Noob Was Asked to Build and Maintain a $100k Rig

[Comly]

Good afternoon y’all! I’m new to the board and semi new to mining. I work in finance, not tech. However I was able to build a 6 gpu rig off YouTube videos and various online threads

My rig consists of
Asrock h110 pro btc+
I5 7th gen
3x 3060ti Founders
1x 3070 Founders
2x 3080 Rog Strix
EVGA modular psu’s
Windows 10

I’ve been mining about $500 in ethereum a month without many issues.

I’ve now been asked to build and help maintain 100k worth of 3060ti founders. The building snd electricity are ready.

I’d really appreciate any advice yall have…

I’m considering getting more asrock h110 pro btc+’s simply bc I’m familiar. Can anyone tell me if this mobo coupled with windows will support 10-12 nvidia gpu’s?

Also, should I get 2000w server psu’s instead of modular and run say 12x 3060ti’s on each?

Any thoughts or advice, especially on these few topics, you’re willing to provide!

Best,

Comly

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[Coinfarm ventures]

Also, should I get 2000w server psu’s instead of modular and run say 12x 3060ti’s on each?

I like the HP DPS-750RB/AB 750w series. You can probably run 3-4 cards on each one. The total cost, with a breakout board, will be $50 per PSU. The efficiency is 80+ Gold or Platinum.

Power the motherboards with cheap 400-550w ATX power supplies.

I’m considering getting more asrock h110 pro btc+’s simply bc I’m familiar. Can anyone tell me if this mobo coupled with windows will support 10-12 nvidia gpu’s?

Do not use Windows for a farm this size. Install MinerstatOS instead. It has saved me a lot of time.

I like gaming motherboards because they can support 8-12 video cards while having less crashes and have higher resale value.

Any thoughts or advice, especially on these few topics, you’re willing to provide!

Dual mining isn't possible here because the cards only have 8GB of VRAM. Personally, I would've bought RTX 3060 12GB cards because they can dual mine to almost match the profit of an RTX 3060 Ti, while being much cheaper. The regular 3060 costs 21% less while only yielding 10% less profit per card. It used to be 0-5% less profit a few weeks ago.

I think it's a relatively good time to get into mining because video cards are only 30% above MSRP (in fact I grabbed a bunch of RX 6800's for below MSRP yesterday), while PoS will take at least 6 months.

[philipma1957]

go to minerdude and buy his cases tell him you want smos not hiveos

tell him I sent you

https://minerdude.com/product/x12012022/

use simpleminer smos

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1541084.0

tell him I sent you.


go to viabtc

you can use my referral code

https://www.viabtc.com/signup?refer=257609

or not

https://www.viabtc.com/signup?


 I like trex or phoenix on smos.

each rig will do 12 cards and about 720 mhs

they are truly professional


I have 12 rigs with about 130 cards in them.


the setup about is easy peasy you can build a rig in under 2 hours.

[Crypt0Gore]

I use a B250C motherboard and I can vouch for this motherboard, it supports 12 graphic cards like a piece of cake in a manner of plug and play, get a server power supply they are more accurate, I don't like 3080s because of high temp in today's weather, they aren't very friendly with heat, can you look into A2000 graphic card if you can get these at good price go for tbem.

[philipma1957]

I use a B250C motherboard and I can vouch for this motherboard, it supports 12 graphic cards like a piece of cake in a manner of plug and play, get a server power supply they are more accurate, I don't like 3080s because of high temp in today's weather, they aren't very friendly with heat, can you look into A2000 graphic card if you can get these at good price go for tbem.

he has 3060  ti fe cards non lhr

he does not need cards.



@ op the cases I gave are best since you will have maybe 60 cards and 5 cases.

smos will allow you to run the gear from any place in the world.

don't be stupid cheap and just do it the way I said you won't regret the setup.

[FP91G]

the setup about is easy peasy you can build a rig in under 2 hours.

Hive OS installation takes 5 minutes, setup and launch no more than 10 minutes

Comly
Any beginner can build a mining farm of 6 video cards, but when you have 10 or more mining farms, you will have a lot of problems that will take you a lot of time, and you may have problems at your main job. You are good at learning from mistakes at someone else's expense, but your partners, who hire a newbie with 1 month experience, are idiots.

[ANSEL_2.0]

the setup about is easy peasy you can build a rig in under 2 hours.

Hive OS installation takes 5 minutes, setup and launch no more than 10 minutes

Comly
Any beginner can build a mining farm of 6 video cards, but when you have 10 or more mining farms, you will have a lot of problems that will take you a lot of time, and you may have problems at your main job. You are good at learning from mistakes at someone else's expense, but your partners, who hire a newbie with 1 month experience, are idiots.

Lol this is accurate, the first time I built a two gpu rig for the first time I thought it was the easiest thing to do until I have 8 graphic cards for the first time and my motherboard isn't even mining prebuilt, I spent hours on this rig to make the 8 graphic cards work, it wasn't a pleasant experience.

[philipma1957]

Which is why I steered him to the minerdude cases loaded with smos software.

100k in 3060ti fe cards is more than 60 maybe as much as 100 cards depends on the price he gets.

the 12 card cases will run 12 cards each and do it easy peasy.

His issues will be does he have the power to do this and can he cool the room

  60 cards will pull over  8000 watts = 32000 btu of heat
100 cards will pull over 13000 watts. = 52000 btu of heat

[Daodex]

Which is why I steered him to the minerdude cases loaded with smos software.

100k in 3060ti fe cards is more than 60 maybe as much as 100 cards depends on the price he gets.

the 12 card cases will run 12 cards each and do it easy peasy.

His issues will be does he have the power to do this and can he cool the room

  60 cards will pull over  8000 watts = 32000 btu of heat
100 cards will pull over 13000 watts. = 52000 btu of heat

Holy mother of God, that's 3.6GH I believe, this is a high-risk investment right now because the crypto bear market is just getting started, things will look very messy as time goes on, ETH can probably go down to 1500$ again, 8000watts is not something I can afford 😆.. Either ways lets keep mining and supports others that plan to stay in this game till next halving season.

[philipma1957]

Which is why I steered him to the minerdude cases loaded with smos software.

100k in 3060ti fe cards is more than 60 maybe as much as 100 cards depends on the price he gets.

the 12 card cases will run 12 cards each and do it easy peasy.

His issues will be does he have the power to do this and can he cool the room

  60 cards will pull over  8000 watts = 32000 btu of heat
100 cards will pull over 13000 watts. = 52000 btu of heat

Holy mother of God, that's 3.6GH I believe, this is a high-risk investment right now because the crypto bear market is just getting started, things will look very messy as time goes on, ETH can probably go down to 1500$ again, 8000watts is not something I can afford 😆.. Either ways lets keep mining and supports others that plan to stay in this game till next halving season.

well he mentions 100k worth of 3060ti FE cards

the one below on ebay says new and non lhr

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284788374901?

768 on ebay good seller so

100,000/800 = 125 cards but the cases I told him to get are about 1200 so 10 are 12000

thus

90000/800 = 112 cards or

112 x 58 = 6.5 gh of hash

and maybe 16000 watts

[Comly]

I first just want to thank everyone for the responses. I know what it’s like being both a vet and a noob in forums, and I respect and appreciate the maturity level here.

I’m definitely not trying to root my own horn but I haven’t had a single issue with my current rig of mixed cards since I set it up in September or October of last year. I understand that more parts simply equals more chances of stuff going wrong, and I also understand the importance of the difference between cutting costs and cutting corners.

I hope y’all don’t hate this, but I bot the graphics cards. I’ve sold so many it’s wild. I plan to buy at $650 max and bot as many as I can. To the guy who’s going to say “good luck getting them at $650,” save it.

I didn’t state this in the original but I will be getting a recurring percentage for my time, with no monetary investment. So I’m eager is what I’m getting at.

I will look into many of the suggestions you all have provided. I know it will be open air frame no close enclosures like someone linked.

Server psu’s are new to me but I understand the lm and the breakouts boards.

In terms of ease of use, and I know I got some suggestions already, just probing in case others see this, what psu and mobo would you use if I wanted to try and set up 10-12 3060ti founders pin each? In my mind, 1 larger psu makes more sense than two smaller. Again, suggestions or recommendations?

Thank you all!

[philipma1957]

I first just want to thank everyone for the responses. I know what it’s like being both a vet and a noob in forums, and I respect and appreciate the maturity level here.

I’m definitely not trying to root my own horn but I haven’t had a single issue with my current rig of mixed cards since I set it up in September or October of last year. I understand that more parts simply equals more chances of stuff going wrong, and I also understand the importance of the difference between cutting costs and cutting corners.

I hope y’all don’t hate this, but I bot the graphics cards. I’ve sold so many it’s wild. I plan to buy at $650 max and bot as many as I can. To the guy who’s going to say “good luck getting them at $650,” save it.

I didn’t state this in the original but I will be getting a recurring percentage for my time, with no monetary investment. So I’m eager is what I’m getting at.

I will look into many of the suggestions you all have provided. I know it will be open air frame no close enclosures like someone linked.

Server psu’s are new to me but I understand the lm and the breakouts boards.

In terms of ease of use, and I know I got some suggestions already, just probing in case others see this, what psu and mobo would you use if I wanted to try and set up 10-12 3060ti founders pin each? In my mind, 1 larger psu makes more sense than two smaller. Again, suggestions or recommendations?

Thank you all!

Gave you a merit since you followed up.

90,000/650 = 138 cards burning  135 watts = 19320 watts add 1000 more for mobos say  20-21k watts

about 80-85k but you will need a lot of air to cool it.

I would get the closed cases but if you want open air you can try

[BitKongy]

Can you find someone next to you? I like the idea of two heads when building a mining rig because you guys will be able to come up with ideas and co, even if you are a newbie in this field having someone next to you that knows a little will help too, talking from experience when I started building my rigs one by one, a friend did help out and it was a great experience for me.