Hey Steemians,

Another bright day in the crypto space and even tho i also invest in cryptocurrencies what really gets me going is being able to do stuff with hardware. I have always been interested in computer hardware as along as i can remember (Build my self a custom water-cooled pc 2 years ago just because i wanted to have the experience of building one) and being able to combine that passion with cryptocurrencies its just amazing.

So if you have been following me you know that I'm in the process of building me an AMD mining rig so I will end up with 1 AMD and 1 Nvidia rig.

Overview of the hardware i recently got you can find in this post:

https://steemit.com/mining/@timmyit/new-mining-rig-hardware-arrived-today

For an more in-depth look at the Motherboard check this post out:

https://steemit.com/mining/@timmyit/msi-z270-a-pro-mining-motherboard

and for the Power supply look here:

https://steemit.com/mining/@timmyit/corsair-rx1000x-1000-watt-power-supply-for-mining

Backstory

A little bit of history and why i choose to go with the RX480 4gb, and the simple answer is it was the cheapest! At the time of buying them the RX470 was actually more expensive then the RX480 so it did't make sense to pick up RX470s. ROI or return of investment is an important factor to take in consideration when building your self a mining rig and the i will talk more about that in a separate post because there's a lot to talk about.

RX470 4gb - 2190 NOK ($262 dollars)
RX480 4gb - 1999 NOK ($239 dollars)

So i went with the RX480 of course since that will also give the highest resell value if i plan to sell them in the future .

Overview

There isn't much in the box more then the Card it self and then 1 dual 6pin to 8pin connector and drivers and warranty card.

The fans are actually detachable for some reason, maybe if you want to run it quiet? which could be cool if you plan to use it in a HTPC or something where you only need passive cooling. Not a necessary feature for me but hey its always nice with options.

RX480 compared to a Nvidia ASUS GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC

Final words

I have just done some quick test with Ethereum and I got around 21Mh/s out of the box with these cards which is "ok" but not great. Since yesterday I have switched to start mining Digibyte on all of my mining Cards and will do that for a few days at least.
With Digibyte i get around 35 MH/s.