CPU Mining "Rig" - What's Needed?

[1l1l11ll1l]

Get yourself a Dell C6100 system, pretty awesome set-up.

I got 3 of them for Primecoin mining.

[MilesJohan]

I'm also pretty interested in building some sort of CPU mining machine with ~50 cores. Does anyone know of a detailed guide or place to find information on this?

I think its funny how many of the first comments were like uh GPU* pls. Lol.

Erm, what you ganna do with so much CPU? I mean which coins are you going to mine?

[ehalvers]

I'm also pretty interested in building some sort of CPU mining machine with ~50 cores. Does anyone know of a detailed guide or place to find information on this?

I think its funny how many of the first comments were like uh GPU* pls. Lol.

Erm, what you ganna do with so much CPU? I mean which coins are you going to mine?

There are several fairly lucrative coins that are coming out of the woodwork and have serious memory limitations, this is what makes gpu/ASIC mining almost impossible.

I am using the term lucrative very loosely and I will most likely be losing money but its more for the experience and fun.

[cp1]

  You could always buy a bunch of used 1U  servers.

[forevernoob]

Is mining primecoin profitable?
I can't even find it on http://www.coinwarz.com/cryptocurrency

[zvs]

quarkcoin was worth a good amount up until about 25 days ago

[NUFCrichard]

I am also interested in mining future CPU coins.  Is there a simple way to get a great increase in mining speed, assuming you don't have a botnet available to you!
Or is it just as easy as getting an fast CPU and lots of memory?

[Wipeout2097]

If you are going to buy CPUs, make sure they have AVX2 instructions and are overclock friendly like the i7-4770k

Google for benchmarks on Primecoin, Quark or Protoshares

Are you interested in CPU only or CPU + GPU?

[NUFCrichard]

If you are going to buy CPUs, make sure they have AVX2 instructions and are overclock friendly like the i7-4770k

Google for benchmarks on Primecoin, Quark or Protoshares

Are you interested in CPU only or CPU + GPU?

Essentially I could like to buy a new PC.  Whilst doing that it would be good if it happened to be good for mining.  I won't be starting a GPU farm anytime soon and doubt I will ever buy an ASIC.

[Thenen]

Is mining primecoin profitable?
I can't even find it on http://www.coinwarz.com/cryptocurrency

The website is for GPU mining...

[forevernoob]

Is mining primecoin profitable?
I can't even find it on http://www.coinwarz.com/cryptocurrency

The website is for GPU mining...

Link me one for CPU mining then...

[JessicaSe]

Is mining primecoin profitable?
I can't even find it on http://www.coinwarz.com/cryptocurrency

The website is for GPU mining...

Link me one for CPU mining then...

I don't think there is one... but Primecoin is going to be a GPU coin soon...

[forevernoob]

Hmm... so what's up with all these people investing in CPU rigs?

[albon]

Hmm... so what's up with all these people investing in CPU rigs?

Mining PTS

[NUFCrichard]

Hmm... so what's up with all these people investing in CPU rigs?

Mining PTS

Exactly that, and future CPU only coins

[Feneusens]

I don't know if those CPU coin can stay CPU only forever. The community seems to always have a way to do it on GPU instead.... so it is still a risk...

[Corenin]

Hmm... so what's up with all these people investing in CPU rigs?

Mining PTS

Is PTS still profitable now?

[whitemage]

Anybody know the profitability for CPU mining compare to GPU?

[NUFCrichard]

I think the question has kind of been answered elsewhere. Don't buy a mining rig, it is a waste of money. Cloud mine with hundreds of servers when it is profitable, and turn them off when it's not. No outlay and masses of mining power.

[miningdude]

Bitcoin GPU or CPU mining is definitely not profitable.

Litecoin on the other hand has a lot of potential. I would say a 4 GPU Litecoin rig could prove to be quite profitable.
Full guide to building a rig here:
http://www.coinminingrigs.com