Right: So rather than pollute the Tech Purchase thread with my musings on my new 1070 ti and various other rig-related folding chatter, I'd put it here.
EVGA's B-Stock page had what I felt was a pretty good price on a
1070 ti SC. Which was somewhat surprising since B-Stock has been bonkers w.r.t. GPU pricing, particularly in light of the Merge fallout. Anyway, it's supposedly around 10% faster than my next-fastest card, a
3050 (at the expense of 50 more W of TBP. :-/ ). Early indications suggest about 1.5M ppd at a reported 140-150W, compared to the 3050's 1.2M (albeit with an underclock for fan noise reasons). That's proabably at 120W reported? Don't remember. It's out on the workbench right now, and will hypothetically be back on the job this evening.
Had the RX 470 back on the job for a bit, and it's producing less than I remember. Thought it was pulling just about .5M, but it's now at around .4M; there may have been an overclock in the past that I've forgotten about. The cooler on the that card (
Sapphire 8GB mining edition w/DVI) is way overspec'ed. Push it to an unstable OC and it
still won't hit 70C. Great little card; it'll be back in the
spicenumber mines soon enough.
Need to (want to? should?) do some tuning/checking on the
1060 in the living room rig. That one's kind of a "bonus" cruncher, as its host is hooked up to the living room TV and doesn't get as much attention as more easily accessible machines. I think this is where the 3050 will end up.
Winter is coming(tm), and throwing Joules into the living space is no longer a concern. Electrically-generated heat costs more than gas (unless one has a heat pump), but that's a differential I'm willing to accept. 3M+ ppd, here I come.
Glad to have you back 
