4 280X'S Mining Rig

[DoubleY]

Hello all! This will be my first attempt at a build log, so don't kill me if I do something wrong

 

Here is a screen shot of what will be in the build: 

 

Also, PCI-E powered risers will be here on Friday, so that part will be delayed a little bit.

 

This machine will be used for LITECOINS. DON'T TALK ABOUT ASIC.

 

Will post more pics once the build starts

 

 

Let me know if you want to know anything else

 

First 280X showed up. More packages should show up soon.

 

More stuff arrived

 

 

Alright, the build is complete! The PCI-E risers didn't arrive today like they should have, so only 3 cards for now. More cards will be added when the rises come  

 

Here are some picture- Yes, I know it is Ghetto. But, don't hate It's a first build!

 

 

More pictures to come when it's online and running

[Prothetik]

Beautiful.

[ERSCreeper]

Well this is going to be something different

[_ASSASSIN_]

telling you right now you aren't going to get that money back in a couple years

[Bluejay0]

Why did you get that RAM? You can do a decent gaming rig with this.

[Levent]

you dont need an "quad" core cpu or hyper212

you dont need ssd just get a cheap hdd

also why in the world you needed to get 1600w psu? 

[DoubleY]

telling you right now you aren't going to get that money back in a couple years

For the hardware? Probably not. But, I did the math. This will pay itself off in 4 months if the difficulty increases at the same rate, and assuming the price doesn't change.

 

Why did you get that RAM? You can do a decent gaming rig with this.

This will NOT be a gaming rig. When I bought this, I told myself this is like an investment. I don't want to do anything on this PC except mine.

 

you dont need an "quad" core cpu or hyper212

you dont need ssd just get a cheap hdd

also why in the world you needed to get 1600w psu? 

People say that having 4 gpu's will fry the CPU if you have the stock cooler.

If the machine goes down, I need to get it up and runnning FAST. Plus, it was an extra $10 for the SSD.

1600watt psu is because I plan to use this PSU for multiple rigs. Eventually, when this rig pays for itself, I will buy another, and use the excess power to maybe power 1 MAYBE 2 more gpu's (probably not an extra 2)

[Guest GRRigger]

Monster

[DoubleY]

And this is why you come to forums before you buy.

Please, explain. I have done all of the research. I have POSTED THIS BUILD IN THE BITCOIN SECTION AND THEY SAID IT WAS FINE.

[Guest GRRigger]

Please, explain. I have done all of the research. I have POSTED THIS BUILD IN THE BITCOIN SECTION AND THEY SAID IT WAS FINE.

nevermind, i was reffering to PSU, fixed

now ssd it can fail

you dont need quad core

[Levent]

For the hardware? Probably not. But, I did the math. This will pay itself off in 4 months if the difficulty increases at the same right, and assuming the price doesn't change.

 

This will NOT be a gaming rig. When I bought this, I told myself this is like an investment. I don't want to do anything on this PC except mine.

 

People say that having 4 gpu's will fry the CPU if you have the stock cooler.

If the machine goes down, I need to get it up and runnning FAST. Plus, it was an extra $10 for the SSD.

1600watt psu is because I plan to use this PSU for multiple rigs. Eventually, when this rig pays for itself, I will buy another, and use the excess power to maybe power 1 MAYBE 2 more gpu's (probably not an extra 2)

you know you can only power 1 24 pin cable out of the box unless you do some modding

[DoubleY]

nevermind, i was reffering to PSU, fixed

now ssd it can fail

you dont need quad core

Oops. My bad. I wanted to use this psu for potentially more cards in the future.

Probably don't NEED an SSD, but God, they're SO nice! Plus, it was an extra $10. Not bad

Probably don't need a quad core either.

Sorry if I seemed like an ass

[DoubleY]

you know you can only power 1 24 pin cable out of the box unless you do some modding

But, this PSU has the capability to power 6 GPU's (assuming they weren't power whores) based on the ports on the interface

[Levent]

But, this PSU has the capability to power 6 GPU's (assuming they weren't power whores) based on the ports on the interface

you do realize it has only 1 motherboard 24pin output right?

[DoubleY]

you do realize it has only 1 motherboard 24pin output right?

Yes. You do realise I'm talking about powering more GPU's, not Motherboards

[meneervent]

Seems fine indeed.

The SSD will be pretty useless in a mining rig though. Just get a small HDD.

[jameshumphries47]

I love the rig but its a bit of an overkill, and you wont get an income worth it for the electric costs at 1600 watts

[hiyayhi]

Well this is something different. Looks cool

[DoubleY]

I love the rig but its a bit of an overkill, and you wont get an income worth it for the electric costs at 1600 watts

Where I live, power is .08 cents per KW/h. So, it costs about $100 per month to run this machine at 1200 watts (I'm not using all 1600... yet). And this machine mines 2 Litecoins per day (as of todays difficulty) so, that's 60 LTC per month, and at prices right now, ($30.35 per coin) that's $1821 per month before power. about $1700 after electrciity.

[jameshumphries47]

wow power is cheep your side of the world!! hope it goes great

[DoubleY]

wow power is cheep your side of the world!! hope it goes great

Me too!

[KamiKatze]

Wow, that is sick! Today i planed my switch from my gtx 770 to a R9 280X for the exact same reason. But your budget is pretty sick.

 

From the current perspective this rig should earn you around 1200$ a month minus cost for electricity, at least $1000 though. Looks pretty sick!

 

Edit: it should pay off after maximum 2.5 months.

[foxhound590]

thiss rig will not pay for itself you will most likly pay more for power than it generates .

if you wont bitcoins/lightcoin get a dedicated box not a computer.

[jameshumphries47]

so can you sell your litecoin for cash in the bank then?

[DoubleY]

thiss rig will not pay for itself you will most likly pay more for power than it generates .

if you wont bitcoins/lightcoin get a dedicated box not a computer.

Read earlier posts. I have already explained that this will make money.