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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Calculating air conditioning on GPU mining rigs, help needed.
by
QuintLeo
on 13/01/2018, 21:08:25 UTC
I have run a 400 GPU farm with absolutely no A/C. If you need help, please contact me on skype (Kotarius). I can save you a lot of money.

I'm quite curious how this is done and what climate you're in that no AC is used.  I live in the Midwest, United States and in the summer, the ambient temp will far exceed what you want a room full of computers to be at.


 A properly designed mining rig can be quite comfortable at 90 F ambient, and most should be able to handle 100 if enough space is allowed between the GPUs for proper cooling.

 ASIC rigs vary - some handle higher temps well, some need to be downclocked.

 Even the big boys have started realizing this - reference the Yahoo "Chicken coop" data center design for a well-known example of a MODERN efficient data center that does not use traditional A/C at all.