How much LTC can my workstation earn per month? HPz800/Quadro 4000

[StormMaker]

So i am new to mining but i am hoping that my IT background can help, i am having this workstation that i want to start mining with:

HP Z800
CPU: (X2) Intel Xeon X5670, 12MB cach, 2.93 GHz, 6 Cores *2 Physical processors
Ram: 64 GB, 1333
Hard Disk: SAS

GPU: Nvidia Quadro 4000, 2GB DDR5, Direct x 11 "Nvidia Quadro 5000, 3 GB, DDR5 = 67.7 Mhash/s (But i have no idea how much the quadro 4000 can get)"

i will be running Ubuntu as my O.S

so can i make it with the quadro 4000? and how much will i get if i used my CPU "I know it's kinda useless to be mining on CPU" & my GPU in mining LTC?

one last question, is the RAM related to mining by anyhow? can i use it to improve anything even theoretically?



P.S: i know that nvidia suck at mining, but i already have this workstation with this GPU card..

[bathrobehero]

There are dozens of different hashing algorithms that coins use. The most popular ones use SHA256, Scrypt, X11 and a few more has ASICs available that are super efficient at what they do. LTC uses Scrypt.

And then, GPUs are much better suited for hasing algorithms compared to CPUs. As in, they are much, much more effiecient to the point that you're wasting electricity trying to compete with them.
There are a couple of exceptions though, but either way CPU mining is pretty pointless (unless you own a botnet which is another story).

Even top of the line modern CPUs would need more than a few years to amke their initial price back (ROI).

In essence, you don't want to mine any ASIC coins with CPUs and GPUs.

GPU mining is fine though, but you'd need a miner that is optimized for whatever cards you have and while I know nothing about the cards you have, I'm pretty sure there isn't a single miner optimized for that card (or even for any Quadro cards). You can still probably use a generic miner but I wouldn't expect much - if anything at all.

RAM is only related in a few algorithms if you have a bunch of cards in one system. But you can get around it with more swapfile (in windows at least).

[StormMaker]

Thank you for your reply,

I'm pretty sure there isn't a single miner optimized for that card (or even for any Quadro cards).

i stumbled upon this while searching Nvidia CudaMiner: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=167229.0
what do you think of it?

and as i understand you believe that it's not worth it with the Quadro 4000, right?

if so what do you think of:
Sapphire hd 7970 Vapor-X 6GB (Overclock Edition) ?
if my quadro didn't do as i hope "After testing", i can buy this card by the end of the week, but how much can i gain with it? and is it worth it or kinda absolute?

From here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Non-specialized_hardware_comparison
i can find the hashrate for some cards although i am not sure if it is applicable for LTC mining or not, so can i rely on it to make an estimate for my GPU Hashrate?

and here: https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc
is a calculator to compute my profit, can i use it to estimate my earnings or it will be just an estimation?

Finally if my quadro isn't worth it, and the card that i mentioned above is not really worth it/ not the best solution, then what do you recommend?  


*putting the electricity problem aside as i might just move my workstation & the UPS to the Datacenter at my work, so i won't pay for electricity + it will be at optimum temp. all the time!

[bathrobehero]

Cudaminer can mine LTC (Scrypt) but as I said it's ASIC territory. But Cudaminer is kind of old, you might want to try Ccminer but I'm not sure it will work.

What you want to do is mine something else that's not ASIC dominated.

Mine Ethereum or LBRY or basically anything and if you want, trade those coins into LTC.

[greenuser]

Forget Litecoin unless you go out and buy an ASIC. These ASICs are designed to mine more efficiently than a PC.  
If i had your hardware i would...

CPU mine Monero.  This pool is good with low power cpu and has links to an easy to use miner  http://xmr-pool.com/.  
Here is a list of CPU coins with how-to if you fancy something different  http://cpucoinlist.com/
Check out prices at https://poloniex.com/

GPU mine either Ethereum or Ethereum Classic but be aware both networks are under attack.
I would currently go for ECT. 91pool.com is working well at the mo as is this wallet https://classicetherwallet.com/

Have a look at https://whattomine.com/

You can also use your hard drive to have a go at mining Burstcoin. Plenty of info out there but you need at least 2.5TB to have any effect.

But i would be looking to CPU, GPU, and HHD mine all at the same time on 3 different coins/algos and run the machine to its max.  

Good luck.

Also, you need to be posting in the mining section or you may get your post took down.

[StormMaker]

LTC (Scrypt) but as I said it's ASIC territory.

Forget Litecoin unless you go out and buy an ASIC.

oh i didn't know that LTC can be done by ASICs.. seems like i was searching in old topics all along..
bathrobehero, sorry didn't get it the first time..

You can also use your hard drive to have a go at mining Burstcoin. Plenty of info out there but you need at least 2.5TB to have any effect.

I had no idea that there is HDD mining!
Well i have x2 SAS (x2 * 300) + x4 HDD Black Server Class (x4 * 1 TB) + 6 TB External HDD "WD My book" & 2TB External HDD "WD My Passport" + some other HDD in total = 2 TB, All Together= 12 TB of free space
**But i must ask, what about the bandwidth? how much bandwidth will it consume/Day?
Finally what's your estimation for my capacity earnings?

For the CPU Mining, should i go for Monero? and how much should i anticipate from 12 cores? --> i am not looking for something easy as i am sure i can handle it, i am looking for the must profitable way..

For the GPU Mining, should i go for ECT? will it be my best option?

Finally do i need to buy (Sapphire hd 7970 Vapor-X 6GB (Overclock Edition)) ?
OR my Nvidia Quadro 4000 will do?
Is the Sapphire worth it? or what do you guys suggest?



*Green User, sorry but how can i change the post section?