The area I want to put this is in an unfinished area of my basement. The area is roughly 1000 sq ft. There are no windows here but it does have direct access to the outside since half of it is in a walkout basement area. I am endeavoring to make 240 GPU - 480 GPU worth of rigs down there. This will be some extreme amount of heat.
Do people suggest ductless air conditioner, traditional air conditioner, how many would I need to cool the room down so these GPUs do not overheat. They are RX 580 and will be dual mining ETC and DCR. I have already gotten an electrician who can get me 600 amps with 240 V so I should have plenty of power to power these GPUs. Cooling is now my major concern. In the summers the basement will get to 60 degrees indoors and outside at times will be in the 90s. I live in the pacific northwest.
Thanks for any insight.
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I have the heat off to my office, it gets to 40/50 degree's in the winter. If I seal it off and run the 40 GPU's, it gets to 90 within a few hours. It's crazy how much heat they generate. Good airflow regardless of whether it's air conditioned or not should be good enough. Just watch the card's heat and fan speeds. If they are pushing towards 100% fan, then you'll want to get cooler air. My opinion only. Maybe someone else will have some thoughts.
if you're really considering this, you should get a warehouse instead. I would be quite surprised if your insurance will cover this... and I also would be quite surprised if your mortgage lender would be on-board with this either. (unless you own your house outright... in which case... let it burn...)
Also, more importantly, where are you getting cards? I just want to get like 26 cards and I can't find them anywhere. nada. nothing.
I'm not sure I agree on the server air conditioners but maybe. I think it's something you could easily play with after you get things running. With no windows/etc it's going to get hot quick so you will definitely need some type of air flow. If you are going to spend this type of money, then maybe an industrial/commercial warehouse might be easier. You could also think about building a small shed/room outside and run it from there. Much easier control over air flow if you are not in a basement.
I'm curious how you are getting 600 AMP's? Most residences don't support more than 400AMP service.
And the cost of $2000 a month is nothing compared to the revenue from that many mining rigs... just consider it a cost of running your own business.
Good luck!
Roughly - just calc volume of your mining space.
After that you need to choose air vents. They always have info about volume (cubic feets/meters per second/minute/hour) of air that they pump.
You need to calc and select the number of vents enough to change air in the room every 2 minutes.
You can add thermal regulators to keep temp in hottest place at 25 C.