6 easy steps to implement and deploy your Crypto Mining Rig!
1. Find a location for your Crypto miner
You will need to find a safe, secure, dry, good power availability and well ventilated place to setup your Crypto mining rig - spare room is best
2. Decide on hardware and software
Determine how much money you have - weigh the profit, loss, and risks.
3. Build, configure, and test Crypto rig
An Example of a cool setup that's upgradable and can be used for other important stuff like gaming:
AMD FX 8350 Eight Core R9 290X Extreme Gaming PC:
PC Case: Silverstone Temjin TJ04 Aluminum USB3 Window Professional Case
Extra Case Fans: Extra: Corsair Ultra-Quiet High Performance Premium Quality Fans
Power Supply: Corsair Professional PLATINUM AX1200i 80+ Fully Modular PSU
Processor: AMD FX 8350 (8 x 4.2GHz) Eight Core CPU
Heatsink & CPU Fan: Corsair Hydro H60 2013 Edt High Performance Liquid Cooler
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 MB
Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz High Performance Gaming RAM
Graphics Card: 2 x Radeon R9 290 4GB 512bit DDR5 Cards in XFire
Sound Card: Integrated 8 Channel HD Audio
Primary Hard Drive: 1TB WD Blue 7200RPM SATA3 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
Optical Drive: 24x Dual Layer DVD +/- Writer
Secondary Optical Drive: 24x Dual Layer DVD +/- Writer
Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry Mesh Fan Controller
LCD Monitor: [3D] LG D2343P-BN 23" Cinema 3D 1920x1080 IPS LED
Keyboard: Razer Deathstalker Essential Keyboard
Mouse: Razer Orochi Black Chrome Elite Mobile Gaming Mouse
Mouse Pad: Razer Goliathus Team Liquid Edition Mouse Pad
Speakers: Creative A220 2.1 Stereo Speaker System
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Single Language English
4. Setup Crypto mining pool accounts
Assuming you are not solo mining, you will need to create account with one or more Crypto mining pools. eg
http://fast-pool.com/5. Obtain and implement software and scripts
There are many options to choose from. Will you be using Windows, or Linux? What kind of Crypto mining software will you choose? Will you decide to automate your Crypto mining rig? The questions will never end.
Start with the basics . Choose a Crypto currency eg dogecoin, join a Crypto pool eg
http://fast-pool.com/and install cgminer eg
http://www.digitaltwister.com/downloads/cgminer-3.5.0-windows.zip.
6. Deploy and Optimise
Finally, deploy your Crypto miner, and start generating Crypto! When everything is running smoothly, get even more performance out of your GPUs by overclocking them. By then we will no longer be newbies and we can meet else where on this Forum - see you guys later!
