Posted June 11, 2017 Looking into building a dedicated mining rig but was wondering what kind of psu i would need for 5 970's in one rig, 1000? 1200? what kind of numbers are we talking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 I would go with "don't do it" by Sea[riously]sonic. Spoiler 850W should be enough, but 1000W would keep it safer. I'd recommend going rackmount, if you can, with 1000W redundant PSU's. Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 Author Just now, ARikozuM said: I would go with "don't do it" by Sea[riously]sonic. Hide contents 850W should be enough, but 1000W would keep it safer. I'd recommend going rackmount, if you can, with 1000W redundant PSU's. cool, thank you, what if i were to jump to 6? what size psu then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 Just now, WolfoftheShadow7465 said: cool, thank you, what if i were to jump to 6? what size psu then. At this point, I'd seriously consider the Se[riously]sonic. Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 Author Just now, ARikozuM said: At this point, I'd seriously consider the Se[riously]sonic. what are you even saying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 Just now, WolfoftheShadow7465 said: what are you even saying? To not do it. Geforce doesn't have the mining power that Radeon has and you might be wasting more power than the coins are worth. Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 Author Just now, ARikozuM said: To not do it. Geforce doesn't have the mining power that Radeon has and you might be wasting more power than the coins are worth. well im already mining with a few nvidia cards and they are going strong so no, im not wasting more power, where are you getting your information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 Just now, WolfoftheShadow7465 said: well im already mining with a few nvidia cards and they are going strong so no, im not wasting more power, where are you getting your information It's up to you. You'd best be served by going to a calculator and getting a rough estimate. Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, WolfoftheShadow7465 said: well im already mining with a few nvidia cards and they are going strong so no, im not wasting more power, where are you getting your information I'll just chime in here. I don't know much about mining, but everything I've heard (even on WAN Show) indicates to me that Radeon cards are better for mining. Main System: Phobos AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina Secondary System: York Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations Older File Server: Yet to be named Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 Author Just now, Jamiec1130 said: I'll just chime in here. I don't know much about mining, but everything I've heard (even on WAN Show) indicates to me that Radeon cards are better for mining. better yes, but nvidia isnt bad, its like an old car vs new for gas mileage, if you have the old one it works great but its helps to have the efficient one, in the current time amd cards are jacked up in price so im going nvidia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 970 will use up to 180 watts. Assume maybe around 160 watts per card, of which maybe 20-50 watts would be from the pci-e slot. Be careful how you power so many cards from the motherboard, you may overload the 24 pin atx connector with so many cards. (unless you're using pci-e extender cables with their own molex power connector so you won't take power from slots) So basically 5 x 180 watts = 900 watts ... 100 watts for mb+cpu+ram ... i'd go for a 1050-1200w power supply just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 A GTX 1080 can make roughly $6 a day on Zcash right now. THat seems pretty good to me. Not quite what you could do with an AMD card but not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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