Building my ETH Aluminium Mining Rig Construction / Video & Guide

in #cryptocurrency7 years ago (edited)

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Around two months ago I wanted to start earning some passive income as Ethereum had hit some major highs getting well over $300 USD. So I thought why not start building some rigs and buying some GPU's and fitting them out. The time that I got into it was just at the time when everyone else decided to start building rigs, so one , it made the price of GPU's extremely expensive and two, made them hard to actually even find. I persevered and luckily found some low priced cards to start my new project. In all I purchased 11 GPU's ranging from RX 470 4GB's to RX 480 8GB's and some RX 570 and RX 580's. I am really looking forward to the Vega 64 Cards that apparently will perform at around 100 MH/s each !!! Hopefully I will have a few next week if my order comes through. If I do manage to get them - I will be sure to share some benchmarks and performance videos :)

Remember, you can use this rig to Mine anything that uses a GPU - Find a list here of what will give you the best return for your mining power. Currently Ethereum and Musicoin provide the best returns at the time of writing this post.

https://whattomine.com/coins

Onto my rig build. I noticed a stack of rig cases for sale on Ebay for $100 USD+ and decided to build my own, so far I have built around 6, please note that in my video , my drill battery was playing up a little :( Anyway, Please watch my video and I have also included the dimensions and materials so you can also make one if you like.

You will find all the materials and dimensions on the bottom of the page, here is what the build looks like

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Buy your materials - In Australia , I buy my materials at Bunnings Hardware - I love that place, obviously overseas, you would visit your local hardware store for your materials and you may find yours are cheaper than here.

You will need a hacksaw, some masking tape to reduce the sharp edges on your aluminium angle when you cut it and a cordless or wired drill. You will also require 2.5 metres of aluminium angle, some timber and some self drilling screws, I have a list at the end of my post.

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This is the aluminium angle I use.

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Always check your measurements twice to avoid wasting your materials! haha

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As mentioned, I use masking tape to reduce sharp edges and a hacksaw to cut

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Here is what the final rig looks like minus the hardware

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And an underneath shot

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I always put some adhesive rubber feet stickers on to protect the surface put it on from being scratched

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As shown in the video I also screw on every corner after the initial assembly to strengthen the frame

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Here is the rig with some cards and a motherboard and Power Supply

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Some of my older rigs I built with 5 cards in each

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One GPU, SSD HDD and Motherboard and PSU

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Before and After

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Material Sizes

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The materials to use per rig case - will hold up to 6 x GPU's

2x pieces of 3 Metre Moulding Aluminium Angle 20x20x1.5mm - cost approx $32.00 AUD *each rig only uses 5 metres, so you will have some left

1x piece of Pine Dar 18x18mm 2.7 metre in length - cost approx $5 AUD

1 box of Self Drilling Screws - I used Zenith Metal Button Head Phillips Drive 8G x 12mm *35 screws in the pack - cost approx $4 AUD

I also use some masking tape to reduce the rough edges of my cuts and I cut with a hacksaw.

Cut Aluminium lengths to:
4 x 55cm
4 x 35cm
4 x 30cm

Cut Wood lengths to:
5 x 35cm
1 x 55cm

Remember - You will require to mine: the following hardware, 1-6 GPU's, a compatible Motherboard, 4GB minimum RAM, Win10 or Linux etc, Power Supply (I recommend 1000-1200 WATT, 64 GB SSD HDD, PCIe Risers X how many GPU's you have and the case. I personally use Claymores miner , but there are plenty of alternatives, feel free to ask me anything about the rig case or mining, I am happy to assist :)

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Coolest post of the day! I hope this makes the trending page and earns you some bank to put toward your rig!

Legend ! Thanks , me too! And nice to meet you @jordanlindsey .

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I am very interested in the vega cards u spoke of getting. Please let me know on hw i can purchase them. It is quite urgent also if u have other graphic cards for sale for mining not gaming and at wat prices? Do u by any chance also hve any miners for sale n the specs, if u do, Your feedback and help wud b much appreciated :) Many tx ...Sadiya

Are you in Australia @sadiya ? Cards are easy to come by now. The Vega cards are extremely limited at this stage and won't be released here until late next week.

Thank u so much for the reply :) im from south africa. Any idea wts the price? Wil kp in touch soon, tx agen :))

Very ncie intalejent post
Thianks for experiences shareing
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Thanks mate!

Great post, very detailed, cheers!

Thankyou @wessel , I am glad you like it !

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Nice job, wish you the best in this endeavor!

Thanks @jcgoez , i will do another post of earnings as I just got a watt metre so I can measure my kw/h.

Hands on project!

Love it.

Now you have got me interested in this as up to now I always thought computers were things we have to buy from stores.

I'll be doing some homework on the topic and if I get stuck, I'll take you up on your offer to help out.

Thank mate.

Thanks @jackmiller . I will post how to install the hardware shortly when I build a new rig. Then I'll also show how to install everything. Thanks, you are always welcome to ask me anything, always happy to help.

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Nice looks great. Have fun out there :)

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Looks amaaaaazing!!! How do you avoid the dust accumulation?
Thanks!

Good question, The dust can't accumulate because the fans blowing constantly off the GPU's and the CPU fan blow all the dust away from the motherboard and everything :)

Hum... ok... I need to add a couple of fans...

awesome! :) do you game on that too? haha

Sadly I just mine on it :(

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