Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big.

[vg54dett]

Rx470 4gb ....
Maybe bad luck, but I don't feel confortable using the adapters again.
(the adapters didn't die, they still work if I plug another GPU. I made a short time test)

[fr4nkthetank]

I dont know about those 1080ti MSI Armor.  Seems like its the same cooler as the 1070 ?  I dont think that would be sufficient, the fan blades are quite small and there is no high rpm to make up for it. 

[philipma1957]

I dont know about those 1080ti MSI Armor.  Seems like its the same cooler as the 1070 ?  I dont think that would be sufficient, the fan blades are quite small and there is no high rpm to make up for it.  

I have zero interest in the msi Armor models of any type.


But the zotac mini will be running starting  on this Sunday.

I will post results.  I will need to use a 850 watt psu vs a 750 watt psu

build  will be 3 1080 ti's  riser free looking like this  build
 2x 1080 ti
1x 1070 itx

this should do:
 2000 hash    650 watts
vs 1750 hash 550 watts

[Jdope]

I dont know about those 1080ti MSI Armor.  Seems like its the same cooler as the 1070 ?  I dont think that would be sufficient, the fan blades are quite small and there is no high rpm to make up for it.  

I have zero interest in the msi Armor models of any type.


But the zotac mini will be running starting  on this Sunday.

I will post results.  I will need to use a 850 watt psu vs a 750 watt psu

build  will be 3 1080 ti's  riser free looking like this  build
 2x 1080 ti
1x 1070 itx

this should do:
 2000 hash    650 watts
vs 1750 hash 550 watts

How are the temps on the itx? My zotac mini 1060 is always 70+, no matter where i put it with how much air flow, it is never below that temp.

[sNaKeyz0r91]

Sir, stop quote people above you. Especially when there are pictures. It's not cool.

[QuintLeo]

what do you guys think about blower-fan 1080Ti's ? Good for mining or a risk with the single fan design?

 After-market blower fan designs should be OK.
 All of my R9 290 cards (which soak MORE power than any current-gen card except the Vega and possibly the Titan) are blower-style, and have been running reliable for well over a year now mining ETH or doing DNet work (which loads a card hard enough that it used to be a common "load test" used by a lot of test review sites, right up there with Prime95).

 FE cards though are known to be marginal on cooling, and definitely worse then the aftermarket cards, especially on the 1080 ti.

 If you run cards in a case, blower cards are DEFINITELY better in multi-card setups with a VERY few exceptions for some cards with fans but a heatsink where the fins run parallel to the bottom of the card (Sapphire mining RX 470 cards for example, but they need more open of a mounting bracket to actually be BETTER than a blower-style card), for riser-rigs with the ability to spread the cards out a lot blower cards offer no advantage.

[philipma1957]

just hooked up  the third card

so this will run over  night.


It is an

 evga 1080 ti
asus   1080 ti
zotac  1080 ti

tdp at 75%

core is 120
memory is 275
fans at 80%


it weighs 790 grams out of the box
it weighs 1550 grams in the box

very good doing zec  about 2000 sols  and about 600 watts at the k-watt meter

[vg54dett]

Guys, would you suggest a USB based OS that ensure privacy/security ?
Maybe for critical operations ?

[philipma1957]

Guys, would you suggest a USB based OS that ensure privacy/security ?
Maybe for critical operations ?

do you use nvoc 0018?

[vg54dett]

for mining I use SMos, not tried nvoc.

But I was thinking abou something simple and secured, maybe for coins management, or trades.
This is a time full of scams, hacks, ransomware, spy etc .. It's always good to learn good habits.

I heard about "Tails", anyone use it ? or maybe similar things ?

[philipma1957]

for mining I use SMos, not tried nvoc.

But I was thinking abou something simple and secured, maybe for coins management, or trades.
This is a time full of scams, hacks, ransomware, spy etc .. It's always good to learn good habits.

I heard about "Tails", anyone use it ? or maybe similar things ?

No links?


btw  your should try  nvoc  with a nice sized usb stick

   you get  a full version of linux

good price on a usb stick

https://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-128GB-Flash-memory-Drive/dp/B00P8XQPY4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1501428330&sr=8-3&keywords=sandisk+128gb+usb+3+ultra

[vg54dett]

Thx for the advice.

Here is the link to Tails :
https://tails.boum.org/index.en.html

[HagssFIN]

BW.com hops into to the graphics card mining train with BW-E22 Miner.
Any thoughts?
Seems quite powerful.
It can be found at their Chinese main page.
https://www.bw.com/


Google translate:

Code:

Power supply: 1250W dedicated power supply (chassis external)
System power consumption: 800 ~ 900W
CPU: INTEL CELERON CPU G1840 @ 2.8G dual-core LGA1150
DDR: 4G DDR3 SO-DIMM
SSD: 64G high speed solid state hard drive
NIC: Gigabit Ethernet card
USB: 2 USB2.0
Graphics card: 6 NVIDIA GTX1060 6G Miner dedicated graphics
Display Output: HDMI (Motherboard)
Fan: 3 12038 4PIN server professional fan
Startup: Power on automatically starts
Operating system: WINDOWS 10 / LINUX
Chassis Size: 468mm X 341mm X 133mm
Calculus ETH: 140Mh / s soil 10%, single card 23 Mh / soil 10% s

[jpouza]

Absolutely not a waste. My 1070 6 card rigs do 170mh on ETH @ 1200w.
Currently earning slightly more than equihash selling on nicehash 

thats bad actually, with the latest claymore my 1070s are doing 180mhs eth and 2300 sia

or 187 eth alone

What's the TDP percentage are you running on your 1070gtx cards?

Here I've got 2x Galax 1070 ITX running at 75% TDP, the bad side is they suck in memory overclock, above 500MHz+ added instability.

[philipma1957]

BW.com hops into to the graphics card mining train with BW-E22 Miner.
Any thoughts?
Seems quite powerful.
It can be found at their Chinese main page.
https://www.bw.com/


Google translate:

Code:

Power supply: 1250W dedicated power supply (chassis external)
System power consumption: 800 ~ 900W
CPU: INTEL CELERON CPU G1840 @ 2.8G dual-core LGA1150
DDR: 4G DDR3 SO-DIMM
SSD: 64G high speed solid state hard drive
NIC: Gigabit Ethernet card
USB: 2 USB2.0
Graphics card: 6 NVIDIA GTX1060 6G Miner dedicated graphics
Display Output: HDMI (Motherboard)
Fan: 3 12038 4PIN server professional fan
Startup: Power on automatically starts
Operating system: WINDOWS 10 / LINUX
Chassis Size: 468mm X 341mm X 133mm
Calculus ETH: 140Mh / s soil 10%, single card 23 Mh / soil 10% s

it is all about price

what do they want for it?



My 3 card 2x 1080 ti    and 1 x 1070  would kill it mining zec.


My newer 3x 1080 ti    would kill it  a bit harder doing zec.

[citronick]

Probably around 2899 USD -- similar to this

https://www.eastshore.xyz/tutorial-ethereum-miner-of-nvidia-p106-100-mining-card-eth-zcash-xmr-supported/
https://www.eastshore.xyz/shop/

Anyways.... the Pandminer episode left a bitter taste - no nightmares like that again...

BW.com hops into to the graphics card mining train with BW-E22 Miner.
Any thoughts?
Seems quite powerful.
It can be found at their Chinese main page.
https://www.bw.com/


Google translate:

Code:

Power supply: 1250W dedicated power supply (chassis external)
System power consumption: 800 ~ 900W
CPU: INTEL CELERON CPU G1840 @ 2.8G dual-core LGA1150
DDR: 4G DDR3 SO-DIMM
SSD: 64G high speed solid state hard drive
NIC: Gigabit Ethernet card
USB: 2 USB2.0
Graphics card: 6 NVIDIA GTX1060 6G Miner dedicated graphics
Display Output: HDMI (Motherboard)
Fan: 3 12038 4PIN server professional fan
Startup: Power on automatically starts
Operating system: WINDOWS 10 / LINUX
Chassis Size: 468mm X 341mm X 133mm
Calculus ETH: 140Mh / s soil 10%, single card 23 Mh / soil 10% s

it is all about price

what do they want for it?



My 3 card 2x 1080 ti    and 1 x 1070  would kill it mining zec.


My newer 3x 1080 ti    would kill it  a bit harder doing zec.

[philipma1957]

simply not worth 2899

3 card 1080 ti.

I paid 770 for the evga 1080 ti
I paid 703 for the zotac 1080 ti mini
I paid 665 for the asus 1080 ti
I paid 121 for the 850 watt quark  psu


this is 2259  you can get 1 stick of 8gb ram for 61 and a usb 3 stick for 30 that is 90
this is   91
total   2350   plus 50 for a lowed cpu
             50
total   2400     and you can do 2000- 2100 sols  vs 2000 sols  smaller space  use about 600 watts vs 800 watts

mobo 100

2500


I did over kill

I paid 100 for a mobo
I paid 200 for 4 8gb sticks of ram  only need 1 stck
I paid 150 for an i5 7500t cpu  = overkill
I paid   70 for a 1tb hdd
I paid   30 for a win 10 key


this is 550
plus  2259
total  2809   with way more power then the  prebuilt
or 2500  with more power but not killer.

with way still much cheaper then the prebuilt and the 2899 they want does not include shipping

Probably around 2899 USD -- similar to this

https://www.eastshore.xyz/tutorial-ethereum-miner-of-nvidia-p106-100-mining-card-eth-zcash-xmr-supported/
https://www.eastshore.xyz/shop/

Anyways.... the Pandminer episode left a bitter taste - no nightmares like that again...

BW.com hops into to the graphics card mining train with BW-E22 Miner.
Any thoughts?
Seems quite powerful.
It can be found at their Chinese main page.
https://www.bw.com/


Google translate:

Code:

Power supply: 1250W dedicated power supply (chassis external)
System power consumption: 800 ~ 900W
CPU: INTEL CELERON CPU G1840 @ 2.8G dual-core LGA1150
DDR: 4G DDR3 SO-DIMM
SSD: 64G high speed solid state hard drive
NIC: Gigabit Ethernet card
USB: 2 USB2.0
Graphics card: 6 NVIDIA GTX1060 6G Miner dedicated graphics
Display Output: HDMI (Motherboard)
Fan: 3 12038 4PIN server professional fan
Startup: Power on automatically starts
Operating system: WINDOWS 10 / LINUX
Chassis Size: 468mm X 341mm X 133mm
Calculus ETH: 140Mh / s soil 10%, single card 23 Mh / soil 10% s

it is all about price

what do they want for it?



My 3 card 2x 1080 ti    and 1 x 1070  would kill it mining zec.


My newer 3x 1080 ti    would kill it  a bit harder doing zec.

[VoskCoin]

simply not worth 2899

3 card 1080 ti.

I paid 770 for the evga 1080 ti
I paid 703 for the zotac 1080 ti mini
I paid 665 for the asus 1080 ti
I paid 121 for the 850 watt quark  psu


this is 2259  you can get 1 stick of 8gb ram for 61 and a usb 3 stick for 30 that is 90
this is   91
total   2350   plus 50 for a lowed cpu
             50
total   2400     and you can do 2000- 2100 sols  vs 2000 sols  smaller space  use about 600 watts vs 800 watts

mobo 100

2500


I did over kill

I paid 100 for a mobo
I paid 200 for 4 8gb sticks of ram  only need 1 stck
I paid 150 for an i5 7500t cpu  = overkill
I paid   70 for a 1tb hdd
I paid   30 for a win 10 key


this is 550
plus  2259
total  2809   with way more power then the  prebuilt
or 2500  with more power but not killer.

with way still much cheaper then the prebuilt and the 2899 they want does not include shipping

Probably around 2899 USD -- similar to this

https://www.eastshore.xyz/tutorial-ethereum-miner-of-nvidia-p106-100-mining-card-eth-zcash-xmr-supported/
https://www.eastshore.xyz/shop/

Anyways.... the Pandminer episode left a bitter taste - no nightmares like that again...

BW.com hops into to the graphics card mining train with BW-E22 Miner.
Any thoughts?
Seems quite powerful.
It can be found at their Chinese main page.
https://www.bw.com/


Google translate:

Code:

Power supply: 1250W dedicated power supply (chassis external)
System power consumption: 800 ~ 900W
CPU: INTEL CELERON CPU G1840 @ 2.8G dual-core LGA1150
DDR: 4G DDR3 SO-DIMM
SSD: 64G high speed solid state hard drive
NIC: Gigabit Ethernet card
USB: 2 USB2.0
Graphics card: 6 NVIDIA GTX1060 6G Miner dedicated graphics
Display Output: HDMI (Motherboard)
Fan: 3 12038 4PIN server professional fan
Startup: Power on automatically starts
Operating system: WINDOWS 10 / LINUX
Chassis Size: 468mm X 341mm X 133mm
Calculus ETH: 140Mh / s soil 10%, single card 23 Mh / soil 10% s

it is all about price

what do they want for it?



My 3 card 2x 1080 ti    and 1 x 1070  would kill it mining zec.


My newer 3x 1080 ti    would kill it  a bit harder doing zec.

Why 8 gb vs 4gb?

[citronick]

plus don't forget, non-mining cards have resale value to gaming community, while the mining cards....

my group was this close investing in 120 units of the Pandminer last year.... glad that we didn't go ahead with that plan and did DIY instead

simply not worth 2899

3 card 1080 ti.

I paid 770 for the evga 1080 ti
I paid 703 for the zotac 1080 ti mini
I paid 665 for the asus 1080 ti
I paid 121 for the 850 watt quark  psu


this is 2259  you can get 1 stick of 8gb ram for 61 and a usb 3 stick for 30 that is 90
this is   91
total   2350   plus 50 for a lowed cpu
             50
total   2400     and you can do 2000- 2100 sols  vs 2000 sols  smaller space  use about 600 watts vs 800 watts

mobo 100

2500


I did over kill

I paid 100 for a mobo
I paid 200 for 4 8gb sticks of ram  only need 1 stck
I paid 150 for an i5 7500t cpu  = overkill
I paid   70 for a 1tb hdd
I paid   30 for a win 10 key


this is 550
plus  2259
total  2809   with way more power then the  prebuilt
or 2500  with more power but not killer.

with way still much cheaper then the prebuilt and the 2899 they want does not include shipping

Probably around 2899 USD -- similar to this

https://www.eastshore.xyz/tutorial-ethereum-miner-of-nvidia-p106-100-mining-card-eth-zcash-xmr-supported/
https://www.eastshore.xyz/shop/

Anyways.... the Pandminer episode left a bitter taste - no nightmares like that again...

BW.com hops into to the graphics card mining train with BW-E22 Miner.
Any thoughts?
Seems quite powerful.
It can be found at their Chinese main page.
https://www.bw.com/


Google translate:

Code:

Power supply: 1250W dedicated power supply (chassis external)
System power consumption: 800 ~ 900W
CPU: INTEL CELERON CPU G1840 @ 2.8G dual-core LGA1150
DDR: 4G DDR3 SO-DIMM
SSD: 64G high speed solid state hard drive
NIC: Gigabit Ethernet card
USB: 2 USB2.0
Graphics card: 6 NVIDIA GTX1060 6G Miner dedicated graphics
Display Output: HDMI (Motherboard)
Fan: 3 12038 4PIN server professional fan
Startup: Power on automatically starts
Operating system: WINDOWS 10 / LINUX
Chassis Size: 468mm X 341mm X 133mm
Calculus ETH: 140Mh / s soil 10%, single card 23 Mh / soil 10% s

it is all about price

what do they want for it?



My 3 card 2x 1080 ti    and 1 x 1070  would kill it mining zec.


My newer 3x 1080 ti    would kill it  a bit harder doing zec.

[Tmdz]

Check this out, vega specs finally.

http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-vega-64-56-official-slide-performance-specs-price-leak/


Im interested in the vega 56 line up, which is basically a 1070 card but with HBM2 ram for coins like Zcash could be really good.  Im really hoping this will turn out to be the mining sweet spot for rig density and price/performance but that all depends how it performs, ETH not good for HBM2 but some of the others could end up being nice.