(Part 2) Best products from r/MoneroMining

Hey u/jimmy_007vn,

Assuming you're talking about this PSU. If you are, this PSU can power 3 Vega cards and whatever risers you'd need. The risers will be connected to the SATA rails that come from the PSU.

Currently there are 3 types of risers:

Molex/SATA

SATA/6-pin

SATA

All three of these types of risers will be connected to the PSU rails directly. You don't need to buy a pin converter. You'll just need two power supplies and a power supply connector so that you can run 6 cards.


I have personally tested the Molex/SATA and the SATA risers, and I personally like the SATA risers. The Molex/SATA risers have melted twice on me, causing two GPUs to ruin themselves(this occured at different times). The SATA only riser is currently the best I have used. I have not had a melting issue like I did with Molex/SATA. I have bought some of the newer 6-pin risers to test after reading that they are supposedly safer than previous riser types.

The electricity used by the risers will be negligible, and you don't have to worry about overloading your 1000w PSU.



I hope this helped.

You think I should Tweak my current rig with additional memory timings using the Ryzen Calculator? I'm using Corsair Vegeance Pro? That's impressive 14 Cas Latency.

Also, an interesting thing about Ryzen 3rd Gen, is the faster the memory, the higher the CPU will raise in temperatures. Because its facilitating more bandwidth with the CPU in all aspects. Yeah.. interesting eh?

This is what I'm currently using.

3200mhz overclocked to 3600mhz. I have yet to put my pre-clocked 3600mhz in the system, since they are 16gb modules instead of 32gb. And I'm using my main rig right now for several different things. Telegram, Some gaming, Chrome, Spotify, Mining, Plex, etc. Just depends on the occasion.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GTG2T7L

https://imgur.com/a/5WWZzbz <-- CPU-Z

Also Jim, what cooler did you say you're running? If you're running the stock Wraith Spire cooler.... I'ma flip a table. lol.

Can you post the Amazon link to the memory you bought?

1.GPU - XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB @ NewEgg $209 after $20 Rebate

2.MB - Asrock H81 Pro Btc @ NewEgg $65

3.PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 Platinum @ NewEgg $230

4.RAM - GSkill 4GB @ NewEgg $27

5.CPU - Intel Celeron G1840 Processor @ Amazon.com $44

6.HDD - SanDisk 32GB Cruzer Ultra @ Amazon.com $14

7.USB Raisers v6c @ Ebay.com $5 each

I recently assembled this part list for another miner, hope you find it useful, all the price are in USD. Take the part list and buy the component when you can get it cheaper, it will be <1800 pounds for sure.

Hope this helps

I ended up doing this and ran all 6 cards individually for over 10 hours without issue. Turns out all six of the version 007 risers I'd ordered were faulty! These were the ones I bought, best avoided if you ask me. I ordered 6 new version 008S risers from Amazon and the rig is now stable.

Thank you kindly for the help. :)

If it is below 80°C I would not worry.
Especially in a laptop they get quite hot.

The GTX 1070 GPUs thermal limit is at about 95°C-105°C.
But of course it is better to keep the card as cool as possible to maximize its potential lifetime.

You can maybe try a external cooling pad like this one if you want to improve temperatures: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TeckNet-Laptop-Cooling-Powered-Ultra-Slim/dp/B0164R64Y8/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_229_bs_lp_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WBPQ5P60RJ5VWZZKJ7D1

You can buy an adapter that plugs into one PCIE 1x slot and it will allow you to connect up to 4 risers to it, letting you run 4 GPUs off of a single PCIE slot.
Here is an example of one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075S7DN3K/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?psc=1

I use a couple of these in my system. It uses USB cable for the data, and is powered by the sata to 6 pin connector. It is important to use video cards that have their own PCIE power connectors, as the riser draws it's power from the SATA power cable so it does not have enough power to run a video card that is powered solely by the PCIE slot. If it is set up correctly it works very well. There are less expensive versions of these cards that are sold on ebay, and I've had good luck with them so far.

These are the commonly known scams, that everyone should know about when starting out.

https://www.reddit.com/r/monero/wiki/avoid

As for mining, NiceHash is probably the easiest way to start, however, CPU mining on NiceHash with your processor would take years to reach the payout threshold.

You already have hardware sitting around, so my recommendation would be to check if it is profitable for you to mine on it. Use a watt meter e.g. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009MDBU to check how much electricity would your hardware use for mining. If, and only if, it is profitable, then go ahead and point them to a mining pool of your choice. I prefer PPS over RBPPS over PPLNS pools. If you end up going for PPLNS pool, then pick the one that is most reliable, and has the highest hash rate. The mining software that I use and recommend would be xmr-stak series.

Thanks for the link! Probably going to go with this slightly more expensive one due to better ratings: https://www.amazon.com/Powered-Flexible-Riser-Extender-Cable/dp/B01NAE4O7I/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1495932210&sr=1-1&keywords=PCIe+16x+to+16x+Powered+Flexible+Riser+Extender+Cable

Thanks! I was looking at something like that but not sure if it would work with a GPU. If I can ask you another question: what's the purpose of the Sata cable on something like [this] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079HT6VLF). Is it necessary?

the sad thing is it's more powerful than my home laptop which I got for free from one of my teachers lol. I'm gonna try and get that set up as well problem is it has potato specs... https://www.amazon.com/Dell-E5400-Latitude-14-Inch-Laptop/dp/B002UIVK0E

get these,
https://smile.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-Graphic-Cards-RX-VEGMLBFX6/dp/B07532T488/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1511206905&sr=1-1&keywords=vega+56&dpID=41BdBU-eUpL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

in my experience the xfx seems to be the best

Not sure why p6 is 1, but it’s disabled.

I get over 2k consistently with the Vega, if I crank the fan above 85% and change power to only -20%.

I can take a picture later, but I have this case:

Corsair CC-9011014-WWCORSAIR Carbide 300R Mid-Tower Case, Window Side Panel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006I2H0YS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_I5xwDbF767G16

with this MoBo:
ASRock ATX DDR4 Motherboards FATAL1TY Z170 Gaming K4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012D7GXNK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_U6xwDbVQY852S

This R9 is on top of the Vega. Those two vents shown on the case each have Noctua fans attached to them running above 65% at all times.

First, I certainly wouldn't put 4 Vegas on only 750W, even if you're undervolting. It's my experience (via watt meter) that they briefly run full-speed on startup, and you could have other troubles than lack of connectors.
Ah, I see you have two PSUs. But even still, if they don't come with 2x 6+8s on the PCIe, I feel like you're running more cable than you need to. Wonder if it would handle a splitter. I'm using that to power my risers... so even if you do use two separate rails for GPU power, you could split one of them for the riser and get that headache handled.

But for what it's worth, I did not need to use the SATA power input on my H110 until I added a fifth card; I ran a single Molex rail (which on my HX1200i, has four heads per rail) to the 4-pin connectors.

It really sounds like you need to get a better PSU first. Also, if you can, I highly recommend using an M.2 SSD - <$55 for a 128GB ADATA, which I can personally vouch for. It makes the overall package so much cleaner; no need to make room for the SSD, and two fewer cables to worry about.

https://www.amazon.ca/Seville-Classics-5-Tier-UltraZinc-Shelving/dp/B00CL9204C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1496020467&sr=8-4&keywords=wire+rack would this suffice as a frame? and if possible could i get it to fit 2 rigs? I'm in canada and looking for a wire rack,

also how would you attach the risers onto this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00R33ZBQU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511168837&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=evga+1600w+titanium&dpPl=1&dpID=519zuYzxs7L&ref=plSrch

It has 9 vga power connections.

Im using 3 connections for every 2 cards. Using two vga power cables that have the split 8 pin 6 pin combo. I use the two 6 pins and combine them into an 8 pin. Then run a single vga power cable to the last connection. This way you can use 3 vga power outputs for four 8 pin connections per 2 vegas.

Hope that makes sense.

you are correct!
i'm also doing what /u/speedflychris is doing.
you can pick up a "pair" (both rx and tx) for like $30 I think.....
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Powerline-Adapter-Starter-TL-PA2010KIT/dp/B00AWRUIY4

get a wall meter like Kill a Watt. There might be a few specific models people prefer if you search the sub.

If you're using Windows then look at the bsod code to try to get a direction as to the problem. Quite honestly your title and post don't really help us with troubleshooting.

My PC has been randomly rebooting (i turned off bsod screen) but my mobo gave me an error FF and the DRAM light was on. But i found out it's the RAM slots on the mobo and not the chips.