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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 27/09/2017, 07:19:37 UTC
Anyways, I think focusing on the riserless mobos is better strategy moving forward. Save money on unreliable risers, better heat control and lessen OS compatibility issues.

Which begs the question, how is your progress with the Onda board?  Grin

As always, thanks in advance for any updates  Wink
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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 21/09/2017, 03:09:11 UTC

Yup - one on its way to Phil.

I am halfway setting up the boards for the remaining P106 that I got previously (18 pieces) so 3 x 6-P106 rigs with 2 x 1500w HP or 1 x 2400w Delta, and 1 x EVGA1000-G3 to power up the 3 x onboard SATA. Got sidetracked due to my travel commitments, but should be able to continue working on the rigs this week.

Is Onda a Biostar branding for Asian markets? We have done well with all of our Biostar motherboards this year, so if they are the ones that actually produced this D1800 it makes me allot more confident that it will work as advertised.

I do think that 8 slot Colorful motherboard (forgot the model name) that has been shown recently looks the most enticing, but these D1800s look slick too. --- Does anyone know of a case/frame that has been designed to fit these?

My thinking too. 8 slots is denser than 6, obviously.

I don't think the Onda board is a rebrand of Biostar. They're their own small manufacturer.

Go back a few pages, I posted info about a case for the Onda board, thought that case might restrict what GPUs you can use due to GPU size...
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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 21/09/2017, 02:40:24 UTC

Yup - one on its way to Phil.

I am halfway setting up the boards for the remaining P106 that I got previously (18 pieces) so 3 x 6-P106 rigs with 2 x 1500w HP or 1 x 2400w Delta, and 1 x EVGA1000-G3 to power up the 3 x onboard SATA. Got sidetracked due to my travel commitments, but should be able to continue working on the rigs this week.

Cool. Look forward to seeing your & Phil's updates. And thanks as always!
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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 21/09/2017, 00:47:17 UTC
@citronick

Do you have any update on the Onda D1800?
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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 20/09/2017, 04:33:33 UTC
Smells really fishy to me. 300W and no aux power connectors on the board? Can't even render the PCB correctly. It's mirrored and then photoshopped some labels on it, which look non-mirrored.

"Invested" billions of whatever currency in it and call it a "GMO"? Come on!

Edit: Those black power converters don't belong on a 300W ASIC board. They are nice and expensive and very efficient, but are not intended for high current/low voltage applications. Proper VRMs are needed for anything >50W.

This is what they look like. Note that the Linear Technology logo is easily recognizable on the "GMO" product. I call it utter BS.


GMO is a legit company. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, capital $50 million, revenue $1.3 billion (with a b), total assets $5.8 billion, employees 4400+.

https://finance.google.com/finance?q=TYO%3A9449

Here's the official Investor Relations note: http://ir.gmo.jp/en/pdf/irlibrary/disclose_info20170907_e.pdf

Here's the official press release: https://www.gmo.jp/en/news/article/?id=752

You should do more research before calling BS.

Whether they will achieve what they announced, but the dates they announced, is another questions. But the company and project/initiative are as legit as can be.

I agree that they are real  as to whether they build a good piece of gear    " ?  "   seem to cover it.  I will look for it.

Yes, my bad. BS was unwarranted. We should not judge companies by their name no matter how silly it sounds.

Still, their photoshopped board prop looks really cheesy and those Linear LDO's don't look right.

-scsi

No worries. I think those renderings were made only for the presentation slides.

I heard they have barely started planning the design phase, and I doubt they would share pictures of the real chips when they finish them...
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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 19/09/2017, 06:07:25 UTC
Smells really fishy to me. 300W and no aux power connectors on the board? Can't even render the PCB correctly. It's mirrored and then photoshopped some labels on it, which look non-mirrored.

"Invested" billions of whatever currency in it and call it a "GMO"? Come on!

Edit: Those black power converters don't belong on a 300W ASIC board. They are nice and expensive and very efficient, but are not intended for high current/low voltage applications. Proper VRMs are needed for anything >50W.

This is what they look like. Note that the Linear Technology logo is easily recognizable on the "GMO" product. I call it utter BS.


GMO is a legit company. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, capital $50 million, revenue $1.3 billion (with a b), total assets $5.8 billion, employees 4400+.

https://finance.google.com/finance?q=TYO%3A9449

Here's the official Investor Relations note: http://ir.gmo.jp/en/pdf/irlibrary/disclose_info20170907_e.pdf

Here's the official press release: https://www.gmo.jp/en/news/article/?id=752

You should do more research before calling BS.

Whether they will achieve what they announced, but the dates they announced, is another questions. But the company and project/initiative are as legit as can be.
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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 12/09/2017, 08:52:09 UTC
3 x sata and 3 x 4-pin molex ..... how do to make this work .... with a 1200w HP server PSU, PICO and BB solution Huh

Please do let us know how you end up wiring the sata and molex ports. I could be wrong but it looks as though the molex are output ports for fans though...

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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 04/09/2017, 13:23:07 UTC
I'm mining Burst with just under 0.3 PB...

At today's price, seems to generate USD450 in gross profits. Are you mining Burst for ROI? Or for other reasons?

I had basically created negative pressure throughout the entire house, so hot and humid air was being pulled in through all cracks in doors, windows and walls.

Yep, and dust too. When I used to build gaming PCs a long time ago, I learned the hard way that positive pressure through filtered intake is the best way to keep dust out.
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Re: Sixth alt coin thread I forgot to mod last thread.
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TheRider
on 04/09/2017, 13:11:25 UTC
Quote from: citronick
I just got one of my China contacts last night to buy it for me.

Taobao is a Alibaba for domestic market kind of a thing, so plenty of Chinese text there unlike Aliexpress which is designed for International market.

Hope to get it in the next week or so via air - will revert soon.

Bought 3 Qty - 2 for me and 1 donating to Phil :-)
These look epic. Very interesting. Be sure to let us know how you get on with them!

Citronick, any update on those Onda D1800 boards?

Seems there's a case for it too.

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Re: Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big.
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TheRider
on 31/08/2017, 06:40:57 UTC
Phil, have you seen this board?

Might be worth ordering one for testing. Riser-less 6GPU rigs would save you lots of components from your 3GPU rigs.

Manufacturer page
http://www.onda.cn/MotherBoard_Designs.aspx?id=369

Translated by Google
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Designs.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url

Specs:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Specifications.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url


List price is CNY 1100, but the manufacturer's web shop is out of stock.

However, I found it on this website
https://s.taobao.com/search?q=D1800-BTC

Cheapest seem to be around CNY 590, which is the equivalent of $90.

Got a few boards to test.

I want to run Linux on this - anybody knows what mobo chipset is this?

Celeron powered with DDR3 memory should point to chipset before Z170 ?

Per QuintLeo's comment, it uses Intel SoC, so no chipset per se. I'm thinking a recent Linux distro would run just fine.

When do you plan to test the board?

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Re: Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big.
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TheRider
on 31/08/2017, 03:12:13 UTC
Well, on 2nd thought, since Bitmain is asking $1,870 for this Nov batch L3+, I will be ordering zero instead of the 2-3 I was considering at a reasonable 1300-1400 price point.  I might kick myself later but that's just a bit too risky for me.  Oh well, back to the drawing board lol.

Ditto. Can't even get to the damn page, and I'm only 56ms RTT away...
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Re: Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big.
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TheRider
on 30/08/2017, 23:54:06 UTC
Phil, have you seen this board?

Might be worth ordering one for testing. Riser-less 6GPU rigs would save you lots of components from your 3GPU rigs.

Manufacturer page
http://www.onda.cn/MotherBoard_Designs.aspx?id=369

Translated by Google
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Designs.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url

Specs:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Specifications.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url


List price is CNY 1100, but the manufacturer's web shop is out of stock.

However, I found it on this website
https://s.taobao.com/search?q=D1800-BTC

Cheapest seem to be around CNY 590, which is the equivalent of $90.

Got a few boards to test.

I want to run Linux on this - anybody knows what mobo chipset is this?

Celeron powered with DDR3 memory should point to chipset before Z170 ?


it is a g1820 cpu    this would be a good  board  for a 3 card 1080 ti

uses a 8gb sodimm 1600 ram stick    about 90 + 40 = 130 

Only 3 cards? Do you think spacing looks too tight for 6 cards?
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Re: Litecoin mining with NVIDIA GPU
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TheRider
on 30/08/2017, 05:33:30 UTC
this thread is so old but i need to know how to mine litecoin by using nvidia cards. I have GTX1060 and GTX1070 GPUs. I will just start my first pool. it is litecoin pool. and i dont have asic miner for litecoin.

Mining Litecoin using GPUs is like racing a F1 race on a skateboard...

Here, try these.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_software
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Re: Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big.
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TheRider
on 30/08/2017, 05:28:17 UTC
Phil, have you seen this board?



Might be worth ordering one for testing. Riser-less 6GPU rigs would save you lots of components from your 3GPU rigs.

Manufacturer page
http://www.onda.cn/MotherBoard_Designs.aspx?id=369

Translated by Google
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Designs.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url

Specs:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onda.cn%2FMotherBoard_Specifications.aspx%3Fid%3D369&edit-text=&act=url


List price is CNY 1100, but the manufacturer's web shop is out of stock.

However, I found it on this website
https://s.taobao.com/search?q=D1800-BTC

Cheapest seem to be around CNY 590, which is the equivalent of $90.
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Re: here is a thread for newbies to setup a nvoc 0017 rig to mine zec
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TheRider
on 03/07/2017, 06:11:19 UTC
For a pure mining system, a low-wattage Celeron or G-series Pentium should be plenty.

I read somewhere that Skein doesn't like the low end processors. Is that true?
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Re: [WTB] HP Breakout board 1200W
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TheRider
on 26/06/2017, 05:31:13 UTC
Also looking at these. Did you check Finksy's thread?
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Re: Biostar TB250 BTC compatibility with M.2 to PCIE adapter
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TheRider
on 26/06/2017, 05:28:35 UTC
Did you figure out if you can use 7 GPUs with this board?
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Re: ASUS PRIME Z270-AR vs ASUS PRIME Z270-A
by
TheRider
on 12/06/2017, 07:14:42 UTC
but ASUS specs claim only 6 PCIE on the AR version.  Is it a typo on ASUS part?

Did you actually look at the specs? More like a typo on your part I'm thinking...

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-Z270-AR/specifications/

Expansion Slots
2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (max at x4 mode)
4 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x1
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Re: gtx 1060 3GB vs gtx 1060 6GB
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TheRider
on 07/06/2017, 02:48:13 UTC
Bump.

Would like to hear the community's thoughts on this questions.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Shortage of 480/580/470/570 GPUS
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TheRider
on 06/06/2017, 01:43:42 UTC
Hey guys - if you don't mind international shipping, I can help. I live in Japan where electricity rates make it difficult to mine ($0.25/kwh), but I do have access to reasonably prices AMD cards locally.

If you have a specific card in mind, I'll look for the cheapest source, give you the exact price without any markup, and we can agree on a BTC amount. I won't put any markup on top, but will leave it to your discretion to "tip" me for my effort only if you want. What's in it for me? I get to convert my JPY to BTC through the transaction without it being tracked by any local exchange.

EMS shipping from Japan Post is traceable and as reliable as any major shippers like USPS/UPS/DHL/Fedex etc, but much more cost effective.

Food for thought. PM me if interested.