Cryptocurrency Mining

F1 Fan said:
Which PCIE risers do you guys buy? Have a pic or link?
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See if you can get these locally

I'm going to order a bunch tomorrow, but I'll probably only get them in August :) In the mean time I'm using two PC's to mine since I still need to get two more cards which will then require me to get a frame to put all 6 in.
 
akescpt said:
expand please. or a link?
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A raspberry pi running webiopi
A 2 channel relay board like this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-5V-2-...al_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ebb60f448

The pi plugs into a spare port on my switch. Each relay has a power lead run though it.

So if my rig freezes, I log in via the web page, turn the relay off for 5 seconds then on. I have it set in the bios to power up after power failure.

This way requires some technical know how. However total cost is about $60.

Plus the pi is still usable in the future You can also get bigger relay boards for not much more.
4 and 8 channel are available.
 
Archer said:
Power over SATA bad... It's meant to drive HDD/SSDs which draw 10W max, whereas the card may draw up to 75W from the riser
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Not that I disagree with you, but you're going to back that comment up with a link from a reputable tech site.

A quick google shows me that the Sata power interface can provide 108w of power at 12v.

edit:actually scratch that, it seems it's 108w for the 5 and 12v rails combined
edit 2: scratch that scratch that. let me rather read up some more!
 
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YingYang said:
Not that I disagree with you, but you're going to back that comment up with a link from a reputable tech site.

A quick google shows me that the Sata power interface can provide 108w of power at 12v.
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The terminals in the connector can only handle 1.5A... since there are 3 of them per input wire that's 4.5A or 54W on the 12V line. Yes, the 3.3V and 5V line can supply power too, but a GPU only wants 12V. So while the wiring should be fine, the terminals won't be.
 
Thinking of giving nicehash a go using my current rig, as a tester.

From what I can see, I have to download the software and put in my Bitcoin username? I assume the software kicks off the mining and I get paid automatically into my bitcoin account? Is it that simple?

Regarding a Bitcoin account, any suggestions as to who to go with? Looking for a hot wallet with low fees, that allows store different coins and allows me to cash out (or transfer to Paypal)?
 
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Archer said:
The terminals in the connector can only handle 1.5A... since there are 3 of them per input wire that's 4.5A or 54W on the 12V line. Yes, the 3.3V and 5V line can supply power too, but a GPU only wants 12V. So while the wiring should be fine, the terminals won't be.
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Dammit now you tell me! I gave away the modular cables with the molex connectors to a friend last weekend. I only have one cable with two molex's on for fans now. Eish, I need to go bribe that ou with something else now :D
 
F1 Fan said:
Thinking of giving nicehash a go using my current rig, as a tester.

From what I can see, I have to download the software and put in my Bitcoin username? I assume the software kicks off the mining and I get paid automatically into my bitcoin account? Is it that simple?

Regarding a Bitcoin account, any suggestions as to who to go with? Looking for one with low fees, that allows store different coins and allows me to cash out (or transfer to Paypal)?
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Yep as easy as that. Download / install / Benchmark / enter bitcoin address / start.

Nothing more.
 
Thor187 said:
A raspberry pi running webiopi
A 2 channel relay board like this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-5V-2-...al_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ebb60f448

The pi plugs into a spare port on my switch. Each relay has a power lead run though it.

So if my rig freezes, I log in via the web page, turn the relay off for 5 seconds then on. I have it set in the bios to power up after power failure.

This way requires some technical know how. However total cost is about $60.

Plus the pi is still usable in the future You can also get bigger relay boards for not much more.
4 and 8 channel are available.
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Good man. Good use of a Pi. Arduino could work too.
 
Is there anything special that needs to be done to get nicehash running on startup of Windows? Mine doesn't launch at all. I guess if I'm only going to run 1 or 2 algorithms I could use the 3rd party miners and create a shortcut to the bat file in the startup folder. But at that point why not just mine coin X directly and exchange it yourself to BTC?
 
Archer said:
Is there anything special that needs to be done to get nicehash running on startup of Windows? Mine doesn't launch at all. I guess if I'm only going to run 1 or 2 algorithms I could use the 3rd party miners and create a shortcut to the bat file in the startup folder. But at that point why not just mine coin X directly and exchange it yourself to BTC?
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You can add NHM executable to startup and just select the "Mine on idle" option. Should do the trick?
 
Archer said:
Is there anything special that needs to be done to get nicehash running on startup of Windows? Mine doesn't launch at all. I guess if I'm only going to run 1 or 2 algorithms I could use the 3rd party miners and create a shortcut to the bat file in the startup folder. But at that point why not just mine coin X directly and exchange it yourself to BTC?
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Do you have to select the 3rd party miners self or does NHM do it for you when it benchmarks?
 
Archer said:
Is there anything special that needs to be done to get nicehash running on startup of Windows? Mine doesn't launch at all. I guess if I'm only going to run 1 or 2 algorithms I could use the 3rd party miners and create a shortcut to the bat file in the startup folder. But at that point why not just mine coin X directly and exchange it yourself to BTC?
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None, install - benchmark - configure - Auto start mining - start. (after you entered your wallet and worker name)

then:

open RUN

type in shell:startup

Then copy the nicehash shortcut in there
 
Thor187 said:
None, install - benchmark - configure - Auto start mining - start. (after you entered your wallet and worker name)

then:

open RUN

type in shell:startup

Then copy the nicehash shortcut in there
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Pretty sure I did exactly that... weird
 
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