The Ultimate Crypto Mining Rig Cooling Solution (No Matter How Big)

[@painkillz2732]

I'm a 3 years old indoor miner, I ran multiple trials to cool my house down, and would like to share with you a secret to cooling down your mining rig, create more space between lined up gpus (atleast 30cm apart), and you'll notice a dramatic 20c drop in temperature. the major problem is that the first youtube mining videos taught us to install gpus next to each other, and thats the biggest mistake we all do. try it out and see the results.

[@santiagopicco1397]

So you would need about 4 meters for 12 gpu? I guess if you can stack multiple on top is not that bad. However you definately need lots of usb extensions

[@painkillz2732]

@@santiagopicco1397 you can try to build it in a pyramidal form, make sure the heat flow is always away from its neighboring gpu.

[@ZetsubouFallen]

You can use a "wall" on each gpu to enclose it.

[@hichemgymart6615]

I didn't have a heat problem when I was working in North Canada in the past. I kept the rig working in winter with 2 open windows and the inside climate was great haha.

[@ld3336]

I like watching these older mining channels where you actually find solutions that work

[@jeronimobalestra7731]

this guy must be a millionaire today

[@qandmarco8994]

exactly what im thinking

[@bminer6956]

these box fans are... FAN-tastic! 😃

[@TahoeSteve]

true true

[@julienspierings9574]

Where u get them? The link issnt working

[@Oliver9402]

I dream of buying some land in Alaska or other cold remote place, build some solar panels or wind power and build the mother of all bitcoin farms.

[@ScootLogix]

*finally makes it to remote Alaska. Day1" Man I've made it in life." Day2 "Dang a gpu went bad, whelp just gotta go to Microcenter....wait shit!"

[@MC2738]

There is a problem: Alaska has high electricity costs. Around 18 cents per Kw if I’m not wrong

[@high44extent64]

@@MC2738 Thats why wind power dude, no electricity cost....

[@adamthesolarguy5500]

if you need help building the solar system please follow up with me.. would love to help!

[@scarysunburns7733]

Solar power? In Alaska? Lol. You won’t use it for half the year

[@sauljesau519]

Thanks for sharing your setup! One word of caution though. Please make sure you have dedicated intake for that room cause if you put your house into negative pressure you could get CO spillage into the house which could easily harm you or your family. I've been in the hvac industry for many years and have heard all the horror stories that would easily keep you up at night. Great video though and I'm definitely gonna consider a similar setup!

[@TahoeSteve]

Good point!

[@dylanreischling4151]

Does the fan run 24/7? If it does how is the fan doing?

[@yokeshwaranr9096]

Broo you have to provide power for 24/7 the fans runs 24/7 like refrigerator

[@wolfgang4715]

Hey steve I love the idea, I'm a new miner here with heat problem. But I just bought me a dehumidifier, because I've seen that humidity is not the best kin to my cards it self. So what do you think about humidity? I dont see a single video about this.. I do know however that with the test I bought of lowes. Even if the humidity is at 90% outside while I'm bringing air thru a crossflo way the humidity in my farm goes up to as high as 65 and bottles around 45 in the night time. I wanna keep humidity lower in there.. but because of the cross flow nature I feel that it may not work simply because it will just push out any air I do dehumidify.. I didn't think of this before I bought the machine.. until now. What is your thought on humidity?

[@TahoeSteve]

When i was learning there was a guy from Florida that had rigs in containers outside and he didn't have problems. So i never worried about my indoor rigs where humidity was much lower.

[@wolfgang4715]

@@TahoeSteve thanks Steve, I hear that so far I've been just crossfloing air from one window to another in my rig room. I will try an ignore this little idea I was thinking.

[@TheMuddman74]

I believe the GPUs themselves are too warm for humidity/moisture to stick to them or stay on them. It would simply evaporate. Your motherboard is probably the only thing cool enough to possibly get humidity on it. Either way most electronics with no moving parts will run in high humidity environments for a decade. If you are really worried, Gigabyte UHD motherboards are great for mining and the UHD stands for ultra high durability. If you read the specs they basically use a motherboard material and process that withstands moisture much better.

[@qandmarco8994]

Its weird that this is the last Mining video on this channel. Did you stop before the ETH boom?

[@TahoeSteve]

Nope.

[@jasonaaron3043]

How do you buy gpus for so cheap? Which ones are they? Great video! Thank you!

[@tony_yt5967]

This video is 3 years old so gpus weren’t scarce back then

[@LeoKira997]

Looking into getting one and was wondering if you could tell me what you do during the day with the AC on in the summer. Is the door to the room closed along with the AC vents in the room and you leave the window open? If not, wouldn't the cold air from the AC just leave the house? Or do you just have it on with all the windows closed (which from my research on whole house fans I have heard can have problems with negative pressure)? Lastly, how loud is it relative to the floor that it is on? It seems you live in a two story house but I live in a one story house and so noise is a big factor in this. I unfortunately do not have the final say on whether or not we get the fan installed because of these questions so I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on them.

[@TahoeSteve]

door closed. windows wide open with filters in them. it's loud. very loud. I have six box fans running air past 4 stacked rigs. i disconnected the HVAC running to the rig room.

[@JRCoronado24]

Hey Steve, quick question, Are you only exhausting the air? you dont have any intake?

[@TahoeSteve]

Door open to room, Open window, and attic door open which pushes cold attic air back into room except in the summer time.

[@YouTubeChannel-uo8hf]

Can you put them in the fridge I’m about to start with 1 and I’m thinking about putting it in a mini fridge? Will this work

[@ctrlaltdebug]

Will wear out the compressor on the fridge. They aren't designed to constantly deal with heat.

[@YouTubeChannel-uo8hf]

@@ctrlaltdebug oh okay that’s all good I’ll put it in the freezer now

[@j3eee]

@@KZbinChannel-uo8hf No please don't, theres no airflow

[@user-ef3gw4bt5z]

@@KZbinChannel-uo8hf u need to do ur research,thats all I'm gonna say

[@MustafaLashuel]

Would the equipment get wet from the humidity?

[@zhestyrzzz9687]

What is the cfm of that exhaust fan and how much overall heat in kw is generated by your rigs? Thanks

[@ace_971]

time to switch to Celsius really....

[@TahoeSteve]

ok

[@cgooch_]

I’m currently running a very similar setup, and learned the same as you with the grow tent. What I’m curious about is instead of drawing in warm humid air from outside via negative pressure, I instead use ductless mini splits, effectively cooling the room’s warm air and sending the heat out through the compressor unit. I’m not sure this is a viable strategy, but I’m curious if you’ve tried this yet or not.

[@98f5]

it works.... I use geothermal heatpump along with a custom system to absorb heat directly into a second geothermal loop. someday i think i should make a video about how i get rid of the heat because I'd imagine it could help alot of people who are running midsized farms in their homes. I started with mini splits, but once i realized i had close to 300k btu of cooling, i knew i had to invest in something much better. The mini splits worked great, I could run about 100 cards per 48000 btu minisplit segregated room.

[@cgooch_]

@@98f5 Heh. Sounds like the exact same scenario I'm in with the mini splits. What I've actually considered doing moreso recently is creating custom water loops and submerging external radiators in water that's constantly cycling and draining. One option is to create outdoor cooling towers and recirculate the water, or just eliminate the cooling factor altogether and simply use your plumbing bill to cool the computers.

[@tacoterito22]

hi man sorry my bad english, why you are using smos instead of hive os? im using windows (yeah i know) but what i can see its much better hive os!

[@santiagomunoz7262]

Care to comment about the return profitability on investing in these rigs? What is the overall total build cost for you first build with the 8 CPUs?

[@byn1975]

Hi Steve. Thank you for the video guides! What do you think about an ASIC Mining units which can perform about 1155GH/s and cost ~$100 on eBay?

[@TahoeSteve]

A while back, when they were 1000's of dollars I would say, "no thanks" but if you can get one for $100, that might be worth it. Do your research though. I know nothing about ASIC mining.

[@rubenscpersonal]

Hi Tahoe Steve, great setup! We are planing on a 100 GPU farm in our garage and it gets pretty hot in here. What would you recommend?

[@fludblud]

Basically what hes doing here, most discussions on cooling focus too much on bringing cold air in and not enough on getting hot air out. A big extractor fan on the ceiling (because hot air rises) will do wonders in bringing ambient temperatures down.

[@andresperez758]

Somebody tell this man heat rises up

[@nhandang2208]

What is your solution for increasing the output of the room circuit? I have no technical skills in wiring the house, so do you have any easy solutions?

[@TahoeSteve]

I had a professional electrician come in and wire the entire room with upgraded dedicated circuits. I have enough power in that room to add another 5 rigs. Not doing it at this point because added heat is still a concern and I am doing nicely at the levels I'm at.

[@One-ek9yn]

Hi mate, do you use ac at all or no ac just fans?

[@kmblueman343]

Google says the flash point for a volatile liquid like gasoline is 580 degrees fahrenheit. This would be the most flammable category other solids have a higher flash point. Henceforth, my crypto mine on a bad day at 128 degrees and on a good day 100 degrees is running fairly cool compared to a room that will catch in fire. Good Luck!

[@TahoeSteve]

im not sure what you are saying here.

[@kmblueman343]

@@TahoeSteve did you get the like?

[@LiverpoolFCthegoats]

Cool video. Accumulating strategy. What are you mining?

[@TahoeSteve]

I've tried a bunch. this week its ETH

[@moh050]

Which one from the list you list for rx580 is higher hash rate

[@TahoeSteve]

Most of mine run 28-31, but i prefer 29-30 as i want longevity

[@benjiebarker]

Could you put the miners in a refrigerator?

[@JN003]

is there an approximate KW/h per miner (for cooling needs)

[@LuisSanchez-pp8tc]

Hi Steve, It's a great solution, Thanks for sharing it !! by the way I saw in your video you get 30 MH/s per card, I can get only 22 , with simplemining RX-580 8Gb, Gigabyte 1200 Mhz core, 2000 Mhz memory 925 under volt and power stage 5, target temp 55 grades. can you advise parameters or I have to modify bios or I am doing some thing wrong ? Thanks in advance. Luis

[@Dabruhda]

modify bios

[@MUSAKHAN-nw8gu]

Have u think of using air conditioner? Whats ur thoughts of using air conditioner?

[@clutchboi4038]

more electricity taking away from profits

[@TahoeSteve]

Exactly.

[@vladifumi]

@@clutchboi4038 for god's sake, an air con is just 600W

[@enryunto8087]

@@vladifumi and for that many watts is equivalent to at least 4 gpu

[@Kawpow]

going to give this a try

[@jimmyhood9922]

What about evaporator coolers? Your thoughts on using these.

[@youssefhanna9208]

you need to clean them a lot or else algae starts growing in the water. Besides that I find they run amazing

[@charles22041986]

Hello, where i can find this wall of FAN ?

[@starkillertoy]

it ok to run the box fan 24/7? the fan will not burn?

[@TahoeSteve]

yes - i run em all day long

[@julienspierings9574]

@@TahoeSteve where can i get them?

[@EpicMiller]

@@julienspierings9574 any walmart

[@TahoeSteve]

Yep

[@64adrien]

where you have these ventilation boxes, I'm interested

[@64adrien]

how did you fix them on your facade and how many inches are they?

[@JohnOBiker]

Steve, how much money are you making? Weekly?

[@TahoeSteve]

varies from month to month

[@RussellD11]

8 cents per GPU on average lol after electric costs

[@TahoeSteve]

LOL? Why LOL? it's an investment. First, your math is off. Second, most investments don't produce immediate results but take months, and yes, years. if you believe in blockchain and your LONG on crypto's, today's earnings are irrelevant. Guys who make comments like this are either gamers and don't want you buying "their" precious GPUs, or he's already mining, and doesn't want his difficulty going up, or third - just too short sighted to know what an investment is.

[@fakumadda1632]

@@RussellD11 ......who's laughing now......$$$$$$$$%

[@jwillie000]

roi never

[@TahoeSteve]

ROI was last dec. these rigs are paid for

[@Heroiik62]

Where can i find theses fans..?

[@julienspierings9574]

I wanna know it to:/

[@MC2738]

I saw in another comment that he got the box fans from Walmart

[@thisoldminer]

I don't think you need the small 4" fans with the big box fans on. Save you $

[@aalx1922]

Works for asic mining?

[@asdjesdsd]

lo i am worried cus my gpus fans get to 100% keeping them at 42 temp during the day, looking into this vide and he runs them at 70temp

[@sophieivery6634]

i mean fans are replaceable, i keep mine at 76-80%. but id rather replace a fan then an entire card

[@youssefhanna9208]

@@sophieivery6634 I have my gpus running between 40-45c and my fan speeds are 80%. they've been mining for almost a year and they're still running perfectly

[@massiveaction2371]

you from uk? my electric is more than what im making bitcoin now :(

[@divery4eyes]

for right now it is HODL for a minimum of a year and you will be thankful

[@thomasg1608]

Thank you for the video

[@nimrodquimbus912]

Build it in a refrigerator

[@TahoeSteve]

i have one in the fridge

[@nimrodquimbus912]

you better get more then

[@kalamatagames2631]

you use industrial cooling fan nice epic type of cooling

[@TahoeSteve]

Thanks for watching!

[@Kdawg101]

What's your memory temps?

[@qandmarco8994]

rx 580s and 570s dont show mem temps

[@TUFGM]

amigo qual o modelo desses ventiladores?

[@TahoeSteve]

this is the one I got: www.lowes.com/pd/Air-Vent-30-in-Aluminum-Single-Belt-Drive-Whole-House-Fan/3563350

[@JRCoronado24]

How about air intake buddy so you have any?

[@TahoeSteve]

windows with filters on them

[@puip3057]

Hello Steve, i watched your videos several times. I am still wondering, the thumbnail photo shows aircondition. Are the small block fans pulling cold air from the airconditioned room ? Thanks

[@anubhavagarwal7009]

how to connect with you...

[@operetta2012]

Great video Steve

[@TahoeSteve]

thanks for watching!

[@seanmaxwell5231]

Fantastic!

[@davidpage6588]

its FANtastic :p

[@Naturalremedies44440]

I just want to say thank you!!

[@TahoeSteve]

your welcome, and thanks for watching

[@KenozBase]

Amazing setup guys! Are you still active? How to lower the noise level as I am planning to install this set up in a living room of 20 m² How am I supposed to cool 20 Antminers in my living room? I would be forever grateful!! Thanks in advance!! (P.S. The country I am living in has a climate where it is ALWAYS around 95°F and in the summer you could EASILY add some more degrees to it! LOL

[@TahoeSteve]

Yes, still mining and trading in 2020

[@KenozBase]

@@TahoeSteve Could I please ask some questions regarding mining? Somewhere through your email or so?

[@TahoeSteve]

Ask here, that way others can benefit

[@KenozBase]

@@TahoeSteve ​ @Tahoe Steve Basically, I own 20 pieces of S9 16 TH/s miners. How can I SAFELY set these miners up together on a SAFE powerline? Quite new to this game. Then the cooling is a problem and the SOUND. As already mentioned. Temperature over here is SICKINLGY hot...Last question...How to PROPERLY install this complete set up with Slushpool? Thanks for your kindness bro!!

[@KenozBase]

I have asked but no answer as of yet...

[@edvard6164]

Cool vid Steve, keep up the content!!!

[@TahoeSteve]

thanks for watching!

[@israelhydroponics8659]

Heat dissipation in a hydroponic dwc farm..we are looking for investors if anyone is interested

[@tacoterito22]

another question, i live in a department i cant do a hole in my seeling, but can i put it in the windows? and what about the noise? its to loud? how many db?

[@divery4eyes]

use a window fan. i have a lasko model 2155 i think i paid 70 to 80 for it and it will ventilate your entire apartment. just remember to open another window, preferably on the other side of the apartment

[@HRMOHAMMED]

R u still mining

[@kaysheeb4844]

Can I have any gpu’s that you aren’t using or planning to use

[@timeismoney9684]

Lmao

[@asiancavemanr7657]

old skool

[@worldzonegaming5202]

Learnt a lot

[@TahoeSteve]

thanks for watching!

[@rifleman42051]

Using Grow Tents with GPUs is just bad!!! Once you hit 4 or 5 rigs they become useless. Also your setup is really nice when releasing thermals this is how the Pros do it!!!

[@TahoeSteve]

Agreed, outgrew my tent at 4 rigs. this is much better.

[@edgarnavarrete8487]

thank you for what you do

[@TahoeSteve]

thanks so much for watching!

[@לאידועלאידוע-ש1ז]

you have to have money to make money

[@JPMIIIIIIIII]

Fala menos e mostra mais, não entendo nada..

[@rezaseptiandra1934]

cool bro

[@onefizdhuntergaming2931]

Nice..

[@tomkeating65]

Now you need a whole house backup generator in case your power goes out. Don't forget too size it correctly so that your family doesn't get the benefits of the generator, not just for your overgrown pic's. Mind me for saying what a useless endeavor in a residential area.

[@TahoeSteve]

if you say so!

[@TheRealJaded]

Crypto will go to zero. Enjoy your suffering.

[@koh_ker]

Only in your dreams

[@MasterBasser]

ah yes, enjoy your complaining as my gpu's have paid themselves off even at scalper pricing. wah!

[@Graham94]

Lol