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December 12, 2013, 06:53:56 PM |
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hello everyone!!:D i am new here and my question is what hardware you recommended at start to mine crypto-coins ?? i think that GPU mining it's to old right now but i can be in mistake i think to make rig with only USB but can you tell me what motherboad,graphic card and supply power?? how much WAT graphic card and supply power have?? and what about RAM?? please help me ;3 thank you )
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December 12, 2013, 07:06:22 PM |
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OP if you need serious advices on your next buy, you should state your total budget for the hardware.
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December 12, 2013, 07:20:30 PM |
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What cryptocoin do you want to mine? It is certainly too late to try GPU mining with BTC. The most important thing is the video card. For performance comparision (for LTC mining), see here: https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparisonGenerally, you'll want to stick with a Radeon 7950, 7970, r9 280x or an r9 290x. Those will be the best performing cards. Be aware some brand cards, even within the same model lineup, can perform differently. For the remaining components, it all depends on your budget and how many cards you want to run. Look for a motherboard with the most PCI-e connections (x16 -or x1, x4 and x8 will also work via an adapter).. quantity of RAM is pretty much irrelevant, so 2GB would be plenty. Most of these higher end cards will run in the 250 - 300 watt range at load, so; (# of cards) * 250 + (~100 watts to cover mobo/cpu/hdd/etc components) * 25% (for some headroom) = about the minimum power supply wattage you'll need.
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December 12, 2013, 07:29:25 PM |
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Without asics hardware you should stay away from sha256 and search for scrypt based coins e.g. litecoin instead.
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December 12, 2013, 07:39:59 PM |
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@WillMilk4coin hhmm the most effective;3(even if the calculations from Crypto-coin will be 1BTC per month i will be happy so much:) ) ..my budget can be 700-800dolars right now but can you tell me if i try to mine crypto-coin with USB(2.0 i don't have so money to buy 3.0 ) only like 2.2-2.7 ghs/s this can be a good hardware at the start ?? and please read this: I DON'T WON'T TO MINE WITH GRAPHIC CARD because they are so cheap right now..and usb price are lowest than graphic card
my hardware i can use:
supply power:OCZ extreme PRO 700W Motherboard:AS rock N68C-s UCC GPU:Geforce 550 TI CPU:Amd Athlon 6400 x2 RAM:2x2Giga DDR2
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WillMilk4Coin
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December 12, 2013, 08:51:08 PM |
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I am not sure how you will be mining with a usb?? Are you referring to something like a block erupter?
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December 12, 2013, 08:56:00 PM |
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yes i mean this but can i plugin this into my USB port??
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December 12, 2013, 09:01:28 PM |
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Yep! You can plug those into any usb port on any online system. No other hardware is necessary. You can even get a multi-port usb hub and plug them directly into that. Their power consumption is very low, so you don't need any robust power supply.
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December 12, 2013, 09:07:50 PM |
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Looks like we're coming to the end...xD so my current hardware:
supply power:OCZ extreme PRO 700W Motherboard:AS rock N68C-s UCC GPU:Geforce 550 TI CPU:Amd Athlon 6400 x2 RAM:2x2Giga DDR2
with of course with this USB(2.2-2.7ghs/s) can mine crypt-coins with 24/per month ??xD so if i correctly understand i do not need change any components in my hardware??
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December 12, 2013, 09:16:17 PM |
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Correct; if you are mining with a usb miner such as the one mentioned earlier, there is nothing with your system (PSU, RAM, mobo, CPU, etc..) that you need to change. with of course with this USB(2.2-2.7ghs/s) can mine crypt-coins with 24/per month ?? The only thing you'll be able mine with a block erupter, or any other usb miner right now, is BTC. These will not mine scrypt based coins.
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December 12, 2013, 09:34:13 PM |
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In order to mine a scrypt based coin, you will need to run a GPU. There's no other way around it.
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December 12, 2013, 09:42:54 PM |
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ffuu ;(( and what about altcoin?? i need GPU for this??
@edit1:if i have this USB's i can mine any SHA-256 coins??
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December 12, 2013, 09:58:26 PM |
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Those would be capable of mining other sha256 coins, but I don't know what might be involved in pointing them at another coin. It may just be some simple edits in the config file, but I haven't any experience with those usb miners.
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December 12, 2013, 10:11:38 PM |
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ok i understand so the best way to main crypto-coins is buy better graphic card?? for example radeon 7990??(if i like to buy 1only) but my power supply can hold this card??
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December 12, 2013, 10:22:30 PM |
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You won't be able to mine much with 2.2-2.7 Ghash/s miner unless you have hundred of them. Roughly speaking one R9 280x graphic card giving you some 750 khash/s at scrypt today can earn you as much as 15 Ghash asic at SHA-256. But for mining scrypt currencies you'd better also get more RAM (8GB should be enough for 4-5 graphic cards). The only not important thing here is CPU, old 3Ghz would be more than enough (unless you want to mine scrypt-Jane currencies, but there are not too many of them). Your PSU now is enough for 1 graphic card (1200w can handle 4).
HD 7990 or r9 290x is definitely the best card for today.
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December 12, 2013, 10:27:28 PM |
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I have 3x R9 280x's and they work really well, and I'm only using a 1000 watt power supply. But in reality, they're just rebranded 7970's
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December 12, 2013, 10:41:59 PM |
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You won't need to change anything with your system using a GPU to mine - as long as you have the available PCI-e slot and enough power. You shouldn't need any more than 4 GB of RAM. I am currently running a 5 280x rig with 4 GB right now without any issues whatsoever. For a r9 280x, you should be covered with the power supply just fine as well.
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