I am an IT technician by trade. When I first got into cryptocurrency, being a hardware guy, mining was what first interested me. I think I built 50 or more cryptocurrency miners in the beginning of 2018. A few months ago I sold all 28 of my GPU's and started interacting with proof of stake crypto's instead of proof of work. I had had enough of managing a farm of GPU's for over a year. Anyone who has been into mining knows the incredible amount of time and energy it takes. Often something as simple as "I'll just add one more GPU to this rig" turns into an 8 hour troubleshooting session just to get it working. Computers, as much as we know about them can still behave unpredictably when you use them in unorthodox ways. That said, I am still a technician. I hate it when there's a problem I can't figure out. And I still work for peanuts! ;) I was recently hired by a client to build their first cryptocurrency miner. In this build I am using 4 GTX 1060 GPU's and 2 EVGA 750w PSU. It's an entry level build specifically designed to mine Ravencoin. It's also ready to add up to 4 more GPU's if you get creative.
Parts List (excluding RAM was out for delivery:)
Cryptocurrency mining is all about the hashing power and right now that comes from GPU's. So we go with an entry level Pentium processor with 16 PCIE lanes (think lanes on a highway and each GPU takes a lane) to save dough.
So pretty
When installing a CPU into a motherboard do so extremely gently. If any of the tiny pins on the socket are bent the computer will not POST. (Power on self test)
Always choose the highest quality PSU's (Power supply units) that you can. EVGA 750 Supernova G3's never let me down
Coming Together
Cable Management is vital!
All done! Ready to mine!
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