"Upcycled My Old GPU for a Mining Rig - Lessons Learned!"

nedmitry

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"Hey fellow miners, just finished upcycling my old 1070 into a mining rig and I'm sharing my experience. I managed to squeeze out 24 MH/s from it using an old 8GB stick of RAM and an AMD Ryzen 5 CPU. Not bad for a GPU that was on its last legs, but still has some juice left"
 

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"Dude, nice work on breathing new life into that old GPU. I've had some luck with upcycling old rigs for mining too, just be sure to wipe the BIOS and OS cleanly to avoid any weird issues. What kind of hash rate did you end up getting from that GPU?"
 

JlLeMKill

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"Dude, that's awesome! Upcycling old GPUs is a great way to breathe new life into them. How'd you fare in terms of power efficiency and has the mining performance been what you expected?"
 

tmptime

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"Dude, that's awesome! I've been thinking of doing the same with my old 3080, but I'm not familiar with the upcycling process. Can you share some more details on what you used to repurpose it?"
 

s-v-o-i

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"Dude, nice job on the upcycle! I've been thinking of doing something similar, been eyeing some old cards on Craigslist for potential mining rigs. What kinda hashrate are you getting on that setup?"
 
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