Want to mine with someone technical (NL)
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Thanks Calem and Prensel!
The thing I want is having a rig running in my own room without having to struggle for setting it up hardware/software-wise. Just not technical enough to do so, even with guides I actually will screw up (learning is good, but not with the change to boom the hardware) and it will cost me tons extra for not having the right stuff do set up a proper one.
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What sort of hashing power are you after, and how quickly do you want to get setup?
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I’m nut sure if this is realistic; but I want to spend around 500 euro on it. Any clue on what hashes this will bring me? Want to set it up ASAP to gain the most Feathercoins!
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OK I was thinking that we could combine your rig building with the Birthday weekend. i.e. you come over for the birthday weekend to meet everyone and go home with a working rig?
I’ll have to have a look what 500 euro would get you over here, and then give you a shopping list to do a local comparison, do you want all new kit or is eBay an option?
UM
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If you want to get a cheap rig that will still get you some decent hashes with no hassle, which can still be upgraded, do what I did.
For about 500 euro’s I built my R9 270 rig.
Building - https://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?/topic/5204-running-my-first-rig-smos-ftw/?p=43617
Tweaking - https://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?/topic/5320-r9-270-tweaking-bamt-smos/?p=44706
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I’m not sure if I cant get to England in April, don’t have a car to use by then so got to go by plane. I’d love to come though.
New or eBay, anything that will work and is in price range is fine with me. Getting the stuff myself isn’t a problem indeed, if I’m sure I’m getting the right things (sorta plug 'n play is what I need).
Thanks for the reply.
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Calem, I was thinking of the 270 range of cards as they are way cheaper than the 280 range that I have been building mine with. I’m done with work for the day now, so I’ll start to pull together a shopping list for you. I’m due to come over to Amsterdam in April but I fear that is to far off for you
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OK couple of questions…
1. Do you want to be able to expand on this? so lets say you invest your 500 euro today, are you going to want to give it more hashing power in a couple of months after pay day has been around a couple of times?
2. Open frame or closed case?
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muddy, When it comes to price vs kHash/s, the strait 270’s can’t be beat.
I spent a few weeks researching before going for the 270.
The Bits Be Trippin crew have found a nice R9 270 (Twin Frozr) by MSI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YivUxRxkBw but still can’t push it to 480kHash/s.
It does have only one 6 pin connector for power though, so I would be epic for multi card rigs over 2 gpu’s but yeah.
One day I’ll get myself enough gear to do a big rig, but for now, I’ll just eventualy get this riser card and nice custom frame to mount everything on.
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Don’t bother with a closed case… honestly, you don’t want to ahy… It might look pretty but having an open design will allow the rig to breath 10 fold compared to a closed in system. Otherwise, you might end up having to look at some sort of after market cooling.
If your running only 1 card, gutting out an old case, and using a mini atx mobo, will both save you money and still keep temps within an acceptable range.
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Calem, how many kH/s are you getting out of yours?
I’ve promised the Mrs, no more “silly coin” hardware for a bit, (shhh don’t say anything about the ATM project) but I would like to see what I can do with a 6GPU machine next, just for a bit of fun!
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Calem, I was thinking of the 270 range of cards as they are way cheaper than the 280 range that I have been building mine with. I’m done with work for the day now, so I’ll start to pull together a shopping list for you. I’m due to come over to Amsterdam in April but I fear that is to far off for you
Distancewise Amsterdam isn’t a problem, Leiden and Haarlem are both close to Amsterdam. I see Calem just said a closed one isn’t the best thing to do.
About expanding, it’s not really about the money right now, I just don’t want to invest too much in it since I’m still a poor student which doesn’t want to lose his valuable fiat to a risk (did I just call crypto’s a risk? C’mon have some faith!). But if I like the small rig I might expand it if I can make some money out of the mined coins, yes (Calem doubles his khashes with just a 30% extra cost or so).
Also the rig will be in the room where I sleep, eat and study. I assume more cards will produce more sounds.
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Calem, how many kH/s are you getting out of yours?
Solid 480kHash/s.
Not sure if a second card would run the same speed… I put in my second but it went to 95 degrees Celsius then crashed the system… That’s where risers come in…
Also the rig will be in the room where I sleep, eat and study. I assume more cards will produce more sounds.
To be honest, the 270’s I have are no where near as loud as the aircon running above em.
I grew up as a teen with stupidly loud computers running in my room 24/7, so maybe I’m just accustomed to the sound…
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Calem, any change you already got a video on your channel with your rig running including the sound? :)
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If you go with a ASRock Extreme 3 board, with the correct risers you can get 4 cards running, is that enough expansion for you?
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If you go with a ASRock Extreme 3 board, with the correct risers you can get 4 cards running, is that enough expansion for you?
Yup, I might even have some stuff laying around at my dad’s since he’s into the PC’s but got to check that out when I’m over there.
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I’m using the ASRock with a AMD ATHLON II 250 CPU picked it up for £21 of eBay, and 4GB of RAM (£11 from the Bay) with 4 280x Toxics, and there are no performance issues.
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I’m using the ASRock with a AMD ATHLON II 250 CPU picked it up for £21 of eBay, and 4GB of RAM (£11 from the Bay) with 4 280x Toxics, and there are no performance issues.
Those prices seem reasonable!
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Just had a look on ebay.nl for a Gigabyte R9 270 OC 2GB and they look over priced, from here they come in at about 170 euro each
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In common shops here I see; Sapphire, MSI and Asus but can’t find any GIGABYTES around here. Prices of the others are between 150 ~ 180 euro. Are these equal to the GB one?
/edit In online stores available in The Netherlands for approx 170.