EZ 6x 1080 TI GPU Mining Rig Build 4400 Sols / 1 PSU

[VoskCoin]

Hey guys put together my latest build today and shot a video on it. As always all credit goes to the awesome bitcointalk community, without everyone here and the immense amount of knowledge I never would've gotten to the point of building my own mining rigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHv6meddj4o


Thanks to Citronick for help with the OC settings (giving me a better baseline)

Settings used in smOS
EWBF smOS Settings
miner.exe --server zhash.pro --user znkPcNtQTKfBkwPqnQBdKRuifeVejrEhjRU.msidirewolf --pass x --port 3058 --cuda_devices 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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200 Core (lower if crashing)
500 Memory (lower if crashing)
200 Watts (raise or lower if desired)

I still could fine tune this further and I'm always open to feedback on how I could improve this build in the future.


1080 TI RIG FULL PARTS LIST available to buy on Amazon
https://goo.gl/Jyw38u Parallel Miner Rev2 Frame (Shown)
https://goo.gl/k1RBQB Parallel Miner BareBones (Cheaper)
1080 TI (6x)
http://amzn.to/2AmqUtU (Similar)
http://amzn.to/2ndk32I (Alternate)
http://amzn.to/2ngQEF0 (Alternate)
http://amzn.to/2i1AUAg (Alternate)
PCIE Risers (6x if needed)
http://amzn.to/2hUHeJK
Motherboard
http://amzn.to/2jwsQI2
CPU
http://amzn.to/2AatLZe
Ram
http://amzn.to/2A8rJrV
USB Harddrive
http://amzn.to/2zqwlGS
http://amzn.to/2Ad58bG (Better price Alt.)
PCIE 1x 6 pin to 2x 6+2 pin
http://amzn.to/2i5vJ65
Power Supply
http://amzn.to/2neEuwj (Shown)
http://amzn.to/2i2m2BC (Alternate)
Felt + Rubber Pads
http://amzn.to/2A9ykmv
240v/PDU C19/C20 Power Cable
http://amzn.to/2AgXIGK

EXTRAS & USEFUL ITEMS TO HAVE
Zip Ties
http://amzn.to/2zqZgdO
PC Screw Kit
http://amzn.to/2i446Xq
Mining Shelf Rack
http://amzn.to/2zpnjtx (Black)
http://amzn.to/2ztA5HD (Silver)
Arctic Silver Kit
http://amzn.to/2AdY2nC
Powerline Ethernet Adapter
http://amzn.to/2hRGNjw

Download smOS
https://goo.gl/jMxTSS
Download HDD Raw Copy
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2ccebvpyuv87r35/HDDRawCopyToolSetup.exe

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[bathrobehero]

Great video!

Though I'm not sure splitting cables should be encouraged to newbies - which I assume the video is mostly aimed for.

The problem comes when a couple of cards crash after a few days or even weeks and the miner restarts (manually or automatically if set up that way) so the crashed cards will mine at default settings, at 300W or whatever the default power limit is for your cards. Can be annyoing and even dangerous, especially with all the splitting. I'd definitely take a thermal imaging camera if you can get you hands on one and look at how each cable is doing after hours of load, maybe even trying different algos and power limits.

[Truthchanter]

Slightly OT but I'm waiting for that mining shed video Vosk I'm lacking capacity for any more rigs ATM

[chrisrok]

nice setup and nice video! Well done!

[crocozino]

thanx for sharing the video
but i can point to the few points if I may
the cards - man, how you can even compare asus turbo and asus strix? from all cards you have there - there is only one card which worth its price - strix. it just much better for everything - clocks, noise, tempertures ad so on. if you will flash it with OC bios it will outperform all other cards you posted by 15%, for the same price!
and one more - the PSU, it just no need to pay this price for that psu. Take two 1KW Corsais for $300 and have 2KW of power instead 1.6KW for $400+
that's all)

[gt_addict]

Liking the frame. Im after one in the uk but shipping from paralell miner is $90  Ive emailed them about maybe finding a cheaper method or even flat oacking and i assemble it myself  but no reply yet. I wont need the risers just the frame and fan board.

[VoskCoin]

Slightly OT but I'm waiting for that mining shed video Vosk I'm lacking capacity for any more rigs ATM

haha coming soon xD Hoping to get that video out in the next week as part of my december farm update, anything in particular you want me to focus with on it?

[VoskCoin]

nice setup and nice video! Well done!

Thanks man really appreciate that, thanks for watching

[VoskCoin]

thanx for sharing the video
but i can point to the few points if I may
the cards - man, how you can even compare asus turbo and asus strix? from all cards you have there - there is only one card which worth its price - strix. it just much better for everything - clocks, noise, tempertures ad so on. if you will flash it with OC bios it will outperform all other cards you posted by 15%, for the same price!
and one more - the PSU, it just no need to pay this price for that psu. Take two 1KW Corsais for $300 and have 2KW of power instead 1.6KW for $400+
that's all)

I agree on the PSU, the point was just if you want minimal parts / simplicity here's an option --- if its your first rig build I think a single PSU setup is less daunting than a dual psu setup or pico psu setup

I'm all for a discussion on breaking down some numbers for each card -- what's the strix produce @ what power consumption

[VoskCoin]

Great video!

Though I'm not sure splitting cables should be encouraged to newbies - which I assume the video is mostly aimed for.

The problem comes when a couple of cards crash after a few days or even weeks and the miner restarts (manually or automatically if set up that way) so the crashed cards will mine at default settings, at 300W or whatever the default power limit is for your cards. Can be annyoing and even dangerous, especially with all the splitting. I'd definitely take a thermal imaging camera if you can get you hands on one and look at how each cable is doing after hours of load, maybe even trying different algos and power limits.

thanks

Definitely something I can look into, is this a possibility with smOS? my understanding is that the card receives its PL from smOS then begins to mine --- if they pulled max wattage the PSU should kick off prior to an issue arising from the splitting and even so

with these cards do you think 2 1060 3gb could pull enough split on one pcie cable to cause an issue?

/// wouldnt you rather split a pcie than split a sata  -- not giving you attitude or anything serious questions

[VoskCoin]

Liking the frame. Im after one in the uk but shipping from paralell miner is $90  Ive emailed them about maybe finding a cheaper method or even flat oacking and i assemble it myself  but no reply yet. I wont need the risers just the frame and fan board.

Hopefully they can make something happen for you, would be cool if they offered a package that as you said needs a bit more assembly but more compact and affordable to ship overseas! Let me know how it goes I'm curious

[DevelopmentBank]

Awesome build. Good job Vosk. Your mining rigs are always so unique and entertaining. Tell me one thing tho, with that EVGA PSU, are the 6-pin cables marked as "CPU" useable to power PCIE risers or even the GPUs themselves?

[Alyeska]

Question about that EVGA 1600 T2,
If I was to use GTX 1070 TI's could I use each of the VGA power slots to power both the 8 pin on the 1070 TI card, and use the six pin to power the Riser? with just one of the VGA slots?
thus allowing that one power supply to power 9 (undervolted) 1070 TI's along with 9 risers using only the available VGA slots?

[QuintLeo]

The EVGA 2-connector cables don't have enough reach to do that, but from a power draw standpoint it would be fine.
You could use an "extender" cable to make it work - or just plan on powering the risers from MOLEX instead.

[gt_addict]

Liking the frame. Im after one in the uk but shipping from paralell miner is $90  Ive emailed them about maybe finding a cheaper method or even flat oacking and i assemble it myself  but no reply yet. I wont need the risers just the frame and fan board.

Hopefully they can make something happen for you, would be cool if they offered a package that as you said needs a bit more assembly but more compact and affordable to ship overseas! Let me know how it goes I'm curious

Turns out they can’t do anything on the shipping price and offered a very minimal discount. Had a good look around locally and can source almost the exact same box section and fixing system for less than half the cost. Looks like a diy build is coming  Just need dimensions/measurements of the box sections in their frame now 

[QuintLeo]

thanx for sharing the video
but i can point to the few points if I may
the cards - man, how you can even compare asus turbo and asus strix? from all cards you have there - there is only one card which worth its price - strix. it just much better for everything - clocks, noise, tempertures ad so on. if you will flash it with OC bios it will outperform all other cards you posted by 15%, for the same price!
and one more - the PSU, it just no need to pay this price for that psu. Take two 1KW Corsais for $300 and have 2KW of power instead 1.6KW for $400+
that's all)

 I wouldn't go with Corsair - but a pair of EVGA G2 or Seasonic X units in the same price ballpark would work for me.

 My current B250 Mining Pro is running a pair of G2 850s and is specifically set up to (eventually) run 6 x 1080 ti before I add a 3'd PS and more risers eventually - and I got them on that Newegg sale at $109 each.

[MAFTRADER]

Hye,

Just watch your vid,

how much in total for having mining rig exactly like in your youtube?

because seems cant find exactly that nvidia 1080TI you using

http://amzn.to/2jwsQI2 ? different with your video ?

[Kryptowolf512]

How much do you pay for your electricity?

[umine]

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1080 TI RIG FULL PARTS LIST
https://goo.gl/Jyw38u Parallel Miner Rev2 Frame (Shown)
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Nice video as usually . But frame! for 400 bucks is too expensive. 110$ PSU + 6 risers of 5$ and 3 fans for even 10$. So just alluminium frame for more than 200$ ! The cost of materials is about 20-30$ maximum and the work to made it no more than 50$. Also fans of 4500 rpm - it like a Boeing at take-off

[NameTaken]

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1080 TI RIG FULL PARTS LIST
https://goo.gl/Jyw38u Parallel Miner Rev2 Frame (Shown)
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Nice video as usually . But frame! for 400 bucks is too expensive. 110$ PSU + 6 risers of 5$ and 3 fans for even 10$. So just alluminium frame for more than 200$ ! The cost of materials is about 20-30$ maximum and the work to made it no more than 50$

Frames $100+ is pure price gouge.