Lite Coin Help!

[tek inpektor]

Okay, I have a few questions.

 

Does it matter what OS I have?

 

Will this CPU work with this MOBO?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113330

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157468

 

Does that MOBO support 3 or 4 way Xfire?

 

How many watts should my PSU be if I want to litecoin mine with 280X?

2-way X fire?

3-way?

4-way?

 

Edit: What would you change about this build?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2zPEY

[TheSLSAMG]

The CPU has no GPU built in. Get one with one. As for the board, it will work with the CPU.

 

It can do 2-way CrossFire.

[DoubleY]

You don't use crossfire for mining. 700w for 2 280X + motherboard would be safe.

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This.

 

You don't use Xfire for mining. You just set the cards in there and let them mine. 

[tek inpektor]

^

This.

 

You don't use Xfire for mining. You just set the cards in there and let them mine. 

Oh.

[sabot]

First off it is spelled Litecoin.(sorry just bothers me!) I think you have missed your window to make a mining rig, currently a system like that would not pay itself off. 

http://bitcoinwisdom.com/litecoin/difficulty

One overclocked r9 280x mines at ~700KH/s this is based off of this chart. From my experience this is a little bit high.

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

If you look at the chart, two r9 280x would be making $261 a month, not very much considering how much money you put into a mining rig. Along with that the amount of power it will use will be pretty expensive, looking at around $80 a month. Finally the difficulty of mining is increasing rapidly so it will be making a lot less than the predicted 261 a month. I would suggest investing it in Litecoin directly since Litecoin is at a low, currently it is at $24, but it will definitely rise.

[tek inpektor]

You would make $450 per month mining Dogecoin ATM instead of $250 with Litecoin..

Do Dogecoins use the same procedures? Just a different mining software?

[DoubleY]

Along with that the amount of power it will use will be pretty expensive, looking at around $80 a month

It will NOT cost that much in electricity. I have 8 R9 280X's and 3 R9 290's and I pay $230/month in electricity

 

Granted, I don't know the price of power where you or the OP live.

[sabot]

It will NOT cost that much in electricity. I have 8 R9 280X's and 3 R9 290's and I pay $230/month in electricity

 

Granted, I don't know the price of power where you or the OP live.

I had it doubled, it would coast about 40.

http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/litecoin-mining-calculator/?h=1400&p=500.00&pc=0.10&pf=0.00&d=3891.34232183&r=50.00000000&er=0.02913144&hc=0.00

[tek inpektor]

You just need a 2GB flash drive to load a dedicated Linux mining OS on such as BAMT or SMOS. For a 4 280X rig, it would be cheaper to get 2 600-700W PSU instead. Also best not to get a case.

No case? Just put the MOBO on the ground?

[tek inpektor]

Put your motherboard on top of the foam your graphics cards came in and the cheapest and simplest rig would be something like this.

 

That takes ghetto rig to the next level LOL.