Cryptocurrency Mining

akescpt said:
are you in the northern suburbs?
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Yes, I think him and Thor are on Tygervalley's side.

Got a mail from Wootware now, stock only coming in between mid to end june. I can't wait any longer. I'm now looking for a 380x!
 
YingYang said:
Yes, I think him and Thor are on Tygervalley's side.

Got a mail from Wootware now, stock only coming in between mid to end june. I can't wait any longer. I'm now looking for a 380x!
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why? what you gonna mine?
 
YingYang said:
Ethereum. I have two 270x's and those fscking things can't mine eth because they only have 2GB of video RAM. You need more than 2GB for the DAG file.
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i see. so im assuming not the classic version?

im actually wanting to go with an 'emerging one'. maybe a single gpu going at that emerging currency. another one going at ETH, but then im eyeing the classic version as well cos its moving lately. so really not sure what way to go.

talk about gpu's. that rx460 is like the ugly duckling of the gpu world. all the shops is full of it.
 
Budza said:
1050 Ti:
~13MH/s ETH
from: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1691798.0

http://www.wootware.co.za/zotac-gef...8-bit-oc-pci-e-3-0-desktop-graphics-card.html

Is that worth it for a start? IE, I have a PC, but I'll just buy this and add it to the thing. Or is such dabbling a waste of time, and I need to go all in with gold PSU and 4/6x GPUs?
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Only you can make that decision, especially with the risk factor taken into account.

But

I think as things stand currently, especially if you Really have the disposable capital, a proper rig with ROI of, at most, 6 to 8 months, will eventually bring in proper profit. The long term difficulty increases will probably make small rigs considerably less profitable after ROI, also consider the amount of electricity consumed by a base system in that the motherboard,HD etc. often draws more power than say the 60 to 74 watt that one 1050 / 1050 ti draws, thus stacking graphic cards reduces this base-system vs. graphics card consumption ratio.

Having said that, I'm not taking that route myself as I can't justify the risk with minimal available disposable capital.
 
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etienne_marais said:
Only you can make that decision, especially with the risk factor taken into account.

But

I can't justify the risk with minimal available disposable capital.
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hehe, exactly!

My motherboard is old, with an integrated AMD Zacate CPU (APU).
It has
1xPCIe2.0x16
1xPCIe2.0x1
2xPCI3.0

With risers, adapters etc does that mean I can use 4GPUs on that board? I've seen PCIe16 to PCIe1 adapters, but I'm not sure I can use the PCI3.0 slots. Googling just confuses me more :(
 
Budza said:
hehe, exactly!

My motherboard is old, with an integrated AMD Zacate CPU (APU).
It has
1xPCIe2.0x16
1xPCIe2.0x1
2xPCI3.0

With risers, adapters etc does that mean I can use 4GPUs on that board? I've seen PCIe16 to PCIe1 adapters, but I'm not sure I can use the PCI3.0 slots. Googling just confuses me more :(
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What is model? Let me check

Ok you should be able to run 2.

http://cryptominer.co.za/product/v2-0-gpu-mining-1x-16x-pcix-risers-usb-and-sata-powered/

With those risers.

Can't use old pci slots for cards.
 
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etienne_marais said:
Only you can make that decision, especially with the risk factor taken into account.

But

I think as things stand currently, especially if you Really have the disposable capital, a proper rig with ROI of, at most, 6 to 8 months, will eventually bring in proper profit. The long term difficulty increases will probably make small rigs considerably less profitable after ROI, also consider the amount of electricity consumed by a base system in that the motherboard,HD etc. often draws more power than say the 60 to 74 watt that one 1050 / 1050 ti draws, thus stacking graphic cards reduces this base-system vs. graphics card consumption ratio.

Having said that, I'm not taking that route myself as I can't justify the risk with minimal available disposable capital.
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I had some capital(Kruger Rands) to build my current rig. Break even should be between 3-5 months depending on exchanges etc. There is more than just eth ;) and eth only worthwhile with Amd cards.
 
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