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azb_ reacted to yoyodapro in (Help Wanted) WTF crypto-mining awesomness build. 50 x i7-6950x with Titan XP.
well guys it was a tough one.
the one thing we were trying to achieve was portability, you cant really sell a turn-key system when its on a wireframe rack.. the rigs never worked out as planned and we had to redesign everything from scratch.
we tried building proprietary 12, 14, and 18 Titan 4u servers using SBC's with passive backplanes and utilized Protocase for the chassis. 2 of each unit later and we were still kinda stuck in a hole not really making anywhere near what we wanted to.. we sold those units, making most of our money back but still a setback.
so we did the only thing we could think of, buy up all the 1080ti's our budget would allow and all of the necessary hardware to support it. we ran out to home depot, put every wireframe rack they had onto a couple dolly's and 2-20 days later got our parts in from amazon, newegg, and many other retailers (that was a pain). assembly was rough... zip-ties saved our lives.
after reaching ROI in about 4-1/2 to 6 months it was pretty uphill from there, once bitcoin reached 20k my sponsors quickly cashed out and made well over what was initially spent. When GPU prices skyrocketed, they sold all the 1080ti's in anticipation for the GTX 20XX series. with CPU mining coins like Yenten, Koto, and Raven we have been able to see continuous profits on the 6950X's while solo mining, also been playing around with Titan V's seeing really great results come from that as well!
All the best guys and thanks so much for the help!
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azb_ reacted to AlwaysFSX in Bitcoin mining in a college dorm?
You will never be able to mine a single bitcoin, that's why.
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azb_ reacted to Legolessed in Is A 750W PSU Good Enough For 2 Titan X Pascals?
my $120 pc is weeping
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azb_ got a reaction from Mira Yurizaki in Setting surface up as desktop
http://us.creative.com/p/amplifiers/sound-blasterx-g5
Maybe what your looking for
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azb_ reacted to samcool55 in Wired vs Wireless Gaming Mice
Wooo Edzel!
Nice to see him on the other side of the camera for once.
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azb_ reacted to kelvinhall05 in Ultrabook choices
If your not gaming, get the XPS 13. The Blade has massive heating issues, but only when gaming (or so I've heard.)
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azb_ got a reaction from NinJake in Made a build. Can I run most games on High and make Youtube vids?
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/J7YgFd
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/J7YgFd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/J7YgFd/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($60.00 @ B&H)
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($84.58 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Monitor: Asus VX228H 21.5" 60Hz Monitor ($144.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1093.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-29 10:25 EST-0500
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azb_ got a reaction from Hal_9000 in Performance mode or balanced ?
I don't know if its hurting your computer, but it certainly is hurting your power bill....
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azb_ got a reaction from godsarmy in Project Big O (update to threadripper)
Can't wait for some more pics!
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azb_ got a reaction from nitsuga5124 in Used GTX 970 vs New RX 470
I'd go with the RX 470, mainy due to the VRAM and the fact that its new. Raptr isn't too useful, but apparently wattman and crimson is much better than the previous software (I haven't used them yet).
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azb_ got a reaction from softtonic45 in Help me with my build
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6G9KKZ
I updated the list on pcpartpicker with ram, psu, os. Look it over, anything wrong and I'll edit the part list.
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azb_ got a reaction from duncanbullet in Budget File Server
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6fNpzM
3tb m-itx build using iGPU and 4gb of ram. No OS, some linux distro would be best.
Under 300 bucks
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azb_ reacted to stealth80 in Is this good ?
Maybe they were the only parts the OP needs for an upgrade?
Depends on budget, but i would suggest 16gb ram, if you can't fit that in your budget right now, then grab 1x 8gb stick and add another later
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azb_ got a reaction from Beskamir in I want to get into programming
The first language I learned was python. I recommend this for multiple reasons:
1. It can be used for OS based programs
2. It can be used for website based programs (through cgi-scripts)
3. White space mattering leads to much easier to read code
4. The skills transfer to other code, because it can be OOP as well as regular code.
I recommend Code Academy for learning Python, as well as other languages.
A cool project you could code after learning HTML and Python is a web based slideshow that has the python run on a local server, and have images emailed to an account (using the Gmail api) be uploaded automatically to the slideshow.,
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azb_ got a reaction from ElectroRubixTech in Should I get a new PC?
See, I do game, but I never have to to actually go to my room and game.... I'm just gonna get a laptop probably...
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azb_ reacted to ElectroRubixTech in Should I get a new PC?
It depends on what you'll do let's say I will buy a laptop for Web Development and daily use but if you want something for gaming build a pc but if you just want to do your homework and for daily use you can get a pretty good laptop for 700$
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azb_ reacted to ElectroRubixTech in Should I get a new PC?
OK there is good laptops with nvidia graphics card and pretty good specs but building a pc is always cheaper and lots of fun!
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azb_ reacted to ElectroRubixTech in Should I get a new PC?
And please onto buy a gaming laptop with core i7 or something like that it's useless Unless you are doing some video editing