Are 1070 TI's the next best GPU for mining? 4.7 sols per watt

[sirbrokealot]

thx for all the help

i use my 970 to Benchmark the income rates right now..
i get 0.2 mBTC with nichHashminer but i think you will get fucked up with all that transaction costs and fees in the long run
trying MiningPoolHub once again with just two algos (Lyra2z and Equihash) getting payed in ETH pool fee is 0,9 and transaction fee is 0.62$

I am very sad that the Strix has got cheap fans (i always thought Strix is sort of premium) but i hope/think they wont be like the super garbage ones.

Running them at a fraction of full speed (40% maybe) with the most power efficient setting might help to prolong the fan's life

Damn now i see the interest in the EVGA cards but they start around 500€ per Card here in Germany.

thx for mentioning that https://www.crypto-coinz.net/crypto-calculator/ site!! I will watch this as you could get a super fast ROR with mining CrapCoins i always like to say NicolasCageCoins (:

Overhead wattage of a trio system might be 40/3 =13,3 W per card so i end up in the 120-130 W per card range
i heard parts have greater availability (better prices) and trio rig runs more stable (without leaving any gpu on idle) and i feel more flexible as i could expand easily no frame and risers needed in the beginning.

I could run three Strix ones now with my hx750i Power supply and add three more ( or ampere cards ) later with three risers and another 750 W PSU this is mostly due to my restricted budget of 1.5k € at the moment

Thanks for helping me out dudes - im so glad i joined back in the scene.. back in the days we had couple GPU's on BTC goin on but we kind of used that stuff to buy "special" stuff on the web.. damn the usecase was so different

regards

[QuintLeo]

Stability of a non-riser trio rig can be a bit better - fewer parts to go bad - but COOLING of the middle card in such a rig is a major problem.
You can work around that somewhat by using a "shorty" card as the third card, like a Zotac mini or the Gigabyte ITX models, but then you get to deal with the junk fans on the shorty cards (EVGA makes short cards with good fans but I don't think they go above a 1060 on them).

 I built quite a few such rigs during my Folding days, as Folding@Home needs a lot of CPU support and a lot of PCI-E bandwidth to get good PPD (hashrate) out of the cards so riser rigs were NOT a viable option.
 In theory, RIBBON-type x16 risers would have worked, but those tend to be a NIGHTMARE to work with and also tend to be very short.

[sirbrokealot]

Stability of a non-riser trio rig can be a bit better - fewer parts to go bad - but COOLING of the middle card in such a rig is a major problem.
You can work around that somewhat by using a "shorty" card as the third card, like a Zotac mini or the Gigabyte ITX models, but then you get to deal with the junk fans on the shorty cards (EVGA makes short cards with good fans but I don't think they go above a 1060 on them).

 I built quite a few such rigs during my Folding days, as Folding@Home needs a lot of CPU support and a lot of PCI-E bandwidth to get good PPD (hashrate) out of the cards so riser rigs were NOT a viable option.
 In theory, RIBBON-type x16 risers would have worked, but those tend to be a NIGHTMARE to work with and also tend to be very short.

dude you are so right

card's so hot i need a LD

damn just ordered some risers!

[Cryptobel-NL]

Gotta love my 1070 ti!

[demonz88]

Hello Guys!

Zotac 1070 Ti mini can reach 520 sols without taking fire? How many ºC and fan speed to get 5xx sols? Im have no problem with power and i will use for gaming a mining, i wanna build another rig only for mining. (i have a SFF - CM Elite 110)

Many Thanks!

[QuintLeo]

Zotac 1070 ti mini should get close to 500 or a hair over at 70% TDP (124 watts), and they should be able to stay fairly cool at that power level - same as the EVGA SC 1070 ti but will run a couple of degrees warmer due to the inferior cooling setup.

[demonz88]

Zotac 1070 ti mini should get close to 500 or a hair over at 70% TDP (124 watts), and they should be able to stay fairly cool at that power level - same as the EVGA SC 1070 ti but will run a couple of degrees warmer due to the inferior cooling setup.

Hello QuintLeo,

Thanks for the information! Here in Brazil all cards are too expensive. 1080 Ti costs over 1100 USD
I will try this Zotac with 2 years Warranty.

Cheers Mate!

[VoskCoin]

Thank you for this post. I want to buy a mining rig and I think I am decided now which gpu to buy. Happy New Year! Continue the work.

happy new years my friend and good luck!

[VoskCoin]

Gotta love my 1070 ti!

wish I could get more T_T

[VoskCoin]

Doesn't SMOS use EBWF not DSTM?

little late but dstm 5.7 is also now supported on smOS which is running stable w/ my 12 cards!

[killerelite]

Just my Opinion but I still prefer 1080tis over 1070tis , Cause I prefer density over everything
Anyways with the Next generation coming anytime soon it is to hasty to buy any card right now
But Yeah I am pretty Impressed with The efficency on this one , Nvidia sure knows how to make the best gpus
If We could only do custom straps for nvidia it would have been unbeatable.

[Riptide_NVN]

Good luck buying anything right now.  You are SOL unless you have a jar of lube handy and an ebay account.

[crocozino]

well, I have both and geforce 1080ti and geforce 1070 - and I can say that 1070ti is a decent card for the money it costed
but its big brother is better in some algos, but if your plan is to mine dagger-hashimoto and equihash - then gtx 1070ti the best for you, take it!

[johnyjohnb]

Hmm, prices being as they are how much more should you have to pay for 1070 Ti vs 1070 for it being worth it?

[kumara]

Hey guys got my 1070 TI's yesterday and been messing around with them today, thanks to QuintLeo for the specs

If you're into equihash coins such as ZEC ZEN and so on, then using the 1070 TI might be the best choice for you especially if you're into low heat + high efficiency builds + this also means they're quiet . . anyway I'm happy with them!

https://i.imgur.com/paGt3yyl.png
https://youtu.be/jtp4plChU9Y

Here's the full part list for my upcoming 6 GPU build with 1070 TI's

1070 TI 6x GPU Rig build (pick 6 w/ amazon limits 3 and 3 is the easiest to acquire)
EVGA SC (what I plan to order six more of)
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EVGA FTW (1070 TI shown)
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Zotac 1070 TI (Cheapest and same specs)
https://goo.gl/9BZPPm
Gigabyte 1070 TI (Solid price / same specs)
https://goo.gl/GvRkJx

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I just started watching your Youtube videos. They are very informative and I'm learning a lot. Thanks.

[gotminer]

Good luck buying anything right now.  You are SOL unless you have a jar of lube handy and an ebay account.

Not exactly true ... I bought six 1070ti's on the on Dec 19th for $500 each ... six more 1070ti's on Dec 26th for $500 each ... And six 1080ti's on Jan 8th for $820 each.

You just have to check with all of the big name suppliers multiple times a day ... Use notifications, because once they are out there, they are gone in less than an hour.  That has been my experience on the three orders I mentioned above anyway.

[nedc]

Asus Strix 1070Ti has better sol/watt than Evga 1070TI SC BE or not?

[QuintLeo]

Probably the same, but don't have a Strix to test with.

I would say IN THEORY it might show a hair higher if you push it to max TDP due to slightly better cooling, but can't say FOR FACT if that is the case - and if mining for efficiency the cooling isn't enough of a factor to matter on ANY of the cards I have worked with, even the Zotac Mini.

[Partizanai]

Great stuff Vosk, i'v been watching your vid for quit some time now. loved the 1050ti rig, i might build one myself since all other cards are constantly out of stock

[Eneen]

@VoskCoin, thank you a lot for all info. I've been wondering what is difference between 1070 and 1070 with same sol/w (about 3.6). Can't find such comparison though...