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Re: Need price quote check given on potential purchase of first rig please.

5BetMyLifeAway

on 04/07/2018, 20:07:16 UTC

Quote from: R0mi on July 04, 2018, 05:39:02 AM

Quote from: 5BetMyLifeAway on July 03, 2018, 08:40:03 PM

Thanks everybody!! Very helpful. It's hard because I want to put my coins to use but I am trying to be patient and make the right decisions going forward.
I have looked at the new ASIC stuff and especially the Z9 Antminer Equihash but I forgot to mention that I have a Masternode of WaltonChain coins and that can't be used. I feel like i'm in foreign waters but after reading there's a war going on between the GPU and ASIC Bitmain stuff. I read on reddit that WTC would be eventually rolling out their own ASIC miners in the future but after talking to some other WTC miners it seems it's still quite some time away before that happens. Needless to say this is all a bit over whelming but I am up for the task with a lot of help in the process. I appreciate you all that have replied and continue to help.

Here is a similar rig I found online that is for WTC specifically. Seems as though GPU stuff investing is not worth it right now and prices are not good so this is all important to know going forward. Trading is easy compared to this. This is a long term investment to me so YES long term ROI is important.

Digital Gold WTC Rig:
https://www.digie.io/walton-train-6x
Thoughts?

Uhm, it's even more expensive than your first potential purchase. PM me, I may be able to offer you some help for free.

ASUS Prime Z370-A is very good board and has 7 PCIe slots out of the gate. Costs around $150. Intel i7-8700 under $300 and MicroCenter was offering a bundle discount if you purchased a motherboard and a CPU together. I like Ryzen's but I haven't found a good 7 / 8 PCIe motherboard for AMD4 yet. The Z370-A is a solid board.

Best 1080 Ti's - EVGA and it just so happens they are having an attractive fourth of July sale: https://www.evga.com/products/featured-bundles.aspx

That rig you mention above -- it's not specifically for WTC, just not how this works. It says on that page that it has 6 1080 Ti's but it doesn't list the make or manufacturer.

Spending moar money doesn't necessarily get you a better rig.

Thank you very much. I'm just intimidated with attempting to build my own rig etc...despite my trading background I am not that technical when it comes to computer components, hardware and software, and certainly putting things together. I have PM'd you and responded more in depth. Thanks again.

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Re: Need price quote check given on potential purchase of first rig please.

5BetMyLifeAway

on 03/07/2018, 20:40:03 UTC

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5BetMyLifeAway

on 03/07/2018, 15:22:29 UTC

Quote from: Za1n on July 03, 2018, 08:17:14 AM

Considering that rig new would cost about $6500 in parts, the 1950X cpu alone costs $950, and figure $350 for the mobo, and about $750 each for the 6 1080TI boards ($4500 for all 6), and at least another $500 for the PSUs, RAM, SSD and cooler, I very much doubt the seller would let it go for $3500 the poster above me quoted you.

Even if the seller is desperate he can part it out and sell it off to gamers and still fetch $6k plus for the components separately, so I think that is about the price you will be looking at. Anyway, that seems to be too way much rig for general mining and I think you would be very hard pressed to earn your money back in any reasonable time-frame. The great GPU sell-off has yet to begin, wait another month or two and I think even at new prices you would get a much better bargain.

What do you mean by GPU sell off? What part of my rig specs would be affected by this or how would it be beneficial to wait and get something else in a few months?

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5BetMyLifeAway

on 03/07/2018, 14:34:21 UTC

Thanks everyone for their input and advice. So the quote I was given was much higher than $6500 so that is worrying considering I thought this would be a good deal considering what I was being told. Anyways would it make any difference in what coin was being mined etc? Also I forgot to mention in my earlier post that the reason I became interested in mining etc is because I have enough coins for a masternode and I think this will be some potentially really good passive income in the long term.

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Need price quote check given on potential purchase of first rig please.

5BetMyLifeAway

on 03/07/2018, 06:08:46 UTC

So I am excited to hopefully purchase my first rig, but to be honest I am totally in unknown waters because until now I have only been a trader with basically zero experience or concrete knowledge of mining. Luckily I have found someone that I think I can trust that will sell me a rig and host it for me but I need any advice and help breaking down the quote I was given for the rig specs. I apologize first if this is the wrong forum to post in and will be happily redirected to the correct one if necessary. Any comments and help would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance for reading.

Here are the specs I was given. I was told this is good setup, but second, third and all knowledgable opinions would be very helpful in determining the value of what I'm getting for what i'm paying.

Rig Specs:

Gigabyte X399 Aorus MB
Threadripper 1950X Cpu
6 x 1080ti MSI Gaming x
16GB Ram
1200W + 850W PSU
Kingston 120GB SSD
TT Flow 240 water cooler (CPU)
Veddha Open Case

Reasonable value and price?