So I decided to give GPU mining a shot after Burstcoin was taken over by the botnet and all the attacks that started earlier this year. I sold off all my Burstcoin and 53TB worth of hard drives and bought 5 Nvidia GTX 1060 (to start off with)
Here's a picture of how I decided to build the rig and links to the parts I used.
(Rig is in the basement)
The rig is drawing between 680 to 720watts of power costing around $30.00 a month
(MotherBoard) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MDLLQK5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(Intel CPU) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J2LIE9C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(Hyper X 8GB) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J8E8ZMY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
(1000Watt PSU) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015YEI7LK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(6 PCI-E Riser) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073FF856C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(Power Meter) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071XV4QH1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(Wired Shelf) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BDP692/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(900Watt Battery Backup) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBK3QK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (Actually lowers power costs)
(GPU) x3 EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB FTW+ GAMING (Purchased on Amazon)
(GPU) x1 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Purchased on Newegg.com w/ bitcoin)
(GPU) x1 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G 6GB (Purchased on Newegg.com w/ bitcoin)
Now lets get into the numbers for ROI and 5 Nvidia GTX 1060s running on nicehash.
Each card is earning around $10 a week / $50 a month
$50 a month X 5 Cards = $250 a month
Return on Investment (ROI): Each card cost $300 and below, if the rig is making $250 a month the cards will be paid off in 6 months
with the rise of bitcoin recently ROI is actually becoming lower and lower
Any questions or something I should improve on please let me know.