hermes980
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I am debating getting a X299 Motherboard to load up with 4x1070s for mining so I don’t have to deal with risers/issues risers present.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a case to keep things nice and cool (I am not doing liquid cooling).
Thanks!
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Monday, March 12, 2018 4:18 AM
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Fractal Design XL R2. Has 9 expansion ports. Because you're using 4 cards you're going to need 8 slots, which is difficult to find in a case. The XL R2 is a sound dampening case which will keep the noise levels of those massive amounts of cards down. I own an XL first gen. It's quiet.
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Monday, March 12, 2018 4:25 AM
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MINERS!!! YOU are the reason cards are going out of stock and the prices are insanely high!!!
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Monday, March 12, 2018 3:26 PM
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iospro
MINERS!!! YOU are the reason cards are going out of stock and the prices are insanely high!!!
It has already been proven that miners had very little effect on the market.
post edited by rjohnson11 - Monday, March 12, 2018 5:20 PM
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Monday, March 12, 2018 4:42 PM
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Thank you for the recommendation on the XL. If cryptos go south, I will probably still
Mine or crunch as a hobby
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Monday, March 12, 2018 5:24 PM
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Many factors come into play due to lack of video card stock. There is great demand for supply from BOTH miners and gamers. Secondly there is too great a demand for memory and this also is causing shortages and also spiking prices. Add to that shortages of some semiconductors used in the manufacturing process. For stock to be relieved the semiconductor and memory shortage need to be dealt with first.
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Monday, March 12, 2018 5:26 PM
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I realize a lot of people are angry about lack of stock but in the forums I'll ask everyone to remain calm and post professionally.
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Monday, March 12, 2018 6:20 PM
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Thank you for the details on the stock shortage. We all have needs.. as computers aren’t just for gaming... or vice versa... mining. In essence, we are all in this together and need to wait and see
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Re: X299 Case For Mining
Thursday, March 22, 2018 9:34 AM
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Ranmacanada
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MINERS!!! YOU are the reason cards are going out of stock and the prices are insanely high!!!
It has already been proven that miners had very little effect on the market.
For Nvidia cards, not for AMD cards. Probably than 5% of all discrete Nvidia cards sold in 2017 (and the majority of those were in 2Q 2017) went to miners vs at least 15% and more likely 20-25% for AMD. 2018 so far seems to be even more lopsided, as the ONLY coin to see significant network hashrate growth (excluding ASIC mined coins) was Ethereum which is a major AMD stronghold. Scary part - AMD almost LOST market share in 2017 vs Nvidia, despite the millions of AMD cards sold to miners that year.
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