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I was in the right place at the right time and scored a 3080 last week. With both cards in the case it was running a little warm. Backed off the 3060 ti and added some fans. I have GPU risers on order. They won’t be here till the end of the week.
The original power supply was not adequate to run both cards. Upgraded to a 1000 watt power supply I had in another pc. This psu should be able to run at least 2 more vid cards.
I am going to Lowe’s to get material to build a open air rig this weekend.
The 3080 puts out roughly a 100 MH/s. Once I get it out in the open I will tweak it.
Nice rig. The rack looks similar to the ones I built back in 2014 from aluminum I picked up at Lowes. I'll see if I can dig up pictures and post here. Fun times.
This is a ASIC miner which is different than a GPU miner. Its specifically made for mining. Instead of using 110v most use 200v to 240v to run. They are very loud (75 db for this one) and run very hot which means you couldnt run this in your living room and watch TV in the middle of summer. Assuming you could find one they will probably cost cost 20 to 30 grand. Scalper price will probably be 30 to 50 grand. It would take 4 to 6 months before you just to break even at retail.
I have looked into these. The voltage requirement price plus heat and noise make them a non starter for me. You really need a commercial property to run multiple of these with proper electricity and ventilation. By then your talking 100 grand or more.
Thanks for the update.
I looked at a few videos about ASIC and it seems they do well but are limited to one coin and are a very expensive investment for hardware.
I may try to set up a GPU miner just for fun but from what @sam028 posted, it seems like it may not make enough $ to be worth it.
I'm about to start construction on a new place on the Carribean and I've been checking into using thermal cooling in the house. I wonder if that could be adapted to cooling a mining rig?
It seems like that would be possible but I've never seen anything like that.
Rejoice in the Thunderstorms of Life . . .
Knowing it's not about Clouds or Wind. . .
But Learning to Dance in the Rain ! ! !
I mined for a while in the past and the biggest problem I had was with fan failure. These retail cars are just not designed to be used 247. Also had problems with just straight up failures
Concluding, the picture [as an assembled structure] is, would you trade 17k rather than hobby w/ETH?
If one will ask me, seems fair to me, I did choose to trade!
meanwhile, please find me a good price on GPU/s [:0)]
AHR20210409 [have a nice day "Einsteinium"]
PS: do you think you are the only one who looked into it? -- you are not alone pal.
[oh, and please ignore my sarcasm, nothing personal -- the market is a quest]
) while waiting for the remaining parts.
