Newbie miner question - Asus a8m2n-la motherboard/video card question

[kookie9566]

Hello,

 I am looking to get into mining and I have a Asus a8m2n-la mother board and I'm trying to figure out what would be the best video card to get to mine with that it would support. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

[philipma1957]

Hello,

 I am looking to get into mining and I have a Asus a8m2n-la mother board and I'm trying to figure out what would be the best video card to get to mine with that it would support. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

This is the BTC section.

I will ask mods to move this to alt coins.

I will attempt to answer you in a minute or two.

is this your mobo?


https://www.newegg.com/p/1HD-001F-00620?


seems to use amd am2 cpu. what cpu do you have in it?

what ram is in it.

this cpu has 64 bit support which is good.
https://www.newegg.com/amd-athlon-64-x2-5200/p/N82E16819103210?

your board looks like it can do

1 card of amd 5000 series or older

or 1 card of nvidia
1000 series
1600 series
2000 series
3000 series

Not sure but looks that way.

[kookie9566]

Great thanks!

I intend to mine BTC

Yes, That's my motherboard.

Attached are the specs of the first rig I intend to use.
https://support.hp.com/rs-en/document/c00754205

So are you recommending I upgrade the CPU also? I know I will need to upgrade the ram to 4 gig but I thought the CPU would be sufficient. If you were going to use this machine to mine which of the two video cards would you use? Cost is not a concern to me if it has the highest production.


 

[miner29]

You cannot mine BTC with anything but an ASIC these days.
The days of BTC mined by GPU are many years past.

[kookie9566]

I see what your saying. What about mining Ethereum with the GPU and selling it for Bitcoin?

[Vann]

I see what your saying. What about mining Ethereum with the GPU and selling it for Bitcoin?

You could do that. To save on transfer fees and the tax implications, you're better off using Nicehash which automatically uses you're hash power to mine the most efficient coin and pays out in BTC.

[kookie9566]

Interesting I will look into that. I chose this route because it appeared the least expensive since I already have this computer vs buying a premade miner.

[philipma1957]

Yeah it is a very old machine.

I would want to find a low powered

 amd 5500xt 8gb
amd 5600xt 6gb
 or a nvidia 1660 ti 6gb


note at $550 this is very pricey

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VisionTek-Radeon-RX-5500XT-8GB-GDDR6-GPU-NEW/265095523508?



note at 699 this is pricy but does more hash

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerColor-Radeon-RX-5600-XT-6GB-GDDR6-Graphics-Card-AXRX-5600XT-6GBD6-3DHR-OC/265102265342?


note at 560 this is very pricey

https://www.ebay.com/itm/00C77-Dell-Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-1660Ti-6GB-GDDR5X-PCI-E-3-0-GPU-Graphics-Card/184724461339?



So
 amd 5500xt is at $550 usd
amd 5600xt is at $699 usd
nvidia 1660ti is at $560 usd


they are all low power use of 55-95 watts.

the 5600xt mines at 40mh or close to 4 bucks worth of eth.

so at nicehash you would get a bit over  0.001 btc every 3 weeks. as nicehash pays off at the 0.001 btc level

See if someone will sell you a card at a better price. I personally would not buy at the ebay prices above.

[kookie9566]

very old lol. Wow that's good money for something that was previously a paperweight lol. I just like the idea of being able to get this machine up and useful in some capacity. Then move forward with a more solid cost effective plan which I am defiantly looking for advice on the next step to build a rig from the ground up. Philip I really appreciate your help you're the man!!

[kookie9566]

What mining software would you recommend?

[FP91G]

What mining software would you recommend?

If you have one video card, then use Windows. If you have a farm, then it is better to learn how to mine on a hive OS.
Ea system is much easier for mining, because it does not need additional software. 1 mining farm for free.
I looked at your motherboard, it's very old junk.
You shouldn't start mining on such equipment.