Which video card to buy for mining in 2021
Which video card to choose for mining in 2021? There is plenty to choose from, Nvidia released a line of 30th video cards, AMD presented cards of the 60th line. Let's consider which video cards are suitable for mining with budgets up to 250 per card, up to 250 and up to 1000 USD. Let's start with expensive video cards.
Video cards with a budget of 250 to 500 USD per piece
When you have money and need powerful video cards. To save money, you can buy secondhand. Typically, such video cards are kept in good condition, with the expectation of subsequent sale. The motivation of miners to keep the cards in a tolerable condition after mining is that damaged video cards cannot be sold after the end of mining. Yes, the liquidity of cards is an important issue, since you can earn an additional 2000 - 3000 dollars in profit by selling equipment.
There are many good cards under $500, such as:
-5500 - 5700XT, their use in mining is justified only when upgrading a farm from less productive cards. Secondary market prices start at $130 and go up to $500 for new cards. The RX 5500XT cards can be considered “budget”; their older brothers 5600 and 5700 fall into the middle segment.
-1070, 1080 and 1080 Ti are excellent mining cards, prices for them start at $130 on the secondary market and go up to 450. Above 450, taking 10th cards is pointless.
-P104-100 and P106-100 are mining versions of Nvidia cards, prices start at $200 on the secondary market.
And there are monster cards, like the Nvidia 30 series. For example, mining on RTX 3080 brings in $4 per day as of December 2020. Other cards, such as 8 pieces of 3090, will bring in $40 per day.
Video cards with a budget of 80 to 250 USD per piece
These are mostly cheap as dirt video cards that are sold on the aftermarket. There are no new video cards suitable for mining in this segment. So, when choosing, you should rely on technical knowledge and experience in trading.
Current sources of iron for mining are OLH, Avito, flea markets of mining forums and electronic and regular online flea markets. If you don’t find the video cards you need at local flea markets, they are also sold on Ebay and Aliexpress with delivery anywhere in the world.
Before you start buying through forum flea markets, create an account in Avito or OLKH. Then, you can ask the seller to sell the card via secure delivery through an intermediary service. He creates an ad, indicates “safe delivery”, sends you a link, you pay for the purchase to the service and wait for the product. If you have no experience in trading online without an intermediary in the form of a website or service, then consider purchasing through the forum guarantors and monitor the reputation of the seller.
What cards can you buy for up to $250 apiece?
-RX lines from 470 to 580 are sold on the used market at prices from 80 to 170 dollars per unit. A tough and budget option for mining. They give out from 27 to 30 MH/s on Ethash.
-1050 Ti and 1060 will cost a little more than their red counterparts, from 100 to 170 dollars per card.
-Mining versions of cards up to 250 apiece are P106-90. The card is specially optimized for cryptocurrency mining.
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