First Rig,what GPU should i get?

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#1

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

#2

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

#3

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!

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#4

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

#5

do you know what 1 amd produce in sol/s?

#6

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?

#7

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!

#8

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?

#9

I will read more into what pool to choose as it seems to be the better ROI

#10

You’re really green…270h/s each. There’s nothing out there to do 1600h/s.

zcash.flypool.org

https://www.cryptonator.com

You need ~2340h/s to do 1 Zec a month.

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#11

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

#12

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! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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#13

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.

#14

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

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#15

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?

#16

consider also that u need a PSU with molex conector to power riser cards …dont use Sata power conector for risers

#17

Who cares about Monero? This is ZCash.

#18

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?

#19

rather would place my cards on bitcoin gold than on manero

Edit: actually i did mined few coins at the start :smiley:

#20

Only 3GB will leave you unable to mine upcoming Cuckoo Cycle coins…