Cryptocurrency: Upgrades to the Rig

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Cryptocurrency: Upgrades to the Rig
Hi everyone,  
Here's a little update to the rig.  Just added the Sapphire RX580 Pulse 8gb and it is running right next to its bigger brother, the Sapphire RX580 Nitro+.  Had a little trouble getting the computer to recognize the card at first, did a quick search in device manager and found it as a hardware that needs attention.  Installed the "Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition Beta for Blockchain" Driver, did the AMD/ATI Pixel Clock Patch, and it started working.
![Pulse Graphics.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUxisXx4xoTr7fHYg7XXELujkL6dJZMK7FMFcZu5973eM/Pulse%20Graphics.jpg)

I didn't know the Pulse was a shorter card, but I made the best of it.  Also, I was able to turn off the LED on the motherboard with the program, "MSI Mystic Light". 
![sixth card.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRJNmdTeq1Cr9m94qj4CGvGVSMhULGVQn6HqngU2tbwf8/sixth%20card.png)

This card takes an additional 170W to run, that's 30W more than the Nitro, how is that possible? I haven't modded the bios yet, I'm saving it for tomorrow I'm hoping after the bios mod it will draw less power.
![Watt update.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmX9BdGzkiAWyak5UZ2BpQ5KtFXELWo5Mjz8zgqyn5WY7o/Watt%20update.png)

The Pulse card added 28-29 Mh/s of ETH and 870-880 Mh/s of DCR to the system.  
![IMG_20180103_204552.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSofAC8uTnCc9m3rtphtMaWj5ih1PF4vHeWdfm5hWvDXw/IMG_20180103_204552.jpg)

Here's an update from Nanopool's website.  That dip was me adding the Pulse to the rig.
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmU51xqXLRR6am8eUhkXSphVz7oijB25QAmZY5kBuTA6Sm/image.png)

Ethereum is still rising, just yesterday it was ~$850, now it is $929 and will probably continue to rise.
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTqaYsvCWUsauDJzSnFmZnCg2GSf3UXx5MAYVnWEf4Pwe/image.png)
 
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