burnt (OP)
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June 07, 2013, 03:39:54 AM |
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hi everyone
I am new here so I thought I would say hello
I mined 220 bitcoins back when it was all just a cool idea that seemed like it wouldn't last... I sold them all after the big crash, now I am kicking myself!
I recently setup a rig for a friend with a 7970 and its mining at just under 700kh/s ... so now I have the bug again and want to get back into mining.
At the end of July I will be able to afford to build myself a nice rig
I am looking at 4 x 7970's (if thats possible in machine) for litecoin and other scrypt mining
can anyone give advice on what cards to get, what I can overclock the easiest, and what remains most stable and keeps the lowest temps
any advice will be greatly appropriated.
Kind regards
p.s. when can I post in other forums?
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firefop
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June 07, 2013, 05:27:20 AM |
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Let me know if you want to pickup some 7950s - I'm not interested in litecoin and am in the process of selling all my extra video cards. I only have 2x7950s left (they're only 5 week old). I found it a bit odd that all my lesser cards sold but nobody even made offers on the 7950s.
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June 07, 2013, 12:39:42 PM |
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Welcome! You need 5 posts and 4 hours logged in to post in other areas.
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TheNerd
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June 07, 2013, 01:03:28 PM |
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so you are gonna mine litecoins now?
Hm will have to look into that
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June 07, 2013, 01:06:59 PM |
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Welcome to the forums!
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June 07, 2013, 01:51:47 PM |
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June 07, 2013, 02:02:58 PM |
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Welcome friend!
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Alexander The Great
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June 07, 2013, 03:53:40 PM |
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hi everyone
I am new here so I thought I would say hello
I mined 220 bitcoins back when it was all just a cool idea that seemed like it wouldn't last... I sold them all after the big crash, now I am kicking myself!
I recently setup a rig for a friend with a 7970 and its mining at just under 700kh/s ... so now I have the bug again and want to get back into mining.
At the end of July I will be able to afford to build myself a nice rig
I am looking at 4 x 7970's (if thats possible in machine) for litecoin and other scrypt mining
can anyone give advice on what cards to get, what I can overclock the easiest, and what remains most stable and keeps the lowest temps
any advice will be greatly appropriated.
Kind regards
p.s. when can I post in other forums?
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June 07, 2013, 04:05:39 PM |
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"Graphics Cards (GPU) – $1,200 to $1,600 I use four of the Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 at $400/ea or four of the Sapphire Radeon 7950 at $320/ea in each rig. This one with a stock cooler works also, and can be had for only $280 (after mail in rebate). One of the Amazon reviews for the $280 card, shows specific settings for Litecoin mining which is helpful. To answer the 7970 (~$420) vs 7950 (~$320) question, basically, the 7970 gets roughly 100-150 more Mh/s or Kh/s than the 7950 for higher hashing density per rig (see bitcoin mining hardware comparison and litecoin mining hardware comparison). I couldn’t decide either and ended up buying both types for my rigs. Either card will work great in this mining rig build." - Read more: http://www.coinminingrigs.com/category/mining-rig-tutorials/#ixzz2VXyLQqWZWelcome. |
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June 07, 2013, 04:06:19 PM |
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Welcome!
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grbox2001
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June 07, 2013, 04:15:57 PM |
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Well you had a chance to get in early, and now you are back in the game.
p.s. 5th post ahh yeah!
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revilo
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June 07, 2013, 04:30:34 PM |
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hi
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June 07, 2013, 06:00:11 PM |
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Hey hey!
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burnt (OP)
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June 07, 2013, 06:56:53 PM |
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"Graphics Cards (GPU) – $1,200 to $1,600 I use four of the Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 at $400/ea or four of the Sapphire Radeon 7950 at $320/ea in each rig. This one with a stock cooler works also, and can be had for only $280 (after mail in rebate). One of the Amazon reviews for the $280 card, shows specific settings for Litecoin mining which is helpful. To answer the 7970 (~$420) vs 7950 (~$320) question, basically, the 7970 gets roughly 100-150 more Mh/s or Kh/s than the 7950 for higher hashing density per rig (see bitcoin mining hardware comparison and litecoin mining hardware comparison). I couldn’t decide either and ended up buying both types for my rigs. Either card will work great in this mining rig build." - Read more: http://www.coinminingrigs.com/category/mining-rig-tutorials/#ixzz2VXyLQqWZWelcome. Hello back and a wave to everyone who said hello! JimCGSavings: hi there superb advice and tutorial! thank you! I can afford to go for the 7970 rather than use 7950's, so I will probably try to get the highest hash out of my machine as possible! My plan is , if it pays and starts to make money, I will make another rig by Christmas, thinking of building a new rig every 4 months (if the first is successfully) until I making a livable wage and if it all fails, ill have some amazing gaming pc's! Regards, Burnt |
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burnt (OP)
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June 07, 2013, 06:58:26 PM |
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Well you had a chance to get in early, and now you are back in the game.
p.s. 5th post ahh yeah!
yep, I so wished I stayed mining I would be a millionaire now! its depressing thinking about it really |
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firefop
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June 07, 2013, 07:43:51 PM |
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If it makes you feel any better... I mined for awhile when bitcoins were worth 2 cents. Looked at my power consumption and thought 'forget it'... and deleted the wallet. Man I've been missing those few thousand coins recently =P
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alexd
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June 07, 2013, 10:07:14 PM |
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hello,
the advice from me is that, now, you should keep the coins!
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