Old Gaming Desktop to Miner

[FlavorCountry]

I have an old gaming desktop that runs on a lot 750 watt power supply. Can this be turned into a decent miner?

ag7750-u3222
https://icecat.co.uk/p/acer/pt.sde02.032/pcs-workstations-AG7750-U3222-8183305.html

[beachbummer]

I have an old gaming desktop that runs on a lot 750 watt power supply. Can this be turned into a decent miner?

ag7750-u3222
https://icecat.co.uk/p/acer/pt.sde02.032/pcs-workstations-AG7750-U3222-8183305.html

Depends on the GPU you have, but since you mentione it is an old desktop I suppose the GPU will also be quite old.

Investing in GPUs now is quite risky as the returns are very low and ASICs and FPGAs seem ready to pounce on whatever algos GPUs can currently handle...

Not to discourage you, but if you still wish to mine, the 750W PSU should be enough to support a few undervolted GPUs for you to try mining on a small scale first.

TLDR; decide which GPU you want to buy by researching online and this forum, check whattomine to see if the returns are agreeable with you. If you still want to try, then pull the trigger.

HTH

[edwardceng]

actually can do mining coin as long as those coins can be mined with CPU such as ETN, BYTE, XMR and much more but can't assurance would be profitable. if I can give suggestions better don't do it unless just for knowledge it is no problem.

[smartcrypto]

first gen i7 is not so bad. But in crypto right now? It doesn't stand a chance. Even GPU mining is not worth it anymore, unless you're willing to mine that maybe in future you could get a decent profit off of it if the coins you mined/bitcoin increases in value

[leowonderful]

Doing a quick Google search, your machine has a GTX 470 as its GPU which isn't worth mining with anymore- the entire 400 series ran pretty hot and inefficient to start with. If you do choose to add additional GPUs onto your rig, take a look at your PSU and see how many 6-pin connectors there are on it. Chances are you won't have enough to run more than two cards, and if you do go down the route of adding more cards, I would highly suggest replacing your PSU with something that has more 6-pin connectors (could be ATX or a server PSU with a breakout board) and perhaps selling your CPU for something cheaper that could go towards the cost of a new PSU or even motherboard outright.

The 1st Gen i7 chips weren't optimal for CPU mining even before things started going downhill. If you really want to go deeper into mining (I assume you already know the high risks right now), it may be better to just sell your computer and buy parts for a new rig with a better Mobo, etc. There's not much usable in it right now for mining, but it should be good if you just want to mine with a card or two.

[edwardceng]

first gen i7 is not so bad. But in crypto right now? It doesn't stand a chance. Even GPU mining is not worth it anymore, unless you're willing to mine that maybe in future you could get a decent profit off of it if the coins you mined/bitcoin increases in value

it means it will hold the coin from the mine, the problem is when doing mining with what pays electricity and internet until the price of the mined coin or bitcoin increases unless he/she has free (electricity & internet)

[jmigdlc99]

with lowspeed computer, you should try to mine by inactive website that you do not keept your computer allways open.

Try these website:
https://dogeminer.cc/index.php?boss=255600 -> dodge coin
https://minebank.net/index.php?ref=64821 -> bitcoin
https://minebank.net/index.php?ref=64821 -> bitcoin

Note: speed is quite slow until you invest some bucks

To all readers, I would strongly advise against online browser based or cloud mining schemes as the ones linked above. More often than not, these types of websites promise high yields but almost always fail to deliver. Not all are scams, but most if not all are not profitable.

Search google or these forums and you should easily find other discussions that reflect my sentiment.

[btckesh]

with lowspeed computer, you should try to mine by inactive website that you do not keept your computer allways open.

Try these website:
https://dogeminer.cc/index.php?boss=255600 -> dodge coin
https://minebank.net/index.php?ref=64821 -> bitcoin
https://minebank.net/index.php?ref=64821 -> bitcoin

Note: speed is quite slow until you invest some bucks

To all readers, I would strongly advise against online browser based or cloud mining schemes as the ones linked above. More often than not, these types of websites promise high yields but almost always fail to deliver. Not all are scams, but most if not all are not profitable.

Search google or these forums and you should easily find other discussions that reflect my sentiment.

thanks for the heads up

[FlavorCountry]

Thank you everyone. I think I’m just going to try it for fun without the expectation of making any money.

[edwardceng]

Thank you everyone. I think I’m just going to try it for fun without the expectation of making any money.

nice motivation  , bud
you can do what you want as long as you happy after understand about mining, maybe you buying part by part of mining rigs or ASIC.

[Geraldo]

So, you have i7-930 with four cores, eight threads, right? (Acer Aspire AG7750-U3222 2.8GHz i7-930 Desktop Black, Orange PC), did you add the other graphics cards instead of the default one? (you can add this after tried with your current devices) 

With that CPU spec, you can mine CPU based coins. You can find CPU mining guide with a few lists of CPU based coins:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2891680.0

[mrstark89]

So you have i7-930 and GTX 470 which quite old for mining
As @Geraldo said, you can mine CPU based coins. Start searching with "CPU only", "CPU mining", "YeScriptR32", "YeScriptR16",...

[FlavorCountry]

It looks like if I put this card in or one like it my computer could be an ok miner. Is my thinking correct? My computer only supports pci express x16 cards.

MSI Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 RX 580 ARMOR 8G OC 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express x16
https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814137118

[edwardceng]

It looks like if I put this card in or one like it my computer could be an ok miner. Is my thinking correct? 

as long as it is correct in installing the meaning:
1. doesn't have power shortage from/to GPU
2. perfect when installing USB Riser.
3. have no problem with software miners

My computer only supports pci express x16 cards.

You can use PCIe x16 Extender or USB riser x1 to x16