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March 02, 2012, 06:42:31 AM |
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Is there a calculator that measures this?
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Trust but confirm!
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March 02, 2012, 06:47:30 AM |
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Here is one tool:http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator.phpYour 2100mhash @ current price 4.33$ Coins / Dollars per Day ฿1.53 $6.65 per Week ฿10.74 $46.52 per Month ฿46.65 $202.0
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March 02, 2012, 06:55:52 AM |
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Given a perfect mining environment where none of the cards go down, cables fry, cards overheat, mobo slags or PSU blows. And you keep it running 24/7/365, your wife never notices that your project room is at 118 degrees in the dead of winter, you stay sane with the sound of all those fans blowing at 100% 24/7.
And that you can afford the electricity, or have a really long extension cord to the neighbor's house to keep it all humming along.
But, yes, around 1.5-1.75 btc per day is about right. Merge Mine it and you might even tweak up past 2 btc.
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March 02, 2012, 07:01:09 AM |
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Liquid cooling solves most of the first problems you mentioned.
Living in an apartment that pays for your electricity solves the next one.
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March 02, 2012, 07:03:42 AM |
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I want to figure out if I can make this more profitable.
I wouldn't mind running 100 rigs x 2 gigahashes per second
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March 02, 2012, 07:22:09 AM |
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But you need to know your power cost. You can easily mine at a lost if your MH/Watt is bad. More gigs mining at a lost means more losses.
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March 02, 2012, 07:24:36 AM |
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power cost is irrelevant, I live in an apartment that pays for my electricity
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March 02, 2012, 07:25:10 AM |
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This is currently what I am planning on building/making/ordering from newegg soon... This is my current setup for bitcoin mining, the emphasis is really on the graphics cards... please review... Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price Western Digital Caviar SE WD800AAJB 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136457 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) $79.99 ASUS Crosshair V Formula/Thunderbolt AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS Item #: N82E16813131788 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) $30.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $309.99 MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814127652 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $2,399.96 ($599.99 each) 4 AMD Gift - Dirt3 Game Coupon - OEM Item #: N82E16800995114 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$49.99 Saving $199.96 $0.00 ($0.00 each) GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model GOC38GB2400C11DC Item #: N82E16820144557 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $159.99 $149.99 AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8150FRGUBOX Item #: N82E16819103960 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) $249.99 I PLAN on using this case: http://www.overclock.net/forum/newestpost/1144824 and liquid cooling from koolance on top. I'll probably only get 1 monitor and share between comps, am planning on buying/making up to 10 of these rigs. Am I missing anything?
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March 02, 2012, 07:34:12 AM |
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You don't need a HDD. Just run BAMT off a USB stick. And 2G of RAM will do. EDIT: And if this is just for mining, your CPU is an overkill. Just run a sempron.
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March 02, 2012, 07:36:52 AM |
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I wouldn't mind running 100 rigs x 2 gigahashes per second
if you are in an apartment then you are going to hit the limit on a single circuit at some point. maybe three to five of those rigs at best.
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March 02, 2012, 07:44:42 AM |
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Merci beaucoup for the comments, will be changing my cpu and mobo now.
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March 02, 2012, 07:48:27 AM |
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Alright. I found myself a better motherboard, capable of 6 video cards, should be noteworthy! I will not be replacing the cpu though, it's cheap enough at $250.
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March 02, 2012, 07:52:15 AM |
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This is what it looks like right now, please give me some advice...
Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800AAJB 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136457 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) $79.99
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard Item #: N82E16813128508 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) $249.99
MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814127652 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $3,599.94 ($599.99 each) 6
AMD Gift - Dirt3 Game Coupon - OEM Item #: N82E16800995114 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$49.99 Saving $299.94 $0.00 ($0.00 each)
GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model GOC38GB2400C11DC Item #: N82E16820144557 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $159.99 $149.99
AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8150FRGUBOX Item #: N82E16819103960 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options) $249.99
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March 02, 2012, 07:53:05 AM |
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With 6 high end video cards, I am sure to be way more than 2.1 Ghash... is there some way for me to figure out how many gigahashes I can produce with these 6 cards before buying?
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March 02, 2012, 07:59:24 AM |
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Okay I am a little disenchanted after doing some calculations... This rig costs $4,329 and only makes about $9,000 a year... If I were to multiple this by 6(or 30k... which is how much rigbox costs)... it would cost 30k and only make $54,000/year.
NOW RIG BOX by butterfly labs costs 30k, produces 50.4 gigahashes and makes $121,000/year.
OBVIOUSLY making your own rig is not the best option, does anybody else agree with me?
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March 02, 2012, 08:46:01 AM |
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Okay I am a little disenchanted after doing some calculations... This rig costs $4,329 and only makes about $9,000 a year... If I were to multiple this by 6(or 30k... which is how much rigbox costs)... it would cost 30k and only make $54,000/year.
NOW RIG BOX by butterfly labs costs 30k, produces 50.4 gigahashes and makes $121,000/year.
OBVIOUSLY making your own rig is not the best option, does anybody else agree with me?
Note BFL has yet to ship them, there's no warranty (IIRC), they're unproven (may be over-heating, and if it fails, you're out $30k as opposed to paying $15 in shipping to replace a gfx card), and likely will have pretty darn low resale value once Bitcoin mining rewards start becoming less significant. Along with that though, you won't be making either of those amounts per year. Bitcoin block rewards will be halving in ~9 months. Your non-FPGA components aren't cost-efficient for mining either. You really only need one core CPU, 2gb RAM, a basic MoBo, a $10 USB stick to toss Linux on, and 7970s are more for $/W than $/MH performance. You should probably also consider your landlord may kick you out if you're using >$200/month in electricity. :x
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March 02, 2012, 08:51:03 AM |
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What the hell is bitcoin mining rewards?
Doubt landlord will do that.
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March 02, 2012, 09:03:25 AM |
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okkkkkkkkk i just read about mining rewards lmao
I'm not even planning on joining a pool and you started talking about it here
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March 02, 2012, 09:04:48 AM |
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okkkkkkkkk i just read about mining rewards lmao
I'm not even planning on joining a pool and you started talking about it here
It's not pool-specific. Bitcoin will halve the block reward from 50 coins to 25 coins in ~9 months.
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March 02, 2012, 09:09:35 AM |
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oh OKAY so you're saying my income will be halved? If so, I don't mind..
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