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    • MrWyrm
      MrWyrm administrators last edited by

      This is not newsworthy at all in any way shape or form. Regardless I feel the urge, because it made me feel good. Last night, I lost my virginity, I bothered my arse to configure cudaminer and test it out on my donkey’s old GTX 460. Ok, so I did ten mins work at snail’s crawl of 96 kh/s for a pool and generated nothing of any actual value. I can only imagine how good it feels to be actually generating real monies, but the fact is, I did it.

      Game on.

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        uncle_muddy administrators last edited by

        Congrats mate :)

        No go get a 270x or something to replace it with and the coins can flow :)

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        • MrWyrm
          MrWyrm administrators last edited by

          Do I need to eat this week?

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          • MrWyrm
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            I’m cash strapped, so I’m tempted by the 750ti with the pcie power plugs, as I can fit three of them on my existing motherboard without the need to replace my PSU and I can do so as and when I have the cash. That’s presuming I can use the pcie 1x as well as the the 16x and the 4x, looking at my motherboard spec, it’s not listed as a PCIe 1x slot, it’s only detailed as a slot for the soundcard riser. It looks like a 1x slot and smells like a 1x slot.

            I’ll do the maths and have a think. It might be wise for me to just save the money until I’ve got enough to get the gear I want. But it would mean mining later.

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              SerenaBic Banned last edited by

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              • MrWyrm
                MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                Scratch that, it’s two pcie x16 and an x4. Still not sure about the x1, it might not be a real one.

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                  Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

                  In ATI world 1x is fine, we all use 1x risers anyway…

                  Congrats mate it’s a slippery slope from here ;D

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                  • MrWyrm
                    MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                    Not even sure it’s a real 1x. From what I’ve read, it might be propitiatory for their soundcard riser.

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                    Will the older pcie 2.0 spec cause me a problem?

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                      Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

                      Nope, not if you buy ATI cards and use a 1x to 16x riser cable…

                      You’ll be very happy with 3 x 270x Sapphire Toxic’s mate… You can make some decent coin with those…

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                        Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

                        Dude, how did you get to 300+ posts and resist the urge to mine for so long?

                        Outstanding self control…

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                        • MrWyrm
                          MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                          It’s not self control trust me. It’s lack of spends haha.

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                            SerenaBic Banned last edited by

                            Also that we would do without your brilliant phrase

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                              Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

                              Haha, fair play…

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                              • MrWyrm
                                MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                                Nope, not if you buy ATI cards and use a 1x to 16x riser cable…

                                You’ll be very happy with 3 x 270x Sapphire Toxic’s mate… You can make some decent coin with those…

                                That would be 3x GPU and a new PSU. Really going to have to weigh up my options to get on the ladder.

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                                  SerenaBic Banned last edited by

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                                    Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

                                    What PSU you got?

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                                    • MrWyrm
                                      MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                                      Is this a spam bot building up it’s post count?

                                      Anyway, wow, the 270x are actually pretty nicely priced.

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                                      • MrWyrm
                                        MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                                        What PSU you got?

                                        ZALMAN ZM600-HP 600W

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                                          Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

                                          You’ll get 3 270x’s on that easy. With a bit of undervolting you’ll probably use up 400-500 watts max.

                                          Depends on your hard disk and CPU, the mobo should pull between 80 and 150 watts. Mine pulls 86 watts with no GPU’s.

                                          Even without undervolting you should squeeze 3 270x’s on their fairly easy.

                                          Find a feathercoin mining calculator and plug in 1500 kh/s to give you an idea of return on investment. Or you could mine Doge or Vertcoin if you wanna just do profit mining, but I suppose I shouldn’t be encouraging you to do that on a FTC forum…

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                                          • MrWyrm
                                            MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                                            It’s a Phenom II x4 940, and runs very hot, I’ll be shocked if it’s power efficient haha.

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