small test rig before spending 300k

[noam46]

Hi guys,
im new to this mining thing, my in law has a big solar farm and he wants to use his almost free electricity for mining. 
i was thinking of eth maybe some other coins to split the risk.

i saw a few posts recommending the NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti 
any suggestions what i should start with at home as "proof of concept"?
i need to test out the power usage vs income and get accurate numbers before spending a large amount of money.

any help would be highly appreciated, thanks

[Smashingmanson]

Gtx 1050 ti is a cheap /lower power and efficient card.

However with that budget, solar power and lack of knowledge i wouldnt go for something like that. Since its a cheap/low card the number of GPU's would be bigger and therefore increasing the number of rigs and difficulty of setup and maintenance.

The most popular options are:
AMD - rx 580 or vegas
Nvidia - gtx 1070 / 1080 ti


I advise you to read up alot more before making any decisions.

[Sev18]

Free electricity will provide good additional profit.
Try with VEGA series or 1080ti.

[shibob]

He has large mount of electricity in hand, and 300k budget, I think he should go with state-of-the-art GPUs such as Vega 64 or 1080 Ti. They have better ROI.

[DarrenJC]

Hi guys,
im new to this mining thing, my in law has a big solar farm and he wants to use his almost free electricity for mining. 
i was thinking of eth maybe some other coins to split the risk.

i saw a few posts recommending the NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti 
any suggestions what i should start with at home as "proof of concept"?
i need to test out the power usage vs income and get accurate numbers before spending a large amount of money.

any help would be highly appreciated, thanks

300k.... id buy 200 1080Ti cards and spread them over 20 rigs... but thats just my crazy brain

[dagarair]

I think you are better off buying 1070's for mining Eth and Zcash etc.  IMO 1080 Ti are just too pricy.  I have 50-60 1070 6 card rigs and over a 100 others RX, 1060 etc.  IMO 1070 is best bang for the buck.

[philipma1957]

Hi guys,
im new to this mining thing, my in law has a big solar farm and he wants to use his almost free electricity for mining. 
i was thinking of eth maybe some other coins to split the risk.

i saw a few posts recommending the NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti 
any suggestions what i should start with at home as "proof of concept"?
i need to test out the power usage vs income and get accurate numbers before spending a large amount of money.

any help would be highly appreciated, thanks

Where do you live?

If you are close to New Jersey I could build a simple machine with 1 card, you could test with it.

I also would say get an asic like the Avalon 741 .