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December 04, 2021, 10:11:05 AM |
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CPU mining?
1. Have a long term perspective. It is not going to pay back a quick buck.
2. One way to reduce the cost risk is to combine CPU mining with GPU mining.
3. Dont buy the newest parts, i.e. for mobo buy an X470 instead of an X570 if your intention is mining only, and avoid the cheap B450 boards with inferior voltage regulation. You will want to undervolt your CPU and that requires good power delivery for stability of operation.
4. Install Linux or use Hive OS if you can. Windows is going to want to update itself every month causing disruption.
Find out how you can set up your rig to auto-start mining on power-on. It is not too hard to do it.
I got two MSI mobos, B450 Tomahawk and X470 Gaming Plus Max for a good price.
The MSI BIOS is nice. It lets you undervolt your CPU at a constant voltage. I have update both to run with latest Ryzen Zen-3s.
I have two Ryzen 3700X's.
I run my CPUs at 0.9V and for CPU mining alone the rig will consume 67-70 Watts total, mining Raptoreum at 2100 Hs/s.
Or Veruscoin at 18MH/s.
Lately, CPU mining has caught on and most retailers are sold out on the high-end CPUs. The 3900X is the sweet spot, but hard to come by these days. 5900X would be my second choise, but also sold out atm.
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