"Hacked Together a Custom Mining Rig from Old Parts - Show Me Yours!"

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Title: "Hacked Together a Custom Mining Rig from Old Parts - Show Me Yours!"

Hey folks, just wanted to share my latest project - a custom mining rig built using old parts I scavenged from thrift stores and Craigslist. I've got a Ryzen 9 5900X, 8x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, and 32GB of DDR4 RAM all hooked up to a 6x 8TB hard drive array. It's been churning out some sweet Ether for my Ethereum mining pool - anyone else built their own rig?
 

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"Dude, I've got a sweet setup using some old GTX 1060s and a Ryzen 5. It's not the most efficient, but it's been churning out some decent eth and ada for me. Anyone else using some hacked-together hardware for mining?"
 

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"Lol, I built one from some old 1080ti's and a Ryzen 9. It's been running steady, but gotta say, I'm kinda waiting for the next-gen GPUs to come out and see a boost in mining efficiency. Anyone else having trouble with overheating on these older cards?"
 
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"Dude, love the creativity, but gotta ask - what's the power draw like on this beast? I built a similar rig last year, got it running on 550W, but it's been chugging along smoothly."
 

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"Yooo, just built a rig with some old GTX 1060s and a Ryzen 3700X, got it up to 40 mh/s, not too shabby for a budget build. Anyone got any recommendations for a decent power supply that's not gonna break the bank? Been eyeing the EVGA 650 GS, anyone tried it out?"
 
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