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May 03, 2013, 02:39:41 PM |
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used guiminer, but it doesn't use cpu. I just have a few old laptops which I am considering to farm pool.
Any good tips on a cpu miner?
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May 03, 2013, 03:25:44 PM |
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Don't use cpu for mining at all. Google for 'bitcoin mining hardware comparison' or 'litecoin mining hardware comparison' and deside whether to mine with CPU
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May 03, 2013, 03:36:19 PM |
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Agreed. But bitcoin-qt can CPU mine if you're really determined.
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May 03, 2013, 03:36:45 PM |
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while the CPU is doing all bt 1 year XD
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May 03, 2013, 03:44:10 PM |
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bfgminer worked fine with AMD Phenom II.
poclbm works too, tried today with AMD A10-5800K APU.
Although CPU mining technically works, it isn't useful when speeds are <10 MH/s.
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May 03, 2013, 03:49:32 PM |
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From what little I've learned the bitcoin ... currently mining in CPU, not worth almost nothing.
I with my graphics card ... it takes me 5 days to have only 0.05 BTC (average 180Mh/s)... not even want to imagine the time it would if it were in CPU.
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May 03, 2013, 04:58:36 PM |
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Don't mine BTC/LTC with a CPU. But its perfectly acceptable to mine CNC with it for example. 50kh/s nets you about 1CNC per hour. That is 24 per day. Its not that much but It may be in the near future.
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May 03, 2013, 05:23:28 PM |
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I'm a newbie but I have a unique situation where I don't have to worry about power consumption (to a point) as I am in a high rise office building in Dallas and the power is included in my rent. What would you guys recommend as far as graphics cards to get started mining? Remembering I don't have to worry about power consumption.
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May 03, 2013, 05:26:53 PM |
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I'm a newbie but I have a unique situation where I don't have to worry about power consumption (to a point) as I am in a high rise office building in Dallas and the power is included in my rent. What would you guys recommend as far as graphics cards to get started mining? Remembering I don't have to worry about power consumption.
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I would go for a 7950 or a 7970.
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May 03, 2013, 05:52:28 PM |
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I'm a newbie but I have a unique situation where I don't have to worry about power consumption (to a point) as I am in a high rise office building in Dallas and the power is included in my rent. What would you guys recommend as far as graphics cards to get started mining? Remembering I don't have to worry about power consumption.
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For the price / performance I would go with a 7950. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414This one has been a great card for me.
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May 03, 2013, 05:59:52 PM |
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I use pooler cpu miner with a intel 3930K. It gives 83 additional kh/s (litecoin).
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May 04, 2013, 04:29:08 AM |
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pooler CPU miner is the best - if you have access to few PCs where you can setup night job its pretty profitable
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May 04, 2013, 04:42:54 AM |
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pooler CPU miner is the best - if you have access to few PCs where you can setup night job its pretty profitable
Could you explain more on that? I have a few desktops that have been sitting around. Granted one needs a new motherboard and the other is about 5 years old. Could I/Should I set them up to mine? If so, how could I go about doing this? Pls PM!
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May 04, 2013, 04:45:00 AM |
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cgminer hands down. Use it for BTC and LTC. Bitminter has an interesting java app.
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May 04, 2013, 07:21:18 AM |
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I'm using cgminer for BTC, LTC and CNC.
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May 04, 2013, 04:05:45 PM |
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I've using (when mining bitcoins on CPU) ufasoft CPU miner. Look for version 36 with 64-bit bitcoin-miner-64.exe, it is much faster.
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