Everybody Post Their MINING RIGS! Show Photos
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I sooooooo want this
Dell R900 Server 128GB RAM Windows Server 2012 - $600 (metro atlanta) hide this posting
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condition: like new
make / manufacturer: Dell Server
model name / number: R900
Pristine condition 4U Dell Server. 128 GB RAM. (4) processors each with 6 cores for a total of 24 physical cores. Power house server with Windows Server 2012. Also have one with VMWARE Workstation 12.
Redundant power supplies. (2) 10 GB ethernet ports. (2) 1GB ethernet ports. The ram alone is worth over a 600.$ 600 cash. Can deliver in Metro Atlanta
I think i can get it for about $350 tho
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@haitch do you think these are ideal for mining purposes?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117560&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction-CS&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-CS--Processors%20-%20Desktops--Intel-_-19117560&cm_sp=&AID=11886886&PID=3962334&SID=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402&cm_re=cpu_intel--19-117-402--Product
or would you have a recommendation on hand?
Thanks,
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@goodplanets Both would be fine - as long as they match a motherboard you have - building a complete system from scratch for Burst can get pricey.
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@haitch yep i'm about $3k in and I wont be satisfied until I have acceptable results.
One thing I'm concerned about is CPU and RAM usage maxing out. Once in a while System crashes.
Thought it might be plotting related but no, it's getting worse with every drive the miner has to read.
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@goodplanets One thing I've found that helps with plotting is a high speed drive for the pagefile - I'm replotting my 60TB drive and threw a PCIe NVMe drive in the rig, and created a 64GB page file on it, removing the pagefile on the physical drive - it's been running great.
For mining, if using CPU, try and use a CPU with at least as many threads as you have drives.
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@goodplanets Are you on Windows 10? If so go to your Task manager and see if there is some processes getting your CPU and RAM usage high as hell...
There are 2 services on Windows 10 that have to be disabled manually in order to stop this consuming processes... IDK if it is your case but just a tip! xD
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hey all can someone give me a good recommendation for a CPU upgrade on this system
here are the possible CPU's i am looking at and doing 2 of them ( server currently only has 1 )
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@haitch said in Everybody Post Their MINING RIGS! Show Photos:
@goodplanets One thing I've found that helps with plotting is a high speed drive for the pagefile - I'm replotting my 60TB drive and threw a PCIe NVMe drive in the rig, and created a 64GB page file on it, removing the pagefile on the physical drive - it's been running great.
And you lost me there. :( is there a simple explanation for us english speakers?
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@Njcfamily31907 Any of those on the NewEgg list will be fine - but make sure you get Xeons, you can't run non-xeons in a dual processor config.
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@haitch ok thx
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@jervis when memory is running low on a system, it writes stuff it doesn't need right now out to the pagefile, and when it needs that data, brings it back. If the pagefile is on a regular HDD, that can be slow. Instead I put in a PCIe NVMe drive - it's an extremely high performance SSD drive (they leave regular SSD's in the dust) - eg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249081&cm_re=nvme--20-249-081--Product - you then configure Windows to use that drive for the Pagefile instead of your harddisk - makes everything a LOT faster
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@haitch oh there. That's easy now. Thanks. So that's what to do in this case. :)
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@goodplanets I would go with the 6700K because it uses the LGA 1151 socket (Same as the upcoming Kaby Lake processors). So if you have the right socket for it get this one. On the other hand if you want the extra cores than the 2011 v3 socket is something that comes with a premium.
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woohooo new home for my miner came in the mail today finishing setup now and will load some pic's im no longer just a pile of parts siting ontop of a case thats to small for the Mobo lol.
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my mining rig after i upgraded Mobo and CPU to MSI 970a SLI Krait ed , AMD 8320e CPU found out later that my case was to small so i cut the bottom off mounted the Mobo and turned the case on its side
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new case seting up full size much much bigger than the old one ... even makes my 32" monitor look small. ton's more room got slots for 10 internal Hdd's all with individual rubber isolators on every tray. got a quick Sata Hdd slot on top if i feel like using it with two USB 3.0 in the back and two usb 3.0 on top to go along with the 4 normal usb's on top . last pic is setup and mining
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@haitch H good idea on the NVMe Drive for the page file. I have noted a lot of C: drive activity when plotting. When you set it up did you also leave a page file on the C Drive as this article recommends
or did you just put it on the NVMe drive? Also what did you set the size to?
Rich
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@RichBC Nothing on the C: drive - NVMe only, and 64G - (this is a 28 GB system)
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I'm going to power my laptop setup with solar power soon I can post pictures if anyones interested.
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@weaveR Any solar panels here would be covered in snow soon .... but given the Shaky Isles, solar is probably a good idea for you - if you can maintain an internet connection ... ;-)







