# First Rig,what GPU should i get? **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [February 8, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813 "2018-02-08T01:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/1 "2018-02-08T01:13:10Z")
Alright, so im new to this and im about to build my first rig, i have somewhere in between 4.-7k to use depending on the ROI. My plan is to use NVIDIA because i heard its the best for zcash (any links to good price NVIDIA?), can i dual my rig so i can mine Zcash for a week, than change and mine Monero aswell? Or would it be better lets say to put 3 cpu nvidia for zcash and 3 amd for monero? ( then i will get higher price buying the rest for the rigg motherboard,ssd etc). Im thinking 6 gpu because im afraid i cant afford more because of the high price of the graphic cards. So i would love if someone has some answers for my questions even if i did not write them well… id like to know whats the best priced graphic cards i can get and i can compare it on a website of what profit i can expect. I would like to mine zcash+ monero because i think that i wont earn big by my ROI of the daily market, but if one of the coins value goes very high, i hit the jackpot in either monero or Zcash. Thanks alot for you who put time to answer my questions ---
**Author:** ![Autotunafish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/autotunafish/32/7827_2.png) [@Autotunafish](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Autotunafish)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/2 "2018-02-08T02:37:18Z")
I run 5 amd sky 700s at 1500watts, roi was 4 1/2 months $1200 according to fair market value Of course if Zcash hits 65k, actual roi is 8 1/2 days! I got the cards for $150 at the time, found some on craigslist for $350 yesterday actually ---
**Author:** ![phakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/phakov/32/5359_2.png) [@phakov](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/phakov)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/3 "2018-02-08T02:53:22Z")
> [@Budget ZEC Miner - ~1700 USD = ~1 ZEC a Month on ~800w](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/budget-zec-miner-1700-usd-1-zec-a-month-on-800w/21916): > > Greetings: I have a meager mining operation and happily mine ZEC all day long. I have a hodgepodge of mining computers, and even two gaming rigs getting in on the action in their spare time. I’ve learned a few lessons on the way and have settled on the GTX1060-3gb card with EWBF’s miner. I currently operate two of those as well as seven other systems, all of which dedicated to ZEC mining. Anyhow, my two 1060 miners have 6 cards each and burn about 800w of power. Each one gets roughly 1600H… Good luck getting GPU’s now. If you do, the prices are stupid high. ZCash is where it’s at. Monero is meh…“Mehnaro”…or “Malnero”…haha! Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Autotunafish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/autotunafish/32/7827_2.png) [@Autotunafish](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Autotunafish)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/4 "2018-02-08T02:56:05Z")
That’s true, consider the amount you would spend on a rig versus the amount of zcash or whatever cryptocurrency that would buy right now, A few days ago would have looked a little better Edit- btw not sure of the actual power consumption, it runs 3 530 watt power supplies at 1.4 khs ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/5 "2018-02-08T02:59:13Z")
do you know what 1 amd produce in sol/s? ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/6 "2018-02-08T03:00:20Z")
Been thinking about 6 1060 3 gb… should look up ewbf miner. each card gets 1600h/s?! Thats more than i tought!! How much profit you do each month, if you dont calculate electric bills etc. And do you think i should join a pool or just mine by myself? ---
**Author:** ![Autotunafish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/autotunafish/32/7827_2.png) [@Autotunafish](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Autotunafish)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/7 "2018-02-08T03:00:42Z")
Mine do 290 h/s each at 6GB, power bill increased by maybe $50 a month I just try to conserve energy everywhere else I can light bulbs heating air conditioning Etc Edit- pool mining would be much more steady, solo mining requires luck, i think i found a block once a long time ago! ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/8 "2018-02-08T03:05:07Z")
I think i missread your comment, so one rig cost u 1700 usd full build, you get 1600 H wich is at todays market 250 dollar a month, thats 7 months before you paid back the cost of building it? ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/9 "2018-02-08T03:05:56Z")
I will read more into what pool to choose as it seems to be the better ROI ---
**Author:** ![phakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/phakov/32/5359_2.png) [@phakov](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/phakov)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/10 "2018-02-08T03:07:19Z")
You’re really green…270h/s each. There’s nothing out there to do 1600h/s. [zcash.flypool.org](http://zcash.flypool.org) > **[Mining Calculator Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash and Monero](https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/zec?HashingPower=1620&HashingUnit=H%2Fs&PowerConsumption=800&CostPerkWh=.138&MiningPoolFee=1)** > > Find out what your expected return is depending on your hash rate and electricity cost. Find out if it's profitable to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, DASH or Monero. Do you think you've got what it takes to join the tough world of cryptocurrency... [https://www.cryptonator.com](https://www.cryptonator.com) You need ~2340h/s to do 1 Zec a month. ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/11 "2018-02-08T03:15:06Z")
Could i build a rigg like you with 6 cards 1060 each that reach 1600 h/s, but i have a motherboard capable of 8 gpu… once i get more money i can add 2 new cards lets say 1070TI? Or does it work to have 1070 in 2 “slows” and the other 6 1060? Thanks for your time Phakov ---
**Author:** ![Autotunafish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/autotunafish/32/7827_2.png) [@Autotunafish](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Autotunafish)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/12 "2018-02-08T03:16:41Z")
Thats all compared to PAST fair market values, its difficult to determine future timespans, selling little bits here and there 4-8 month roi is pretty safe bet Like I said if Zcash hits 65k in 5-7 years, the rig will have paid for itself many thousands of times over so dont sell it all! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![phakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/phakov/32/5359_2.png) [@phakov](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/phakov)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/13 "2018-02-08T03:17:48Z")
You can add up to 8 of one type in Windows; ie 8 Nvidia or 8 AMD. You can mix them, too, but that’s advanced stuff for another time once you have some mining experience. ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/14 "2018-02-08T03:21:08Z")
Alright perfect, should follow ur guide and try to buy the same equipment, start with 6 nvidia 1060 and try to get the 2 last cards a little bit of a upgrade… I will be living in Thailand when i set everything up so i hope i can get the temperature to work aswell hehe… thank you all ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/15 "2018-02-08T22:27:09Z")
Thinkn i will go for 6 1070 and 2 1060 3 gb ( have 2 of 1060 laying around) Thanks alot for helping! I dont know if you are a “stock trader” or just a simple miner hehe but when u get ur Zcash do you hodl into them or sometimes trade sell/buy into other coins to hodl into them? Like if you belive that Monero is the way to go, do you farm zcash and exchange to monero to save? ---
**Author:** ![koso16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@koso16](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/koso16)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/16 "2018-02-08T23:15:39Z")
consider also that u need a PSU with molex conector to power riser cards …dont use Sata power conector for risers ---
**Author:** ![phakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/phakov/32/5359_2.png) [@phakov](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/phakov)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/17 "2018-02-08T23:15:40Z")
Who cares about Monero? This is ZCash. ---
**Author:** ![Alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Alice](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Alice)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/18 "2018-02-08T23:17:45Z")
Even if you favorite one, and predict one. A sucessful miner should be aware of as many crypto as possible, or why not care about the market? ---
**Author:** ![koso16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@koso16](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/koso16)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/19 "2018-02-08T23:18:29Z")
rather would place my cards on bitcoin gold than on manero Edit: actually i did mined few coins at the start 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tromp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/tromp/32/522_2.png) [@tromp](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/tromp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813/20 "2018-02-08T23:46:32Z")
> [@Alice](#): > > Been thinking about 6 1060 3 gb Only 3GB will leave you unable to mine upcoming Cuckoo Cycle coins… [Next page](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/first-rig-what-gpu-should-i-get/26813.md?page=2)