Best GPU for ZEC/ETH? (No electricity cost)

Good morning community, I need some advice.
First of all, in my country electricity is cheap enough to not worry about it, and plan to overclock GPUs or try to get the highest values physically possible without damaging any equipment.

I’m gonna build a 7 GPU rig to mine ZEC and maybe ETH whenever the price difference is enough to switch temporarily. I was planning on buying R9 fury’s but they’re getting real hard to find, so I started looking into 1070s for ~$420, which mine almost the same with OC (~480 sol/s). Recently found some used Zotax Amp! 1080s from Amazon warehouse deals for ~$470 which seems like a very good deal, but not sure if they’re any better or how much they mine in either cryptocurrency, or if it’s worth spending more for 1080 Ti’s which not sure how much ZEC or ETH they mine.

ANY advice is very much appreciated! Thanks for reading

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Regular 1080 is not good at all for mining Eth, hash rate = 18~20
1070 is ok for both, 28~31 Eth, 430~460 Zec
1080Ti is another story, 31 Eth (even when TDP is set all the way down to -50%) and 712/Sol Zec stock.

The above reading are based on my cards.

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Also we are couple of days away from AMD announcing their new Vega lineup.
Wont hurt to wait and see.

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1080 discarded. Thanks

Between 1070 and 1080 ti with heavy OC, which one is more recommended in the long run? Best bang for the buck? I found some 1070s for around $400 and 1080 ti ~$700.

those prices are almost spot on with the hashrates they give…
your going to get 400-450 with a 1070 and 700-750 with a 1080ti.

if you go 1080ti you save on motherboard and CPU as you pretty much build 1 rig instead of 2 for a similar hash

1070 however can mine more coins better than both 1080 and 1080ti. As Cryptohminer pointed out, 1070 is better for ethereum hash/cost of GPU and it is also better for LBRY

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I’ve actually been waiting for Vega forever, but thought the release date for gaming/mining edition was moved ahead with the Frontier edition anounced for June. I appreciate any information

out of all my rigs, i just love the 7x Asus Strix 1070’s (my own opinion)

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Hi cryptomined, I really appreciate your reply. Cryptohminer also mentioned Vega, I though this was moved towards Q4 of 2017. Should I wait for it? I want to ACTUALLY mine, but don’t want 8 rigs of 470s, want 2 or 3 of something powerful that would give my investment back in the next few months, and then have a good income

I think I’ll make a rig of 1070s while I wait for Vega, because so far my experience with AMD is that the GPU gets released and possible to get 2-3 months after. I’ve been eyeing on Zotac 1070s (Regular, AMP or AMP extreme) since the Strix are a bit expensive ATM. Would those be as good?

I keep asking my dealers when and they still say they dont know (vega release date) I think it will come in june sometime, maybe end of june hopefully

yeah its good to diversify your GPU rigs.

Also look at Zotac 1070 Mini at amazon, it reaches $319 every couple of days.(Price goes up and down)

https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-Compact-Graphics-ZT-P10700G-10M/dp/B01LLAJ8PU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495905882&sr=8-1&keywords=zotac+1070+mini

Whats the power efficiency on one of those? Had looked at them before but didn’t bother as I couldn’t find any public benchmarks.

I’ve heard that mini GPUs don’t really overclock, is that true? If the Zotac mini mines around the same as your Strix’s, I’ll pull the trigger

Is overclocking worth it ?
You decide

Below are readings from my rig

100% TDP (Stock)
Stock Core
Stock Momory
Temp: GPU0: 45C GPU1: 39C GPU2: 38C GPU3: 39C GPU4: 39C GPU5: 39C GPU6: 39C
GPU0: 435 Sol/s GPU1: 441 Sol/s GPU2: 446 Sol/s GPU3: 446 Sol/s GPU4: 434 Sol/s GPU5: 438 Sol/s GPU6: 449 Sol/s
Total speed: 3089 Sol/s
±----±------------±-------------+
| GPU | Power usage | Effecincy |
±----±------------±-------------+
| 0 | 163W | 2.67 Sol/W |
| 1 | 162W | 2.72 Sol/W |
| 2 | 164W | 2.72 Sol/W |
| 3 | 167W | 2.67 Sol/W |
| 4 | 158W | 2.75 Sol/W |
| 5 | 157W | 2.79 Sol/W |
| 6 | 159W | 2.82 Sol/W |
±----±------------±-------------+


80% TDP
+100 Core
+200 Momory
Temp: GPU0: 42C GPU1: 37C GPU2: 36C GPU3: 37C GPU4: 37C GPU5: 37C GPU6: 37C
GPU0: 449 Sol/s GPU1: 453 Sol/s GPU2: 454 Sol/s GPU3: 446 Sol/s GPU4: 451 Sol/s GPU5: 440 Sol/s GPU6: 454 Sol/s
Total speed: 3147 Sol/s
±----±------------±-------------+
| GPU | Power usage | Effecincy |
±----±------------±-------------+
| 0 | 133W | 3.38 Sol/W |
| 1 | 135W | 3.36 Sol/W |
| 2 | 135W | 3.36 Sol/W |
| 3 | 131W | 3.40 Sol/W |
| 4 | 133W | 3.39 Sol/W |
| 5 | 131W | 3.36 Sol/W |
| 6 | 134W | 3.39 Sol/W |
±----±------------±-------------+


100% TDP
+100 Core
+200 Momory
Temp: GPU0: 45C GPU1: 39C GPU2: 37C GPU3: 38C GPU4: 39C GPU5: 39C GPU6: 39C
GPU0: 454 Sol/s GPU1: 462 Sol/s GPU2: 469 Sol/s GPU3: 465 Sol/s GPU4: 475 Sol/s GPU5: 458 Sol/s GPU6: 461 Sol/s
Total speed: 3244 Sol/s
±----±------------±-------------+
| GPU | Power usage | Effecincy |
±----±------------±-------------+
| 0 | 164W | 2.77 Sol/W |
| 1 | 165W | 2.80 Sol/W |
| 2 | 156W | 3.01 Sol/W |
| 3 | 163W | 2.85 Sol/W |
| 4 | 165W | 2.88 Sol/W |
| 5 | 164W | 2.79 Sol/W |
| 6 | 163W | 2.83 Sol/W |
±----±------------±-------------+


110% TDP
+100 Core
+200 Momory
Temp: GPU0: 45C GPU1: 39C GPU2: 37C GPU3: 38C GPU4: 39C GPU5: 39C GPU6: 38C
GPU0: 464 Sol/s GPU1: 467 Sol/s GPU2: 468 Sol/s GPU3: 465 Sol/s GPU4: 456 Sol/s GPU5: 472 Sol/s GPU6: 466 Sol/s
Total speed: 3258 Sol/s
±----±------------±-------------+
| GPU | Power usage | Effecincy |
±----±------------±-------------+
| 0 | 176W | 2.64 Sol/W |
| 1 | 171W | 2.73 Sol/W |
| 2 | 170W | 2.75 Sol/W |
| 3 | 176W | 2.64 Sol/W |
| 4 | 165W | 2.76 Sol/W |
| 5 | 166W | 2.84 Sol/W |
| 6 | 165W | 2.82 Sol/W |
±----±------------±-------------+

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The funny thing is I’m from Venezuela, so electricity cost doesn’t make a difference for me, that’s why I want to OC as much as possible, as much hashes I can mine from these cards, the better!

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@anon
TDP @ 60%
Temp: GPU0: 37C GPU1: 32C GPU2: 31C GPU3: 32C GPU4: 33C GPU5: 33C GPU6: 33C
GPU0: 388 Sol/s GPU1: 393 Sol/s GPU2: 397 Sol/s GPU3: 398 Sol/s GPU4: 399 Sol/s GPU5: 390 Sol/s GPU6: 403 Sol/s
Total speed: 2768 Sol/s
±----±------------±-------------+
| GPU | Power usage | Effecincy |
±----±------------±-------------+
| 0 | 100W | 3.88 Sol/W |
| 1 | 99W | 3.97 Sol/W |
| 2 | 100W | 3.97 Sol/W |
| 3 | 99W | 4.02 Sol/W |
| 4 | 99W | 4.03 Sol/W |
| 5 | 100W | 3.90 Sol/W |
| 6 | 98W | 4.11 Sol/W |
±----±------------±-------------+

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I’m still between 7 1070’s and 7 1080ti’s. What would you do? I always trust your judgement :metal:

@carlosabia
If power is no issue, then also consider Radeon Pro Duo, approx $799
It’s a dual fury GPU in a single card and water-cooled.
900+ zec, and 60+ Eth


ZEC: 05/27/17-21:58:22 - SHARE FOUND - (GPU 2)
GPU #0: Fiji
GPU #1: Fiji
GPU #2: Fiji
GPU #3: Fiji
ZEC - Total Speed: 1869.569 H/s, Total Shares: 1, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:00
ZEC: GPU0 468.018 H/s, GPU1 483.139 H/s, GPU2 445.762 H/s, GPU3 472.651 H/s
Pool switches: ZEC - 0

Warning :
1- Need 3 power plugs (TDP = 375)
2- Can’t rug more than 2 cards (Old drivers can’t run more than 2, new drivers can but hash at half speed)

I’ve heard of those, also heard what you mentioned which is it won’t accept more than 2, that kinda kills it for me :frowning:

Vega will be perfect for me, but I don’t want to sit around and wait. I saw someone who got 495 sol/a stable with Zotac AMP! Extreme 1070s, that sounds pretty good, might give it a shot. But also saw someone reaching 770 sol/s with a 1080 ti, so I keep going back to square lol.

I want 7 powerful GPUs in one rig, but also don’t want to spend money unwisely.

pretty amazing sol/w ! i’m in a country where electricity is expensive, so this could be a very interesting option for me. i see that you got 7 gpu’s in this rig, what kind of power supply/supplies are you using?