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

[thisisverypointless]

Awesome post, cheers for the info!

Any chance you could put the total you paid for the rig and what sort of returns you are getting atm?

Might help others decide if they want to follow along with your selections

[QuintLeo]

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 ?

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1080-AERO-11G/dp/B06XXGNZB3
 is the GPU he is using in the video, but like any blower card the cooling is less effective than a good fan-based card like the Aorus or even the EVGA SC.
 ASUS makes a very similar model if you LIKE the blower cards, and IT tends to be in stock more regularly - and left off the DVI connector for MUCH better cooling airflow and somewhat better temps.
 Shouldn't be an issue when it's being run at 80% or less of TDP (200 watts on every 1080ti I am aware of is 80% TDP, but there might be a few out there that have a default TDP higher than 250 watts) but cooling on a 1080 ti tends to get painfull if you are pushing the card and it's NOT a good high-end cooler card like the Aorus (the MSI Duke mentioned as an alternate should also have very good cooling).

[martyroz]

Shouldn't be an issue when it's being run at 80% or less of TDP (200 watts on every 1080ti I am aware of is 80% TDP, but there might be a few out there that have a default TDP higher than 250 watts) but cooling on a 1080 ti tends to get painfull if you are pushing the card and it's NOT a good high-end cooler card like the Aorus (the MSI Duke mentioned as an alternate should also have very good cooling).

For anyone interested, here are the 1080ti I have and optimal settings I use to achieve stated hash rate at 72+hrs stable;
All cards are +100/+550 with fan min 40%. I do not have time to fine tune.

Make_Model - W - Sols - Sols/W - Temp
MSI Duke: 180 - 681 - 3.70 - 60°C (outside lane)
ASUS STRIX: 190 - 674 - 3.56 - 67°C / 52°C (outside lane)
EVGA SC: 175 - 685 - 3.93 - 65°C
Inno 3D: 185 - 671 - 3.54 - 67°C

EVGA SC Black is the best 1080ti I own and I have three of them. It was also the cheapest purchase, smallest footprint and 2 slot width.

[QuintLeo]

Shouldn't be an issue when it's being run at 80% or less of TDP (200 watts on every 1080ti I am aware of is 80% TDP, but there might be a few out there that have a default TDP higher than 250 watts) but cooling on a 1080 ti tends to get painfull if you are pushing the card and it's NOT a good high-end cooler card like the Aorus (the MSI Duke mentioned as an alternate should also have very good cooling).

For anyone interested, here are the 1080ti I have and optimal settings I use to achieve stated hash rate at 72+hrs stable;
All cards are +100/+550 with fan min 40%. I do not have time to fine tune.

Make_Model - W - Sols - Sols/W - Temp
MSI Duke: 180 - 681 - 3.70 - 60°C (outside lane)
ASUS STRIX: 190 - 674 - 3.56 - 67°C / 52°C (outside lane)
EVGA SC: 175 - 685 - 3.93 - 65°C
Inno 3D: 185 - 671 - 3.54 - 67°C

EVGA SC Black is the best 1080ti I own and I have three of them. It was also the cheapest purchase, smallest footprint and 2 slot width.

 I like my EVGA SC - probably the best 1080 ti that does NOT need 2 x 8-pin power.

 Gigabyte Aorus at 175 watts was also about 685 sol/s but only runs about 60 C for the one in my gaming machine (80F ambient in a well-cooled case).
 The other one I have in a mining rig (82F ambient) is running 220 watts 745 sols at 50C (the fans at 80% are definitely overkill and I should turn them down a lot).
 (edit)  That's at +100 core / +100 memory, higher memory settings gave REDUCED hashrate (I think the Aorus "overclocks" the memory by default), higher core was long-term crashy.

[Michael20]

@QuintLeo
Thats a real argument for the EVGA SC 1080ti Doesn't heard of it before 

[henrynguyen]

hashrate of asus ? hashrate of giga ??
the same

[VoskCoin]

Shouldn't be an issue when it's being run at 80% or less of TDP (200 watts on every 1080ti I am aware of is 80% TDP, but there might be a few out there that have a default TDP higher than 250 watts) but cooling on a 1080 ti tends to get painfull if you are pushing the card and it's NOT a good high-end cooler card like the Aorus (the MSI Duke mentioned as an alternate should also have very good cooling).

For anyone interested, here are the 1080ti I have and optimal settings I use to achieve stated hash rate at 72+hrs stable;
All cards are +100/+550 with fan min 40%. I do not have time to fine tune.

Make_Model - W - Sols - Sols/W - Temp
MSI Duke: 180 - 681 - 3.70 - 60°C (outside lane)
ASUS STRIX: 190 - 674 - 3.56 - 67°C / 52°C (outside lane)
EVGA SC: 175 - 685 - 3.93 - 65°C
Inno 3D: 185 - 671 - 3.54 - 67°C

EVGA SC Black is the best 1080ti I own and I have three of them. It was also the cheapest purchase, smallest footprint and 2 slot width.

my MSI Aero cards are my favorite TI's especially because they had such a low price earlier this year (700 or less I bought some BNIB for 650)
150 core
500 mem
200 watts
on DSTM stable 720 sols average 3.6 sols per watt

Nice post though this is a really good argument for the evga SC, maybe I shouldnt have sold mine xD

[VoskCoin]

Shouldn't be an issue when it's being run at 80% or less of TDP (200 watts on every 1080ti I am aware of is 80% TDP, but there might be a few out there that have a default TDP higher than 250 watts) but cooling on a 1080 ti tends to get painfull if you are pushing the card and it's NOT a good high-end cooler card like the Aorus (the MSI Duke mentioned as an alternate should also have very good cooling).

For anyone interested, here are the 1080ti I have and optimal settings I use to achieve stated hash rate at 72+hrs stable;
All cards are +100/+550 with fan min 40%. I do not have time to fine tune.

Make_Model - W - Sols - Sols/W - Temp
MSI Duke: 180 - 681 - 3.70 - 60°C (outside lane)
ASUS STRIX: 190 - 674 - 3.56 - 67°C / 52°C (outside lane)
EVGA SC: 175 - 685 - 3.93 - 65°C
Inno 3D: 185 - 671 - 3.54 - 67°C

EVGA SC Black is the best 1080ti I own and I have three of them. It was also the cheapest purchase, smallest footprint and 2 slot width.

 I like my EVGA SC - probably the best 1080 ti that does NOT need 2 x 8-pin power.

 Gigabyte Aorus at 175 watts was also about 685 sol/s but only runs about 60 C for the one in my gaming machine (80F ambient in a well-cooled case).
 The other one I have in a mining rig (82F ambient) is running 220 watts 745 sols at 50C (the fans at 80% are definitely overkill and I should turn them down a lot).
 (edit)  That's at +100 core / +100 memory, higher memory settings gave REDUCED hashrate (I think the Aorus "overclocks" the memory by default), higher core was long-term crashy.

2x 8 pin is a PITA, I just keep 20 of those 6 pin to 2x 8 pin adapters on hand now because its delayed some builds a week lol

[VoskCoin]

Awesome post, cheers for the info!

Any chance you could put the total you paid for the rig and what sort of returns you are getting atm?

Might help others decide if they want to follow along with your selections

Thanks my friend

~5k and $25-40 bucks a day with all the crazy factors of crypto + good efficiency & density

[VoskCoin]

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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.

hey if you make a similar quality frame for less I'll buy it

[VoskCoin]

How much do you pay for your electricity?

https://youtu.be/1tjhbYAXu6Y

11 cents per kwh

[VoskCoin]

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 ?

I'd recommend to sub for a 1080 TI either best rated or best price as the cards I used in the video

http://amzn.to/2iGVMNH
they've gone up $79 from their original retail, still could potentially be worth it especially if you like green I guess xD

[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 ?

I'd recommend to sub for a 1080 TI either best rated or best price as the cards I used in the video

http://amzn.to/2iGVMNH
they've gone up $79 from their original retail, still could potentially be worth it especially if you like green I guess xD

right now i have 2 in my MIND.

either MSI duke with triple fan or GIGABYTE the triple fan for 1080 TI

which one you suggest if i want to mine eth or other algo ?

[VoskCoin]

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 ?

I'd recommend to sub for a 1080 TI either best rated or best price as the cards I used in the video

http://amzn.to/2iGVMNH
they've gone up $79 from their original retail, still could potentially be worth it especially if you like green I guess xD

right now i have 2 in my MIND.

either MSI duke with triple fan or GIGABYTE the triple fan for 1080 TI

which one you suggest if i want to mine eth or other algo ?

I haven’t used the MSI duke the gigabyte tri fan works well for me better than a lot of the basic blowers
If you want to also mine ETH for Nvidia the 1070 is a better choice than the 1080 ti

[gt_addict]

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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.

hey if you make a similar quality frame for less I'll buy it

Ive said exactly the same thing. Its a great frame but not worth that much. Especially when shipping is $90 to the UK. All I need is the lengths of each aluminium section and I can get rhe materials and build it.

[QuintLeo]

The Gigabyte "Windforce" 3-fan model works OK - I've got one - but it doesn't cool much better than my EVGA SC 2 fan model, and the fans are the standard junk Windforce fancy-name sleeve bearing type that die too fast - and a 1080ti NEEDS that cooling if you're running it at more than 60-70% of TDP.

 Up side - like the EVGA SC - it's a 8 + 6 model not a 2 x 8 model like the Aorus or the Duke or the EVGA FTW (among others).

[VyprBTC]

The Gigabyte "Windforce" 3-fan model works OK - I've got one - but it doesn't cool much better than my EVGA SC 2 fan model, and the fans are the standard junk Windforce fancy-name sleeve bearing type that die too fast - and a 1080ti NEEDS that cooling if you're running it at more than 60-70% of TDP.

 Up side - like the EVGA SC - it's a 8 + 6 model not a 3 x 8 model like the Aorus or the Duke or the EVGA FTW (among others).

Couldn't agree more! And the cooling on my SC2's shit on MSI Armors, 3 fan gigabytes etc. I Freaking LOVE my SC2's.
I have to do mixed rigs because of those 8+8 giants with my 1600w EVGA because of it. 2 8+8 cards with 4 8+6 cards. Hate those things.

[VyprBTC]

.....

1080 TI RIG FULL PARTS LIST
https://goo.gl/Jyw38u Parallel Miner Rev2 Frame (Shown)
.....

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.

hey if you make a similar quality frame for less I'll buy it

Ive said exactly the same thing. Its a great frame but not worth that much. Especially when shipping is $90 to the UK. All I need is the lengths of each aluminium section and I can get rhe materials and build it.

Lol forget a mining specific frame, I just get a small 2 tier shelf that's stackable for $25. Everything gets secured just as well as a "mining specific" frame. Literally takes less time to put together too lol.

[gt_addict]

.....

1080 TI RIG FULL PARTS LIST
https://goo.gl/Jyw38u Parallel Miner Rev2 Frame (Shown)
.....

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.

hey if you make a similar quality frame for less I'll buy it

Ive said exactly the same thing. Its a great frame but not worth that much. Especially when shipping is $90 to the UK. All I need is the lengths of each aluminium section and I can get rhe materials and build it.

Lol forget a mining specific frame, I just get a small 2 tier shelf that's stackable for $25. Everything gets secured just as well as a "mining specific" frame. Literally takes less time to put together too lol.

Yea ive already got a metal wire shelf with everyrhing on but I would like to specifically build a frame for it all. Just another step to tick off on this whirlwind of a hobby 

[Khayn93]

I have a question. In your video you use VGA (8PIN) in PSU, and then 8pin+6pin in the GPU. (1 cable pr. GPU).
I'm having problems with a Zotac 1080 ti extreme. (6x GPU + 2x 1000W psu Corsair HX1000i)

GPU powered like this:
GPU --> (6+2pin + 8 pin) --> VGA (8PIN) in PSU (1 cable pr PSU).

Riser powered:
Riser --> 6 pin --> SATA-6PIN cable (from Corsair) --> PSU. (1 riser pr. sata

First question:
Will 1 cable to GPU be enough if you want to OC it? (1 8pin cable only provides 150W right?)
Or should I use 2 separate 8 pins to power 1 GPU)

Second question:
Should I power Rises in another way? I read about fire hazards etc.
Should I power risers like this?

PSU --> VGA (8pin) --> 2x (6+2 pins) powering to risers.



Or can I power like this?

(2 pcs 8pin to dual 8pin pr GPU.)
1x 8 pin in PSU, and 1x 8pin in GPU (leaving 1 (6+2)pin un-used)
1x 8 pin in PSU, and 1x 8pin in GPU + the other 6 pin in riser).

This would make me possible to power 3x risers, and 3 1080ti from 6 outlets in PSU. (2 outlets pr. GPU)
(And no SATA or MOLEX problems powering the risers)


https://imgur.com/o0XIRDf