Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!

[dragonmike]

How are you guys running Onda D1800's keeping your GPUs cool? Unless you use blower style cards they must heat eachother up massively?

[KaydenC]

How are you guys running Onda D1800's keeping your GPUs cool? Unless you use blower style cards they must heat eachother up massively?

You could use these server cases for the onda D1800: https://wholesaler.alibaba.com/product-detail/mining-machine-4u-6xgpu-8xgpu-ethereum_60701257989.html?spm=a2700.details.maylikever.14.27f2606eWDw642

I have the version for onda 8 slot, keeps my 1070ti at 60 degrees, 1080ti around 65-70 degrees. They use delta 3700rpm/150cfm fans.

[philipma1957]

How are you guys running Onda D1800's keeping your GPUs cool? Unless you use blower style cards they must heat eachother up massively?

evga hybrid run 4 1080ti zero issues

or  3x 1080ti per board

I got mine at

 99 bucks
 37 ram
110 corsair psu
  10 bucks usb

256 for 3 cards  80+


the b250

150
  80
450 corsair ax1500i
  10

690 for 7 cards  90+

[vg54dett]

@Romi and @Tadeus
It's a Sapphire rx470 reference, with blower. So, no dual bios, and no way to see inside without removing the blower

After looking at mine, they DO have dual BIOS - though the switch is not real obvious and tiny.

I wish it would be the same for me, but I triple checked and found nothing.
Maybe different batch from yours ?
Would you be kind enough to take a picture ?

Even better: Click for some google search results

Unfortunately not better at all.
I do know how looks like a bios switch, and I cant find any on the sapphire rx470 reference.
But with the precise picture (wich is not in Jared link), we could be sure there are two different kind of rx reference. With and without switch.

[rdluffy]

Are you guys worried about this non'stop GPU's added to mining every day while market is not growing at the same pace?

And about a possibly new Asics?


I sold 5% of my Gpus ( rx 580s ) to capitalize something and while the price is above to what I paid I think it was a good deal

I live in Brazil and I don't have acess to any Asics, my only option is GPU/CPU

[tadeus1]

vg54dett,
Is it this card -   http://  www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=0582294D-5A90-4EF0-B5E1-5EDC1C3ACBE1&lang=eng
I believe they came with 1-only  bios - Hynix H5GC4H24AJR.
What BIOS have you flashed at the moment? for what memory?  
Can you post your UPC?  or may be open a new thread so that we do not spam this one.

[asdf4321]

vg54dett,
Is it this card -   http://  www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=0582294D-5A90-4EF0-B5E1-5EDC1C3ACBE1&lang=eng
I believe they came with 1-only  bios - Hynix H5GC4H24AJR.
What BIOS have you flashed at the moment? for what memory? 
Can you post your UPC?  or may be open a new thread so that we do not spam this one.

I have a friend w/ that card. I've seen hynix(AJR), elpida, and samsung. Whatever they have on hand at the time is what goes into these cards.

@vg54dett
This may or may not help but here's the original vbios' for Sapphire 470 4GB blower (samsung,elpida,hynix(ajr))
https://transfer.sh/ti9bP/Sapphire-470-4GB-blower.7z

edit: thanks tadeus1 for spotting my error
looks like the hynix rom isn't the original. At the time I just did the basic mod for a friend. It looks like the hynix rom is slightly modified with 1500 memory strap copied over 1625/1750/2000 strap. I'd have to get the original from him, but I'm sure this will be fine for now

[philipma1957]

Are you guys worried about this non'stop GPU's added to mining every day while market is not growing at the same pace?

And about a possibly new Asics?


I sold 5% of my Gpus ( rx 580s ) to capitalize something and while the price is above to what I paid I think it was a good deal

I live in Brazil and I don't have acess to any Asics, my only option is GPU/CPU

Gpu's are better for me. then asics

Growth in gpu's has stalled for now.  since new ones don't sell  as well at 1200 vs 700 in 1080ti case.

Here is an opinion you should sell 15% more of your gpus.  While you can get a premium.

I sold

 12 1070ti's
  9   1070's
  2   1080
 10  1080ti
all my s-9's

I now have 25 1080ti's left

1 btc
5 ltc
.2 bch

and a lot of cash  I will stay in cash for now

I will sell my 1080ti's down to 21  which means 4 left

[tadeus1]

asdf4321: btw, the hynix one is a modded bios  but even better 

[citronick]

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How is the riserless stuff working out for you, i had a lot of issues with my D1800's i bought, i couldnt run more than 4x1080ti's without it crawling to a stall half the time causing the miners to hangup constantly, moved all those back over to risers with the high temp glu around the entire socket to reduce movement and future errors... seems to be working just fine to me this way. Also i got rid of running all my risers vertically, and mounted them all horizontal.... since im running water on all the cards now, i built wooden open air cases with slots cut into the wood to screw the risers into, and then use a wooden clamp style setup to secure the cards firmly into the risers... i also moved it so the cards are behind all the other gear, so if i do manage a water leak at one point it would drip on the floor and not on other gear to short it out.

Are you still holding NEO bud?
I have been taking my extra scalps off mined earnings occasionally and buying more NEO, currently im earning about 0.5 Gas a day, so its a nice little passive income as of lately, i sold most of my gas when it hit $85, im so glad i bought in a lot of neo back when it was around $7 like you said... good advice

I have no heat issues with the riserless setups... probably because of the warehouse - tall ceiling and large fans outtake for the warehouses. Also have the dragon blowers during the hot days.

Frankly, all of the converted and new riserless rigs went up smoothly - no hangs - maybe because I am using SMOS Linux.

For rigs that need extra cooling due to small gaps, the Scythe fans were a big help.

NEO is my biggest hold currently - I get a mild stroke every now and then when BTC or ETH tanks :-)

[philipma1957]

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How is the riserless stuff working out for you, i had a lot of issues with my D1800's i bought, i couldnt run more than 4x1080ti's without it crawling to a stall half the time causing the miners to hangup constantly, moved all those back over to risers with the high temp glu around the entire socket to reduce movement and future errors... seems to be working just fine to me this way. Also i got rid of running all my risers vertically, and mounted them all horizontal.... since im running water on all the cards now, i built wooden open air cases with slots cut into the wood to screw the risers into, and then use a wooden clamp style setup to secure the cards firmly into the risers... i also moved it so the cards are behind all the other gear, so if i do manage a water leak at one point it would drip on the floor and not on other gear to short it out.

Are you still holding NEO bud?
I have been taking my extra scalps off mined earnings occasionally and buying more NEO, currently im earning about 0.5 Gas a day, so its a nice little passive income as of lately, i sold most of my gas when it hit $85, im so glad i bought in a lot of neo back when it was around $7 like you said... good advice

I have no heat issues with the riserless setups... probably because of the warehouse - tall ceiling and large fans outtake for the warehouses. Also have the dragon blowers during the hot days.

Frankly, all of the converted and new riserless rigs went up smoothly - no hangs - maybe because I am using SMOS Linux.

For rigs that need extra cooling due to small gaps, the Scythe fans were a big help.

NEO is my biggest hold currently - I get a mild stroke every now and then when BTC or ETH tanks :-)

Yep  that is why  they are not windows designed they are linux designed.

the d1800  with a tiny cpu and 4gb ram  will do 4x 1080ti's  with ease on  smos

it will do six hybrid cards with ease  I ran 5 evga 1070ti hybrids with 1 1070 hybrid no issues.


I am getting an evga 1080ti hybrid today.
 I will have 13 1080ti waterblock the 14th comes on monday.


I have 2 asus 1080ti turbo's
I have 2 msi   1080ti aero's
I have 2 asus  1080ti turbo's in a pc
To move out in the next few weeks.

Spring and summer I will mine with 14 + 1 + 6 = 21 1080tis

I have a few asic sticks but no asics

[rdluffy]

Are you guys worried about this non'stop GPU's added to mining every day while market is not growing at the same pace?

And about a possibly new Asics?


I sold 5% of my Gpus ( rx 580s ) to capitalize something and while the price is above to what I paid I think it was a good deal

I live in Brazil and I don't have acess to any Asics, my only option is GPU/CPU

Gpu's are better for me. then asics

Growth in gpu's has stalled for now.  since new ones don't sell  as well at 1200 vs 700 in 1080ti case.

Here is an opinion you should sell 15% more of your gpus.  While you can get a premium.

I sold

 12 1070ti's
  9   1070's
  2   1080
 10  1080ti
all my s-9's

I now have 25 1080ti's left

1 btc
5 ltc
.2 bch

and a lot of cash  I will stay in cash for now

I will sell my 1080ti's down to 21  which means 4 left

Thank you

I really appreciate your posts and opinions, I have been listening to your advices and I learned a lot
You're helping me to gain some money and I'm very thankful

This is a good idea, I'll sell more cards and wait with cash in hands to choose between:
Buy coins directly or buy new cards when new generation of Nvidia come out

[dragonmike]

Anyone in here having setup 6+ GPUs on a riserless mobo with a custom water loop? I suppose that would be a good setup too, you'd need need two 360 rads I suppose to dissipate the heat...

[QuintLeo]

@Romi and @Tadeus
It's a Sapphire rx470 reference, with blower. So, no dual bios, and no way to see inside without removing the blower

After looking at mine, they DO have dual BIOS - though the switch is not real obvious and tiny.

I wish it would be the same for me, but I triple checked and found nothing.
Maybe different batch from yours ?
Would you be kind enough to take a picture ?

It appears I have 2 from different batches, one has the BIOS switch one does not.
Weird stuff, I bought them in the same order from Newegg.

[QuintLeo]

I am old enough to have used DOS.  I like the command line version of ATIFlash.  If you are taking care of one rig at a time, it's not a huge deal.  300 cards?  Yes that would kinda suck.

 You young pups - I first learned to program on a PDP-11/70 - about the same time CP/M first showed up.

 "Copy Is Backwards!"


If CP/M tried to show up 10 years later, DEC could have sued for "look and feel" violation as CP/M's user interface was pretty much the RT-11 user interface (and very similar to the RSTS/E interface).


The oldest machine I ever actually worked with was a Bendix G-15 - but to be fair it was old when I encountered it, almost as old as I was.
DRUM for main memory, and average access time measured in a lot of milliseconds.

[philipma1957]

Anyone in here having setup 6+ GPUs on a riserless mobo with a custom water loop? I suppose that would be a good setup too, you'd need need two 360 rads I suppose to dissipate the heat...

Crazydane did it.

I was going to but decided to go hybrids

[VyprBTC]

I now have 25 1080ti's left

1 btc
5 ltc
.2 bch

and a lot of cash  I will stay in cash for now

Let me get some of that cash!  

I was starting to get cash heavy and pulled the trigger w/a few BTC @ 10k (pulled trigger too early, too excited) then missed the 6500 entry point because I was strapped - liquidated some more assets by that time it was @ 8k but still went all in. In the long run that 15% and 35% gain loss won't matter... but I would have really liked to be priced in at 6500.

Still deciding if I should sell off all the miners or not. Some days it's no, some days I'm all for it. I still like playing with the miners, maybe I'll chop it down to 10 rigs or something. Who knows. Just typing out loud right now.

[philipma1957]

I finally got the balls to max the onda b250 board   with 8 1080ti's

using the corsair  ax1500i

5100 sols is nice

new video

Your video will be live at: https://youtu.be/1hZ0U1x_uZo

[KaydenC]

Just sold a bunch of 480/470s for an average of $370 each. Left with 6 polaris cards for sale (let me know if interested). They are 5x sapphire pulse 570 4gb and 1x 580 8 gb HIS. They were used since last May in a dust free environment, undervolted to 875mv.

GPUs: https://ibb.co/eqi0xc
Box: https://ibb.co/nvzjOH

I stopped gpu expansion for now, it's too difficult to find them at a good price. Even my early jan order of 1070tis from a local supplier has yet to arrive. Right now I'm focused on HDD mining. Takes 16 months to payback HDD mining now, but with new proof of capacity coins coming I believe it's viable. Worst case scenario the $150 8tb drives can be liquidated for $120. HDD is low returns, but low value at risk. Unlike GPUs, where a $400 1060 6gb can drop to $150 in value if things go south.

Took 3 weeks and I have 300tb online. Looks like another 6 weeks to get the full 1pb running. An Rx480 it takes 1 day to get 1 drive plotted and optimized. 1950x can do 2 per day.

For anyone who's interested to do HDD, I recommend NOT going for a threadripper build. Go i7 8700 build instead, no gpu needed. Add another rig when needed. The rig cost per drive is similar, total compute power for plotting is similar too. Also don't be like me, connecting 10 drives per usb 3.0 hub. There's new miner software that can scan a 8tb drive in 17 seconds now, limit to 5 drives to prevent read bottlenecks.

[dragonmike]

I finally got the balls to max the onda b250 board   with 8 1080ti's

using the corsair  ax1500i

5100 sols is nice

new video

Your video will be live at: https://youtu.be/1hZ0U1x_uZo

Hmmm... Aren't you cutting it a bit close with only 1500W?

Also how are you keeping temps so low? I can't stop thinking the GPUs are too close on such a setup... 😐 Unless they're all hybrids?
Edit: Ok I see they are. No issue then.