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Exactly!
What size accoustic ducting did you buy ? Was it the 100mm for R55
^^ This
Willie Trombone
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I got the 150mm. That's big enough to bend into squares and duct tape the ends to fit over the fans.
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How do they operate - they do all 3 algos? Or do you pick one, or does it automatically mine the most profitable?
Cheers mate
I have a small one only 300MH/s , it automatically switches to the most profitable, it has a very user friendly interface.
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Ah nice. I see they're advertising more algos in future with a firmware update. I wonder how realistic that is. I wonder how they achieve it... multiple ASICs on a single board?
That would be great, I actually shut this miner down a few weeks ago because it was losing money, so it's nice to know there is still some hope.
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Im toying with the idea of a PC rig.
The first question is linux or windoze?
Second is what is the minimum spec I should consider? 4Gb RAM, Celeron, 500GB HDD or bootable USB?
Id like to get a board to support 13 cards, is it worth it or are they just too cost heavy for ROI if I populate 6 slots at first then the next 7 over time? Buying more hdd RAM and CPU seems daft if I can do 1 per 13 cards.
Then its 570/80s vs 1070s or is there better value elsewhere these days?
Ta!
The first question is linux or windoze?
Second is what is the minimum spec I should consider? 4Gb RAM, Celeron, 500GB HDD or bootable USB?
Id like to get a board to support 13 cards, is it worth it or are they just too cost heavy for ROI if I populate 6 slots at first then the next 7 over time? Buying more hdd RAM and CPU seems daft if I can do 1 per 13 cards.
Then its 570/80s vs 1070s or is there better value elsewhere these days?
Ta!
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Go with windows 10.
Rx offers good roi atm, cryptoknight algo is doing very well atm.
Mix of cards maybe ? Windows nvidia driver max 8 cards i think
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Fall creators update supports 12 amd cards, I would still only run 6 as that's the amount I trust to keep my rigs stable.
See my 1070 rigs sticking with Equihash . Are RX x6 doing daily with Cryptonight. Getting 14 to 16 on 1070 x 6 equihash
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Doing around 10 to 11usd with 6x4gb cards. Keeping in mind this uses 30% less power than equihash and 35% less than eth.
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Cryptonight has only recently spiked. I’d say hands down 1070s as more algos can be mined.
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OK, so I should probably plan for a mix of cards then...
What are those 13 card boards like and are they well supported now?
What are those 13 card boards like and are they well supported now?
Rather go 2x 6 rigs. Psu to power 12 cards has a monster price tag. If blows all cards offline. With two Rigs if one down other still mining plus psu reasonable