Im not sure Ive ever broken down the cost of JUST the cooling because the AC and fans are electricity and so is the power used to power the rigs sooooo breaking it down that far is sort of a math problem.

I dunno figure.... maybe $100?

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JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

July 20 2012 03:23 GMT

#3603

Eh not bad at all. Guess that makes sense, really.

I still want to do a custom build inside a minifridge one day. I pretty much figured out the logistics of keeping moisture from being an issue, but it would still probably be pricey.

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 03:27 GMT

#3604

Refridgerators are like air conditioners, they both remove moisture from inside and pump it outside. So you don't have to worry about that. Now if you had said mini-FREEZER we would have moisture problems.

Personally I would do it in an oil aquarium before freezer. The bling potential is through the roof.

EDIT: Also slo mo fans. Very cool.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

July 20 2012 03:31 GMT

#3605

On July 20 2012 12:27 Medrea wrote:
Refridgerators are like air conditioners, they both remove moisture from inside and pump it outside. So you don't have to worry about that. Now if you had said mini-FREEZER we would have moisture problems.

Personally I would do it in an oil aquarium before freezer. The bling potential is through the roof.

EDIT: Also slo mo fans. Very cool.

The issue is that if I did the minifridge, I'd use it, and humidity = condensation when it opens. Not a big deal, I'd just use a plexi case inside with some of those cheap humidor crystals that absorb moisture, and then airtight the puppy except for heatpipes and cables. And hoses if I did it underwater in the fridge. Can you imagine how badass it would be to open your PC to grab a beer?

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 03:38 GMT

#3606

OOOOH minifridge (fradge lol)AND computer case.

Yeah I guess the oil aquarium would make your food different.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

July 20 2012 03:39 GMT

#3607

On July 20 2012 12:38 Medrea wrote:
OOOOH minifradge AND computer case.

Yeah I guess the oil aquarium would make your food different.

Combine the two and you're golden though. Fresh home made wings AND cold beer from two rigs?

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 03:47 GMT

#3608

Im ok though it only gets to about 110F in there in the summer. Dont fall asleep in there though you will get brain damage from the heat.

The new ASICs from Butterfly labs are going to kill GPU mining though. People are saying it could kill bitcoin but I think I can still take my GPGPU processing power to go do something else.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

July 20 2012 03:52 GMT

#3609

Well, I wouldn't call it ideal, but those temps don't particularly scare me, assuming I'm hydrated. I've dealt with it before. Just drink a lot of water.

I don't really keep up with bitcoin related stuff. Are the ASICs something that'll be worth a damn for normal use?

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 03:57 GMT

#3610

http://news.yahoo.com/butterfly-labs-announces-next-generation-asic-lineup-054626776.html

USB powered coffee warmer. $149. 3.5 gh/s which is pretty much ~~equivalent~~ way better actually to a quad 5870 rig.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

July 20 2012 04:05 GMT

#3611

Impressive. But aside from making my coffee warm, how's the 3dmark score?

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 04:07 GMT

#3612

Better than any coffee warmer you have ever seen.

The ASIC's are built for bitcoin first and only.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

July 20 2012 04:08 GMT

#3613

More expensive than any coffee warmer I've ever seen, too. And that's not a challenge.

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 04:09 GMT

#3614

At the current price of coin, and the cost of the warmer, it pays for itself in under a week. Lets see another warmer do that.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

July 20 2012 04:13 GMT

#3615

Meh. How long will the current price of bitcoins hold though once those saturate the market?

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 20 2012 04:17 GMT

#3616

It will drop the first two weeks they hit, then recover once the network increases the difficulty so that the system is only giving out 50 coins every 10 minutes again. Difficulty is always balanced around 50 coins every 10 minutes.

But you will be going up against people who also have 1 Th/s rigs for $30,000 (super cheap, Im tempted to get one or more) soooo, hard to say for sure. It will pay for itself though thats for sure.

jdseemoreglass

United States3773 Posts

July 20 2012 05:00 GMT

#3617

nevermind...

Sovano

United States1503 Posts

July 20 2012 16:46 GMT

#3618

Hello, so I've been running into lag issues lately in SC2. It's whenever someone else streams using my internet while I'm playing. Is there a way to limit connections without using programs? If not possible then what are some good ones?

Jonoman92

United States9110 Posts

July 20 2012 19:38 GMT

#3619

Anyone know the best way to use remote desktop control/connection? I tried logmein but the performance is rather disappointing in terms of laggieness and no sound on the free version. Not sure if anything else will be better, but I think I may try using the built in windows one since I feel it might work better?

I'm doing this to try and bypass university firewall which blocks... almost everything for playing games. VPN works somewhat but I get weird disconnects every 20-30 minutes.

Szgk

Poland112 Posts

July 21 2012 08:39 GMT

#3620

My current computer was built in early 2011. Because I don't really play modern games and the games I do play run just fine on this machine, I didn't get a dedicated graphics card for it. And rightly so, almost all of the games I play run just fine with integrated graphics on my chipset. But now I feel like trying out some of the more graphics-heavy games.

The last card I had installed in a desktop was Radeon 9800 PRO, so I'm pretty far behind the curve when it comes to following what's good and what's not.

Could you recommend me a graphics card for my setup?

Motherboard: Intel DH55HC
CPU: i3 540 @ 3.07 GHz (Clarkdale)
RAM: 2 x 2 GB DDR3
PSU: Modecom Feel 500W