Posted June 12, 2017 Current setup : CPU: Intel - Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock - H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: MSI - Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card Power Supply: EVGA - 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply What can I buy with arround 3000$ to 5000$ CANADIAN (monopoly) DOLLARS? If I can keep some of my old hardware, its a plus. Also try to estimate my MH/s and the watts it would use? Would you consider this kind of investment good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 1 minute ago, SnipingBow said: Would you consider this kind of investment good? It would take a very long time to break even, if at all. If you're going to mine, go for ASIC miners (still, not a good investment IMO, I doubt you'll ever make a profit). If you've got $5,000 to drop on a rig for mining, you'd be better off investing the money somewhere else or just putting it into a savings account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 1 10 minutes ago, SnipingBow said: Current setup : CPU: Intel - Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock - H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: MSI - Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card Power Supply: EVGA - 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply What can I buy with arround 3000$ to 5000$ CANADIAN (monopoly) DOLLARS? If I can keep some of my old hardware, its a plus. Also try to estimate my MH/s and the watts it would use? Would you consider this kind of investment good? keep your current rig, take the psu out and the hdd out, only really need the ssd for a mining rig, you can buy more gpus and risers and put the gpus on risers, then start it all up and run, you really dont need 8 gb of ram or an i5 but if you already have it might as well use it, for gpus i would recommend 480s/580s but they are overpriced right now so 1070s are a good investment, your motherboard choice was lucky, as its one of few that can support 6 gpus with some tweaks, look it up its a thing, if you want to sell the 390 go ahead but its still a good mining card for the most part, software you can do windows or linux, if you do 6 gpus i think you need linux, not sure though, i run windows and use nicehash as its easy to run and i get paid in bitcoin 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 6 minutes ago, WolfoftheShadow7465 said: 1 keep your current rig, take the psu out and the hdd out, only really need the ssd for a mining rig, you can buy more gpus and risers and put the gpus on risers, then start it all up and run, you really dont need 8 gb of ram or an i5 but if you already have it might as well use it, for gpus i would recommend 480s/580s but they are overpriced right now so 1070s are a good investment, your motherboard choice was lucky, as its one of few that can support 6 gpus with some tweaks, look it up its a thing, if you want to sell the 390 go ahead but its still a good mining card for the most part, software you can do windows or linux, if you do 6 gpus i think you need linux, not sure though, i run windows and use nicehash as its easy to run and i get paid in bitcoin My current GPU runs at 93 C when mining, some people on this forum told me it would not/can't mine 24/7. Is it true? Where can i get info about the 6 GPUS with my current MOBO? 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 20 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said: It would take a very long time to break even, if at all. If you're going to mine, go for ASIC miners (still, not a good investment IMO, I doubt you'll ever make a profit). If you've got $5,000 to drop on a rig for mining, you'd be better off investing the money somewhere else or just putting it into a savings account. You are right. I guess ill just tweak my current setup. But not putting it into a saving account for negative interest rate haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, SnipingBow said: My current GPU runs at 93 C when mining, some people on this forum told me it would not/can't mine 24/7. Is it true? Where can i get info about the 6 GPUS with my current MOBO? that is pretty high, is it overclocked? and just look up 6 gpu h97 anniversary 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 15 minutes ago, WolfoftheShadow7465 said: that is pretty high, is it overclocked? and just look up 6 gpu h97 anniversary No it is not. How can I fix that? Maybe I don't have the right settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 Just now, SnipingBow said: No it is not. How can I fix that? Maybe I don't have the right settings? you can turn down voltage, around 60C is good for mining 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, WolfoftheShadow7465 said: you can turn down voltage, around 60C is good for mining How much should I put it for? Also can I do this with msi afterburner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 12, 2017 Just now, SnipingBow said: How much should I put it for? Also can I do this with msi afterburner? yeah afterburner should work, and turn it down to like 80% to start, then try 60% if thats not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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