11-25-2015, 08:17 AM
I'm very new to this, so please be kind if this is an obvious question. I've been reading the forums, but I haven't found an answer yet and I think I need input from the experts here.
I want to build a decently powerful rig, dedicated solely to hash cracking and expected to run almost 24x7 until it falls over.
I have up to $4500 to spend on GPUs, but would obviously like to keep costs down if I can. (The rest of the kit..mobo, CPU, RAM, etc. is budgeted separately.)
My local discount PC reseller (in local currency...I'm not in the US), sells various models of the 980Ti ranging between $1493 (water cooled, reference form) and $1149 (triple fan, non-reference).
The 980 is available for as little as $830.
I can get the GTX960 for $343.
I'll be running this in an environmentally controlled room with plenty of air cooling capacity and abundant power.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find reliable sources for real world hash cracking performance to calculate which is going to give me the best performance given my GPU budget.
Would I be better off running 3x 980Ti? 5x 980? or something crazy like 12x 960 with PCI splitters?
The goal is maximum hashes/sec with primarily fast hashes.
Thank you in advance for your advice!
I want to build a decently powerful rig, dedicated solely to hash cracking and expected to run almost 24x7 until it falls over.
I have up to $4500 to spend on GPUs, but would obviously like to keep costs down if I can. (The rest of the kit..mobo, CPU, RAM, etc. is budgeted separately.)
My local discount PC reseller (in local currency...I'm not in the US), sells various models of the 980Ti ranging between $1493 (water cooled, reference form) and $1149 (triple fan, non-reference).
The 980 is available for as little as $830.
I can get the GTX960 for $343.
I'll be running this in an environmentally controlled room with plenty of air cooling capacity and abundant power.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find reliable sources for real world hash cracking performance to calculate which is going to give me the best performance given my GPU budget.
Would I be better off running 3x 980Ti? 5x 980? or something crazy like 12x 960 with PCI splitters?
The goal is maximum hashes/sec with primarily fast hashes.
Thank you in advance for your advice!