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Originally Posted by ainarssems
Thanks again for helping out Mark.
Now that we are back to public posts what are your experiences with GTX1080Ti? I am very disappointed paying £1300 for a pair, it looks like it will take 20 months to pay back. They cost more than 4x RX480, generate less money and run hotter and louder. I think I am entitled to return them within 14 days according to distance selling regulations. Or if not then maybe sell them on ebay, I should still get £600 each. And then pre-order 4x RX580 instead. Which ones did you buy, these are mine http://www.ebuyer.com/784948-gigabyt...gaming-oc-11gd, now slightly more expensive than what I paid.
Also have my eye on this motherboard to pre-order http://www.ebuyer.com/784948-gigabyt...d-13-pci-slots |
The 1080Ti cards certainly aren't the best if you're looking for a quick ROI. I bought 4 of them, mainly so that I could build a simpler more compact rig, mining more with fewer cards. Also the 1080Ti cards were readily available. I'm not too concerned about ROI though, so I'll probably stick with them and buy more of them. I suppose it depends on your objective whether or not they're a good card to buy. I don't dwell too much on what they're making in GBP/day, rather what they're making in BTC/day, since I have no intentions of exchanging my BTC for GBP any time soon, though I do diversify some of my holdings into other cryptocurrencies. It's probably a little different for me though since I'm in IT. Until I sell the cards, they're a stock purchase, meaning their cost and depreciation will just reduce my profits, and therefore my tax bill. For you, the RX 580 (or whatever readily available card has the best ROI) may make more sense, especially if you need to recoup costs and sell your BTC. It may even make more sense to for you to simply buy BTC/ETH, rather than mine, especially while they're cheap right now, looking at it purely from an investment/return perspective.
I'm leaning away from larger, more complex rigs now. We have built 8-card rigs but they can be challenge to get everything running stable and you're generally using non-standard parts, like that BTC motherboard. I'm trying to find a configuration that's reliable, simple and quick to construct, with readily available components so that I'm not wasting so much time searching for stock or researching alternatives every time I build a new rig.
MikkiJayne, the price is tied to fiat currency unfortunately (probably the Dollar). They're allocated and produced in batches so sometimes they're available to order again after a week or two.