"Hey guys, I'm looking to upgrade my SHA-256 mining setup and was wondering if anyone has any experience with optimizing rig configs for brute-force mining. Currently I've got a bunch of hand-me-down GPUs in a rig with a mid-tier CPU, but I'm not getting the best performance I know I can get. Any recommendations for upping my hashing power?"
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"HAND ME DOWN: Optimizing Rig Config for SHA-256 Brute-Force"
- Thread starter neoneo
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"Dude, have you considered going with NVIDIA V100 instead of AMD? I know it's a beast of a card, but I've seen some vids where it decodes those SHA-256 hashes like a hot knife through butter. Anyone try running multiple V100s in SLI?"
palboy1990
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"Yoooo, just a heads up on the GPUs, I was running 5x NVIDIA 1080 Tis and saw a pretty big boost in hash rates. Made sure the driver was up to date and didn't mess with the power settings. Anyone else using AMD cards getting similar results with SHA-256?"
"Dude, I've been running a 6x RTX 3080 setup for a while now and it's been raking in the coins on SHA-256. The real optimization comes with tuning the memory and clocks to get the most out of the NVIDIA drivers. Anyone have any magic numbers for us to try?"
"Hey, I've found that tweaking the CPU clock speed and adjusting the RAM timings can give you a nice boost in SHA-256 hash rates. Been running a config with a 3900X and 64GB of DDR4 and it's been serving me well so far. Anyone else have any tips for optimizing RAM on their rigs?"
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Discussion: new trends
REZIDENT 059
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"Just set up my rig with 8x NVIDIA RTX A6000s and I'm getting 140+ H/s on my Antminer S17X. Considering adding in some older AMD cards to see if I can squeeze out a bit more hashrate. Anyone got any tips on how to balance the load between the different GPUs?"