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February 12, 2018, 07:22:10 PM
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Hello guys!

We are planing to build a big mining farm.
For now we have a power of 3000 MHS. We are planing to add 3000 more in ethereum mining rigs and 15 antminers.

The question is:
Do you have any advice about cooling?
For now it is ok, but during summer that might be a problem. Any advice about what kind of building is better to use, what kind of cooling system, etc. would be great!
Thanks!
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February 12, 2018, 07:39:53 PM
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It is a good question.

About the place, I would suggest a large one, similar to a factory or a storage place.

For cooling...
I think that you have to have a system which takes out the hot air from the top of the room and a system with cool air on the lower part of the room.
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February 12, 2018, 08:11:47 PM
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Hello guys!

We are planing to build a big mining farm.
For now we have a power of 3000 MHS. We are planing to add 3000 more in ethereum mining rigs and 15 antminers.

The question is:
Do you have any advice about cooling?
For now it is ok, but during summer that might be a problem. Any advice about what kind of building is better to use, what kind of cooling system, etc. would be great!
Thanks!

I just dont know if its advisable to set up an eth mining farm right now, especially with the new Nvidia chips around the corner, market uncertainty, skyrocketing diff and possible Eth ASICs.

I think you need to reconsider all of this.

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February 12, 2018, 08:27:17 PM
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Hello guys!

We are planing to build a big mining farm.
For now we have a power of 3000 MHS. We are planing to add 3000 more in ethereum mining rigs and 15 antminers.

The question is:
Do you have any advice about cooling?
For now it is ok, but during summer that might be a problem. Any advice about what kind of building is better to use, what kind of cooling system, etc. would be great!
Thanks!

I just dont know if its advisable to set up an eth mining farm right now, especially with the new Nvidia chips around the corner, market uncertainty, skyrocketing diff and possible Eth ASICs.

I think you need to reconsider all of this.




What leads you to believe there will be an ETH asic
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February 12, 2018, 08:31:17 PM
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Hello guys!

We are planing to build a big mining farm.
For now we have a power of 3000 MHS. We are planing to add 3000 more in ethereum mining rigs and 15 antminers.

The question is:
Do you have any advice about cooling?
For now it is ok, but during summer that might be a problem. Any advice about what kind of building is better to use, what kind of cooling system, etc. would be great!
Thanks!

I just dont know if its advisable to set up an eth mining farm right now, especially with the new Nvidia chips around the corner, market uncertainty, skyrocketing diff and possible Eth ASICs.

I think you need to reconsider all of this.




What leads you to believe there will be an ETH asic


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2934109.0

There's just too much going on right now for anyone to realistically considering a large Eth mining operation. They simply missed the train and will need to choose another path.
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February 12, 2018, 09:05:44 PM
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Hello guys!

We are planing to build a big mining farm.
For now we have a power of 3000 MHS. We are planing to add 3000 more in ethereum mining rigs and 15 antminers.

The question is:
Do you have any advice about cooling?
For now it is ok, but during summer that might be a problem. Any advice about what kind of building is better to use, what kind of cooling system, etc. would be great!
Thanks!

I just dont know if its advisable to set up an eth mining farm right now, especially with the new Nvidia chips around the corner, market uncertainty, skyrocketing diff and possible Eth ASICs.

I think you need to reconsider all of this.




What leads you to believe there will be an ETH asic


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2934109.0

There's just too much going on right now for anyone to realistically considering a large Eth mining operation. They simply missed the train and will need to choose another path.

Well, if it's a GPU mining farm, it doesn't have to be Eth, right? I mean you could just as easily start mining something else, right?
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February 12, 2018, 09:09:01 PM
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Hello guys!

We are planing to build a big mining farm.
For now we have a power of 3000 MHS. We are planing to add 3000 more in ethereum mining rigs and 15 antminers.

The question is:
Do you have any advice about cooling?
For now it is ok, but during summer that might be a problem. Any advice about what kind of building is better to use, what kind of cooling system, etc. would be great!
Thanks!

I just dont know if its advisable to set up an eth mining farm right now, especially with the new Nvidia chips around the corner, market uncertainty, skyrocketing diff and possible Eth ASICs.

I think you need to reconsider all of this.




What leads you to believe there will be an ETH asic


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2934109.0

There's just too much going on right now for anyone to realistically considering a large Eth mining operation. They simply missed the train and will need to choose another path.



Then you assure if I invest 100k in rigs I'll not see my ROI ? 100k of rigs on single ETH is around 12kus/month at the current price...
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February 12, 2018, 09:27:50 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.
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February 12, 2018, 09:41:26 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.
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February 12, 2018, 09:48:12 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.

Thanks!
The thing is thet during summer there might be 35-40 degrees in my country. Do you think that just a good ventilation and a good circuit of the air will help?
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February 12, 2018, 09:58:35 PM
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I think that just ventilation wouldn't help you. You will also need some air conditioners.
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February 12, 2018, 10:00:13 PM
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I think that just ventilation wouldn't help you. You will also need some air conditioners.

Maybe..
And I guess that not just simple air conditioners but industrial ones.
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February 12, 2018, 10:06:40 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.

Thanks!
The thing is thet during summer there might be 35-40 degrees in my country. Do you think that just a good ventilation and a good circuit of the air will help?


Same temp for me during summer, it's why you need very good air circulating across your rigs. An AC will be needed if you don't have a big area. Personally, I begin to mine in July in a garage and the cards was running very hot, get out heat is very important specially during summer. You have to think about how you can benefit of your AC, big farms just have good ventilation, what is you environment ?
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February 12, 2018, 10:09:09 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.

Thanks!
The thing is thet during summer there might be 35-40 degrees in my country. Do you think that just a good ventilation and a good circuit of the air will help?


Same temp for me during summer, it's why you need very good air circulating across your rigs. An AC will be needed if you don't have a big area. Personally, I begin to mine in July in a garage and the cards was running very hot, get out heat is very important specially during summer. You have to think about how you can benefit of your AC, big farms just have good ventilation, what is you environment ?

I have 250 square meters. It is a house in a suburb of a city.
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February 12, 2018, 10:10:00 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.
best advice here , gpus are a safe bet you can always sell them if you want out and the waranties are long
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February 12, 2018, 10:34:52 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.

Thanks!
The thing is thet during summer there might be 35-40 degrees in my country. Do you think that just a good ventilation and a good circuit of the air will help?


Same temp for me during summer, it's why you need very good air circulating across your rigs. An AC will be needed if you don't have a big area. Personally, I begin to mine in July in a garage and the cards was running very hot, get out heat is very important specially during summer. You have to think about how you can benefit of your AC, big farms just have good ventilation, what is you environment ?

I have 250 square meters. It is a house in a suburb of a city.


You'll need an AC, I don't think an industrial one will be needed but a good one for sure. You'll need to make exhaust and intake, intake at the bottom and exhaust at the top. You can calculate the cubic feet of your area to be able to choose appropriate BTU for AC, CFM for exhaust and square feet for intake.
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February 12, 2018, 10:42:13 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.

Thanks!
The thing is thet during summer there might be 35-40 degrees in my country. Do you think that just a good ventilation and a good circuit of the air will help?


Same temp for me during summer, it's why you need very good air circulating across your rigs. An AC will be needed if you don't have a big area. Personally, I begin to mine in July in a garage and the cards was running very hot, get out heat is very important specially during summer. You have to think about how you can benefit of your AC, big farms just have good ventilation, what is you environment ?

I have 250 square meters. It is a house in a suburb of a city.


You'll need an AC, I don't think an industrial one will be needed but a good one for sure. You'll need to make exhaust and intake, intake at the bottom and exhaust at the top. You can calculate the cubic feet of your area to be able to choose appropriate BTU for AC, CFM for exhaust and square feet for intake.

Thanks a lot! It doesn't seem so complicated at all.
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February 12, 2018, 10:42:19 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.
best advice here , gpus are a safe bet you can always sell them if you want out and the waranties are long

AC would destroy your earings , intake exhaust is your only option
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February 12, 2018, 10:53:40 PM
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If there will be eth asics then we will switch to other crypto. Anyway, we decided to invest and we think that it is still a good time to do it. We just want to solve the possible issue with the temperature during summer in the cheapest way possible.

I invested 70k in gpus mining 7 months ago and it was the same, peoples told bunch of things(speculation) and now I got my ROI...

For the heat, it's simple, something on the roof to get out the heat and hole at the bottom to get fresh air from outside. You can add AC to reduce temp of your room during summer. It's important to respect ventilation rules.
best advice here , gpus are a safe bet you can always sell them if you want out and the waranties are long

AC would destroy your earings , intake exhaust is your only option

It depends on the cost of the electricity. But they still have to use AC because otherwise they will destroy their GPUs.
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February 12, 2018, 11:35:28 PM
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One of my gpu farm is located at my house , i built a shed for that a little over 2 years ago .
During summer times Jun-July-Aug the temp is can get around 100F (38C).
The key for Cooling during the summer time is a airflow , get the hot air out , let the fresh air (filtered)  in , make sure there is no "dead spot" around your gpu rigs . dead spot i mean air flow a must everywhere , around all of your gpus .
My " Home mining cave" have around 100 GPU , RX 470/RX480/RX580 all 8 GB cards and usually 5-6x S9. I Set the temp control (overdriven tool / wattstool in the past) to 80C for the cards during summer , cooilng fans are runing around 55-75% and able to keep gpu/mem temperature under 80C without any Air Condition unit .
I created a great air flow , i have two 18"x34" ( 46cm x 86cm ) opening on one end , with air filters , and on the opposite side of the room there is two 24" Industrial Exhaust Shutter Fan with Var Speed  / 4450CFM (each) pulling the warm air out from the room. The air directed straight to the mining rigs with Foam Board Insulation panels


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