Mining an altcoin on my old server

[epichaberdasher]

Hi Guys

I have an old server that I was going to sell, but Im thinking I can use it to mine some alt. Im not really interested in profit or cost of running it. I just want to be able to mine some coin thats not complete junk, and it will be nice to get more than tiny fractions every month.

Spec:
Athlon64 X2 4400+
2GB ECC DDR
512MB ATI Radeon HD4870
160GB HDD
Ubuntu Linux

So what can this mine ? and am I going to have a hard time finding mining soft that will still work on a HD4870 ?

I was thinking DCRED but that seems to be on the rise, and gominer/cgminer doesnt seem to support the HD4870 ?

Cheers in advance for any advice!

[Steven3iii]

I wonder how it would do with Monero? It would not be a star performer, but it would be a constant one. And Monero can only go up from here. Sorta fire nd forget mining until there is a nice little baghold there....

[epichaberdasher]

Monero sounds good. I was thinking of Dogecoin, but I always felt that its kinda looked at as being a jokecoin.

*Monero doesnt seem to list the HD4870 as being able to mine.

[Steven3iii]

Monero sounds good. I was thinking of Dogecoin, but I always felt that its kinda looked at as being a jokecoin.

* ;)Monero doesnt seem to list the HD4870 as being able to mine.

New card to be ordered from Craigslist according to what is cheap. Or you may be able to fill the board with burner cards. You can still burn hashes with that CPU running 24/7 while you look for really cheap deal...

Doge is still a thing too.... welcome to Yobit high finance.

[epichaberdasher]

Monero sounds good. I was thinking of Dogecoin, but I always felt that its kinda looked at as being a jokecoin.

* ;)Monero doesnt seem to list the HD4870 as being able to mine.

New card to be ordered from Craigslist according to what is cheap. Or you may be able to fill the board with burner cards. You can still burn hashes with that CPU running 24/7 while you look for really cheap deal...

Doge is still a thing too.... welcome to Yobit high finance.

Yeah its a crossfire board, so i might consider trying to find two cards that will get good hash on the cheap. Problem is this board is ancient PCI-E x16 1.0 , newer cards might not POST on this thing.

[panda2k_Storm]

and it will be nice to get more than tiny fractions every month.

You will only get tiny fractions a month. It might not be worth your time. I think you could make more money mining BURST with the hdd then u could mining Monero or another altcoin.

[mirny]

You will earn nothing, mining scrypt algorithms with this setup.
Scrypt is asic territory.

[epichaberdasher]

You will earn nothing, mining scrypt algorithms with this setup.
Scrypt is asic territory.

I assume you are talking about Dogecoin ?