Do you guys still think is it still worth it to invest RM11k for a RTX 3090 for Eth mining?

pre-order, still got 1 to 2 months waiting for delivery

dunno still worth the risk or not after 2 months of waiting

am still paying for my new 3060Ti rig, full time mining for this one, plus part time mining for my old 5700XT
averaging usd20 per day based on the current bull market rate
expecting another 2 or 3 months for the ROI if the current bull runs continues

not sure if I should stretch my budget for a 3090
worried about its overheat issue also

or should I spend another 5K for another 3060Ti

yalor, mine only managed to run stable at 50mh/s at 94w, anymore it will become unstable
btw, mine is the ref blower type 5700XT, don't dare to push too hard also

3060Ti is 24x7, whereas 5700XT is part time over night only, so averaging out around USD20ish la

speaking about Chia farming, ssd is only needed at the plotting phase, correct?
after the lot is plotted the ssd aren't used anymore, correct?

am looking at the alienware R12 as well
was told the delivery could take up to 3 months

was deciding between the 3090 or the cheaper 3080

feels like the 3090 will be a better investment in the long run, but 3080 has the faster ROI

but with the flash crash of the the crypto recently, the ROI will be much long if the price doesn't recover

btw, I've just started mining with my 3060Ti one week+ ago, using Binance ETH pool now, but seems the income is flactuating, is that normal?
one day I was getting up to 0.005 ETH with 79 M/Hs daily hashrate, while today I've gotten only 0.003 ETH with 103 M/Hs daily hashrate??

any pool you guys can recommend?
i see some recommend nicehash

Dell quoted me RM7.5K for Alienware R12 with 3080
IMO it's very good price, but lead time is 2 to 3 months, and it's very likely the 3080 is a castrated LHS version, as OEM like Dell is very likely to get them first.
Guess I'll KIV a new rig for now, get the ROI for existing rig first in next few months then see how

yeah, you can always request for return n refund if they shipped you a LHR ver

but how would you know if it's a LHR version? Dell oem GPU doesn't have any labels on it except the nvidia light
unless you've tried mining with it only then you'll know?

chat with their sales rep and request a quote, which will be cheaper than the listed price

grab the Alienware R12 3090 then
that one guarantee non LHR

their resell value might increase again once the market is flooded with LHR cards

This post has been edited by greyshadow: May 20 2021, 09:57 PM

i did thought about renting those cheap mall lots that usually no body wants, can be cheaper than renting shotlots and comes with aircon too

but the problem is the aircon wasn't 24x7, and it's switch on during mall operation hours only, at morning before the mall opens it can gets very hot & stuffy

try DDU your Nvidia driver and replace your DCH driver with standard Nvidia drivers

INM some miner doesn't play well with DCH drivers

I think Dell will see sudden mass cancellation of their alienware R12 or the XPS with the bubble burst recently

but I guess most of the miner is still observing the situation, to see if the bubble is real or not, or just a temporary mirage

Don't think we'll see used mining cards flooding the market so soon in a week or two, probably another few more months if the crypto market is still on the down trend.

oem means you only can claim warranty together with the system from the original builder

if you bought the card standalone, it will not have any warranty

GPU price now is subjective, how cheap is cheap depends on your wallet tolerance level

there are peoples buying Dell system like XPS and Alienware and pull out the GPU to resell for profits
their GPU aren't covered under Dell warranty once it's out of the original Dell box

ouch, if you could wait for a little while, Dell XPS is not a bad choice

I've gotten my Dell XPS full system with 11th Gen i7, 16Gb RAM, 512Gb NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, and a Dell 3060Ti for the same price of your used Palit 3060Ti

my waiting time was just 2 weeks from ordering to receiving

Guys, mind sharing your mining pool experience?

I started one month ago with my single GPU rig, using Binance pool, payout is once a day, and it gave you whatever you mined. That time is a bull market, so daily Eth payout is kinda good imo, but with the recent bear market, the Eth payout is pretty poor, getting only half of Eth with the same hash rate.

So I tried to switch to nicehash since few days back, still observing the payout variations, but their payout is in BTC no matter what algorithm you used there's a minimal withdrawal amount also. But I like their all in one clean interface, and it will auto restart your miner if it crashed.

Used nanopool xmr on few of my decommissioned server, got minimum withdrawal amount also, and I would need to run those server for a year to eligible for withdrawal

So guys, any more hints and tips for a more effective pooling and mining ?

This post has been edited by greyshadow: May 31 2021, 09:30 AM

Aren't there are some warnings from some pool regarding the phoenix miner?

seems our local secondhand dealers of used miners are slashing their price for current stock in anticipating of upcoming flood of those used miners from China

jett138 good time to jump in now? saw a used L3+ at RM2.8k, they was selling it at 4K+ just a few weeks ago
S9i also just slightly above 1k+