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October 21, 2011, 02:57:29 AM
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October 21, 2011, 08:18:19 AM
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Thats current trend, amd athlon II 250 and low end semprons are quite popular. Just check peoples pictures and specs of rig setups. Usualy they use low end cpu.
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October 21, 2011, 07:11:19 PM
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You can get a a cheap mobo and processor for less than $100 together from many places like Newegg.  Then you use a nice GPU and some form of linux (to be free and small).  Remember the bigger and more powerful the processor the more electricity it takes.  You don't need a very large hard drive at all.  My entire bitcoin section on my hard drive is about 1Gb, the wallet is only a few kilobytes.  You could use a 12Gb hard drive from an old relic of a computer.
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October 21, 2011, 07:13:51 PM
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Or even just boot from a flash drive...I know there's a specialized Linux distro for bitcoin out there somewhere.
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October 21, 2011, 07:32:19 PM
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Yes, you can. I recommend Sempron 140 (the cheapest CPU) and Celeron G530 (cheap and power efficent).
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October 21, 2011, 09:29:31 PM
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Quote from: Rofer on October 21, 2011, 02:57:29 AM
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No need to discuss.

Yes you can, no problems at all.

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October 22, 2011, 03:48:09 PM
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Quote from: Vanderbleek on October 21, 2011, 07:13:51 PM
Or even just boot from a flash drive...I know there's a specialized Linux distro for bitcoin out there somewhere.

Does anybody know the name/a link for this?  I wouldn't mind checking this out.
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October 22, 2011, 05:40:55 PM
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Quote from: kiyote on October 22, 2011, 03:48:09 PM
Quote from: Vanderbleek on October 21, 2011, 07:13:51 PM
Or even just boot from a flash drive...I know there's a specialized Linux distro for bitcoin out there somewhere.

Does anybody know the name/a link for this?  I wouldn't mind checking this out.

Here is one: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/LinuxCoin
Also http://www.linuxcoin.co.uk/index.php?page=downloads
I've never used it though.
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October 22, 2011, 07:46:21 PM
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a lot of people are using sempron 140 and motherboard with 2 or more pcie slots you can use windows or linux  go here to see the cards
performance https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison
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October 23, 2011, 03:35:19 AM
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Thanks!
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October 23, 2011, 03:42:54 AM
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Read CPU as PSU for some reason

Was going "Wtf... he'll fry his shit"

"Wtf why is everyone saying he's right?!?!?"

"WTF!"

"Isn't Sempron a freaking processor?"

"Wouldn't a Sempron 140 be a 140 watt PSU? No way it could even handle CPU mining....."

"Oh.."
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