I am new to mining. I own a ASUS Strix 1080Ti which I want to give a try for mining. I searched this forum for what to mine and I found most recent recommendations about zcash. On other side I also checked on nicehash for hassle free mining.
What do you guys suggest?

So I built the rig with Ryzen 5 1600 (without X) - and was quite amazed. That thing is performing even better than my other 1600X CPUs I get stable 560 H/s from it - again at 3.8 Ghz. I guess it was a lucky pick of the CPU.

If You get below 500 (around 450 H/s) on Your 1600 CPUs - I may know where problem is. Im not sure if I should tell You - cause Youll be taking away my profits by mining better But I am a good person so Ill tell You. (You can alway send me some monero scraps to: 4JUdGzvrMFDWrUUwY3toJATSeNwjn54LkCnKBPRzDuhzi5vSepHfUckJNxRL2gjkNrSqtCoRUrEDAgR wsQvVCjZbRwc3EtMhPPX3gZ4daM )

1st - follow this guide and unlock large pages in Win (https://www.usxmrpool.com/#easy_mining_guide)
2nd - cause You have 8 possible threads (16 MB L3) - but just 6 cores - it DOES matter on which cores You do the mining. Cause two cores will be under heavier load. And Windows uses cores from "beginning" - so usually core 1 and 2. If You put 2 threads on these two first cores - Youll see lower hashrates.

so configure xmr-stak-cpu like this:
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 0 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 2 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 4 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 6 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 8 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 9 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 10 },
{ "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : false, "affine_to_cpu" : 11 },

when I had it 0/1/2/3/4/6/8/10 - my hashrates were in those 450 ranges

hope it helps

I'm using DJM ccminer_cuda9.exe and it works fine.

Is there anything to be gained by loading the actual nvidia cuda software?

What are the best brands models for 1080ti? Which one is cooler and better?

What are the best brands models for 1080ti? Which one is cooler and better?

How long will it take to recover my capital for building a $5000 rig?

As you can see - I`m answering to the post that "accusing large, trusted pool". By the way, my words are based on my experience. I compared both pools and can repeat what i said - profit from supernova less then profit  from mph on the same cards, miners.

@Rashkae

Indeed. Currently using sniffy on ashashpool ~ its okay.
How about u?

Try opening those links xD

Can you proof it? For my experience - it`s suprnova steals but not the miningpoolhub. At least the miningpoolhub steals not so much as suprnova.

Can you proof it? For my experience - it`s suprnova steals but not the miningpoolhub. At least the miningpoolhub steals not so much as suprnova.

well, that is a really bad situatin actually
is suprnova did not created an alternative pool for z coin, that means we are really in trouble now
cause all traffic comes for the whole coins comes to one pool.
that is a very dangerous situation actually
hm, maybe developers of zcoin could start their own pool? as alternative?

thanks for your reply,i will put them in my list,still looking for the best durability,hash and best price haha..

which one better brand asus,gigabyte,evga or galax?
i want to start mining with 6x 1080ti,but i still looking for which one can produce more hash
thanks for reply

So, I definitely managed to push 70MH/sec from each of my cards.

https://imgur.com/a/PMZIK

The power draw went up significantly though but it's possible.

Thanks for your reply - but it does not answer my question

How much are making off of that, what is your break even time on the card?

So are you gonna share details with us ?

So are you gonna share details with us ?