Hello guys. I'm new in this cryptocurrency world. Me and some friends (4) are willing to invest on some used hardware to mine monero.
Our rig will be something like this: (we will buy everything besides the 2 GPU's)
CPU: Intel Celeron G550 2.6GHz (20$)
MB: Asus P8H61 M LX (35$)
RAM: 2GB GSkill 1600MHz DDR3 (15$)
GPU 1x R9 270X, 1x R9 270 (0$)
Likely hashrate: 1000H/s
TOTAL: 70$
My friend has some old PSU's that we will be using.
Is this old hardware good for mining? Will there be any bottlenecks?
Note that we will focus 99% on GPU mining. We plan to add more GPU's in the future with the money made mining.
We don't have to worry about electricity. Our goal is to achieve +30$ per month for each. The computer will run 24/7.
And, is it better to mine on Windows or Linux?
The most important question, is this worth it?
Thanks.
I would go for it. 1000 h/s is pretty close to 2$ today.
You and your friends actually got nothing to loose, well ok 14$ per investor is the worst case.
Any old hardware works as long as it has pcie slots. If you are familiar with bios modding and flashing I would go linux otherwise windows. Windows has better software tools for volt and clock management.
