running mining rig in case

[Evostatic343]

so im planning on running 3 R9 290s in a corsair carbide air530 to mine Doge and maybe peercoin. is this a bad idea?

[AlwaysFSX]

Mining itself is probably a bad idea in the near future unless you can get a return on your investment, other than that if you've got the airflow the cards should be fine.

[Evostatic343]

Mining itself is probably a bad idea in the near future unless you can get a return on your investment, other than that if you've got the airflow the cards should be fine.

everyone says its bad and they dont explain themselves. why do you think mining is bad?

[Markyod]

everyone says its bad and they dont explain themselves. why do you think mining is bad?

You don't profit mining with graphics cards you spend more in power, you could profit if your willing to invest 5k-10k in a dedicated mining box, but even if you do that it's still risky because prices fluctuate so much.

[AlwaysFSX]

You don't profit mining with graphics cards you spend more in power, you could profit if your willing to invest 5k-10k in a dedicated mining box, but even if you do that it's still risky because prices fluctuate so much.

Plus it's an extremely volatile market, one that can spiral downwards at any given time.

[Evostatic343]

You can try a multipool such as Middlecoin which automatically mines the most profitable coin then converts it to Bitcoin for you.

isnt doge actually the most profitable right now?

[SkilledRebuilds]

If YOU pay for electricity. Don't bother (Main reason why GPU mining is labelled bad, COST)

If you do not pay for electricity but the person your living with does, don't be surprised when they kick you out or have a heated talk when the bills come in...

 

If you do not pay for electricity and your not going to impact someone else by doing this, go for it!

[DonPOETA]

so im planning on running 3 R9 290s in a corsair carbide air530 to mine Doge and maybe peercoin. is this a bad idea?

 

its a great idea if you have the cards/$

with the current price of doge you will break even in just 40 days

you can do your own math here http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/dogecoin-mining-calculator

 

only on the internet something like dogecoin would be a thing :wub:

 

btw use pcie risers

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

You don't profit mining with graphics cards you spend more in power, you could profit if your willing to invest 5k-10k in a dedicated mining box, but even if you do that it's still risky because prices fluctuate so much.

^^This is the reason I've still not started to mine . F@h is good

[Grave]

everyone says its bad and they dont explain themselves. why do you think mining is bad?

Basically, the only people actually making some form of considerable money are those who paid for their mining hardware or have enough cash to dump into excess to get through the "paying off debt" phase. At least, that's how I've percieved it for the last.. 2 ish months. It's done nothing but get worse because the big boom happened within that time. It went from unknown to most people > talked about a bit > tried out by many *insert AMD craze* > recommended > exploded > "casualized" > hard pretty quickly.

[AK0490]

everyone says its bad and they dont explain themselves. why do you think mining is bad?

As you can see below, they think mining is bad and unprofitable because they have no idea what they are talking about. You really think you have to put 10K in a dedicated mining box. LOL

You don't profit mining with graphics cards you spend more in power, you could profit if your willing to invest 5k-10k in a dedicated mining box, but even if you do that it's still risky because prices fluctuate so much.

[Evostatic343]

its a great idea if you have the cards/$

with the current price of doge you will break even in just 40 days

you can do your own math here http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/dogecoin-mining-calculator

 

only on the internet something like dogecoin would be a thing :wub:

 

btw use pcie risers

i break even in more than that cause im running two setups with 3 r9290s each at 5400kh/s

[Evostatic343]

i break even in more than that cause im running two setups with 3 r9290s each at 5400kh/s

 

i break even in more than that cause im running two setups with 3 r9290s each at 5400kh/s

 

Basically, the only people actually making some form of considerable money are those who paid for their mining hardware or have enough cash to dump into excess to get through the "paying off debt" phase. At least, that's how I've percieved it for the last.. 2 ish months. It's done nothing but get worse because the big boom happened within that time. It went from unknown to most people > talked about a bit > tried out by many *insert AMD craze* > recommended > exploded > "casualized" > hard pretty quickly.

 

its a great idea if you have the cards/$

with the current price of doge you will break even in just 40 days

you can do your own math here http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/dogecoin-mining-calculator

 

only on the internet something like dogecoin would be a thing :wub:

 

btw use pcie risers

i was able to buy 2 setups with 3 r9 290s in each and when optimized will be running at 5400kh/s and should break even in 2 months. then i have two sick setups that costed me nothing and i can continue to mine coin on one or both and maybe game on the other!! the total was 4500$

[beefalo]

everyone says its bad and they dont explain themselves. why do you think mining is bad?

It's bad just like any risky investment is bad.  If you already have those cards for gaming purposes then there's no reason not to do it, but if you are planning to spend that kind of money to invest in mining you should caution yourself.  Cryptocurrency is a very volatile market and very risky to invest in.  Dogecoin's value has more than quadrupled in a week and could just as easily crash tomorrow.  There is no way to know if mining will continue to be profitable.  There isn't anything to indicate that it won't but we can't predict the future.

 

Moral of the story: don't invest thousands in mining, unless you were going to buy the hardware for something else anyway.

 

As far as your case question, my 7970s ran around 88C in the closed case and taking off the side panel and pointing a fan at them brought it down to mid 70s.

[Virgule]

so im planning on running 3 R9 290s in a corsair carbide air530 to mine Doge and maybe peercoin. is this a bad idea?

Read http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/104577-quad-280x-cards-without-risers/ from start to finish.