CPU mining

[prbitcoin]

Hi! I was doing a workstation build with a i7-6850k and someone suggested me a ryzen threadripper, I'm assuming the 1900x as it's the closest to what I need.
That made me think about cpu mining. I know cpu mining doesn't mine enough for people to invest in, but since I'm going to buy a CPU anyway, I might as well make the best with what I got.

So, what does mining require from the CPU? Is it more cores? Is it more clock speeds? thanks!

[cryptobaht]

Hi! I was doing a workstation build with a i7-6850k and someone suggested me a ryzen threadripper, I'm assuming the 1900x as it's the closest to what I need.
That made me think about cpu mining. I know cpu mining doesn't mine enough for people to invest in, but since I'm going to buy a CPU anyway, I might as well make the best with what I got.

So, what does mining require from the CPU? Is it more cores? Is it more clock speeds? thanks!

Cores and threads would  be your priority.

[wacko]

Depends on the algo. For cryptonight, it's L3 cache that matters: each thread needs 2 MB of cache, so the hashrate will mostly depend on the L3 size rather than on the number of CPU cores. For other algos, cores/clocks might matter more.

[DigitalFox]

Depends on the algo. For cryptonight, it's L3 cache that matters: each thread needs 2 MB of cache, so the hashrate will mostly depend on the L3 size rather than on the number of CPU cores. For other algos, cores/clocks might matter more.

Thanks for very useful info, wacko, I didn't know this before about cryptonote.