The prices of graphic cards are starting to drop. I'm starting to see GTX 1080's under $600.
I'm completely new at mining. I've only mined a couple of alt coins on my laptop. My question is, should I buy a new gaming PC with a motherboard that allows multiple graphic cards? When I'm not using the machine, it could be used for mining? Would buying multiple graphic cards over time be worth it? And would I be able to get a 100% return on investment before the end of 2018?
Any answers would be great. The other option would be to get an AntMiner instead of multiple graphic cards. So, what are your thoughts?
If you were gonna build a dual gpu PC for gaming - the SLI combo would only be necessary for 4k res or games that can utilise it. Otherwise - I wouldn't fry a really good CPU corei5 or i7 for mining. Not necessarily frying it, but you might as well buy an extra Celeron CPU, but swapping them out would be a slight hassle.
Games don't support triple SLI combos anymore.
IMO make seperate systems and move the graphics cards around. At the moment you're looking at around 1-1.50usd per day per gpu. So maybe just make a nice gaming PC with 1 GPU with 3-4 PCIE slots so if you want to add more later on you can!
Good luck and let us know what you decide!
Thanks for the reply. I'll have to an update!
I wasn't planning to mine with the cpu. The idea was to get build a gaming PC with one really nice GTX 2080 and then buy a motherboard that would allow multiple graphic cards to be connected. Then gradually add on graphic cards to increase mining profability.
It also depends on how much I'll be using the computer on a daily basis. Wouldn't want to be mining while trying to game/stream.