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Hi Guys,
In the process of making my own rig for mining.
Will be running claymore to mine, not planning on downloading any local wallet software what makes u download tons of data.
Planning on mining Ethereum and Minero on separate rigs atm but may look at other currencies in the future.


What is a good size for SSD that I need?
I know S9 bitcoin miners use MicroSD cards so I am guessing 128GB or 256GB should be plenty.


Please let me know asap.

Thanks :)

For Windows 10, 64 GB would be the minimum size. I would get a 128 GB since it's not much more and gives you plenty of room. For a Linux based setup like smOS, a 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive would be enough.

win10 ~ 15gb + swap file ~ 16gb ~ 64gb ssd but the price between 64-128 is not much different, so that it is more profitable then it makes sense to use

I got a 128GB SSD for my new rig

If you dont tend to put the wallet inside that SSD, so 64Gb is enough. Most of my rigs are running with 64Gb SSD, Window 10 OS.

For multi-gpu mining rigs you'll want ~ 8 gb of memory for each card. That's "virtual" memory usually, since actual ram is a lot more expensive. So, if you want to run 8 GPUs per rig, you'll need at least 64gb for just the swap file. Meaning 120+ gb SSD. It's not a hard rule though (mostly applies to amd 8gb cards), and for many systems/algos you can get away with less space, but considering how little difference in price there is between 60gb and 120gb drives, it kinda makes sense to just go with 120.

Thanks guys. I will buy the 128 GB :)

I'm not sure about the swap file which I dont think is that much with 64Gb. Because I've mined for a while with 8xRX580 8Gb, and all SSD are 64Gb only, I set virtual memory ranging from 3Gb to 20Gb. So far so good. Actually 120Gb SSD should be better.

Yes no harm in getting the the extra size when SSD's are fairly cheap now. I have a 60gb SSD in mine and its been fine so far, it really depends on if your going to store any data on it after windows/miners etc.