Quote from: errol94 on November 15, 2018, 07:59:15 AM

Hi,
I'm new to mining and still learning. I'll add more questions here once I start building. But for now, I have these:

Q1. a) Am I only allowed to mine one coin per GPU or can I use multiple GPUs to mine one coin?
b) Can I mine multiple coins per rig (e.g. 4 coins on a 4 GPU rig) at the same time?

Q2. How does RAM come into play for mining e.g. a GTX 1060 3GB vs GTX 1060 6GB?

Q3. In terms of power usage, If I build a 4 GPU GTX 1080 rig - each gpu's maximum theoretical wattage is 180 W. Of course it's going to be lower but how much power do you expect it to use if I bios mod it? With other components using power as well, would a 1000 W PSU be enough?

Q4. I live in an apartment and pay fixed electricity bills. What tips do you have to maximize mining potential considering electricity is fixed?

Thank you so much.

1) You can multiple coins on various GPUs, however the setup and monitoring of these is troublesome but it can be done.
2) vRAM (making the distinction between regular ram) only matters for ETH hash algo. ETH/ETC have already passed 3GB limit so 1060 3GBs are out for those algo, however they can still be used for other ETH-Hash algo that the DAG is under like UBQ/EXP. Shaders/core clock/powerMemory type matter more than memory for pretty much every algo.
3) You cannot BIOs mod Nvidia GPUs like you would AMD. All you can do to lower power is use the power limiter from 60-100%. 1000w is enough for a 5 GTX1080 rig.
4) Fixed? meaning you only pay one amount every month no change? If so just run them at 80%-90% stick to coins like X22i, RVN, BTG or others that use the core advantage the 1080s off. You could mine ETH but i don't see a point.