Official Mining Thread

[nycdarkness]

As far as Volta is concerned - I feel that those of us mining on 1080 Ti's and Titan Xp's wont be impacted as much as those on slower cards. The difficulty will ramp up once Volta cards start to get out in the wild but not so much that 1080 Ti's and Titan Xp's are not profitable anymore.

That's my predicament lol. Sell off the ti and xps now? or mine with them and sell them when volta is out. Selling right now I make a small profit.

[Dave]

Or continue to mine with them when Volta releases and just expand your mining operation to include Volta cards

[nycdarkness]

Or continue to mine with them when Volta releases and just expand your mining operation to include Volta cards

Hmm didnt consider that lol. Good point guess I need to get some more gpu blocks.

[Dave]

Hmm didnt consider that lol. Good point guess I need to get some more gpu blocks.

Could potentially earn enough Bitcoin to pay for some Volta cards

[nycdarkness]

Could potentially earn enough Bitcoin to pay for some Volta cards

Just talked to my buddy. Said I could keep my rig at his company server room. Essentially 0 electricity cost. Guess Im building a huge rig tonight.

[Dave]

https://goo.gl/images/xPEyqf

[OverclockN']

You guys are nuts. I'd just be happy with a 2nd 1080Ti

I'm a little jealous.

[Riptide]

Been tempted to push tdp up and get more hash out of my 1080ti setup upstairs. Just not sure if that crosses the line as far as actually hurting the lifespan of the GPU or if it nukes the warranty.

[nycdarkness]

Been tempted to push tdp up and get more hash out of my 1080ti setup upstairs. Just not sure if that crosses the line as far as actually hurting the lifespan of the GPU or if it nukes the warranty.

Just watercool it

[nycdarkness]

https://goo.gl/images/xPEyqf

How important is system memory? I plan on having 4 cards per rig. I can't be building some awkard mining rack as it needs to go into a case that I can easily transport there and doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.

nvm. Realized I have enough ddr3 to make it work on a x79 platform lol.

[OverclockN']

Been tempted to push tdp up and get more hash out of my 1080ti setup upstairs. Just not sure if that crosses the line as far as actually hurting the lifespan of the GPU or if it nukes the warranty.

I was hoping to push my power target back up to 120% since I have no issues keeping these cards cool at a low'ish fan speed. However, I keep hearing about how much more power it'll draw.

So, is it worth it or not? Has anyone actually done the testing to compare the hash rate/mBTC mined vs power draw/cost?

[Riptide]

Water cooling costs more money. I'm done spending it for a while lol

You can use whattomine calcs they include power.

[OverclockN']

What methods and research are you guys doing to determine which algorithms to mine for highest production?

[Riptide]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0
http://whattomine.com/

Good place to start.

[OverclockN']

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0
http://whattomine.com/

Good place to start.

Thanks, I was actually just looking at whattomine. I'll check out Bitcointalk next.

[Riptide]

[KAC]

Where are the other 6 cards?

[Riptide]

Four cards and two CPUs.

One miner client instance can drive many GPU/CPU. In this case you are seeing two CPU clients open (one CPU each) and two GPU clients open with two GPU each.

[nycdarkness]

Just saw a couple newegg autonotifys

Went to amazon. I ate the tax but

3x 1080 ti strix @ 799



So I got 8 cards to mine with guess I am gonna give it the good ol try lol

[OverclockN']

How did you get them for $799?

[nycdarkness]

How did you get them for $799?

Came in stock and I happen to be on the page when it did.

[Riptide]

Impossible. I've been told by so many people (haters) that the "filthy miners" are making it literally impossible to get a GPU for anything less than 200% markup.

[OverclockN']

Impossible. I've been told by so many people (haters) that the "filthy miners" are making it literally impossible to get a GPU for anything less than 200% markup.

Well, technically...

[ElBerryKM13]

In my opinion is not worth it to mine. I got into it for a few months and the ROI was taking longer than it should plus the constant headaches that comes with it like making sure all your cards are running at their best and ****. And the damn risers man dont get me started.

Im doing way better trading crypto than when I mined eth so if you doing for fun go for it but if you are going to make a living just stick to trading IMO

[nycdarkness]

In my opinion is not worth it to mine. I got into it for a few months and the ROI was taking longer than it should plus the constant headaches that comes with it like making sure all your cards are running at their best and ****. And the damn risers man dont get me started.

Im doing way better trading crypto than when I mined eth so if you doing for fun go for it but if you are going to make a living just stick to trading IMO

Did do some trading and i have some money in icos.

With that said I have enough systems to not have to do the riser card stuff for the cards I have. And i wont have any electricity costs so.

[OverclockN']

I can understand some of the negativity on mining, and the frustration of both gamers and system builders. On the other hand, the willingness to spend thousands to build a rig is pretty wild. It seems like a big gamble to me, waiting on that ROI to start raking in the dough. I guess I just don't have much faith in the crypto-system.

However, for myself? I'll keep mining to make a small chunk of extra pocket change each month. Also, I'll try to snag a 2nd 1080Ti to play games with at 4k. I'll mine with that too...would be great to make it pay some of the money back at the very least. I don't have much expectations beyond that.

[Riptide]

Pretty much why I did it. Just wanted to pay for the equipment I had on hand already and make a small investment. I've expanded to a total of four GPU and don't have any plans to go much beyond that.

I enjoy my day job and gaming. No desire to build a huge farm and stay at home all day eating chips and watching clients churn out shares.

[Dave]

Added the second 1080 Ti to my main rig tonight. Up to 0.0031 bitcoins a day now.



That's over $1000 a month

[nycdarkness]

Pretty much why I did it. Just wanted to pay for the equipment I had on hand already and make a small investment. I've expanded to a total of four GPU and don't have any plans to go much beyond that.

I enjoy my day job and gaming. No desire to build a huge farm and stay at home all day eating chips and watching clients churn out shares.

I'm going to be running V as my gaming card lol while the rest are going quad into 2 systems. I actually only needed 2 more water blocks so I grabbed those. Having horded so much assorted watercooling gear. I have everything on hand to fully watercool both. Not sure if imma do anything in particular. The rigs will be in a server room that I can't access anytime I want but my buddy can on site during the work week to check stuff out if needs be. I will set them up for remote access but outside of that I think I may just have to go with something thats click and set. With 8 cards if I can see 800 a month I would be shocked lol. Way I see it it pays for 1 parking space? LOL.

[nycdarkness]

Added the second 1080 Ti to my main rig tonight. Up to 0.0031 bitcoins a day now.



That's over $1000 a month

How many cards are you running now? I can get 2 more cards and run 3 in my main system. Outside of that I am out of psus. I don't mind throwing some money for shits and giggles.

[Dave]

How many cards are you running now? I can get 2 more cards and run 3 in my main system. Outside of that I am out of psus. I don't mind throwing some money for shits and giggles.

Thats 2 Titan Xp's under water, an msi gaming x 1080 Ti, and a EVGA hybrid 1080 Ti. Have an msi seahawk (AIO) 1080 Ti on the way. 5 cards. This is me done imo. my main rig looks like Frankenstein's monster now.

[KAC]

Thats 2 Titan Xp's under water, an msi gaming x 1080 Ti, and a EVGA hybrid 1080 Ti. Have an msi seahawk (AIO) 1080 Ti on the way. 5 cards. This is me done imo. my main rig looks like Frankenstein's monster now.

* Waits for DAVE to build a proper mining rig.

[Dave]

You do you KAC. I will be laughing when you can't get it configured right.


Also all Titan Xp variants are out of stock on nvidia.com

[nycdarkness]

reg xp is still avail.

aio and block variant of the gigabyte available on newegg for 1100s but comes with a x370 gaming 5 mobo to soften the rape lol.

[KAC]

Yeah I was trying to get the AIO but then saw the motherboard plus the reviews. Not touching Gigabyte.

[nycdarkness]

Yeah I was trying to get the AIO but then saw the motherboard plus the reviews. Not touching Gigabyte.

I have that board aint too shabby.

[KAC]

It wasn’t about the board. I don’t want to pay for it. I finally scored a MSI Trio for 849 and then Newegg voided my order. My local shop called and said that it has 3 Strix at 4250 per card or 1115 bucks. Wtf.

[nycdarkness]

pny ref blower is avail for 900 on the egg with a newegg business code. I have it if anyone wants it.

[nycdarkness]

All variants of the xp avail GO go go.

[nycdarkness]

Added the second 1080 Ti to my main rig tonight. Up to 0.0031 bitcoins a day now.



That's over $1000 a month

So I left a 2 card system mining while I complete the 2 giant ones lol. It estimates 398 a month for 2 1080tis yet it says 6 dollars a day? lol How is this even estimated.