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    GPU Mining It was fine for 2 years- then I almost burned down my house.

    July 17, 2021

    GPU Mining It was fine for 2 years- then I almost burned down my house.

    It was fine for 2 years- then I almost burned down my house.

    Posted: 16 Jul 2021 09:49 PM PDT

    EDIT: Is this a SAFE solution to power 480 and a riser on each cable using this splitter?

    https://www.amazon.com/Endlesss-Express-Adapter-Braided-Splitter/dp/B094QSRK98

    I would use the 6+2 for the 480 GPU, and only the 6 pin to power the riser.

    This kit comes with 6, so Ill power everything from these?

    /edit

    I almost burned down my house. I knew the risk, and I was an idiot. I saw all the warnings, but figured my power draw was low and it had worked fine for 12 months before I found out about the danger. I rolled the dice.

    I almost lost big time.

    Im now trying to do the right thing.

    I read a few guides, but I cant put all the pieces together.

    None of the GPUs come with the right cables, even if they are modular. I feel stupid and that I cant understand how to do this safely.

    PLease lend me any solution you have that is safe.

    I want to power 6 risers and 6 GPUs.

    This looks like a good PSU:

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COIZTZM

    but it only comes with sata connectors on the perif slots. It has the 6 PCIe connectors (VGA), but how do I power the risers safely?

    I have 1 molex riser and 5 6-pin connectors.

    Im willing to replace the risers if I need to.

    Please point me in the right direction.

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    Can i use Riser Cables instead of Gpu Risers?

    Posted: 17 Jul 2021 02:53 AM PDT

    Noob here i have a old motherboard with 5 full PCI-E x16 slots, could i just buy the ribbon cables instead of the Gpu Risers? I have 1 gpu on a ribbon cable and 2 on the motherboard it all works fine, would 5 ribbon cables be ok? It just extends the PCI-E slot unlike mining risers that you have to give external power to, right?

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    Combined all the jank rigs i had to a single 9 gpu rig - 310MH/s @ 950W (i know those Quadros are a bit hot, but theres nothing i could do to get them run any cooler since they don’t obey any of the constraints, undervolting nor underclocking)

    Posted: 17 Jul 2021 03:41 AM PDT

    Ugly Mining Rig Update: Lipstick on a pig

    Posted: 16 Jul 2021 02:02 PM PDT

    Powering 8 GPUs help (5x rx580, 1x 570, 1x1060, 1x 2070s )

    Posted: 17 Jul 2021 09:22 AM PDT

    SPEC:2 PSU, be quiet platinum 1600w(6 6+2pin cables separate) and seasonic gold 850w (6 8+2 pin, but they are splitters) semi modular

    GPU: 5x RX 580 8gb, 1x RX 570 8gb, 1x 1060 6gb, and 1x 2070S

    intel i3 7100

    asrock h110 pro (13gpu)

    Ram: 12gb (4gb and 8gb)

    Im seeking help on how I could power 8 of my gpus and 8 of the risers. Ive been thinking alot and I come up with splitting the 1600w psu where I will use one cable to power both the gpu and riser, however it will only be used for the 5x 580s and 1x 570. and for the other PSU is just plug what cable is left to the 1060 and 2070s.My concern is that is it fine to split the 6+2 pin cable from the 1600w psu to power the riser and the gpus (5x 580 and 1x 570).I watched a video where a person does the same and Im wondering if it is really safe.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLtumnF5-8&t=999s

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    So far, so good

    Posted: 17 Jul 2021 02:28 AM PDT

    One month checkup on riser (usb connected)

    Posted: 16 Jul 2021 06:44 PM PDT

    Mining on a budget / not going top of the line

    Posted: 16 Jul 2021 09:22 PM PDT

    Ok please don't just laugh me away, but I started mining a little XMR and RVN with my old gaming computer; factoring in electricity costs I might be making a dollar a day. Big money, I know. But of course like many people here now that I've had a taste, I want more passive income. But I've done my research and I'm not willing to pay double MSRP for a 2070, or wait in line for a 3060 LHR. So looking at the Chinese market getting flooded with used cards from miners dumping them after the government ban, I'm thinking maybe a deal can be had. Maybe an RX 580 at below MSRP, which could have a less than six month return on investment.

    Has anyone here bought used cards from China? Obviously the biggest concern is getting scammed; I'm in the USA and I don't want to open a box of bricks after sending a few hundred bucks to a Chinese "reseller".

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    Didn't have room in my case for 2 cards, used a cabinet shelf

    Posted: 16 Jul 2021 02:24 PM PDT

    Does this describe mining well? Is this accurate? What more should I mention?

    Posted: 16 Jul 2021 10:45 AM PDT

    This is an excerpt from my writing:

    Besides outright buying a particular, another way to obtain a coin is by mining it. Mining a coin means you run a particular algorithm on your computer to help the coins network compute transactions, generate new coins, and secure the network.

    Mining a coin is most fruitful when a coin is first launched. This is true because there won't be as many miners competing with you. If or when the coin grows in popularity, so will the mining competition. Coins initially are able to be mined successfully with a normal computer. As more miners compete, the more resources are used to mine new coins for the currency.

    Mining Pools

    Once a coin becomes more difficult to mine on your own, you can join a group of other miners and pool your power. A mining pool enables small miners to come together as a group and mine as one big miner. You will be rewarded based on how much computer power you contribute to the pool. Every mining pool is different, and has different payouts. There are websites available to estimate how much your computer could make in a mining pool.

    As I write this book, there is a shortage of computer chips. While the cryptocurrency industry may not be the sole reason for this shortage, I believe it's playing a major role. Energy will always flow to where it's most rewarded. For example, if you have a farm, you'll want to grow the most profitable goods. If there is a demand for green apples, you will grow green apples as much as possible. Same goes for chip companies, if there is a demand for mining chips, suppliers will continue making those..

    In cryptocurrency mining, you have several different companies that make mining equipment. These mining computers are designed to mine specific types of cryptocurrency algorithms. There are several different proof of work algorithms in the crypto -space. The more popular ones are SHA-256, CryptoNight, Ethash, and Scrypt.

    Miners play a critical role in crypto-currency. If we use the railroad system as a metaphor, the miners would be responsible for making sure the railroad cars stayed on track, went where they were intended to go, make sure they got to their destination safely, and make sure no railroad cars outside of the network entered, in other words- protected against attacks.

    The miners of the crypto-currency provide security for the transactions. The miners run the check and balances of the blockchain network. Usually this requires the miners to run the crypto mining software on a computer to perform this task. The program was created by the project's developers. It's not unusual for the developers to participate in mining the coin as well. We hope the devs are mining the coin.

    Miners use up real world resources. Miners rely on electricity to run the mining software of the crypto of their choosing. The amount of miners of a currency isn't as important as the number of devs. Yet, it's always good to have people who want to mine a coin that you are considering investing in. Each currency has its own specifications on how miners are rewarded.

    If a currency wants to reduce the likelihood of a 51% attack, it's best to make it so the mining power will be more difficult to centralize. Centralization kills in Cryptique. If one nefarious mining rig controls more than 51% of a currency, very bad things can happen. The culprit could double spend, change the entire rules of the currency, just to name a couple issues. If a currency can simply be controlled by buying expensive machines, it will become centralized, possibly by an unwanted entity.

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    Mini itx only 1 gpu no splitter or m.2?

    Posted: 16 Jul 2021 03:09 PM PDT

    Hey there, I have a b450 strix mini itx and it will not run 2 gpus. I bought some m.2 risers and pcie splitters but no matter what combination if I have two gpus connected it does not boot. Cards by themselves work fine? Anyone try use itx?

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