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Title: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: Rockchop on January 28, 2018, 06:34:22 PM Are theese cpu's good for mining? And what kind of cryptocurrency can I mine?
Title: Re: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: DannHomes on January 29, 2018, 05:32:12 AM Of course they're capable for mining. I'm using an i7 7700k for mining Magi coin XMG. But I only could mine after work so about 13hours/day not 24/7 running.
Title: Re: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: ivakar on January 29, 2018, 05:53:47 AM With this cpu you can mine any cryptonight based coin like monero/electroneum, intese coin and so on
or cryptonightlight coins - aeon for example, but do not expect too much returns Title: Re: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: Rockchop on February 01, 2018, 12:09:04 AM Ok, AMD CPU is better for mining, but I need a i5 8600k or a i7 8700k. So, which one i better? :D Can I mine Monero?
Title: Re: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: ferall on February 01, 2018, 12:09:58 AM Yes
Title: Re: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: Amstellodamois on February 01, 2018, 12:12:53 AM Whichever has more cores, maybe?
For mining coins which optimized for CPU, it's fine, but i think AMD Ryzen is better since Ryzen offer better multi-core performance while intel 8th gen offer better performance per core. Also, AMD Ryzen have cheaper price with cheap motherboard. What would be a good AMD motherboard (with many PCIe to GPU mine as well)?Title: Re: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: Rockchop on February 01, 2018, 01:12:12 AM Both are 6 cores, but i5 8600k is 6 threads and i7 8700k is 12 threads. Do the threads affect?
Title: Re: i5 8600k and i7 8700k Post by: Amstellodamois on February 01, 2018, 01:41:57 AM I think I recall it does if every thread has 2 MB of cache.
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