Big guys operating huge mining farms enjoy economies of scale and low energy cost. For residential miners to stay profitable, efficient cooling is critical. Especially so during crypto bear market …
Below is a complete recipe how to build stylish, efficient and quiet mining pods from scratch. It is my second try at building crypto coin mining systems, after using a …
The Netis WF2419 is a miraculously low cost (only about $13) excellent value wireless bridge/repeater/router. It can be used as wireless client, and includes a 4-port switch. This is great …
In many cases, Linux installs without the need for additional drivers or tweaking. For instance, CentOS 7.4 installed just fine. But sometimes it does not. In this case, installing Ubuntu …
Note: Monero goes through periodical scheduled hard forks for making system upgrades. Check https://getmonero.org/downloads/ for the latest versions and SHA256 hashes. As of April 2018 the version is 0.12.0.0 (Lithium …
When using computers with large number of GPU cards, cooling and thermal management quickly becomes a major headache. Here we discuss an approach of building rigs with rudimentary but still …
NVIDIA GPUs have fan speed profiles that control the fan to keep the noise to a minimum. In high-performance computing applications when the system is in a datacenter, it is …
ZFS has a very convenient feature that lets you upgrade your storage capacity easily and in-service by replacing hard drives. You do need to know what you are doing though …
Mining crypto currencies such as Ethereum without specialized hardware such as ASICs is still possible with powerful video cards, or GPUs. No-one know for how long this will continue, and …
Overview Alexa, the name of Amazon’s voice controlled virtual assistant, is ready for you at any time without the need to locate controls or push any buttons. That is a …