# Mining chit-chat

**URL:** <https://forum.grin.mw/t/mining-chit-chat/4838>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [April 17, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/mining-chit-chat/4838 "2019-04-17T04:36:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![min0rmin3r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@min0rmin3r](https://forum.grin.mw/u/min0rmin3r)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/mining-chit-chat/4838/1 "2019-04-17T04:36:57Z")

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Hello fellow miners. I started on a new mid-size mining operation in NA recently and am mining Grin. I find the project quite interesting. As I’m new around here, I thought I’d ask some questions to the community, to see what everyone’s doing.

- What are the top 3 tools you couldn’t do without? Anything from hardware to software works. (Mine are Dewalt gyroscopic screwdrivers, the Unix command line and a good pair of earmuffs.)
- AMD or Nvidia? I’ve got a mix.
- Open air shelves or frames? I’ve got a datacenter ops background so I like frames and racks.
- What’s your mining software? I run Linux and tried bminer on grinmint.
- Where do you guys get your news and optimization tips from? Where does the community “hang out”? I haven’t found a comfy spot yet.

Appreciate any advice. Looking forward to learning more!

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**Author:** ![josevora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@josevora](https://forum.grin.mw/u/josevora)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/mining-chit-chat/4838/2 "2019-04-22T14:42:01Z")

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Tools:

- [https://www.coincalculators.io/coin.aspx?crypto=grin\_31-mining-calculator](https://www.coincalculators.io/coin.aspx?crypto=grin_31-mining-calculator)
- [https://www.coincalculators.io/coin.aspx?crypto=grin-mining-calculator](https://www.coincalculators.io/coin.aspx?crypto=grin-mining-calculator)
- [https://grin-pool.org/what-to-mine/](https://grin-pool.org/what-to-mine/)

AMD or NVIDIA? - NVIDIA (specifically 2080ti) or AMD RADEON VII with future 16GB solver!

Open air, but with directed air flow! (Cheaper)  
Frames (More Efficient)

Software:  
C29 - Bminer 15.5.0  
C31 - lolMiner 0.8.1, KBMiner 1.2

Where? lol…Everywhere! (Here)