Fourth alt coin thread last three got oversized.

[citronick]

@Vyper    Yes. smOS has a built in monitor that sends keep alive packets to the SRR so when they stop the SRR reboots the rig

smOS wouldn't work for me, I'm running all nVidia ATM - I do have 10 RX 470's I yanked that are just in a drawer now but I don't see them being used because I just keep filling empty outlets with more nVidia's as they become available.

I think SRR works independently of OS because it works on linux and windows too.

I believe Tytanick's mentioning about linux SOCAT package to be installed in Linux so that it can facilitate "I am alive" pings to SRR.

I guess if your NVIDIA linux build has SOCAT package installed it may work.

I am just speculating 

[flminer]

@Vyper    Yes. smOS has a built in monitor that sends keep alive packets to the SRR so when they stop the SRR reboots the rig

smOS wouldn't work for me, I'm running all nVidia ATM - I do have 10 RX 470's I yanked that are just in a drawer now but I don't see them being used because I just keep filling empty outlets with more nVidia's as they become available.

I think SRR works independently of OS because it works on linux and windows too.

I believe Tytanick's mentioning about linux SOCAT package to be installed in Linux so that it can facilitate "I am alive" pings to SRR.

I guess if your NVIDIA linux build has SOCAT package installed it may work.

I am just speculating 

Now THAT would be awesome! Make it extremely versatile. That also means that it should work with nvoc... food for thought.

[VoskCoin]

this is about

1400  for 1080ti
  350  for  1080
 110   for   mobo
  40    for   ssd
 110   for   psu
   35   for  ram

2150 with no sales or deals     I think a pandaminer is now  about 2500 shipped to usa.

this will do say 1700 sols for zec  at 500 watts at kill-a-watt-meter   and be quiet .

the panda miner will do 2300 sols at  1100 watts maybe 1000 watts and be loud

Is 1080 half price of 1080Ti?

 note correction made

 the 1070 mini is 350 at newegg

the 1080 mini is 500 at newegg


1070 mini
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500408

1080 mini
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500414


so left to right:

msi aero 1080 ti --------  msi aero 1080 ti ----------- zotac mini 1070  or 1080


and here is a great psu to run 3 cards  very good price.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA07236V1499

these are really good  do not worry that they are rosewill  they are a higher quality psu

Hey Phil sorry I meant to ask you this, when you orient left to right, what is the "front" of the rig which would dictate where left is

[VoskCoin]

@Vyper    Yes. smOS has a built in monitor that sends keep alive packets to the SRR so when they stop the SRR reboots the rig

smOS wouldn't work for me, I'm running all nVidia ATM - I do have 10 RX 470's I yanked that are just in a drawer now but I don't see them being used because I just keep filling empty outlets with more nVidia's as they become available.

what would you want for them O_O

[VoskCoin]

@Vyper    Yes. smOS has a built in monitor that sends keep alive packets to the SRR so when they stop the SRR reboots the rig

smOS wouldn't work for me, I'm running all nVidia ATM - I do have 10 RX 470's I yanked that are just in a drawer now but I don't see them being used because I just keep filling empty outlets with more nVidia's as they become available.

I think SRR works independently of OS because it works on linux and windows too.

I believe Tytanick's mentioning about linux SOCAT package to be installed in Linux so that it can facilitate "I am alive" pings to SRR.

I guess if your NVIDIA linux build has SOCAT package installed it may work.

I am just speculating 

What are the best tools to monitor a mini farm setup / ensure you have max uptime

What are you currently utilizing?

[xleejohnx]

@Vyper    Yes. smOS has a built in monitor that sends keep alive packets to the SRR so when they stop the SRR reboots the rig

smOS wouldn't work for me, I'm running all nVidia ATM - I do have 10 RX 470's I yanked that are just in a drawer now but I don't see them being used because I just keep filling empty outlets with more nVidia's as they become available.

I think SRR works independently of OS because it works on linux and windows too.

I believe Tytanick's mentioning about linux SOCAT package to be installed in Linux so that it can facilitate "I am alive" pings to SRR.

I guess if your NVIDIA linux build has SOCAT package installed it may work.

I am just speculating  

What are the best tools to monitor a mini farm setup / ensure you have max uptime

What are you currently utilizing?

I use claymore for mining
So I use his ethman monitor
I have it setup to use a bat file that will text me if something goes wrong
I also have the SSR that monitors the rigs for live ping packages
Also the ssr ping package can be installed on any computer running windows or Linux

[soothaa]

I was reading this thread (pretty sure it was this one) very late last night and thought I saw someone talking about getting the 1080 TI's to 1000MHs on Skein with a custom miner they had to compile, but today I cannot find that message. Does anyone know what I was reading about?

[philipma1957]

I was reading this thread (pretty sure it was this one) very late last night and thought I saw someone talking about getting the 1080 TI's to 1000MHs on Skein with a custom miner they had to compile, but today I cannot find that message. Does anyone know what I was reading about?

yeah  I do

you can approach 1000 for skein     975 to 1025  depends on your cards

JaredKaragen  can't remember  gave info on it.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=553724

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=553724;sa=showPosts


some info on 1070 hash rate

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1925830.msg19148722#msg19148722

[JaredKaragen]

I was reading this thread (pretty sure it was this one) very late last night and thought I saw someone talking about getting the 1080 TI's to 1000MHs on Skein with a custom miner they had to compile, but today I cannot find that message. Does anyone know what I was reading about?

yeah  I do

you can approach 1000 for skein     975 to 1025  depends on your cards

JaredKaragen  can't remember  gave info on it.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=553724

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=553724;sa=showPosts


some info on 1070 hash rate

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1925830.msg19148722#msg19148722

Yeah, I have given numbers for the other cards for the most part, but havent had a 1080ti myself to play with..... just yet....

The A/V production company I work for is going to invest heavily in TI's for machines to process videos for their productions, and the 99% of the rest of the time they are going to be mining... so I sit here patiently....

[vg54dett]

I use claymore for mining
So I use his ethman monitor
I have it setup to use a bat file that will text me if something goes wrong

Hello
could you explain how you do that ?
would be very interesting

[QuintLeo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIGABYTE-GA-Z270P-D3-rev-1-0-LGA-1151-Intel-Z270-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-1-ATX-/381927411340?

go

 aero 1080 ti
 aero 1080 ti
 zotac 1070 mini

 I'm not sure that Zotac is short enough to work (it's only about an inch to 1.5 inches shorter than most 1070/1080/1080ti standard-length boards), but the Gigabyte ITX does work as it's almost 2 inches shorter than the Zotac.

 $350 IS a sale price on the Zotac, but it does seem to spend a lot of time there - the Gigabyte https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125893 is normally at 380.


 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128976  is what's going into my next rig (should have the parts mid-week) - I think it's a slightly lower-cost varient on the board you linked for a 3-card build.


 I went with a pair of 1080 instead of 1080 ti, and a Seasonic X-850 (overkill a bit for the cards I'm using, it would be enough for that pair of 1080 ti and a 1070, but I'm also running a higher-end CPU for my BOINC work which balances it out some).

 I *ALMOST* went for the EVGA G2-850, as it was the same price, but I have a longer history with the X-series - the EVGA would probably work as well though, for those that prefer EVGA or if it was on sale for less than the Seasonic.


 I believe the Skein miner mentioned was the "Alex78" ccminer version, which does have a compiled Windows binary out there somewhere if you do some digging to find it.
 I saw over 600 Mh with a non-optimised 1080 in some brief testing I did last week with it - noticeably better than the trpu (?) ccminer 2.0 version.

[QuintLeo]

What are the best tools to monitor a mini farm setup / ensure you have max uptime

What are you currently utilizing?

 I mine ETH on ethminer.org, ZEC on flypool - pool-side monitoring works pretty well there, and my rigs are stable enough for the most part that once or twice a day checking is plenty.

 The heat wave this weekend/now and the other one about a week and a half back though have been murder on my R9 290 hashrates - AMD drivers for LINUX won't let me underclock them so they end up in thermal-limiting due to the limited ventilation on the place I'm in right now in the worst heat of the day (it's supposed to cool off again Wendsday though, and I'm supposed to be able to start moving into my new place not later than Thursday, so hopefully the NEXT heat wave will see those rigs in a place I can keep cooler).

[philipma1957]

this is about

1400  for 1080ti
  350  for  1080
 110   for   mobo
  40    for   ssd
 110   for   psu
   35   for  ram

2150 with no sales or deals     I think a pandaminer is now  about 2500 shipped to usa.

this will do say 1700 sols for zec  at 500 watts at kill-a-watt-meter   and be quiet .

the panda miner will do 2300 sols at  1100 watts maybe 1000 watts and be loud

Is 1080 half price of 1080Ti?

 note correction made

 the 1070 mini is 350 at newegg

the 1080 mini is 500 at newegg


1070 mini
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500408

1080 mini
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500414


so left to right:

msi aero 1080 ti --------  msi aero 1080 ti ----------- zotac mini 1070  or 1080


and here is a great psu to run 3 cards  very good price.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA07236V1499

these are really good  do not worry that they are rosewill  they are a higher quality psu

Hey Phil sorry I meant to ask you this, when you orient left to right, what is the "front" of the rig which would dictate where left is

  the zotac mini  goes on the edge  give me a minute or two

here you go

[TheYankeesWin!]

Hey Phil  do you think   that short gigabyte is a better choice?

[philipma1957]

Hey Phil  do you think   that short gigabyte is a better choice?

yeah  it is shorter  then the zotac  1070 is


I also see the mobo he picked  is 9 dollars cheaper

all 3 gigabyte  boards  I have are good.

b250

z270

aorus z270

So his pick should be good.

I ordered the gigabyte  it is 349 at amazon  I am going to put it in the katana build.  card comes on thursday.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JD2OSX0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?

[xleejohnx]

I use claymore for mining
So I use his ethman monitor
I have it setup to use a bat file that will text me if something goes wrong

Hello
could you explain how you do that ?
would be very interesting

When I get home I'll edit this post with everything you need
edit: okay here is how i use it
claymore ethman comes with a sample.bat file you use it to look like this

Code:

@ECHO OFF
Powershell.exe -executionpolicy remotesigned -File  C:\minerTxt.ps1

then the powershell script needs to look like this

Code:

#Variables
$email = "myTower.local@gmail.com"
$phone = "8508491985@txt.att.net"

$ProcessActive = Get-Process dsNetworkConnect -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if($ProcessActive -eq $null)
{

$EmailFrom = $email
$EmailTo = $phone
$Subject = "Claymore Miner down" 
$Body = "Check Miners!!" 
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com" 
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587) 
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true 
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("myTower.local", "Passwordgoeshere"); 
$SMTPClient.Send($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $Subject, $Body)
}

[citronick]

Hey Phil  do you think   that short gigabyte is a better choice?

yeah  it is shorter  then the zotac  1070 is


I also see the mobo he picked  is 9 dollars cheaper

all 3 gigabyte  boards  I have are good.

b250

z270

aorus z270

So his pick should be good.

I ordered the gigabyte  it is 349 at amazon  I am going to put it in the katana build.  card comes on thursday.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JD2OSX0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?

I decided to standardize on Zotac 1070 Mini and Gigagyte Auros 1080ti for the NVIDIA farm.

4 rigs x 6 x Zotac 1070 Minis on a 1300w PSU (or 1200w x dual server PSU/pico/bb)

2 rigs x 5 x Auros 1080ti on a 1600w PSU (or 1200w x dual server PSU/pico/bb)

MSI Z270A-Pro, LGA1151 Pentium G4560/ i3-7100, 4GB DDR4 on fullzero's nvOC Linux

It will be a ZEC game all the way with this mini farm.

Mining strategy: Rent all the rigs at Nicehash Equihash marketplace.

Target ROI: 100 days or better.

[philipma1957]

Hey Phil  do you think   that short gigabyte is a better choice?

yeah  it is shorter  then the zotac  1070 is


I also see the mobo he picked  is 9 dollars cheaper

all 3 gigabyte  boards  I have are good.

b250

z270

aorus z270

So his pick should be good.

I ordered the gigabyte  it is 349 at amazon  I am going to put it in the katana build.  card comes on thursday.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JD2OSX0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?

I decided to standardize on Zotac 1070 Mini and Gigagyte Auros 1080ti for the NVIDIA farm.

4 rigs x 6 x Zotac 1070 Minis on a 1300w PSU (or 1200w x dual server PSU/pico/bb)

2 rigs x 5 x Auros 1080ti on a 1600w PSU (or 1200w x dual server PSU/pico/bb)

MSI Z270A-Pro, LGA1151 Pentium G4560/ i3-7100, 4GB DDR4 on fullzero's nvOC Linux

It will be a ZEC game all the way with this mini farm.

Mining strategy: Rent all the rigs at Nicehash Equihash marketplace.

Target ROI: 100 days or better.

well I had the zotac 1080 mini  it was a very good card.  and if you are building   six card rig all zotac it should be good.

I either rent  to nicehash    or mine skein  at the moment I am renting to nicehash.

[citronick]

Hey Phil  do you think   that short gigabyte is a better choice?

yeah  it is shorter  then the zotac  1070 is


I also see the mobo he picked  is 9 dollars cheaper

all 3 gigabyte  boards  I have are good.

b250

z270

aorus z270

So his pick should be good.

I ordered the gigabyte  it is 349 at amazon  I am going to put it in the katana build.  card comes on thursday.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JD2OSX0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?

I decided to standardize on Zotac 1070 Mini and Gigagyte Auros 1080ti for the NVIDIA farm.

4 rigs x 6 x Zotac 1070 Minis on a 1300w PSU (or 1200w x dual server PSU/pico/bb)

2 rigs x 5 x Auros 1080ti on a 1600w PSU (or 1200w x dual server PSU/pico/bb)

MSI Z270A-Pro, LGA1151 Pentium G4560/ i3-7100, 4GB DDR4 on fullzero's nvOC Linux

It will be a ZEC game all the way with this mini farm.

Mining strategy: Rent all the rigs at Nicehash Equihash marketplace.

Target ROI: 100 days or better.

Well I had the zotac 1080 mini  it was a very good card.  and if you are building   six card rig all zotac it should be good.

I either rent  to nicehash    or mine skein  at the moment I am renting to nicehash.

The double bonus season is rosy at the moment when you renting out your hash for BTC payment, since BTC has rebounded well after the market correction.

I am still for ETH direct mining esp now USD$204 per ETH and if you have big enough hash, confirmations are still like clockwork at ethpool or dwarfpool. However ZEC pools are slow in my experience -- and i have tried them all -- I rather take BTC directly for a small fee by renting out at NH.

Those Zotac Minis are quite good - not much bigger than RX470 - I am in the process of unpacking them now. Will post pix later.

[ToTheMoon888]

Assuming your electricity price isn't that high, aren't the 1060 3GB by far the best value for Nvidia? 

I am wondering why there is so much talk of the 1070s and 1080s?