Fourth alt coin thread last three got oversized.

[TidusQQ]

ssd vs hd. no performance difference unless you rig reboots a lot, as longer boot time costs mining time. but its pretty insignificant and a well setup rig wont reboot except for external events like power sag/glitches.

main reason for ssds is when you set the rig up and tweak it, waiting for slow hds is maddening to me. driver reloads, os updates, miner restarts, all take more time and time is the one thing i value over most other things.

16 or 32 gb ssds are cheap and will allow windows, *nix and dual boot with room to spare. some OSs can use usb sticks also, smOS for example.

used hds in the past as i has plenty of them but all my rigs, miners or otherwise, now have ssds for os drive.

as for "t" series intel cpus, they are low power variants. saves on power costs. i have a 6400t in my htpc that i will probably move to my basement rig, which currently has a g1840. then ill toss a 6700t in the htpc. worth it if your power costs are a big concern.

I think I'm not going to OC too much or change the custom rom. Don't think the rig would reboot.
But it makes sense in case I would. I didn't knew about the T series of intel cpus, im learning here a lot with all of you. 

you have a free hdd use it.
I look for  cheap  deals on used ssds on ebay.
I have been with ebay since 2003  and sometimes  they have great ssd deals
I buy lots of 10 small sized 16gb for smOS  at 5 bucks an ssd

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kingston-16-GB-M-2-NGFF-mSATA-SSD-Chromebooks-Acer-/201888633168?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-10-x-Kingston-16-GB-M-2-NGFF-SSD-SUPER-FAST-SAME-DAY-SHIPPING-/252588846475?


these above are really good for smOS if your mobo can use them  this is why I get newer mobos with z270 chips


http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=philipma1957

this is my feedback on ebay  I don't sell much anymore but still buy a lot.


I will be doing a compact 2 card build very soon.

one of these ssds
http://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-10-x-Kingston-16-GB-M-2-NGFF-SSD-SUPER-FAST-SAME-DAY-SHIPPING-/252588846475?
this psu
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262772079663
this cpu
http://www.ebay.com/itm/132130890997
this mobo
http://www.ebay.com/itm/302265978202
this ram
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kingston-HyperX-Fury-Memory-Black-4GB-Module-DDR4-2133MHz-/302180412969?
2 of these cards
https://www.amazon.com/STRIX-Radeon-Polaris-Graphics-STRIX-RX480-O8G-GAMING/dp/B01J3TZJOA/ref=sr_1_2?


i can expand this mobo to 4 cards using 2 risers
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281383006276

I can put it in a case  if a miner gamer wants me to
It will be a  quiet miner  good for an apartment dweller that has a good power deal.

Alright! 
I got plenty of old HDDs so ill finally find a use to them.
Your ebay profile is 10/10 very good, not even a single negative.

I would like to have everything right now... im so impatient 

Meanwhile... ill be looking what are the best miners out there to use with the nvidia(I know you already posted some, but on this forum is plenty of stuff).
Atleast my idea is going on nicehash equihash, dcred, mining zec and see what else is worth of getting profit.

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[citronick]

Phil - did you sell Pandaminer because of noise, power consumption or anything else?

Well I sold to a forum member that is in my state so 0 shipping cost.

I made about $180 profit this includes the coins I mined with it.

It is noisy.

Summer is coming = heat and power increase.

lastly  3 1080ti's = 2100  Sold the panda for 2020

the ti's  do 2100h in zec quietly  the panda did 2300h  with noise

power for the ti's 680 watts at the wall
power for the panda 1100 watts at the wall

I held the 2020usd in coin it is now 2450usd
I  used paypal credit 6 months to pay 0 interest for the 3 ti's


@ citronick  I have a tiny little asic  from isoneguy  it mines 30 cents to 50 cents a day  mining x11 I also cpu mine on that pc that is about 20 cents a day

the whole setup uses 35 watts  that is about 5 cents a day  will jump to 10 cents cost in the summer.  So I net maybe 18 dollars a month

http://www.baikalminer.com/product_view.php?ID=11

This one is about 795$ or probably cost of a 1080ti.
You can make around 8-9 dollars a day but at 95watts for 300 Mhs its simply an amazing piece of ASICs.
I have a farm of 25GHs X11 and it eats so little power - its unbelievable - install and forget.

[philipma1957]

Phil - did you sell Pandaminer because of noise, power consumption or anything else?

Well I sold to a forum member that is in my state so 0 shipping cost.

I made about $180 profit this includes the coins I mined with it.

It is noisy.

Summer is coming = heat and power increase.

lastly  3 1080ti's = 2100  Sold the panda for 2020

the ti's  do 2100h in zec quietly  the panda did 2300h  with noise

power for the ti's 680 watts at the wall
power for the panda 1100 watts at the wall

I held the 2020usd in coin it is now 2450usd
I  used paypal credit 6 months to pay 0 interest for the 3 ti's


@ citronick  I have a tiny little asic  from isoneguy  it mines 30 cents to 50 cents a day  mining x11 I also cpu mine on that pc that is about 20 cents a day

the whole setup uses 35 watts  that is about 5 cents a day  will jump to 10 cents cost in the summer.  So I net maybe 18 dollars a month

http://www.baikalminer.com/product_view.php?ID=11

This one is about 795$ or probably cost of a 1080ti.
You can make around 8-9 dollars a day but at 95watts for 300 Mhs its simply an amazing piece of ASICs.
I have a farm of 25GHs X11 and it eats so little power - its unbelievable - install and forget.

Yeah I was wrong about these  I should have ordered a few when I had the chance.

But summer was coming up and  the garage needs less gear so I passed.  I got burned badly with LTC gridseed blades back in  2014 I did not mine asic's for alts since then.

Still ZEC is strong I am doing okay with the GPU's

[LoneRangir]

Are 1080s (non-Tis) interesting, considering the price drop?

[philipma1957]

Are 1080s (non-Tis) interesting, considering the price drop?

1070's                      say it does 430h
1080's                      say it does 515h
1080 ti's                   say it does 700h


argue they all do the same watts per gh

So it is all  about price


 1080 ti   669  no tax free shipping   so 669/700 = 96 cents an h

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zotac-Video-Card-ZT-P10810A-10P-GTX-1080-Ti-Founders-Edition-11GB-GDDR5X-352-bit-/132157486663?


so find  a cheaper 1080 or a cheaper  1070   in cents to an h

all rough estimates

[LoneRangir]

Bought a NIB 1070 on CL for $300.  Need to set up an nVidia-driver-loaded machine tonight to test it out.

[Biodom]

Are 1080s (non-Tis) interesting, considering the price drop?

a winner for $420-430.
1080 makes above $100/mo and uses around $10 in electricity.
yes, it is expensive per unit, but 20% better in ROI, in my opinion.
If Vega will be close to nothing special (and judging how 570/580 are it could be), 1080 would still be worth above $350 in a year.

[philipma1957]

Bought a NIB 1070 on CL for $300.  Need to set up an nVidia-driver-loaded machine tonight to test it out.

so if it works it will do 430-450h

thats a good price.

I got a deal on eBay for a 1080ti

669 free shipping and eBay has an 8% sale today [ebucks] so 615.48 with 6 months to pay no interest no payments due until six months.

nib from a major eBay seller.

I will be moving up the nvidia to

6 1080ti   3900h
1 1080       500h
2 1070       880h
1 1060       320h

total of 5600-5800h  nvidia

and about

8 rx 480's 2300h

roughly 8000h

[makvo]

Noob question - can you mine with GPUs on normal PCI (1.0?) slots?

[reflexmk]

Is Seasonic 1000w platinum enough for 4x 1080(non-ti) on ZEC? Thanks.

[LoneRangir]

Noob question - can you mine with GPUs on normal PCI (1.0?) slots?

PCIe gen 1, yes. Parallel PCI, aka, old school GPUs, prolly not worth it

[ATCkit]

Well I have room for more GPUs. Hard to find anything used in my price range... so i may end up buying new.

Should i be sticking with 480s or switching to 570s? There's not much difference in the price for these 2.

[crushed]

Apologies for some OT.  I don't post on this forum much but I thought philipma1957 might have some interest in this.  Foxminer.  A lot of people are crapping on it as an absolute scam, but even though they make some not completely understandable performance claims (do you give away trade secrets? , if it's a scam it's pretty well done to my eye if it is one.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1879542

I'm not associated with the company.  I mine small scale pretty much for fun and speculation and trade cryptocurrency for profit.  I'd be interested in your thoughts if you have time to parse through their documents, or anyone else who is a competent EE, chip designer, or related fields.  I think people get so used to crypto scam in the last few years they aren't real objective, and just find a few things that seem a bit off or efficiency claims that can't be explained for business reasons and holler scam. 

Seriously? I can't imagine anyone spending more than 90 seconds looking into this. All you need to do is look at the 30 second demonstration video that doesn't really show anything working or the interview video that they clearly hired out of work actors who know nothing about crypto to read from cue cards. This isn't a well done scam, someone just put a little more effort into it. The number of red flags on this thing could not be more obvious.

The toxic arms race of the ASIC market is exactly why I went back to GPU mining. Even if this thing was was real, GPU mining is much more flexible (and profitable). Not only can I tinker with hardware and software for fun but I can use the hardware I buy for purposes other than crypto including selling it off.

[philipma1957]

Apologies for some OT.  I don't post on this forum much but I thought philipma1957 might have some interest in this.  Foxminer.  A lot of people are crapping on it as an absolute scam, but even though they make some not completely understandable performance claims (do you give away trade secrets? , if it's a scam it's pretty well done to my eye if it is one.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1879542

I'm not associated with the company.  I mine small scale pretty much for fun and speculation and trade cryptocurrency for profit.  I'd be interested in your thoughts if you have time to parse through their documents, or anyone else who is a competent EE, chip designer, or related fields.  I think people get so used to crypto scam in the last few years they aren't real objective, and just find a few things that seem a bit off or efficiency claims that can't be explained for business reasons and holler scam. 

I deleted this but I quote my deletions.

I offer for them to send me a pm and ship one to me.

[philipma1957]

Is Seasonic 1000w platinum enough for 4x 1080(non-ti) on ZEC? Thanks.

yes
set the tdp to 75%

they will do 160-180 watts each

and about 500h each

or 640-720 watts  1900-2000h for zec

[Biodom]

Is Seasonic 1000w platinum enough for 4x 1080(non-ti) on ZEC? Thanks.

Power-wise? Yes, I have a rig with two and it uses only 450w at the wall with low power CPU (Pentium 3258), add 360-380W for two more for a total of less than 830W at the wall max.

However, that PSU seems to have only six PCIe connectors. You would need 8 connectors for four 1080.
I strongly rec EVGA 1300-it's a workhorse and could be had used for around $150.
here is one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-SuperNOVA-1300G2-ATX-Modular-1300W-80-Plus-Gold-Power-Supply-/232305400782
not my auction

never-mind the crossed over auction, it does NOT have any cables except PCIe.

[TidusQQ]

Could anyone share his OC settings on GTX 1080 TI? I been looking for it on another threads but im not really confident, most of them also say that are unstable. I think there's a chance of improving performance like 20-25%, but I don't know if it's worth at all taking the risk.

What are your settings/thoughts?

[philipma1957]

Could anyone share his OC settings on GTX 1080 TI? I been looking for it on another threads but im not really confident, most of them also say that are unstable. I think there's a chance of improving performance like 20-25%, but I don't know if it's worth at all taking the risk.

What are your settings/thoughts?

75% power

core +100

ram +300

fan 70

[cryptotore]

Hey Phil!

Could you help me out getting dual mining to work?
I'm trying to dual mine eth and dcr, but all my dcr shares are getting rejected!

I'm using smOS with this connection string:
-epool stratum+tcp://eth-eu.dwarfpool.com:8008 -ewal $walletETH/$rigName -esm 0 -epsw x -allpools 1 -mport -3333 -dpool stratum+tcp://decred.eu.nicehash.com:3354 -dwal 15iUPBM9qt6ra7wRCeeRuuDC5CeRpM9Y6M -dcri 15 -dcoin decred

Am I missing something?

[vapourminer]

try -esm 3 instead of -esm 0, the 3 flags nicehash mode.

your decred pool is nicehash but your eth pool is not. so not sure how that flag works with a non nicehash pool as primary coin and a nicehash pool for 2nd coin.