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May 26, 2016, 07:33:56 AM |
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I have a few Ethereum miners running on Semperon64 based systems (I've had these for a decade almost, not going into why I bought a batch of them at one time back then).
1 Gig ram in most of them (2 in one), Semperon 3000+ (might have one with a 2800+), 30 Gig HD in a couple but most are bigger (ALL of them are running EIDE, they're that old, though they have SATA ports they're very early SATA 1.5Mhz or some such), running Ubuntu 14.04.4 with XFCE replacing that horrid "Unity" junk (basically Xubuntu64 but I never found a site that I could download the actual Xubuntu from OTHER THAN 16.04 THAT BREAKS FGLX COMPATABILITY YOU NEED FOR OPENCL).
Single PCI-E slot with a mix of leftover cards from Litecoin/X11 mining days and one "used" card bought recently 'cause it was VERY cheap.
Most of them have old generic PS in the 400-480 watt range, one has a Energmax NAXN 450 (the rest of those I've used all died, I'm amazed this one is still working)
Basically, you need a 64 bit CPU, at least 1 Gig ram (more is BETTER due to DAG file building), enough of a PS to run your vid card(s), HD or SSD (in theory a FLASH drive will work, but I'd say at LEAST a 16 Gig to have a prayer of running more than a couple days before DAG files overload it, and a 32 would be better).
I would NOT try to mine Ethereum in a 8 Gig FLASH - you'll run out of space for DAG files in no time flat. 16 Gig isn't noticeably more any more, you can get those from Wallyworld for $10 or less any more.
The critical parts are a good video card and the rest of the system STABLE. Efficient power supply is a help, since most Gold rated supplies tend to be a lot higher quality than the cheaper stuff.
BTW - I don't RECOMMEND the Semperons, I just had them on hand and got them working. I'd recommend some sort of dual-core at least (My X240 based systems are a LOT faster at DAG file creation and don't slow the hashrate while DAG creating) and at least 2Gig RAM, preferably 4Gig so you don't have to "split the DAG files" when you're generating them.
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