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Large-scale miners operating huge mining farms enjoy economies of scale and low energy cost. To stay profitable as an residential miner, efficient cooling is critical, in particular during a crypto …
Below is a complete recipe for how to build stylish, efficient and quiet mining pods from scratch. It is my second try at building crypto coin mining systems, after using …
The Netis WF2419 is a miraculously low cost (only about $13) excellent-value wireless bridge/repeater/router. It can be used as a wireless client, and includes a 4-port switch. This is great …
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 Luna). …
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 …
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 …
If you need to install CentOS 7 frequently, with the same configuration, build your own DVD media for unattended kickstart installation. We show you how to make it work. As of CentOS …
Temperature controller modules from China can be found on Amazon or Ebay for only about $15. For a little more you can build your own temperature controller. Available Controller Types Controllers with relays that …
In this article we will use ZFS, Zettabyte Filing System, and FreeBSD to create a reliable storage of your data, on a network attached storage (NAS) server. For managing ZFS refer …
If you are tired of listening to the humming of your computer equipment, looking at the cable mess, and having all that stuff taking up precious space in your office …