Time for a Cryptocurrency Miner Build
The motherboard came today and now I have everything to build a 10 GPU crypo-currency mining rig! This weekend I will put my tech-geek hat on and build a serious multi-GPU system to mine crypto coins.
The motherboard and video cards were the toughest to acquire. I choose ASUS’s new B250 Mining Expert motherboard, which is specifically designed for crypto-mining and Radeon RX 580 cards. I am a big fan of ASUS quality and this board is capable of supporting an insane 19 GPUs! Unfortunately, I was not able to get sufficient quantities of their RX 580 cards in a reasonable time, so I took a chance and went with XFS brand. We will see how it goes.
The core of this beast are the 10 power hungry graphic cards. To feed them, I will connect two separate power supplies.
I am planning on a non-traditional OS so this will be a first for me.
Main components:
- ASUS B250 Mining Expert motherboard
- 10 XFS Radeon RX 580 (4GB) video cards
- EVGA 1300w and 850w power supplies
Wish me luck. Should be an interesting build-out this weekend.
Good luck!!! I only run the “traditional” 6 GPU rigs.
I thought about doing that. It seems to be much easier (Win10, standard drivers, and just a gaming motherboard). But I wanted more. When ASUS came out with a board that supported 19 GPU's, my mind was set!
I do expect some challenges. I know AMD just released drivers that will support up to 12 GPU's on Win10. ...but I hear the performance is not very good. Hope a fix is forthcoming. Until then, I will try simplemining OS.
I think the dedicated motherboard is aw some!!! If they were around when we started (about July 2016) we would have went that route for sure.
The first month was a lot of tinkering with settings and Drivers. But once you find the magic mix (it is different for each rig) the unit will run for months without a hassle.
Our average profit (after electricity) is about $50USD/GPU. But it varies. And you have newer/faster GPUs that should perform better.
Good luck and have fun getting your geek on.
how much you spend on each component
I would have to go back and look at the different receipts. There were a bunch of different components. I know my overall costs, including shipping, tax, and all the components was about $3400
Excellent, please let us know what your mining power is. I am hoping for 45TH or greater as it would equal 3 s9's but I know nothing about mining myself but would love to try it. Depending on your results I may use my income tax to build one myself:)
Once I get it up-and-running and stable, I would be happy to post some of the stats on various algorithms. I am not going to push it to dangerous limits though. I will be a bit conservative in overclocking. I don't want to destroy my hardware with a stupid mistake.
which power supply are you using
Both the the 1300w and 850w. The motherboard actually supports integration with 3 PSU's. I am only using 2 now. If I expand, then I will need to add a third.
where are you from? how cheap is electricity there.. I only have 3asus 1070 gpus.. I want to get my hands on that motherboard which you have
Norther California. Power is not cheap here! Around .13/KwH Considering adding solar eventually if I keep with this hobby.
What was the total cost? And what do you anticipate a daily/monthly return would be?
Total cost was $3400. That included the motherboard, risers, memory, CPU, GPU's, power supply's, and USB drive.
I don't have an expectation on the daily/monthly return will be. I am not in it just for the money. I like playing with crypto, so I tend to mine and hold.
Any idea on anticipated Hash power tho?
Depends on the algorithm. They are RX 580's with 4GB of memory, 2304 cores, 256bit bus, and 1366Mhz clock. So not the very top-end, but definitely up there.
Do it up!! I'll follow for results!
I may take some pictures/video and blog depending how frustrated I get. Something wrong always happens. At least once. Just my history with building systems. ..but it is those challenges that I do enjoy (sometimes).
I was looking into miners in the future but I want to buy them with bitcoins I've earned.
Bitcoin specific miners are special ASIC systems, purpose built, and very expensive. GPU's don't have the power to compete. But other crypos can be mined. I know you can rent miners with crypto and likely pay for components as well.