cards prices too much recently, but found 2 on craigslist, would this be a good deal?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition - $425
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MSI Radeon R9 380 4g - $220
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Radeon R9 380 4GB DDR5 OC Edition - $125
Would any of you pick these up?
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April 08, 2017, 04:55:01 PM |
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I have not been following graphics cards prices too much recently, but found 2 on craigslist, would this be a good deal?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition - $425
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MSI Radeon R9 380 4g - $220
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Radeon R9 380 4GB DDR5 OC Edition - $125
Would any of you pick these up?
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The 1080 for a mean ZEC rig would be my best bet. The R9 380s are good in their hey days.... but the older R9s are power hoggers, so I would stay away from them... might as well consider a brand new RX480/470 for about 220-200 price range.
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April 08, 2017, 05:07:29 PM |
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I have not been following graphics cards prices too much recently, but found 2 on craigslist, would this be a good deal?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition - $425
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MSI Radeon R9 380 4g - $220
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Radeon R9 380 4GB DDR5 OC Edition - $125
Would any of you pick these up?
Thanks
DebitMe
the 1080 is good if it works. it will do 510 zec at 170 watts counting your entire system at the wall on a k-watt meter. that card runs around 500-550 new. I now have a 3 card nvidia rig for zec about 580 watts for 1830 h : two 1080 ti's and one 1080 Pleased with it. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1851004.msg18500068#msg18500068 I suggest that anyone with 3 six card amd rigs should have 1 three card nvida rig. Use 1080 ti and 1080 for density as three cards giving 1800 plus zec is very nice
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April 08, 2017, 05:25:41 PM |
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I have not been following graphics cards prices too much recently, but found 2 on craigslist, would this be a good deal?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition - $425
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MSI Radeon R9 380 4g - $220
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Radeon R9 380 4GB DDR5 OC Edition - $125
Would any of you pick these up?
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DebitMe
You can do better than that...I've seen Newegg on Ebay selling brand new non-reference 1080's for $419, and 1070's for $319
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April 08, 2017, 06:34:14 PM |
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I have not been following graphics cards prices too much recently, but found 2 on craigslist, would this be a good deal?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition - $425
and
MSI Radeon R9 380 4g - $220
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Radeon R9 380 4GB DDR5 OC Edition - $125
Would any of you pick these up?
Thanks
DebitMe
You can do better than that...I've seen Newegg on Ebay selling brand new non-reference 1080's for $419, and 1070's for $319 just checked newegg this is pretty good price https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125936
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April 09, 2017, 09:40:54 PM |
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Completely out of Motherboards everywhere. The FRENZY IS BAD!!!!!!!!!
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April 10, 2017, 01:50:23 AM |
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Completely out of Motherboards everywhere. The FRENZY IS BAD!!!!!!!!!
I have 14 x unopened H81s .... I can sell it to you if you want...... NOTTTTTT! LOL.... just joking yun9999... sorry for busting your chops in these stressful times ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) I am also in progress setting up my 2nd farm so I am also short on mobos. I get most of my stuff now from the resourceful yslyung - you should ping him.
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April 10, 2017, 04:13:52 AM Last edit: April 10, 2017, 04:40:04 AM by yun9999 |
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Never heard from him forTB85 he mentioned before. ![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
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A PicoPSU question (from a newbie miner so be gentle) - I've seen advice given to power your risers off the same PSU as your mainboard to avoid troubles, but with a Pico there is neither the connectivity or capacity--thoughts?
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April 10, 2017, 04:43:26 PM |
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A PicoPSU question (from a newbie miner so be gentle) - I've seen advice given to power your risers off the same PSU as your mainboard to avoid troubles, but with a Pico there is neither the connectivity or capacity--thoughts?
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in the example below where is all power coming from? the big ass psu the pico acts as as an inbetween but it draws juice from the big ass psu big ass psu ------- pico psu -------- 24 pin to mobo big ass psu ------- pico psu --------- 8 pin to mobo/cpu big ass psu ------- riser 1 big ass psu ------- riser 2 big ass psu -------- riser 3 big ass psu -------- riser 4 big ass psu --------- riser 5 big ass psu ---------- riser 6
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April 10, 2017, 04:53:42 PM |
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A PicoPSU question (from a newbie miner so be gentle) - I've seen advice given to power your risers off the same PSU as your mainboard to avoid troubles, but with a Pico there is neither the connectivity or capacity--thoughts?
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in the example below where is all power coming from? the big ass psu the pico acts as as an inbetween but it draws juice from the big ass psu big ass psu ------- pico psu -------- 24 pin to mobo big ass psu ------- pico psu --------- 8 pin to mobo/cpu big ass psu ------- riser 1 big ass psu ------- riser 2 big ass psu -------- riser 3 big ass psu -------- riser 4 big ass psu --------- riser 5 big ass psu ---------- riser 6 Ahh, ding ding. I missed that part. I assumed it was fed with an external 12V PSU like a laptop charger. Thanks!
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April 16, 2017, 03:03:47 PM |
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Thank to all you guys for sharing your ideas and experience. I'v readed full topic and amazed with all your works.
I still have one question. I'm new with gpu mining and going to build my first rigs. It would be great if i use your experience and don't waste money&time for researching and experimenting. Right now i'm interested wich card is better to go with. I'm considering between rx470 & rx480 also what is the difference for mining between 4GB and 8 GB versions? Which brand and model is better to use for mining ? Which one is more reliable and user friendly in maintance, upgrading, etc...
Let's discuss cards and get finall solution for me and for other interested beginners...
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April 16, 2017, 05:06:54 PM |
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Thank to all you guys for sharing your ideas and experience. I'v readed full topic and amazed with all your works.
I still have one question. I'm new with gpu mining and going to build my first rigs. It would be great if i use your experience and don't waste money&time for researching and experimenting. Right now i'm interested wich card is better to go with. I'm considering between rx470 & rx480 also what is the difference for mining between 4GB and 8 GB versions? Which brand and model is better to use for mining ? Which one is more reliable and user friendly in maintance, upgrading, etc...
Let's discuss cards and get finall solution for me and for other interested beginners...
How about you read through the already existing posts about the topic?
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April 16, 2017, 05:09:36 PM |
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Thank to all you guys for sharing your ideas and experience. I'v readed full topic and amazed with all your works.
I still have one question. I'm new with gpu mining and going to build my first rigs. It would be great if i use your experience and don't waste money&time for researching and experimenting. Right now i'm interested wich card is better to go with. I'm considering between rx470 & rx480 also what is the difference for mining between 4GB and 8 GB versions? Which brand and model is better to use for mining ? Which one is more reliable and user friendly in maintance, upgrading, etc...
Let's discuss cards and get finall solution for me and for other interested beginners...
How about you read through the already existing posts about the topic? If you can give me the links i'll read all of them with pleasure and will be very thankfull ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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April 16, 2017, 07:28:46 PM |
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Thank to all you guys for sharing your ideas and experience. I'v readed full topic and amazed with all your works.
I still have one question. I'm new with gpu mining and going to build my first rigs. It would be great if i use your experience and don't waste money&time for researching and experimenting. Right now i'm interested wich card is better to go with. I'm considering between rx470 & rx480 also what is the difference for mining between 4GB and 8 GB versions? Which brand and model is better to use for mining ? Which one is more reliable and user friendly in maintance, upgrading, etc...
Let's discuss cards and get finall solution for me and for other interested beginners...
How about you read through the already existing posts about the topic? If you can give me the links i'll read all of them with pleasure and will be very thankfull ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) there are about 25 really good threads read my three threads started about a year ago. thread three open: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1799555.0thread two closed on Feb 21, 2017 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1584973.0thread one closed on AUG 13 ,2016 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1429151.0spend the hour plus to read them all the way through it will give you a feel for how much change can happen in 12-13 months.
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Hey Guys,
I read all the comments part 1 thread and I'm currently at the 15.page of part 2. I couldn't wait more to ask a few questions;
1. As far as I understand risers helps us to connect more gpu to the mb, am I right? That's why you guys use? 2. What about PICO? What is that and why should we use it? 3. Why do we use pci-e cables, what for? 4. How non-reference or reference cards effects mining hashrate? Which one should we choose it and why? 5. What is breakout boards for? 6. I'm keep seeing "I'm Pulling X watt from the wall" What is the wall reference is here? 7. What is the difference between ATX PSU and Server PSU? 8. Why PSU efficeny is important?
I know these are beginner questions and I know that if I search google little bit I can find what they mean but an answer to these questions from a miner perspective, will help me to understand more easily.
Also, I would like to thank jun, philip, finsky and all the others who made the part 1 and part 2 amazingly useful. I've learned a lot and will keep learning more.
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April 18, 2017, 12:45:05 PM |
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Somebody had made some experiment with mineral oil only for gpus?
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April 18, 2017, 01:16:00 PM |
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interesting day . . . but SUPER busy. more to come soon. hopefully. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpUVGTwc.png%3F3&t=665&c=RxZxS3zmaSxEpA) tbh, not so much fun yet with this series but i'm sure more will come.
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April 18, 2017, 03:52:03 PM |
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interesting day . . . but SUPER busy. more to come soon. hopefully. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpUVGTwc.png%3F3&t=665&c=RxZxS3zmaSxEpA) tbh, not so much fun yet with this series but i'm sure more will come. Eager to see the numbers
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