Riding the Crypto wave

[FireFox]

Good point .

One more question, the cards have to be all the same or can they be mixed?

 

[cdawall]

Mixed is fine. One of my best miners is a 980ti, 1060 and 1070 in one box. Uo until last night it had a 290 as well.

 

[FireFox]

Mixed is fine. One of my best miners is a 980ti, 1060 and 1070 in one box. Uo until last night it had a 290 as well.

So, as I can see my motherboard support 4 cards, i will add 3 1060 plus my 1800

 

[cdawall]

Yes and you can mine on the 1060's while gaming on the 1080.

 

[FireFox]

Yes and you can mine on the 1060's while gaming on the 1080.

That said all what i have to do is just install the cards?

 

[Troy210]

This is an awesome thread. I myself just got ahold of three 290x's and got a pc bundle from gpushack.com

My main rig has a 980Ti that I'm thinking of putting to use.

 

[FireFox]

Is there a guide how to configure/set /install ethereum?

 

[silkstone]

Is there a guide how to configure/set /install ethereum?

I used the instructions here: https://ethermine.org/

But, I'm only on 1 card, so you'll have to look at the readme to see how you can set aside your gaming card.

You'll also need a wallet - I use Jaxx, but it isn't recommended for mining.
It should be fine, if you set the payout to daily, but I'm sure cdawall will have some better ideas

 

[cdawall]

I am lazy I use nice hash. They have a small conversion/transfer charge and pay out in bitcoin. It has a gui to select which gpus I want to run and it uses the same miners as everyone else just launched from a gui. It also autoselects based on current rates what the most profitable currency is, it more or less works (I have had issues with pascal/x11ghost, but you can lock those out).

There are also several apps linked to it so I can check my miners from my phone. That feature and the web breakdown I am willing to pay for so the tiny fee is well worth it to me.

 

[dorsetknob]

My thoughts/prediction? Within 6 months there is going to be a flood of used high end video cards on the cheap! That's how I originally got my two 290x's a few years back

Second that And raise you with

"Just Bought a S/H Card Model no********* and am having problems with it!!
Guy said it was Sold because he upgraded his Gaming Machine
I Asked him if it had been used to mine and he swore it never had and it would be Sorted with a Bios Flash"

 

[eidairaman1]

Urk. Not good. 3rd party cards come with better cooling (at least mine does) to handle Etherium mining lol

 

[FireFox]

No luck, i dont know what is happening, any ideas guys?

 

[dorsetknob]

connection Problems
just a quick Observation
Have you opened correct ports and protocals in your Firewall ??

 

[FireFox]

Have you opened correct ports and protocals in your Firewall ??

I use a hardware firewall and i haven't opened any port

 

[dorsetknob]

I use a hardware firewall and i haven't opened any port

Then explain to me
"How Does your Client Software/Program Communicate to download work or upload results/work"
if it cannot get past/through your firewall ????

 

[notb]

Is there a guide how to configure/set /install ethereum?

After a check I'd also vote for nicehash. It's very easy, benchmarks your gear, optimizes gain by choosing the best mining algorithm. Basically it's a start/stop mechanism.
One thing against nicehash is that it drops support for older hardware (I don't know how quickly). E.g. the latest version doesn't support my old Dual Core (E5400), but a slightly older version 1.5 does. Maybe they're simply dropping unprofitable parts (like my E5400) - that'll be OK.

As it has been said, mining will cover the initial cost in 3 months tops at current ethereum price, so only a big drop in quote could make this unprofitable. It's your choice how much to invest.

But there are other things to take into consideration like:
- are you fine with so many cards in your PC (it could be in your bedroom or something) - heat, noise?
- how much power can your home circuit support? People often forget that behind the wall socket is a fairly weak fuse (by modern PC standards). It could be allowing around 2000W max, so be careful. It might happen that you'll have to pause mining for vacuum cleaning etc.

Check cdawall's photos. His mining with open-case systems in a garage. That solves both issues I've mentioned (and many other).

 

[FireFox]

Then explain to me
"How Does your Client Software/Program Communicate to download work or upload results/work"
if it cannot get past/through your firewall ????

Well when i used to Crunch i never opened any port or when i used BitTorrent neither.

 

[cdawall]

I have not done anything port wise to the standard windows settings on any of my rigs.

 

[FireFox]

I have not done anything port wise to the standard windows settings on any of my rigs.

I dont really know why i am getting this error, i disabled hardware firewall and software firewall and nothing, i connected my Pc directly to the internet and nothing

This is all what i get

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

The worst I can see happening is you have to sell it after a couple of months and break even with the income from mining.

If I had the spare cash, I'd put more money into it.

The worse i see is i get an epic folding rig with crunchy bonus.

 

[cdawall]

How weird. Have you jumped on any of the bitcoin pages to see if it is a common issue?

 

[FireFox]

How weird. Have you jumped on any of the bitcoin pages to see if it is a common issue?

Nope, i am lost

 

[cdawall]

This is why my lazy ass uses nicehash lol

 

[Troy210]

This is weird to me. On the left is Nice Hash's estimation of what a 980Ti should produce. On the right is what I'm actually getting after bench marking a few times on Nice Hash.

 

[cdawall]

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This is weird to me. On the left is Nice Hash's estimation of what a 980Ti should produce. On the right is what I'm actually getting after bench marking a few times on Nice Hash.

I have had some issues with that running correctly on nv cards here and there. I actually had a 1060 refuse to run it yesterday everything else worked fine and no artifacts in games.