Any Feathercoin miners in the NYC metro area?
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Hey MrFeathers,
are any of these video cards any good AMD 7970,7950, r9 290?
I thank you in advance for all your help on this. 8)
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if the 7950s and “7970s” were available would they be better then the r9 270, r9 280x, r9 290 or 290x?
I know of someone that selling them that’s why I ask.you rock MrFeather!
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if the 7950s and “7970s” were available would they be better then the r9 270, r9 280x, r9 290 or 290x?[/quote]My vote is no, they are not better than the R9 series. My research shows that the R9 290 provides a better ratio of hashrate per kw/h of electricity used - that’s incredibly important in mining, because your rig is draining juice 24 hours a day.
Back in the Spring/Summer of last year when alt coin mining really took off, the vast majority of posts indicate that the 7950 had the best ratio of [i]dollars spent on the card[/i] to hashrate…but that doesn’t tell the whole story.
If you can afford the R9 290, that is my vote.
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[quote author=SkullandHeadphones link=topic=6917.msg52643#msg52643 date=1389880135]
if the 7950s and “7970s” were available would they be better then the r9 270, r9 280x, r9 290 or 290x?[/quote]My vote is no, they are not better than the R9 series. My research shows that the R9 290 provides a better ratio of hashrate per kw/h of electricity used - that’s incredibly important in mining, because your rig is draining juice 24 hours a day.
Back in the Spring/Summer of last year when alt coin mining really took off, the vast majority of posts indicate that the 7950 had the best ratio of [i]dollars spent on the card[/i] to hashrate…but that doesn’t tell the whole story.
If you can afford the R9 290, that is my vote.
[/quote]thanks for taking the time to write, and helping me out. one more question, what would your choice be if “electricity used” wasn’t an issue?
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[quote author=Undone link=topic=6917.msg52651#msg52651 date=1389883290]
[quote author=SkullandHeadphones link=topic=6917.msg52643#msg52643 date=1389880135]
if the 7950s and “7970s” were available would they be better then the r9 270, r9 280x, r9 290 or 290x?[/quote]My vote is no, they are not better than the R9 series. My research shows that the R9 290 provides a better ratio of hashrate per kw/h of electricity used - that’s incredibly important in mining, because your rig is draining juice 24 hours a day.
Back in the Spring/Summer of last year when alt coin mining really took off, the vast majority of posts indicate that the 7950 had the best ratio of [i]dollars spent on the card[/i] to hashrate…but that doesn’t tell the whole story.
If you can afford the R9 290, that is my vote.
[/quote]I dont think I would agree because right now the r9 290 pricing so inflated. They may have been a good deal at 400$ in november, but now they are going for 550$ for 850kh. If you could buy a 7950 for what they were going for before they sold out (under 300$) then its a very good deal because they do 600-650kh depending on the model. The r9 280x is just a rebranded slightly modified 7970 and last november they were 300$ and produced 750kh. Now the same models go for 420$, so not the best deal anymore. The r9 290 are overpriced, noisy, and very hard to cool. The r9 270 actually has the best harshrate to dollars right now since it will produce 470kh for 200$ compared to the r9 290 which will produce 850kh for over 500$. But it depends on your budget. I would either build 4x r9 280x or 4x r9 270.
[/quote] My budget is $1000 usd -
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[quote name=“MrFeathers” post=“52652” timestamp=“1389883986”]
The r9 290 are overpriced, noisy, and very hard to cool. The r9 270 actually has the best harshrate to dollars right now since it will produce 470kh for 200$ compared to the r9 290 which will produce 850kh for over 500$. But it depends on your budget. I would either build 4x r9 280x or 4x r9 270.
[/quote]Hi MrFeathers,
Actually I wasn’t talking about initial retail price paid per hashrate but rather the ratio of hashrate/electricity usage. That’s the ratio I personally am more concerned with.
But I do agree - Two or more R9 280x’s is a totally solid decision, for sure.
Skull, are you saying your total budget for the complete rig is $1000.00?
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[quote author=MrFeathers link=topic=6917.msg52652#msg52652 date=1389883986]
The r9 290 are overpriced, noisy, and very hard to cool. The r9 270 actually has the best harshrate to dollars right now since it will produce 470kh for 200$ compared to the r9 290 which will produce 850kh for over 500$. But it depends on your budget. I would either build 4x r9 280x or 4x r9 270.
[/quote]Hi MrFeathers,
Actually I wasn’t talking about initial retail price paid per hashrate but rather the ratio of hashrate/electricity usage. That’s the ratio I personally am more concerned with.
But I do agree - Two or more R9 280x’s is a totally solid decision, for sure.
Skull, are you saying your total budget for the complete rig is $1000.00?
[/quote] Yes my budget is $1000 for everything. -
In that case, I think that you can follow cryptobadger’s info fairly closely, although you’ll generally want to check newegg for those parts, not Amazon as he links on his page for each given component.
So you’ll add up the cost of every other component (obviously), and then figure out how much you’d have left for a video card(s).
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[quote author=Undone link=topic=6917.msg52696#msg52696 date=1389891803]
In that case, I think that you can follow cryptobadger’s info fairly closely, although you’ll generally want to check newegg for those parts, not Amazon as he links on his page for each given component.So you’ll add up the cost of every other component (obviously), and then figure out how much you’d have left for a video card(s).
[/quote]That’s good advice. Since you only have 1000$ I would recomend going with 2 r9 270 as they only use 150watts so you can use a 650 watt psu (make sure its a seasonic). r9 280x use around 300 watts. Do you plan to expand your rig in the future?
[/quote] yes, I do plan to expand as my music studio as plenty of room and electricity in included in my rent… :) -
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[quote author=Undone link=topic=6917.msg52696#msg52696 date=1389891803]
In that case, I think that you can follow cryptobadger’s info fairly closely, although you’ll generally want to check newegg for those parts, not Amazon as he links on his page for each given component.So you’ll add up the cost of every other component (obviously), and then figure out how much you’d have left for a video card(s).
[/quote]That’s good advice. Since you only have 1000$ I would recomend going with 2 r9 270 as they only use 150watts so you can use a 650 watt psu (make sure its a seasonic). r9 280x use around 300 watts. Do you plan to expand your rig in the future?
[/quote] yes, I do plan to expand as my music studio as plenty of room and electricity in included in my rent… :)
[/quote]Well in that case, you might want to buy a 1200 watt psu and one r9 280x and then add more later as you expand.
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So the next step would be to post the list of parts you plan to buy before you buy them and let the community critique the build. ;D
[/quote]ok will do. I hope your enjoying your weekend.