If the Kill-A-Watt design is too old fashioned, or if you’re concerned about the usability of the single line LCD display, check out this power monitor by Floureon. It’s one of the easiest to use versions we’ve seen, and, likely since it doesn’t have the name brand backing of the Kill A Watt systems, the price comes in a little bit cheaper even! With a built in battery backup, you can move and view the meter without losing the readings. It has a clear, large LCD display and can calculate your actual dollars and cents costs based on the cost … Continue reading Plug Power Meter Electricity Usage Monitor
This is the newest model of electricity meter from Kill A Watt (P3 International), but it is slightly more expensive than the older version. The revised version has the capability to forecast power cost for the week, month, and even a yearly basis. As with the older model, it has a built-in backup of saved and accumulated information for review and averaging calculations. It is accurate within 0.2%. The power usage monitor also monitors line voltage, line frequency, and power factor to help detect voltage drop and brownout conditions before they can cause damage to your equipment. The meter is … Continue reading P3 International Kill-A-Watt EZ Electricity Usage Monitor
This is the most widely known best energy monitor on the market. The Kill-A-Watt electricity monitor first came on the scene when the manufacturer published information on phantom power. When building a mining rig we don’t care about phantom power – we don’t every want our rigs turned off, so we are just concerned with power draw when mining. Using the kill-a-watt electricity usage meter we can get a reading on how much power we are using to calculate the cost vs profit of our mining rig. This power meter doesn’t just show you the power being used, it actually … Continue reading P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor
If you don’t have a large mining rig, or you’ve decided to mount a few of your mining GPUs directly to your motherboard, than you can buy a single PCI-e 16x to 1x powered riser adapter card. Just keep in mind it costs more – if you will need more in the future, just buy a 6 pack now and almost $5 per riser! Continue reading PCI-e Riser Adapter Card for GPU Ethereum Mining ETH
The VER 006C riser kits are just what you need if you’re building an ethereum or other GPU mining rig. Whether a small open air or large rack-based mining setup, this will provide you with what you need to connect multiple GPUs to your rig’s mining motherboard. The power is supplied through a MOLEX 4 pin connector on the riser card, which allows you to bring power directly from your PSU to the riser card thus lowering the power burden on your motherboard. The ethereum mining riser cards come with 4 high quality capacitors, which they say makes it more … Continue reading S-Union 6-pins PCIe powered riser adapter card ethereum mining ETH
Mintcell is as close as you’ll get to a name-brand in the riser cable world. Their Amazon listing has a specific warning to make sure that you are buying directly from them, and not some ‘other’ supplier. These riser kits are the perfect solution for setting up a crypto mining rig like Ethereum mining rigs. There are 3 high quality capacitors on each riser for safe and reliable delivery of power to your GPU. The USB cable is 60cm long, and the SATA 15-pin connector has a molex plug on the GPU riser side, meaning you could use a molex … Continue reading MintCell 6-Pack PCIe 16x to 1x Powered Riser Adapter GPU Riser
This isn’t a real big name in the industry, but it comes in at the cheapest, and seems to be readily available. That could make it a good choice for your mining rig. It comes with a 3 year warranty which is the same as the name-brand options, and has decent reviews. With a SATA III 6 Gbps interface it allows for fast boot times and application loading. It uses Bad Block Management to prolong the lifespan of the drive. Customer reviews have little bad to say about the product – a few users report drives coming with bad sectors … Continue reading Silicon Power 60GB MLC Solid State Drive
More expensive, but from a name that’s been in the business a long time, is this SanDisk 120 GB solid state hard drive. It holds twice as much as the cheaper hard drives, but that isn’t necessary for a mining rig. However, if you’re planning on using the computer build for anything else during or after your Ethereum mining, this could be a better long-term choice. This SanDisk hard drive comes with a 3 year manufacturer warranty. Continue reading SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB
This solid state drive is about as cheap as they come for a mining rig build. It’s a highly rated hard drive, and it’s fast – 500 MB/s read and 90 MB/s write speed. It’s build with Hyinx MLS memory that will last longer than other solid state components without slowing down. For a mining rig, it’s reliable, and fast, and most importantly cheap! It is large enough to hold the operating system and mining software, and it will keep costs low so that you can pay back the mining machine faster. The Drevo X1 series hard drive comes with … Continue reading Drveo X1 Series 60GB SSD
To make the most profit, low price is the name of the game when building a mining rig. Although this RAM from Crucial doesn’t look nice, and it isn’t rated quite as well, it will perform just fine for a mining rig. If it’s much cheaper than any of the other options, go for it! In Canada, this RAM costs as much as the gaming RAM so it doesn’t make sense. Continue reading Crucial Single 4GB DDR 2133MHz Ram
