Probably not worth it to mine ETH. Might have to mine a different coin with it.
Worth it to buy a $700 RX VEGA 64 to mine Eth?
Edit: I just read MSRP for an air-cooled Vega 64 was supposed to be $499. Ouch!
OK say I have a 1070, 1060, 2x 970, R9-280, R9-290, all running nicehash...
GTX 1070 - $1.78/day $2.15 before elec
GTX 1060 - $1.17/day $1.42 before elec
GTX 970 - $1.15/day $1.52 before elec
GTX 970 - $1.15/day $1.52 before elec
R9 280 - $0.97/day - $1.37 before elec
R9 290 - $0.95/day - $1.79 before elec
Total of $7.17/day - $9.77 before elec
$50.19/week - $68.39 before elec
$215.10/month - $293.10 before elec
ROI on cards
5.1 months
3.75 months before elec
At current markets, and the BTC rate of 4118.4usd. Electricity is $0.10 for some and 0.7 for others... I used 0.10 for calculations. Using Nicehash's profitability calculator
Okay, this is getting just a wee bit ridiculous:
Asus 19 PCIe slot mining motherboard.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11739...expert-mining-motherboard-19-expansions-slots
19 slots huh
Wonder what OS/drivers actually support that.
ASUS Teases the B250 Expert Mining Motherboard With 19 Expansion Slots
by Raevenlord Tuesday, August 22nd 2017
The mining craze is real, and companies have been paying increasing attention to this space, since miners are some of the most interesting customers hardware companies have had the pleasure of doing business with (at least when it comes to volume of purchases; let's discount those pesky RMA's, shall we?) ASUS is joining mining posterchild BIOSTAR with a purpose-built motherboard built around the B250 chipset. The B250 Expert Mining should allow miners to connect up to 19 PCIe graphics cards through risers, thus obviating the need for increased investment in additional motherboards, CPUs and memory.
ASUS has implemented a Triple ATX12V (24-Pin) and Molex connectors setup for additional power delivery, alongside PCIe slot state detection, dedicated voltage stabilization capacitors (one for each GPU slot ), as well as using a mining specific BIOS for increased hash rates. Of the 19 expansions slots, 18 are PCIe 3.0 x1, while a single full-length PCIe 3.0 x16 slot. The slots are separated in three groups each with a dedicated 24-pin assigned to it for power. The top 24-pin covers slots 1-7 (includes the full-length slot), the middle header 8-13, with the last covering 14-19. A color-coded POST UI image shows miners the state of their graphics cards, overlaying coded colors over the PCIe slots, colored green for operational, red for when an error is detected, and grey for an absent GPU.
As to the usual motherboard specs, ASUS could still have cut some corners in order to bring pricing further down. Memory capacity is up to 32GB DDR4 in dual-channel mode (up to 2400 MHz.) Storage is handled by 4x SATA3 ports, and there is a total of 6x USB3.1 and 4x USB 2.0 ports. The rear panel I/O includes 2x PS/2 ports, 2x USB 2.0 ports, 4x USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, Intel-based LAN (I219V Gigabit), and 8 channel audio jacks driven by a Realtek ALC887 codec. The CPU gets its power through a 6 phase DIGI+ VRM.
Now there's an XFX XXX RX 570 4GB model, same one I think, available on both Newegg's and BestBuy's ebay stores.
I bought one from Newegg. They have qty. limit 5, currently, for those that want to build mining rigs. I don't know what the max is for BestBuy.
I figure along with the Ryzen 5 1600 CPU in that box, I might be able to clear $2-3 / day. At that rate, ROI would be around 4 months, unless the difficulty changes or something. I dunno, I'm a noob at this.
NiceHash Miner doesn't recognize GT730 as a "mining" card? (Shows, "1 CPU, 0 GPU".) Windows 10 64-bit, Creator's Edition.
Ehh, maybe because my card has a GT630 BIOS, but it's essentially a GT730. Maybe I would have to cross-flash it in order to mine with it.
NiceHash Miner doesn't recognize GT730 as a "mining" card? (Shows, "1 CPU, 0 GPU".) Windows 10 64-bit, Creator's Edition.
Just goes to show who has the upper hand and control in pushing this inefficient ponzi scheme. An indirect proxy for attacking 1st world country's electrical grid, currency system, economy, and ensuring they stay behind via inflated computer hardware while China continues to strengthen via increased production demands and while they have the cheaper electricity and direct access to manufacturing to develop more efficient compute nodes. If this were to go on for an infinite amount of time, China would undermine all first world economies and dominate the world's common currency exchange system.
Just goes to show who has the upper hand and control in pushing this inefficient ponzi scheme. An indirect proxy for attacking 1st world country's electrical grid, currency system, economy, and ensuring they stay behind via inflated computer hardware while China continues to strengthen via increased production demands and while they have the cheaper electricity and direct access to manufacturing to develop more efficient compute nodes. If this were to go on for an infinite amount of time, China would undermine all first world economies and dominate the world's common currency exchange system.
Meanwhile, they're not as dumb as first world countries to use such an inefficient and energy intensive process for transactions. Instead they use low compute and widely pervasive cashless apps using standard and secure internet protocols :
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-19/china-s-cashless-revolution
It's really hard to determine whose the bigger fool in this backdoor scheme to undermine currency systems, energy grids, and compute resources. In all honesty, in the long run, all parties may find themselves to be equally big losers. Humanity overall loses out as it has in all past idiotic schemes to print and mint money out of thin air. The commoners the most.
What a waste of resources at a time when the world is already reeling from b.s markets and financial shenanigans. I guess the allure of getting a cut of the ponzi via virtual pennies while they collapse the world appeals to much to certain human beings.
Just goes to show people's talk about global warming and how much they feel society is unfair is nothing but hot air. When given the tools, they'd screw things over just as much as the rich they claim they detest...
Enjoy the ponzi while it last. Just know you're willful participants in something far larger than you can imagine that will lead the world to darker pastures .. In direct contradiction with what this scheme is marketed as.
/endrant
Problem is, this older rig likes to use some watts, I figure 300W+, possibly 400W+.
Just goes to show who has the upper hand and control in pushing this inefficient ponzi scheme. An indirect proxy for attacking 1st world country's electrical grid, currency system, economy, and ensuring they stay behind via inflated computer hardware while China continues to strengthen via increased production demands and while they have the cheaper electricity and direct access to manufacturing to develop more efficient compute nodes. If this were to go on for an infinite amount of time, China would undermine all first world economies and dominate the world's common currency exchange system.
Meanwhile, they're not as dumb as first world countries to use such an inefficient and energy intensive process for transactions. Instead they use low compute and widely pervasive cashless apps using standard and secure internet protocols :
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-19/china-s-cashless-revolution
It's really hard to determine whose the bigger fool in this backdoor scheme to undermine currency systems, energy grids, and compute resources. In all honesty, in the long run, all parties may find themselves to be equally big losers. Humanity overall loses out as it has in all past idiotic schemes to print and mint money out of thin air. The commoners the most.
What a waste of resources at a time when the world is already reeling from b.s markets and financial shenanigans. I guess the allure of getting a cut of the ponzi via virtual pennies while they collapse the world appeals to much to certain human beings.
Just goes to show people's talk about global warming and how much they feel society is unfair is nothing but hot air. When given the tools, they'd screw things over just as much as the rich they claim they detest...
Enjoy the ponzi while it last. Just know you're willful participants in something far larger than you can imagine that will lead the world to darker pastures .. In direct contradiction with what this scheme is marketed as.
/endrant
Cool doom and gloom! Do you want to illustrate any of the darker pastures and world collapse you refer to, or do you just like to hear yourself talk? Or did you just arrive too late to the mining game, and now umadbro?