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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [NEWBIE] RIG on a Budget on: November 03, 2017, 09:38:20 AM
Do you already have a desktop computer at home? If so then I would suggest just acquiring a new graphics card for it and trying out mining and getting a feel for it before investing in building a whole rig.

IMO it's important to have high quality power supply(s) and components with a warranty since you will be running the equipment non-stop for a while. You may get some life out of a second-hand power supply such as the one already in the system you mentioned purchasing, however it will most likely die on you at some point and then you will have to replace it which will add to the cost of your build. I think it's better to just start with a reasonable warrantied power supply and then at least if it burns you can replace it!

Also, I learned the hard way that if you're serious about keeping your rig going and earning the maximum you must have at least 1 spare power supply around so that if one suddenly pops on you it is immediately serviceable thereby reducing your down time. It sucks big time to lose weeks of mining time because you are waiting for a replacement power supply to come in.



What I am using right now is an old MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), and I cant use this coz am using it for work.

I aim to buy the second hand tower just to try out mining. Bitcoin is difficult to mine with this setup so i would go for subcrypto like alt and monero and hope to get something decent out of it.

 
2  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [NEWBIE] RIG on a Budget on: November 02, 2017, 06:55:09 PM
Hi!

My bad. I was referring to the whole tower. Without the monitor and other stuff.

As I have mentioned before am not tech savvy.

I think the psu of the tower is the one that came with it when the original owner bought it brand new.
As of now its not gonna be a problem i think, since that I would probably go for my initial plan to buy the tower and upgrade 1 gpu.

I am still trying to figure out what gpu to add in the tower, budget and compatibility wise.



3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [NEWBIE] RIG on a Budget on: November 02, 2017, 03:23:46 PM
Go with the standard i3 processor and 8 GB ram should be in your computer. This is enough to mine coins like ethereum, zcash or neo.
check with the radeon 470i graphics cards to upgrade in your computer. With the PCI riser you can cannot upto 6 graphics cards.
Initially do not go to mine the bitcoin, you can mine altcoins best in the market.
There are mining calculator available in the market, please use the crypto compare to check the profit you can with the electricity details.

Hi there,

Thanks for the response.

I already talked to the owner and gave me this spec of the Dell Precision Workstation T3500.
- CPU : Intel® Xeon® Processor W3520 (8M Cache , Max 2.93GHz,6.40 GT/s IntelQPI) (8CPUs)
- RAM : 4GB DDR3 (2GB X2 )
- HDD : 250GB
- Graphic : Nvidia Quadro FX 380 upto 2GB
- DVD : DVD RW
- Integrate LSI 3.0/s Raid 0, 1
- 8 USB Ports/ ..

He is selling it for $150. CPU only.
what you think?
4  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / [NEWBIE] RIG on a Budget on: November 01, 2017, 05:01:42 PM
Hi Everyone,

I am planning to buy a second hand desktop as my first mining rig.
The one available at this point is a Dell Precision T3500 workstation. I am no tech savvy.

These are my questions?

1. What GPU should I buy as an upgrade for this desktop model?

2. What is the next important part that I need to upgrade?

3. Do you think that I will be able to make a decent mining using this setup? (with upgraded GPUs)

 Huh

Specsheet link for the Dell Precision T3500 workstation.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/en/dell_precision_t3500_specsheet.pdf
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