Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big.

[citronick]

Phil -- Did you get a Trezor or Nano? Which one to get in terms of ease of use? Thanks

[philipma1957]

Phil -- Did you get a Trezor or Nano? Which one to get in terms of ease of use? Thanks

Trezor was  what I ordered.

I got 1 black one.

I like it so much I ordered  a 3 pack in 3 colors.  Got a good discount  for buying it that way.

270 euros for august 1 ship dates  and a three pack

vs

115 euros for a 1 pack with fast shipping.

[philipma1957]

None of the cords/cables are even warm. All gpus are running at mid to low 60°s.

 I hooked up a second rig of 3 1080ti's and ran both rigs into a powerstrip. I'm now pulling 1390 watts at the wall for 4.8 kh/s of ZEC.

 The wall plugs are rated to 1800 watts on a 15A breaker so I'm curious where the fire danger lies?

I'm thinking about a switch over to a 30A pdu through a dryer plug next week.

Any experienced miner rig/power setup advice is appreciated.

This is the way to go.

[sNaKeyz0r91]

Hi people,

I was mining with RX480 and 570 and I am pretty new at nvidia mining scene. So here is the question:
I have 6 x GTX 1060. Three of them are ASUS Dual which are pretty good at equihash and eth and good temperatures. The other three are Gigabyte Windforce which have pretty high temperatures and suck at ethereum mining. No problem at equihash or other.

Right now I'm mining with EWBF at Nicehash pool and making about 9-10 bucks / day.

What is your advice? Move to zpool and mine with EWBF? Or try the multi-algo swith from JaredKaragen which works on ccminer?

Regards

Bump on this.

I moved to zpool after posting that. I am mining right now with EWBF equihash algo. As I asked on zpool thread, is making so much less than I was making at nicehash. I mean after 24hours 6 1060 made about 0.0021 and usually at a pps pool was making 0.0035-0.0045. I'm a bit newbie at prop pools.
Would be better to try ccminer on x11 or something else? Or nemosminer zpool?

What's your advise guys?

Thank you,
John

[citronick]

Phil -- Did you get a Trezor or Nano? Which one to get in terms of ease of use? Thanks

Trezor was  what I ordered.

I got 1 black one.

I like it so much I ordered  a 3 pack in 3 colors.  Got a good discount  for buying it that way.

270 euros for august 1 ship dates  and a three pack

vs

115 euros for a 1 pack with fast shipping.

ok - there is a Trezor2 but color LCD screen but not out yet - I am getting Trezor1 anyways. BTC Core on the secured workstation isn't really to the full solution since I have to maintain 4 wallets - BTC, ETH, LTC and DASH. Thanks

[citronick]

Hi people,

I was mining with RX480 and 570 and I am pretty new at nvidia mining scene. So here is the question:
I have 6 x GTX 1060. Three of them are ASUS Dual which are pretty good at equihash and eth and good temperatures. The other three are Gigabyte Windforce which have pretty high temperatures and suck at ethereum mining. No problem at equihash or other.

Right now I'm mining with EWBF at Nicehash pool and making about 9-10 bucks / day.

What is your advice? Move to zpool and mine with EWBF? Or try the multi-algo swith from JaredKaragen which works on ccminer?

Regards

Bump on this.

I moved to zpool after posting that. I am mining right now with EWBF equihash algo. As I asked on zpool thread, is making so much less than I was making at nicehash. I mean after 24hours 6 1060 made about 0.0021 and usually at a pps pool was making 0.0035-0.0045. I'm a bit newbie at prop pools.
Would be better to try ccminer on x11 or something else? Or nemosminer zpool?

What's your advise guys?

Thank you,
John

If you have RX cards, mining UBIQ is profitable & hot now (uses Ethash algo) and its doesn't have crazy diff levels like ETH and you can still use Claymore dual miner. Dual mining possible. DCR is really hot now.

If you have R9 cards, ZEC is still good to mine.

If you have NVIDIA cards, ZEC for 1080ti's or ETH for 1070/1060/P106.

If you like to take a wild ride with high returns.... point your NVIDIA cards to mine CHC, SIGT coins...

If you dont have ASICs, you should not GPU mine X11 and Scrypt coins, its a lost cause....

[zer0k]

As Cryptptore said : I was waiting on VEGA to come out but I have little faith at this stage.

How many 1080Ti's can I run on a single EVGA 1200 Gold PSU ?
Decided to go for EVGA black edition as they came down on price £30 in 2 days so why not.


Thank you

I would aim for 4 on that PSU if I were you.

I have 5 x ti's on a Rosewill 1500W and it is fine on EWBF and pulls ~1000-1100W at 85% power efficiency and +200 core.
But, if I use ccminer I think it pulls too much power in the first minute or two of mining and then spontaneously reboots

[sNaKeyz0r91]

Thank your for your quite nice reply.

I still have some rx 570 cards, I will try and mine UBIQ as you suggested. Could you point me to a good wallet for this coin? Or to mine it in an BTC address?

I do not own (yet) 1080 ti, but I have 6 gtx 1060 6gb. You suggestion to go on a wild ride with those little known coins .. is a good idea to mine them directly being paid on that coins or on btc (like zpool / nicehash / etc.) ?

Thank you again.

[zer0k]

Thank your for your quite nice reply.

I still have some rx 570 cards, I will try and mine UBIQ as you suggested. Could you point me to a good wallet for this coin? Or to mine it in an BTC address?

I do not own (yet) 1080 ti, but I have 6 gtx 1060 6gb. You suggestion to go on a wild ride with those little known coins .. is a good idea to mine them directly being paid on that coins or on btc (like zpool / nicehash / etc.) ?

Thank you again.

Mine the most profitable coin you can...then exchange to speculative coin you want to hold

[citronick]

Thank your for your quite nice reply.

I still have some rx 570 cards, I will try and mine UBIQ as you suggested. Could you point me to a good wallet for this coin? Or to mine it in an BTC address?

I do not own (yet) 1080 ti, but I have 6 gtx 1060 6gb. You suggestion to go on a wild ride with those little known coins .. is a good idea to mine them directly being paid on that coins or on btc (like zpool / nicehash / etc.) ?

Thank you again.

UBIQ - go to main website and download wallet. Mining pools are also listed there.

For the wild rides, zer0k is right.... buy/trade them with BTC but this is really a speculative buy/sell game and like gambling. Not for the faint heart. I have a hunch on SIGT so I am going all in with outright purchase at Cryptopia and also going full hash with 22 x 1080tis. I think after a few days.... I can payoff the Trezors I just bought  

[Storx]

Thank your for your quite nice reply.

I still have some rx 570 cards, I will try and mine UBIQ as you suggested. Could you point me to a good wallet for this coin? Or to mine it in an BTC address?

I do not own (yet) 1080 ti, but I have 6 gtx 1060 6gb. You suggestion to go on a wild ride with those little known coins .. is a good idea to mine them directly being paid on that coins or on btc (like zpool / nicehash / etc.) ?

Thank you again.

UBIQ - go to main website and download wallet. Mining pools are also listed there.

For the wild rides, zer0k is right.... buy/trade them with BTC but this is really a speculative buy/sell game and like gambling. Not for the faint heart. I have a hunch on SIGT so I am going all in with outright purchase at Cryptopia and also going full hash with 22 x 1080tis. I think after a few days.... I can payoff the Trezors I just bought  

SIGT just payed the BTC to be on bittrex... just fyi i got all 27 x 1080ti full steam ahead on it

[QuintLeo]

 The wall plugs are rated to 1800 watts on a 15A breaker so I'm curious where the fire danger lies?

 That is assuming 120 volts, which is normally NOT the case.
 That is also an INTERMITTANT rating, for 24/7 usage you are required to derate the amperage by 20%.

 It's better to figure at 110 volts as a general rule vs. 120 as most places do NOT see 120 volts on a consistant basis (for reference, I've NEVER seen 120 volts out of an outlet that was wired properly, though I've seen as high as 119 ONCE - 115-117 is a lot more common and 112 I've seen a few places).

This is all assuming you have a mining area that is COOL - once temps start heating up you also have to start derating for temperature.
Breakers in specific are generally rated at 40 degrees C, which is only 104 F.
Keep in mind that the breaker box retains some heat, breakers next to each other will retain some heat, it's not uncommon for a 100 degree F ambient temperature to have a 15 amp breaker TRIP at 10-12 amps of load on it.
Breaker boxes are RARELY positioned to have any airflow over them, and VERY rarely set up to have any airflow THROUGH them.

 Wiring can also be an issue, since it's usually run through the INSULATION in a wall or ceiling, which will also retain heat.

 Outlets ALSO have heat retention issues, since they are normally installed in boxes in the wall surrounded by insulation and the CONTACT resistance tends to heat them up noticeably.
 Ever notice how the plugs on molded power cables are usually the hottest part of the cable? Contact resistance is WHY.

[QuintLeo]

Best to standardize on good quality power cords too (I have replaced all 10A power cords in the farm) - I use 13A rated cords for EVGA-1300w and 1500/1200/1000/750w server PSUs and the fat 16A rated power cords for Delta-2400w and EVGA-G2-1600w.

 Fine for 220 usage, but EVGA ships the G2 1300 with a 15-amp rated 14 AWG power cable in the US for 110 usage for a reason (as does Seasonic on the X-1250 and I THINK on the X-1000).

[QuintLeo]

How many 1080Ti's can I run on a single EVGA 1200 Gold PSU ?
Decided to go for EVGA black edition as they came down on price £30 in 2 days so why not.

Thank you

 Do you mean the EVGA G2 1300? I'm not aware of an EVGA gold-rated model at the 1200 watt level.

Nope EVGA G2 1200W
That one is from my Litecoin mining days 2012.

LOL I have MSI 1070 and it takes 2 power connectors 8+6.
Would that be a problem ?

 Still not seeing any reference to a G2 at the 1200 watt level, though they did make a P2 PLATINUM rated 1200 watt.

 8 + 6 shouldn't be an issue, the cables on those supplies for PCI-E power are heavy-duty enough to handle 225 watts on one of their "dual" connector cables without issue.

[Elder III]

If you like to take a wild ride with high returns.... point your NVIDIA cards to mine CHC, SIGT coins...

Yep, there's good money to be (potentially) made mining lesser known coins, but if you're prone to ulcers or have high blood pressure you might want to avoid it.... there can definitely be a good bit more stress involved at times. lol

[soothaa]

If you like to take a wild ride with high returns.... point your NVIDIA cards to mine CHC, SIGT coins...

Yep, there's good money to be (potentially) made mining lesser known coins, but if you're prone to ulcers or have high blood pressure you might want to avoid it.... there can definitely be a good bit more stress involved at times. lol

Ehh I say it's a balancing act. Slow steady income mining know coins, or taking a minor risk and mining new stuff. Really just depends on your style I guess.

[Storx]

If you like to take a wild ride with high returns.... point your NVIDIA cards to mine CHC, SIGT coins...

Yep, there's good money to be (potentially) made mining lesser known coins, but if you're prone to ulcers or have high blood pressure you might want to avoid it.... there can definitely be a good bit more stress involved at times. lol

yup

[citronick]

If you like to take a wild ride with high returns.... point your NVIDIA cards to mine CHC, SIGT coins...

Yep, there's good money to be (potentially) made mining lesser known coins, but if you're prone to ulcers or have high blood pressure you might want to avoid it.... there can definitely be a good bit more stress involved at times. lol

definitely not for the faint heart..... for me its like "slot-machine and blinking lights therapy"

[EvilMonkey]

What is the best way to mine DGB direcly.  Without any conversion.  For example you can mine DGB on zpool with skien algo.

:START
ccminerAlexis78.exe -a skein -o stratum+tcp://skein.mine.zpool.ca:4933 -u DBHZh39j9eG4Tw1B49W3Wy1Su8i2io96TK.Aorus -p c=DGB,skien,stats
goto start

So it mines other random coins then converts to DGB this is not ideal so you cant do this on zpool which ppools can you mine it directly and can you still do that with the skein algo but only mine DGB?

[EvilMonkey]

Has anyone used one of these molex to PCIe adapters long-term?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DV1Z428/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500582341&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=molex+pcie+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41sPSW11CgL&ref=plSrch

yes  and if you use 2 molex cables  not 2  jacks from 1 cable  it can work.

of course  you can not jack the gear  to 200 watts

Running the 1080 ti  at 75% or less  means  .75 x 250 or .75 x 300  that is 187.5 watts  to 225 watts

and that would be about  94 to 112 watts on that  part.  since you have a second  pcie cable doing the other jack  it would do 94 to 112  and of course  if plugged into  a riser a third  cable from a completely different molex could do 75 safe

It should work.

I would worry more doing it with a 1070  supply all the power to the 1070.

I used these back in the day  mining btc  2012-2013  they never smoked but I tend to downclock and undervolt to be safe.

I am assuming you answered the question as though this was being plugged into the card directly.

For powering risers would a double molex be overkill, does a single molex supply enough power to the riser for 100% TDP?  Or would two be safer?