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Anyone ordered a prebuilt with RTX3080 from PCSpecialist.ie?
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Yep, sure I pay ~15c/KWH after VAT. I run the card at 230W power limit for about 90MH/s mining rate, PC is on overnight anyway if I was mining or not. So an additional ~90c per day elec. It's just under €8 net at current prices, but was higher earlier in the month.
edit: price jumped back up, profit is close to €8.50/24hr
Jaysus €8.50 Net per day is about €260 a month or €3100 in a year (I know it can fluctuate wildly)!!
Are you mining Bitcoin or Ethereum?
Knowing my luck I get the PC at the end of the month or first week of May just after a crash or that change in 'Difficulty' thing I heard something about.
If the card ended up paying for itself in under a Year, I'd be laughing!!......and the lads here calling me crazy or a 'fool and their money'......wouldn't.
(Its adding €2300 (for Strix 3090. Zotac 3090 on PCS is €2100) to the build cost so at current Mining Net profit it would pay for itself in just about 9 months)
Given my plans to make the PC a Wireless VR game streaming and Steam Remote Play game streaming server for myself and my brother in his Flat next door, 24/7 accessible with WOL, well I don't mind it Mining in all the non gaming hours of the day. Wouldn't have to worry about setting up WOL for a year anyway
I presume the Mining software can automatically shut down/restart when you use/or stop using the PC for more conventional uses?
I'd have to spend some time setting up some fan profiles to keep the thing as cool but also as quiet as possible as the PC would be in my bedroom.
So Yeah! I might PM you in a month or so when I get the PC If you don't mind, to get a more detailed low-down/how-to or at least point me in the right direction to get that info. Feel free to ignore that PM though if you are too busy/couldn't be arsed. I won't be offended. 0 -
Jaysus €8.50 Net per day is about €260 a month or €3100 in a year (I know it can fluctuate wildly)!!
Are you mining Bitcoin or Ethereum?
Knowing my luck I get the PC at the end of the month or first week of May just after a crash or that change in 'Difficulty' thing I heard something about.
If the card ended up paying for itself in under a Year, I'd be laughing!!......and the lads here calling me crazy or a 'fool and their money'......wouldn't.
(Its adding €2300 (for Strix 3090. Zotac 3090 on PCS is €2100) to the build cost so at current Mining Net profit it would pay for itself in just about 9 months)
Given my plans to make the PC a Wireless VR game streaming and Steam Remote Play game streaming server for myself and my brother in our Flat next door, 24/7 accessible with WOL, well I don't mind it Mining in all the non gaming hours of the day. Wouldn't have to worry about setting up WOL for a year anyway
I presume the Mining software can automatically shut down/restart when you use/or stop using the PC for more conventional uses?
I'd have to spend some time setting up some fan profiles to keep the thing as cool but also as quiet as possible as the PC would be in my bedroom.
So Yeah! I might PM you in a month or so when I get the PC If you don't mind, to get a more detailed low-down/how-to or at least point me in the right direction to get that info. Feel free to ignore that PM though if you are too busy/couldn't be arsed. I won't be offended.
Mining Ethereum using NiceHash (which might be controversial but has tonnes of options). It pays out in bitcoin. You can tune your GFX card however you want it, and it's easy to pause, even has GAME MODE, and you can manage the rig through their app or website (change the fans, monitor the temps, underclock). I use MSI Afterburner but it's there as an option.
The trick is to ensure you restrict power and manage temps, it's less stressful than playing Cyberpunk.
You cannot mine Bitcoin on a GFX card anymore, still rueing the .5 BTC I mined back in the day on a 750TI but gambled away on SatoshiDice...0 -
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Looked it up and the individuals €1270 CGT exemption applies before the 33% CGT on profits kicks in. In other words I could mine for 5 months at current daily net profit rates before crossing that threshold. Thats half the card paid for, and the crazy S/H prices for my GTX1080 & RTX2060 paying for the other half. Free RTX3090.
Depending on net profit levels at the 5 month mark or the taxation/paperwork hassles once the CGT threshold was crossed would determine whether I continued to mine with the card. I think the whole CGT issue is not really relevant to the likes of me mining on one GPU to help pay it off and more relevant to more serious miners with actual multi GPU Mining setups looking to earn serious monthly income from Mining.0 -
Looked it up and the individuals €1270 CGT exemption applies before the 33% CGT on profits kicks in. In other words I could mine for 5 months at current daily net profit rates before crossing that threshold. Thats half the card paid for, and the crazy S/H prices for my GTX1080 & RTX2060 paying for the other half. Free RTX3090.
Depending on net profit levels at the 5 month mark or the taxation/paperwork hassles once the CGT threshold was crossed would determine whether I continued to mine with the card. I think the whole CGT issue is not really relevant to the likes of me mining on one GPU to help pay it off and more relevant to more serious miners with actual multi GPU Mining setups looking to earn serious monthly income from Mining.
Your mining income from NiceHash is not capital gains, it's just plain income.0 -
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Just realised that if the PCS supplied 'AMD Standard Cooler' is the Wraith Prism that used to be supplied with the Ryzen 7/9 class of CPU's, then I would be happy with how it looked in the Media Server, its a decent stock cooler performance wise and its about 95mm which will fit where I need it to fit. Saves me a lot of acrylic duct work I talked about earlier but just involves digging through my myriad of spare parts and brackets to DIY up a way to mount it on an Intel i7 6700K. I'd rather not go the Zip-Tie route. Funnily enough the free DIY solution offers the best performance within my Cooler height constraints with minimal mods to the case unlike the C14 option. 0
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Give us a running tally of the costs with all the changes since you started the thread! :pac:
(that being said, yer battlestation/desk setup is one of the best - so really looking forward to seeing the end result - despite the eye watering figures)
Although, I imagine your desk won't look wildly different if you're going to put it into your existing case?
That was one of the first things I changed!
Risk to/confusing Warranty terms if the customer transferred the contents of the pre-built into their own case during the warranty period. For this reason PCS offer a service where the customer can send their own case into PCS to have the ordered config installed by PCS and thus the warranty fully covers the PC including your own case.......except Brexit ended that for Irish Customers, not that I liked the idea of the cost and hassle of sending my case to the UK.
The one case they sell that I really liked and its no surprise as its the same Dual compartment design as my Corsair Air540, is the Lian Li O11 Dynamic. Turns out its a really popular case....and PCS have none in stock and the one they normally do was the Black version not the WHite version I prefferred. So the plan became to order the white version from OCUK (ETA 28/04/21) and have them deliver it to PCS. This was OK by OCUK and initially it was OK by PCS. Then their accounts department worried about VAT implications and getting proof I had paid UK VAT on the case and not VAT exempt like other stuff an Irish customer can order from OCUK over the phone for shipment to Ireland. So they then said that they would order the case from OCUK on my behalf to ensure VAT was in order. However yesterday they got back to me and said the White version would be £115 more expensive because of Pallet shipping. BS. It'd cost me £11 via DPD to ship from OCUK in Newcastle to PCS in Wakefield. I know purchasings game. They just want me to pick the black version that they can source via their regular wholesaler of this case and keep OCUK out of the loop. Luckily before I sent off an email complaining about the outrageous price, I took the time to look at a few Youtube videos of the Black version of the case with a similar fan and AIO setup that I have in mind.....and well, I really liked it and immediately went off the whole idea of a white build. A few small changes to my desk setup and I think the Black version of the case will look fantastic. So I gave PCS purchasing the go ahead to source me the black version which I know actually means me getting one of the Black O11 Dynamics they already have ordered and in transit from China as we speak and OCUK are totally out of the loop. Don't care given its the same price as OCUK and might even mean I get the PC quicker....and most importantly now that I Love the Black version of the case.
TLDR? I'm getting the Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL (ROG Certified) in Black.
Of course I will be using this case on its side like my Air540. Another few IKEA Capita legs and 2 more €7 IKEA Malm coffee tables (I throw the legs away) and a reconfig of the Monitor shelf and I think the Desk will look even better with the new PC and more user friendly. 5.1 Receiver will go where the Air540 is now with a Malm Coffee table over it and my VR Headsets and Headphones on stands on top of that. That corner is safe from the sun no matter the time of day and is where I store my VR headsets now but just sat on the case currently occupying that location. The PC shifted right and my 'front' fan exhausts now lower means I am no longer blasted with hot air when using the Sim-Rig like I was with the Air540 in the corner blowing hot exhaust air right into the side of my face. So Left to right its then the new PC case, then a lowered Monitor and monitor shelf. I can now push the keyboard further back which will be more comfortable and the kb&m cables will disappear under the Monitor shelf. Then to the right of that I am going to build the Media server into the Black Air540 I have instead of the White one (will flog or give away the white one). ie. With the decision to go with the Black O11 Dynamic I want to tone down the amount of white on the desk. Finally in the right corner of the desk will be a matching Malm Coffee table with the Black Epson Printer under it kind of mirroring the one on the other side with the 5.1 receiver under it. I'm a big MCU fan so I might ask my brother for some of his spare 12 inch Avengers Figurines to put on top of that malm 'coffee table' shelf. (He has multiple versions/iterations of many 12" MCU Figurines, so I am sure he can spare some. ) Did I mentioned the Snow-Blind mod to the left acrylic side panel of the Media Server or the upgrading of the LED Lights on the desk or how the Media server Case LED's will actually be routed into the Case from the desk Strip so that when I turn off the desk lights at night the 24/7 Media server lights go off too and don't keep me awake.......[Catches Breath] :D 0 -
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