Quote from: umine on November 11, 2017, 05:47:40 PM

Quote from: Loco Motive on November 10, 2017, 05:25:33 PM

Hello guys! Yeah, it's another of those threads where a noob asks for some sound mining advice.

I've been in crypto since 2014-2015 and doing pretty well overall, i'm a FA / long-hold / storng hands type of guy, really loving the crypto scene so far (mostly for the memes). I've never mined anything except for some brief experiments with my gaming PC (i remeber mining around 7 DCR per day in early 2016 and thinking "yeah, this is not really worth it". Damn me.).

I've read quite a while in the last couple of weeks about mining, but i still could use some advice from you. So i'm about to buy my first rig and this is what i'm currently looking at:

Mobo: Asrock H110 Pro BTC+ A bit expensive maybe but could allow me to connect 13 GPUs to it if i want to expand my mining operations
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 80+ GOLD two medium PSUs Vs a single, big one. Still undecided, can't see the cons of having a huge 1300 one
GPU: 6x Radeon RX Vega 56 this is ofc where i'm most hesitant, i've picked the Rx 56 over the 1080ti because seems way more efficent in XMR mining ( https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/74hjqn/monero_and_vega_the_definitive_guide/ ) and i think i'd be fine just mining XMR, i'd also not hate to mine ZEC but i can't find a credible comparison between 1080ti and rx56 for ZEC mining.
The 6 x rx56 should use about 1100 W, i'll be fine with that PSU, right?

Any advice is really appreciated, being it specific to my hw choices or more general, tips, memes..
Thanks for your time

As many said you need more powerful PSU for this config. Should not save money for Power Supply. I would offer the following calculations: 6xVega56 max 250W = 6*250 = 1500 + 100W Platform (CPU, MoBo, external fans) = 1600W + at least 15% reserve = 1840W.
It's only my opinion: better to have more power reserve

Yes you are right investing more on power reserve is the right way to go consideing that the Vega 56 cosumes a lot of power you do not want to have a busted component in your minning rig consideing the prices of a Vega 56 is around to $400 to $450 each.