is this mining rig good enough

[Abxolute]

INTEL G4400
asrock h110 pro btc
corsair value ddr4 1x4gb
WD blue 500gb
zotac GTX 1060 6gb mini x6
seasonic X850/corsair HX850/EVGA 850 G3/ANDYSON GM1200

now what i wanted to know the most is which power supply is the best for this rig, especially that can stand 24/7 without burning.corsair and evga is very expensive in my country even though both of them are excellent products,seasonic is a great product but i heard over the internet that some people got the power connector melted into the power supply.and i've never heard about andyson nor i have the experience from it,would you guys that know power supply give me tips?

 

[TJ Hooker]

If corsair/EVGA are very expensive for you the seasonic is very good. That being said, you may want to get a higher wattage one. Depending on what you're mining, you're looking at 6*120 = 720W (or more) for GPUs alone. Add ~50W for the rest of the system, that's getting a little close. Maybe try for a ~1000W PSU.

I wouldn't get the andyson.

 

[derekullo]

My calculations show this would pull about 859 watts with everything going full blast.

Corsair AX1200i is what I would recommend.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139039

The Corsair AX series is their highest most expensive line and is built for high to extreme performance and are designed to handle extreme situations.

Had they offered a 1000 watt AX PSU I would have chosen that but the only AX offered are 760, 860, 1200 and 1500 watts.

You may be able to get by with the HX1000, but i'd rather pay the extra $70 for peace of mind.

 

[derekullo]

On the flipside if you upgraded the cpu to a 7700k you could use it to mine monero at around 300 hashes a second versus the around 50 hashes the G4400 would give

 

[Abxolute]

the corsair ax1200i cost 354 dollar in my country which is unfortunately out of my budget and the andyson offers only 1 year warranty , evga 850 G3 and corsair HX850 cost pretty much the same , but would corsair RM1000 would be sufficient enough to mine 24/7 for a year?

 

[Abxolute]

but does cpu affect gpu performance in mining?

 

[derekullo]

The RM1000 would be sufficient but it is only a gold rated power supply.

The HX and AX are Platinum rated which makes them more efficient, which is the name of the game for mining.

Going cheap on the power supply is literally the opposite of what you should do on a mining rig.

 

[derekullo]

The cpu does slightly affect but it is made up by the coins the cpu is able to mine.

I use minergate over here and I can tell it to mine Monero with the cpu and Ethereum with the gpu.

 

[derekullo]

The HX1000 is the lowest power supply I would use for your rig.

 

[Abxolute]

and one last thing i plan to mine with limitting the power to 55%,i dont really care if the hashrate goes down for 1-2MH/s since it saves electricity by a lot in my country , but will it damage my gpu and is it ok then if i bought the 850 watt?

 

[derekullo]

As long as you limit the tdp to 55% you should be ok with the AX760.

Estimated system wattage is 535 watts with gpus at 55% tdp.

Corrected Typo

 

[Abxolute]

whoa that is pretty high even at 55% , how do you calculate that

 

[derekullo]

whoa that is pretty high even at 55% , how do you calculate that

Sorry mistyped a digit when i was doing calculations 535 watts is the correct final wattage @ 55% tdp.

 

[derekullo]

To calculate I digitally built your computer on https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4dnff8

I know the wattage of the 1060 is 120 watts so 120 x 6 = 720 x 0.55 = 396 watts

396 watts + 139 watts from the rest of the system = 535 watts

 

[Abxolute]

owh ok sir derek thank you for the information

 

[derekullo]

and one last thing i plan to mine with limitting the power to 55%,i dont really care if the hashrate goes down for 1-2MH/s since it saves electricity by a lot in my country , but will it damage my gpu and is it ok then if i bought the 850 watt?

If electricity is expensive in your country then by all means get either the HX or AX Platinum lines.

You will save money on electricity doing so.

Corsair AX760
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139042

 

[Abxolute]

i will get the hx series and how many graphic cards can it take , im confused by the corsair psu series

 

[derekullo]

i will get the hx series and how many graphic cards can it take , im confused by the corsair psu series

The thing you are looking for is PCI-Express Connectors.
Click specifications tab to see the PCI-Express Connectors.

Corsair AX760
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139042
6+2 PCI-Express Connectors

Corsair HX750i
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139084
also 6+2 PCI-Express Connectors

Each geforce 1060 requires 1 PCI-Express Connector.

So with 6 plugs and 6 cards you can't add any more graphics cards to the computer that require PCI-Express Connectors.

 

[TJ Hooker]

I doubt you can reduce power by nearly half and only lose 1-2 MH/s.

 

[Abxolute]

From the hx1000 ,the peripheral part and pcie looks alike, can i use the peripheral part as graphic card power,by the way tj i've tried it

 

[TJ Hooker]

I stand corrected. Are you mining eth? That makes more sense because the card wouldn't be mining at 100% power to begin with. So setting power limit to 50% wouldn't halve the actual power draw during mining, because the card wouldn't have been drawing max TDP in the first place.

 

[derekullo]

A site I use all the time for calculating hash-rates advises a 65% tdp and a core overclock of 150 and a memory overclock of 500.

https://whattomine.com/

Just mouse over 1060 at the top.

Each card is different, but that's a nice baseline.