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July 01, 2014, 06:23:29 PM
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As my GPU mining farm slowly becomes obsolete. I figured it would be nice to have a thread dedicated solely to GPU's Rigs. This thread is for GPU miners who want to show their work to other GPU miners and talk about the good ol' days as we say goodbye to those GPU rigs that gave us so much frustration, happiness, anger, pride and tears as we built and maintained them throughout the years  Post a bit about when/where you started, what you have now, if you have (had) a significant other, did they survive through the influx of heat and noise into your relationship  And anything else you might want to add. Most of all have fun fellow GPU miner's! Note: This is not a thread saying GPU mining is dead... its just a thread for GPU miner's to post/share their rigs as they retire them. GPU mining is still very much alive. |
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boozer (OP)
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July 01, 2014, 06:46:09 PM
Last edit: July 01, 2014, 06:57:52 PM by boozer |
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I started with a single 5870 prototype back in 2011. Moved up to 4 x 5970 rigs (wish I had pics of them, but I dont) and it finally grew into me building a shipping container to use as a datacenter to host everything so my relationship would survive, lol... also didnt have the power or A/C in my house to host all the crap, lol. Here is my farm I'm getting ready to say goodbye to...    GPU's were so much fun and so much of a pain sometimes lol. We really put ourselves into it. Goodbye GPU Farm! RIP |
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StolenCoinSalesman
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July 01, 2014, 08:03:27 PM |
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Yup she was a pain when it would not work right, but had weeks of flawless hashing at times. I miss the old days of making over one btc per day.  I started with 12x 7950 saphires which I still have. It eventually grew into over 100 gpus with 7950's, 280x's and 290-290x's. I even had one 270 card just to play with. |
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djm34
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July 01, 2014, 09:27:57 PM |
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what was the temp in the room ?
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July 01, 2014, 10:01:03 PM |
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I only just started back in March. I had been tinkering with the idea since back in August of last year. Boy do I wish I had just jumped right in and started. I would have hit it right before the big price increase and difficulty increases.
Now I'm moved over to x11 x13 x14 x15 grs dmd farming. It is hectic chasing profits. I think it'll be time soon to just put the GPUs on hold and use only the asics. Even those will be useless soon with all the other ones coming out.
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boozer (OP)
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July 01, 2014, 10:32:18 PM |
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what was the temp in the room ?
The temp in my room was 90-100 Fahrenheit in the summer. But I had enough A/C and fans to keep the GPU's around 75-80 Celsius. Worst problem I had was Sapphire Vapor X fan failures :S |
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July 01, 2014, 11:45:10 PM |
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Don't know about you. my babies are still shining  |
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boozer (OP)
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July 01, 2014, 11:51:48 PM |
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Don't know about you. my babies are still shining
Nice! My electric double for summer prices so that pretty much ended it for me. Not sure I'm going to hold them till rates drop again (probably not). Be proud if yours can live on!  |
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July 02, 2014, 12:02:00 AM |
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my humble little farm. nothing too fancy. utility room in action. got into ltc in june last year. got 2x5850, 2x5870, 4x7970, 6x290. now still hashing scrypts. just a hobby. concentrating on mining coins that are potential success with current low difficulty.  |
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July 02, 2014, 12:31:45 AM |
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If power wasn't a concern would GPU mining really be dead? GPUs are still the only way to mine X11, X13 and X15, among others.
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boozer (OP)
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July 02, 2014, 12:46:34 AM |
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If power wasn't a concern would GPU mining really be dead? GPUs are still the only way to mine X11, X13 and X15, among others.
You are correct... GPU mining isnt dead for those who have cheaper power. This is not a thread saying GPU mining is dead... its just a thread for GPU miner's to post/share their rigs as they retire them. GPU mining is still very much alive. |
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July 02, 2014, 01:53:18 AM |
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Personally I have access to large amounts of free AC. Roughly 300 Amps so 35,000 watts in addition to what I'm not using. If anyone is interested in selling rigs, preferably 280x (that's what I use in my farm) I'd be open to receiving offers.
My Free AC deal is locked in through next July. Lastly, it's completely legal if there are any concerns. My business took over a company that went bankrupt and part of the settlement included AC for the remainder of the lease.
I'd be interested in cards, but preferably turnkey rigs. OS not necessary.
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July 02, 2014, 03:03:21 AM |
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I feel you bros
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boozer (OP)
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July 03, 2014, 09:12:40 PM |
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I feel you bros
lol, thanks man! |
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July 04, 2014, 02:56:14 AM |
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Maybe its dead for larger rigs, but for smaller rigs GPU mining is still quite profitable.
How?
- Find the right coin each day (best) or use NiceHash X11/X13/X15 if your lazy.
- Mine only X11, X13, X15 of course
- Replace old/dead cards with 750ti - which uses 60w max, probably less with X11 etc.
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July 04, 2014, 06:45:39 AM |
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You guys are my heroes.
For real, I like seeing these rigs.
Being an AMD overclocking guy from Athlon days around the turn of the century (Thunderbird core), I defected to nVidia and Intel with my current lowly single GPU rig, and with electricity being such a cost issue, the 750Ti I have has not let me down.
Just can't beat the efficiency.
What does AMD have in the works to answer?
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July 04, 2014, 07:42:49 AM |
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You guys are my heroes.
For real, I like seeing these rigs.
Being an AMD overclocking guy from Athlon days around the turn of the century (Thunderbird core), I defected to nVidia and Intel with my current lowly single GPU rig, and with electricity being such a cost issue, the 750Ti I have has not let me down.
Just can't beat the efficiency.
What does AMD have in the works to answer?
New Tonga GPU coming out this August. Its probably going to wipe the floor with 750Ti's  GCN 2.0, Energy efficient, twice the compute power of a 750Ti and "latest architectural improvements such as new ACE (Asynchronous Compute Engine) Units and more focus towards compute shaders" Obviously geared towards mining |
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July 04, 2014, 06:42:14 PM |
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I can only dream about having a set up like some of yall. 4 gpu's here 7990, 280, 2 750ti's still mining even though profits are low.
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July 05, 2014, 01:38:38 AM |
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Man oh man. Some pretty burly looking GPU farm's going on in this thread.
Personally I've been mining with my little ole sapphire 7970 since January of 2013. Ahhh, the good ole days.
BTW, Visiontek 7970's really suck temp/performance wise if using the stock coolers if there is anybody out there thinking about getting any.
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