<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">@chamunks, no need, I am glad to offer back to members of my community when I can, although, if you have an open-framed linear power supply for me to drool over for a few minutes, that would be hugely appreciated...not sure why I have such a thing for analogue components, mebbe it's because of my age:-)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I missed this month's meeting(athough my good friend Paul K. did make it, albeit, a wee late). Nothing will stop me getting there next month though, sure am looking forward to the astronomy talk for one. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Next month will mark my 1st kwlug meeting and I am nervous as I am the epitome of a newbie with all things Linux. Started in December of last year when I finally gave up on ever being happy with Windows 10, even with the "cleaner" rendition, the Enterprise LTSB version. I still run XP and W7 due to work commitments, but all my other devices are either Mint Xfce or Mint Mate, hate the KDE and the Cinnamon editions, the memory footprints are too large and they make the fan run real fast/loud on my laptops due to significant cpu utilization. A little late in the game for me, but hopefully some knowledge will seep into my cranium over time.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br>"in transit, via mobile comm device"</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 12:15 AM, Chamunks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">@Ron Singh that would be excellent if possible I don't know what I could offer back except my address and maybe a peruse of my various electronics to see if there's anything you'd be interested in borrowing of mine. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 9:38 PM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">@Chamunks(did I address this right?), I think I have something that will do the trick for you. <br>If it is at my office, I will lend it to you. I need it back before mid-Feb next year for year end tho', that would be the only condition. Lemme check if I have it when I pop in there on Monday. I will also check for the required </div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div></div>2x 8 pins and 1x 6 pin.<br><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Checking <a href="http://nicehash.com" target="_blank">nicehash.com</a>, looks like the 980Ti can generate some decent hash rates, so money certainly can be made. although for a few months, nothing to write home about. Should be a fun exercise though. Let you know on Monday afternoon if I have a PSU to lend.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-1716359010110966238m_-8439620660328432420gmail_signature">Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br>"in transit, via mobile comm device"</div></div>
<br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Chamunks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Since this card isn't going to be mine forever and just needs to run for a few months I wasn't thinking of going to deep into the red for this thing so even if someone had a spare PSU for a few months or something. That'd be lovely I'm all about horse trading if someone had something available I have a lot of misc electronics that could go well in a trade. I didn't mean to prematurely send that last message sorry about the double 'post'</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 9:08 PM Chamunks <<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Well @Peter Melse it takes<div></div> <div></div>2x 8 pins and 1x 6 pin.<br><br>@William Park, for some reason I didn't think of computer recycling.<br><br>@Ron Singh, yes I was either going to turn this machine into a remote 3d rendering machine for an associate of mine who does C4D renders until I found out that the GPU rendering extension for C4D costs $600USD so, no... I figured helping him get paid for rendering would be more profitable for both of us then crypto mining. But my friend had this 980TI kicking around and I have a tower available which could probably run this so I figured either mine or do this.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 8:41 PM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">What make/model graphics card? <br>Crypto-mining in the mix? <br><br><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">OK,
at this point, I have to chime in kinda loudly -- decent(meaning things that don't die)
PSUs can be had real cheap. There is no reason *not* to embrace some of
the 2nd and 3rd tier brands out there. No need to blow hundreds on PSUs.<br><br></div>I have had tremendous luck with a 2nd tier brand, Apevia.<br>These are pretty inexpensive 800w/1000w off-brand PSUs, they do not die.<br>I have had dual Xeons with TDP of 240W each and and 6 7200RPM drives running off the 1000w units for years now.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I have used the 800w units with i7 Extreme 6-core jobbies married to GTX-1070/1080Ti and they have been running quite nicely for over 8 months now.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">An Apevia 800w blurb right from the mfg:<br><a href="http://apevia.com/ProductsInfo.asp?KEY=ATX-JP800W" target="_blank">http://apevia.com/<wbr>ProductsInfo.asp?KEY=ATX-<wbr>JP800W</a><br><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">These things should be no more than 80 bucks or so. See Newegg Canada advert here --<br><a href="https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817148059" target="_blank">https://www.newegg.ca/Product/<wbr>Product.aspx?item=<wbr>N82E16817148059</a><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">85 bucks + tax. Pretty good deal.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Disclaimer: I am in no way involved with Newegg Canada<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Oh yeah, if you do buy a PSU and you actually do get into mining, having the extra juice will be helpful in case you want to upp your mining rate by adding another video card.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-1716359010110966238m_-8439620660328432420gmail-m_6145679440523508351m_1868624567720740910m_-3182951704456541072gmail_signature">Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br>"in transit, via mobile comm device"</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Chamunks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I've got a graphics card here that takes three VGA power connectors to power the thing. It's a beast but I can't really justify paying much for a PSU and I'm not really sure where I can find one that will suit my needs here that isn't going to cost hundreds of dollars.</div>
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