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May 20, 2013, 06:04:45 PM |
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Thank you SO much, I did not expect a reply so fast and that was extremely helpful. Where do you get power supplies? I grow weed (legally in Colorado), is a power supply anything like a ballast?
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May 20, 2013, 06:21:46 PM |
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Yes..its basically exactly the same yet completely different.
Sounds like you need to do some googling. Search youtube for vids about building PC's. Your only entitled to one spoon fed meal a day around here.
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May 20, 2013, 06:32:56 PM |
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I would stay away from XFX graphics cards. The 2GB Sapphire 7850's may be your best bet, but would be a better deal elsewhere. Although you are using BTC, so that's always a good thing.
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May 20, 2013, 07:36:52 PM |
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Yes..its basically exactly the same yet completely different.
Sounds like you need to do some googling. Search youtube for vids about building PC's. Your only entitled to one spoon fed meal a day around here.
I am having someone else do all the real stuff, I'm just getting all the parts.
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May 20, 2013, 07:37:06 PM |
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I would stay away from XFX graphics cards. The 2GB Sapphire 7850's may be your best bet, but would be a better deal elsewhere. Although you are using BTC, so that's always a good thing.
Thanks ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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May 20, 2013, 11:13:19 PM |
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I would stay away from XFX graphics cards. The 2GB Sapphire 7850's may be your best bet, but would be a better deal elsewhere. Although you are using BTC, so that's always a good thing.
Thanks ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Read this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=210538.0
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Thanks for the info.
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June 15, 2013, 05:53:34 AM |
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This project will be coming to fruition in the next month or so.
Next Project:
If I had $2000 to build a computer, what should I get?
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June 15, 2013, 05:57:20 AM |
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I will also be buying FPGAs to run on the 1st computer (meaning before the $2000 computer)so if anyone knows where to get those, let me know.
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June 15, 2013, 05:57:57 AM |
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Nah, just get a nice slim Mac ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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June 15, 2013, 06:01:34 AM |
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You can get used 7970 graphic cards on ebay for around $300 each which have a bitcoin hashrate of approx 700MH/sec. However with the flood of ASIC chips coming online over the next few months it is unlikely that you will ever recoup your original 20BTC investment with this type mining rig.
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June 15, 2013, 03:46:49 PM |
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Nah, just get a nice slim Mac ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) That's like $1000 and isn't super great (is it?).
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June 15, 2013, 03:47:33 PM |
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You can get used 7970 graphic cards on ebay for around $300 each which have a bitcoin hashrate of approx 700MH/sec. However with the flood of ASIC chips coming online over the next few months it is unlikely that you will ever recoup your original 20BTC investment with this type mining rig.
Looking for FPGAs, not GPUs.
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June 15, 2013, 06:38:26 PM |
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make sure you use the gels on the cpu.
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June 15, 2013, 06:38:50 PM |
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You can get used 7970 graphic cards on ebay for around $300 each which have a bitcoin hashrate of approx 700MH/sec. However with the flood of ASIC chips coming online over the next few months it is unlikely that you will ever recoup your original 20BTC investment with this type mining rig.
Looking for FPGAs, not GPUs. fpga are useful still?
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June 15, 2013, 09:51:31 PM |
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use the lube on the gpu
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June 16, 2013, 08:05:05 AM |
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I think your money will be better spent on a ASIC miner. More bang for your buck!
I have a rig with 2 x 7950's in it and 1 in storage and I have switched them all off. Electricity bill does not make it worth my while..
Now waiting for my BFL orders..
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June 16, 2013, 08:29:35 AM |
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Id go 7950s for GPU. CHeaper and you can switch to litecoins down the road and they rock at litecoin mining
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