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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Mining (Altcoins) => Topic started by: Los Serpent on September 18, 2017, 12:17:49 PM



Title: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: Los Serpent on September 18, 2017, 12:17:49 PM
hello, i'm new to mining. i have a r9 280x and a i5-4690. i was wondering what's the best currency i can mine with this hardwere.


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: slate_main on September 18, 2017, 03:35:16 PM
Search for Claymores dual ETH / DCR miner, should run nice on your machine, let us know how it goes and if you need help with config for optimum operation and so on.


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: NotFuzzyWarm on September 18, 2017, 05:08:23 PM
hello, i'm new to mining. i have a r9 280x and a i5-4690. i was wondering what's the best currency i can mine with this hardwere.
And post in Mining Altcoins (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0) where all queries regarding altcoin mining hardware belong and the users of it hang out...


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: Los Serpent on September 18, 2017, 05:22:27 PM
hello, i'm new to mining. i have a r9 280x and a i5-4690. i was wondering what's the best currency i can mine with this hardwere.
And post in Mining Altcoins (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0) where all queries regarding altcoin mining hardware belong and the users of it hang out...
will it be worth? energy here in italy is pretty Experience, 0.35 cents for a kw


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: DimaPechka on September 18, 2017, 06:04:33 PM
I think it is Ethereum


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: OgNasty on September 18, 2017, 06:30:42 PM
I've heard there are pools that will switch to mine the most profitable coin at the moment.  I don't GPU mine though, so you'd have to check the appropriate section.


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: Los Serpent on September 18, 2017, 06:38:26 PM
what's the difference between cpu and gpu mining ?


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: ahmedjamal1998 on September 18, 2017, 06:54:15 PM
hello, i'm new to mining. i have a r9 280x and a i5-4690. i was wondering what's the best currency i can mine with this hardwere.
From what I've read on the internet it mines ethereum at about 15 mh/s. But consumes almost 200 watts.
How much you pay for electricity is a main factor. Check this LINK (https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/eth?HashingPower=15&HashingUnit=MH%2Fs&PowerConsumption=200&CostPerkWh=0.0) and input how much you pay for kw/h and you'll get the approx. profits per month.

what's the difference between cpu and gpu mining ?
They both mine coins but basically gpus have much more computing power in mining than cpus. Actually cpu-mineable coins now are few and are almost not worth the hassle as the profits are too little.
If you want to mine use a gpu card otherwise don't waste your time.


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: achmir on September 18, 2017, 07:18:40 PM
only ethereum bro


Title: Re: what currency is best to mine right now?
Post by: Los Serpent on September 18, 2017, 07:49:10 PM
oh, i would lose 28 euros per month. damn. well, i guess i'm not going to get into mining