Fourth alt coin thread last three got oversized.

[BLife]

Phil - whats the best bang BRAND for the buck on building a 3xGPU 1080ti ZEC rig?

I am looking at Asus but the ones from other with fans and reference types differs in price quite a bit.

For ZEC mining, which ones are the "Nitro+++" equivalent?

Also, 1080ti or 1070ti ?

I am thinking of taking off all my Nanos and 480s out from the Biostar Z170-GT7 and turning them into 3-4 cards ZEC rigs.

Thanks

Hi citronick,
 Though the question was not addressed to me I would like to throw in my 2 cents, hope this helps.

As far as 1080 Ti go, Aorus seems to be the "Nitro+++" equivalent, I run mine at 230w producing around 690 - 710 h/s for ZEC, no over clocking, with a efficiency of 3.06 Sol/Watt
where as a founders edition running at 210w produce 650 - 660 h/s with an efficiency of 3.16 Sol/Watt.

Said that, the over clock potential in Aorus is very high, with +100 core and + 300 memory you can push it to well past 730 h/s.

And also from my experience the fan's CFM in Aorus sucks, I have to place an external 12" fan right in-front of it to keep it below 70C(but the room temperature is well above 36C so its also a thing).

Added later: I forgot to say Aorus is big, very big it almost covers 3 slots so please take that into consideration when you place it into the board directly.

Hope this helps

Regards,
BLife

[citronick]

Phil - whats the best bang BRAND for the buck on building a 3xGPU 1080ti ZEC rig?

I am looking at Asus but the ones from other with fans and reference types differs in price quite a bit.

For ZEC mining, which ones are the "Nitro+++" equivalent?

Also, 1080ti or 1070ti ?

I am thinking of taking off all my Nanos and 480s out from the Biostar Z170-GT7 and turning them into 3-4 cards ZEC rigs.

Thanks

Hi citronick,
 Though the question was not addressed to me I would like to throw in my 2 cents, hope this helps.

As far as 1080 Ti go, Aorus seems to be the "Nitro+++" equivalent, I run mine at 230w producing around 690 - 710 h/s for ZEC, no over clocking, with a efficiency of 3.06 Sol/Watt
where as a founders edition running at 210w produce 650 - 660 h/s with an efficiency of 3.16 Sol/Watt.

Said that, the over clock potential in Aorus is very high, with +100 core and + 300 memory you can push it to well past 730 h/s.

And also from my experience the fan's CFM in Aorus sucks, I have to place an external 12" fan right in-front of it to keep it below 70C(but the room temperature is well above 36C so its also a thing).

Added later: I forgot to say Aorus is big, very big it almost covers 3 slots so please take that into consideration when you place it into the board directly.

Hope this helps

Regards,
BLife

thanks for the insights BFlife.

I got a few PMs on the GPU of choice for ZEC NVIDIA rigs and the Aorus version is somewhat the most popular.

Once my finish my ETH farm project, I will be embarking on a small ZEC farm and will be using this dev/test rig as the template for the farm. The pull factor here is power consumption. My Nano rigs are nearly as powerful as NVIDIA based GPUs but still high on the power draw.

[BLife]

Phil - whats the best bang BRAND for the buck on building a 3xGPU 1080ti ZEC rig?

I am looking at Asus but the ones from other with fans and reference types differs in price quite a bit.

For ZEC mining, which ones are the "Nitro+++" equivalent?

Also, 1080ti or 1070ti ?

I am thinking of taking off all my Nanos and 480s out from the Biostar Z170-GT7 and turning them into 3-4 cards ZEC rigs.

Thanks

Hi citronick,
 Though the question was not addressed to me I would like to throw in my 2 cents, hope this helps.

As far as 1080 Ti go, Aorus seems to be the "Nitro+++" equivalent, I run mine at 230w producing around 690 - 710 h/s for ZEC, no over clocking, with a efficiency of 3.06 Sol/Watt
where as a founders edition running at 210w produce 650 - 660 h/s with an efficiency of 3.16 Sol/Watt.

Said that, the over clock potential in Aorus is very high, with +100 core and + 300 memory you can push it to well past 730 h/s.

And also from my experience the fan's CFM in Aorus sucks, I have to place an external 12" fan right in-front of it to keep it below 70C(but the room temperature is well above 36C so its also a thing).

Added later: I forgot to say Aorus is big, very big it almost covers 3 slots so please take that into consideration when you place it into the board directly.

Hope this helps

Regards,
BLife

thanks for the insights BFlife.

I got a few PMs on the GPU of choice for ZEC NVIDIA rigs and the Aorus version is somewhat the most popular.

Once my finish my ETH farm project, I will be embarking on a small ZEC farm and will be using this dev/test rig as the template for the farm. The pull factor here is power consumption. My Nano rigs are nearly as powerful as NVIDIA based GPUs but still high on the power draw.

I was browsing another thread about best card for ZEC mining and it appears that SAPPHIRE Radeon Pro Duo appears to be the best producing around 900-1100 for around 280w to 380w, and its water cooled its a big plus in my case

i think what per what this Pro Duo might do better then even Aorus i guess, have to check how much it can be over-clocked though

Regards,
BLife

[vg54dett]

To the ZEC nvidia miners here, after all your tests and experience, are you happy with it ? was it a good strategy to choose nvidia/Zec instead of Amd/Eth ?

[un4given]

To the ZEC nvidia miners here, after all your tests and experience, are you happy with it ? was it a good strategy to choose nvidia/Zec instead of Amd/Eth ?

totally happy with it. my NVIDIA 1070 RIG is rock stable for months now and not that hot as RX 470 RIG. Had a lot of troubles with AMD but got em running too after a while.
+ REsale value is very important to me and NVIDIA wins in here.

[vg54dett]

For me the best bangs for the bucks has always been rx470 4gb : often cheap , with often discount available. Stable , not power angry. Good hashrate.

I have a spare mobo and PSU not used. Could build one more 4 to 7 GPUs Rigs.
What would you suggest guys as Zec/Nvidia build ? with most revenue per buck invested.

[philipma1957]

For me the best bangs for the bucks has always been rx470 4gb : often cheap , with often discount available. Stable , not power angry. Good hashrate.

I have a spare mobo and PSU not used. Could build one more 4 to 7 GPUs Rigs.
What would you suggest guys as Zec/Nvidia build ? with most revenue per buck invested.

 

A good question.  card price is king.

if you get a 1060 6gb to do 320h and you spent 220 usd you spent 1 dollar for  1.45h

if you get 1070  8gb  to do 420h  and you paid 375usd you spent 1 dollar for 1.12h

if you get a 1080 8gb to  do 500h and you spent 450 usd you spent 1dollar for 1.11h

if you get a 1080ti  11gb to do 700h and you spent 615 usd spent  1 dollar for  1.13h

I got this 1080ti below for a good price


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XDN4TXK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?


I got one for 669 free ship 0 tax
I got one for 675 free ship 0 tax
I got one for 615 free ship 0 tax

they work well enough

I got this 1060 for 220


https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-ZT-P10600A-10L-Compact-Graphics/dp/B01IDCOOIU/ref=sr_1_2?

at the price of 220 it was a good deal .

 l decide to go all 1080 ti as I have a place to sell them

no regrets with converting most but not all of my rx 470's and rx 480s to this gear.

[kopija]

A good question.  card price is king.

if you get a 1060 6gb to do 320h and you spent 220 usd you spent 1 dollar for  1.45h

You forgot 1060 3GB, best price/performance ratio of all Nvidias: mine do 305h@200$. 1.52 ratio!
The only downside is slightly lower resale value.

[LoneRangir]

For me the best bangs for the bucks has always been rx470 4gb : often cheap , with often discount available. Stable , not power angry. Good hashrate.

I have a spare mobo and PSU not used. Could build one more 4 to 7 GPUs Rigs.
What would you suggest guys as Zec/Nvidia build ? with most revenue per buck invested.

 

A good question.  card price is king.

if you get a 1060 6gb to do 320h and you spent 220 usd you spent 1 dollar for  1.45h

if you get 1070  8gb  to do 420h  and you paid 375usd you spent 1 dollar for 1.12h

if you get a 1080 8gb to  do 500h and you spent 450 usd you spent 1dollar for 1.11h

if you get a 1080ti  11gb to do 700h and you spent 615 usd spent  1 dollar for  1.13h

I got this 1080ti below for a good price


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XDN4TXK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?


I got one for 669 free ship 0 tax
I got one for 675 free ship 0 tax
I got one for 615 free ship 0 tax

they work well enough

I got this 1060 for 220


https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-ZT-P10600A-10L-Compact-Graphics/dp/B01IDCOOIU/ref=sr_1_2?

at the price of 220 it was a good deal .

 l decide to go all 1080 ti as I have a place to sell them

no regrets with converting most but not all of my rx 470's and rx 480s to this gear.

There's always a premium to get the hash rate density up!

[philipma1957]

A good question.  card price is king.

if you get a 1060 6gb to do 320h and you spent 220 usd you spent 1 dollar for  1.45h

You forgot 1060 3GB, best price/performance ratio of all Nvidias: mine do 305h@200$. 1.52 ratio!
The only downside is slightly lower resale value.

I would never buy a 3gb card to mine.

No one knows  what coins you will be mining 1 month from now.  and in a month 3gb could be hurt.

zer coin is a knock off of zec but it needs 8gb to mine it.

If zec gets compromised by asics and changes it al-gore-rhythm to only allow 6gb to only allow 8gb the 3gb cards are close to worth less.

so at 200 for 3gb and 220 for 6gb I would get 6gb.

Now of course if  high zec profits lasts for 75 days you would be okay

[TheYankeesWin!]

Phil I just saw this card a thin 1070


http://galaxstore.net/GALAX-GeForce-GTX-1070-KATANA_p_130.html


it looks to be a good fit on the biostar z 170 boards




http://www.anandtech.com/show/11271/galax-and-kfa2-list-geforce-gtx-1070-katana-a-singleslot-geforce-gtx-1070

[philipma1957]

@ theyankeeswin

    I have been looking for an excuse to buy one of them.

I will order and review it when it comes.   It is the thinest mining gpu with some balls.

It could be good for biostar z170 builds

no riser needed  

one katana
one 1080 ti
one katana
one 1080 ti

should fit easy with the founder edition

 http://galaxstore.net/GALAX-GeForce-GTX-1080-TI-Founders-Edition_p_123.html

It is a bit high at 432 with shipping.

but it should allow for  4 card builds  and no over heating.

I have an interest in the card.

I shot an email to  jack@galaxytech.com

here it is :


I just ordered the Galax katana  1070 Order #GX......

I will be reviewing it on bitcointalk.org

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1877588.msg18882834#msg18882834

I do not want a price break but please ship it to me quickly.  I would love to be able to  let the people on bitcointalk know  that it is a good mining card.

Thanks Philip A......





I hope he likes mining and sends it to me quickly.

This could be a great card for mining in cases

[xleejohnx]

@ theyankeeswin

    I have been looking for an excuse to buy one of them.

I will order and review it when it comes.   It is the thinest mining gpu with some balls.

It could be good for biostar z170 builds

no riser needed  

one katana
one 1080 ti
one katana
one 1080 ti

should fit easy with the founder edition

 http://galaxstore.net/GALAX-GeForce-GTX-1080-TI-Founders-Edition_p_123.html

It is a bit high at 432 with shipping.

but it should allow for  4 card builds  and no over heating.

I have an interest in the card.

I shot an email to  jack@galaxytech.com

here it is :


I just ordered the Galax katana  1070 Order #GX......

I will be reviewing it on bitcointalk.org

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1877588.msg18882834#msg18882834

I do not want a price break but please ship it to me quickly.  I would love to be able to  let the people on bitcointalk know  that it is a good mining card.

Thanks Philip A......





I hope he likes mining and sends it to me quickly.

This could be a great card for mining in cases

I am very interested in this card for a case build!!
Yes please let us know
Edit Newegg has a 5% off mobile discount right now all day

[Truthchanter]

For me the best bangs for the bucks has always been rx470 4gb : often cheap , with often discount available. Stable , not power angry. Good hashrate.

I have a spare mobo and PSU not used. Could build one more 4 to 7 GPUs Rigs.
What would you suggest guys as Zec/Nvidia build ? with most revenue per buck invested.

 

A good question.  card price is king.

if you get a 1060 6gb to do 320h and you spent 220 usd you spent 1 dollar for  1.45h

if you get 1070  8gb  to do 420h  and you paid 375usd you spent 1 dollar for 1.12h

if you get a 1080 8gb to  do 500h and you spent 450 usd you spent 1dollar for 1.11h

if you get a 1080ti  11gb to do 700h and you spent 615 usd spent  1 dollar for  1.13h

I got this 1080ti below for a good price


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XDN4TXK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?


I got one for 669 free ship 0 tax
I got one for 675 free ship 0 tax
I got one for 615 free ship 0 tax

they work well enough

I got this 1060 for 220


https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-ZT-P10600A-10L-Compact-Graphics/dp/B01IDCOOIU/ref=sr_1_2?

at the price of 220 it was a good deal .

 l decide to go all 1080 ti as I have a place to sell them

no regrets with converting most but not all of my rx 470's and rx 480s to this gear.

Nice here are the $ per hash ratios... I'm curious about the hashrate per power consumption ratios of these nvidia cards... what would be the most power efficient of the bunch and how do the others compare?

[philipma1957]

Power

1060
1070
1080
1080 ti

All can do 3.2 sol per watt

Even better.

I will post some numbers later.

[HerbPean]

Almost pulled the trigger on 2 of this

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125955

But ... I like MSI a lost.

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137104

But is this one of the good model you were talking ?

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125954

... more gear please 

[philipma1957]

Almost pulled the trigger on 2 of this

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125955

But ... I like MSI a lost.

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137104

But is this one of the good model you were talking ?

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125954

... more gear please  

the aorus gives me the best numbers  but it is 3 slots  well 2 ¾ slots wide.

all the founder editions seem to be the same.

I have 3  zotac and  1 pny founders
I have 1 more zotac founder coming

Here are some good msi  better then my founders I have 2.

http://www.provantage.com/msi-gtx1080tiaero11goc~7MSTI0M9.htm


you can get them cheap in newegg canada

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137115

they seem to be the lowest priced ones on newegg  ca



https://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007708%208000&IsNodeId=1&Description=1080%20Ti&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

they do better then  the founders.

here is a few shots of 1080 ti's
4 cards the
power at wall = 776 watts on a hot meter  other meters   would show 750 watts


that meter shows 1 mobo and 4 cards below   note the msi  is on a riser and is powered by   that same psu  but runs off the mobo on the right.

[HerbPean]

Almost pulled the trigger on 2 of this

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125955

But ... I like MSI a lost.

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137104

But is this one of the good model you were talking ?

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125954

... more gear please  

the aorus gives me the best numbers  but it is 3 slots  well 2 ¾ slots wide.

all the founder editions seem to be the same.

I have 3  zotac and  1 pny founders
I have 1 more zotac founder coming

Here are some good msi  better then my founders I have 2.

http://www.provantage.com/msi-gtx1080tiaero11goc~7MSTI0M9.htm


you can get them cheap in newegg canada

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137115

they seem to be the lowest priced ones on newegg  ca



https://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007708%208000&IsNodeId=1&Description=1080%20Ti&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

they do better then  the founders.

here is a few shots of 1080 ti's
4 cards the
power at wall = 776 watts on a hot meter  other meters   would show 750 watts
that meter shows 1 mobo and 4 cards below   note the msi  is on a riser and is powered by   that same psu  but runs off the mobo on the right.

The MSI looks like a good deal ... just wondering if the single fan is enough for mining.

[TheYankeesWin!]

so  the 776  watts  is possible with 1 mobo and 4 1080 i's

correct?

[HerbPean]

so  the 776  watts  is possible with 1 mobo and 4 1080 i's

correct?

yes