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Title: Old Computer Post by: HardJuice on January 20, 2017, 07:08:08 AM I have a AMD p7-1240, is that even possible to mine with nowadays?
Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: doktor83 on January 20, 2017, 07:12:00 AM Why dont you try ?
Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: adaseb on January 20, 2017, 07:14:08 AM Expansion Slots:
1 PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0) 3 PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.0) Yeah you can put 4 GPUs in that beast Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: HardJuice on January 20, 2017, 08:04:19 AM With just the base setup, what coins would you suggest for me to try(profitable ones)?
Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: snowyNNN on January 20, 2017, 08:10:30 AM With just the base setup, what coins would you suggest for me to try(profitable ones)? For Cpu : XMR (Monero) For Gpu : Zcash, Zclassic, Eth or XMR ( depends on your gpu ) Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: HardJuice on January 20, 2017, 09:30:24 AM Its an integrated gpu, so thats the problem i had with choosing any coin at all...
Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: adaseb on January 20, 2017, 10:46:58 AM Its an integrated gpu, so thats the problem i had with choosing any coin at all... You have to buy GPUs and put them in the PCIe slots if you want to make anything decent. Won't be cheap. Expect to spend close to $1000. Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: NeuroticFish on January 20, 2017, 11:02:06 AM If you don't want to invest in GPUs you can try to CPU-mine XMR for a while and see if it gives you more than you'd pay for electricity.
From what I know integrated GPU is not OK for mining. And since the real altcoin mining starts with GPUs, you may indeed have to invest... Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: HardJuice on January 20, 2017, 02:12:38 PM Thank you for all your answers guys, I really appreciate it!
Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: philipma1957 on January 20, 2017, 02:34:45 PM if you are in the usa I can sell you 1 card and provide software to mine eth and software to mine zec
what is your psu? as gpus pull power. if you look at my trust rating it is good. Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: mirny on January 20, 2017, 08:34:44 PM Thank you for all your answers guys, I really appreciate it! Next time, we will appreciate, if you find spare time, and start to read bit, before you start to create another useless thread, with questions hundred times answered... Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: QuintLeo on January 20, 2017, 10:41:16 PM I have a AMD p7-1240, is that even possible to mine with nowadays? That's a "HP P7-1240" powered by an AMD APU, not an "AMD P7-1240", I presume. It should be possible to use it as the basis for a mining system, the CPU is a bit overkill for supporting extra GPUs with (I've got 2 machines with the A10 5700 in them) but it should work. It's not going to be a REAL good CPU miner, even if you don't use the GPU side to mine on at all - I think I was seeing about 70 hash/sec on one of mine on XMR. GPU side of the APU can mine some stuff, but it's very poor at it - ballpark 10-12 hash/sec on ZEC for example - biggest issues there are (1) not GCN (2) DDR3 RAM About the only thing even close to mining-related that GPU is good at is RC5 work via the MooWrapper project (which can earn some Gridcoin). Add some "real" GPUs though and the system should work well enough - just watch your power supply limits, HP (like Dell) tends to put PS in their units with "just enough power" to support the maximum configuration THEY sold the unit as, so you will likely have to upgrade the PS if you add more than one mid-level GPU to the machine. Title: Re: Old Computer Post by: HardJuice on January 21, 2017, 12:23:13 AM I have a AMD p7-1240, is that even possible to mine with nowadays? That's a "HP P7-1240" powered by an AMD APU, not an "AMD P7-1240", I presume. It should be possible to use it as the basis for a mining system, the CPU is a bit overkill for supporting extra GPUs with (I've got 2 machines with the A10 5700 in them) but it should work. It's not going to be a REAL good CPU miner, even if you don't use the GPU side to mine on at all - I think I was seeing about 70 hash/sec on one of mine on XMR. GPU side of the APU can mine some stuff, but it's very poor at it - ballpark 10-12 hash/sec on ZEC for example - biggest issues there are (1) not GCN (2) DDR3 RAM About the only thing even close to mining-related that GPU is good at is RC5 work via the MooWrapper project (which can earn some Gridcoin). Add some "real" GPUs though and the system should work well enough - just watch your power supply limits, HP (like Dell) tends to put PS in their units with "just enough power" to support the maximum configuration THEY sold the unit as, so you will likely have to upgrade the PS if you add more than one mid-level GPU to the machine. This is what i meant, I am sorry for the confusion as i was half asleep when i posted this and forgot to mention it was the make of the computer. At the moment I just want to being mining as a hobby and see where it goes from there... |