Yes, that's the goal. I started looking into 1060's actually. I realize you make less, but the effciency is surprisingly better in terms of electricity. As far as I see, we are late to the game, but it's not quite halftime yet. We can still make some money.
Obviously we won't be filthy stinking rich as the guys who got in 3 years ago, or even 6 if they were really lucky.
But we can still get some returns.
1060's are between 200-250 if you wait and buy on amazon or newegg. All the GPU's are gone in bestbuy last time i checked...
Yeah, I'm all about density I guess. I'd like to get 8 cards per rig going. I've got a couple of M.2 to PCIe adapters I'd like to try out..... just need to grab some sata to m.2 adapters to move the hard drives over... and of course get some more video cards.... I run my GTX 1070's at 70% power using MSI Afterburner. My 6 card NVIDIA rigs only pull about 650 watts each.
All 4 rigs actually were more than the single 2400 watt circuit in my bedroom could handle, so I bought one of these to split some power off the 240V circuit that powers the air conditioner.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CP66OL6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I would be happy to update this post with excruciating detail, but I'm not sure anyone is actually interested :D
I actually am haha.
I'm a tax accountant by trade, but by getting into this, I've more or less taken a crash course in computers. I mean, I don't know much, but if you asked me 3 months ago what a GPU was I would have no idea...
I'm looking to start coding as well. I have a certification exam coming up for accounting, but after its over I'm diving right in and will probably continue until february (that month, and the week of the 15th of April, are my hell time, so much work I want to shoot myself. The last day is always fun...)
But enough about me. I'd be interested in see what your's looks like. Also, if you have any guides that too. I'm thinking about making a plywood open-air case. but well see...
Interesting. I'm a software engineer. I've worked in finance in the metro NYC area for the last 22 years. I repaired computers professionally full-time when I attended university nearly 30 years ago. I could build a computer from parts with my eyes closed ever since. I built these 4 rigs in about a week, having never built a mining rig before.
I can't believe people put $3k worth of new computer equipment into open air setups. Buy a case for crying out loud. I use the Rosewill Thor V2 cases. They run about $130 from Newegg and come with 4 fans.
I'll put together another post with tons of detail on how to build a kickass rig. Stay tuned.