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i want to build a bit coin mining machine my budget is 5000$. what would i need in terms of cpu and gpu? i have a 4770 laying around. would a 4770 be to overkill/underkill? would i run in sli/crossfire? tell me everything and suggest builds! :)

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you could built a really nice Litecoin rig for that money but bitcoin.. meh...

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you don't build bitcoin mining rigs, you buy ASICs. Even then the return on those are seldom

 

The best altcoin to mine is subjective. Most stick between LTC, Doge, NVC, and FTC. 

 

Sell the CPU, buy a Sempron CPU and an older used top shelf motherboard (i.e. MSI GD70 790X) leave the rig out of case or use a milk crate. You may use PCI extensions if you want. Don't skimp on the PSU. For OS you can use whatever, all you need is 4gb of any RAM. 

 

spend the rest on whatever good AMD GPU's you can find. 

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you could built a really nice Litecoin rig for that money but bitcoin.. meh...

so what should i build? and whats the difference? im not set on bitcoin

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also whats the best coin to mine?

Litecoin. Buy many 290s if possible.

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you don't build bitcoin mining rigs, you buy ASICs. Even then the return on those are seldom

 

The best altcoin to mine is subjective. Most stick between LTC, Doge, NVC, and FTC. 

 

Sell the CPU, buy a Sempron CPU and an older used top shelf motherboard (i.e. MSI GD70 790X) leave the rig out of case or use a milk crate. You may use PCI extensions if you want. Don't skimp on the PSU. For OS you can use whatever, all you need is 4gb of any RAM. 

 

spend the rest on whatever good AMD GPU's you can find. 

i have a 4770 lying around

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run them in crossfire and what mobo and procesor would be good?

I'm a noob when it comes to mining. But, I think cpu doesn't matter much. But motherboard has. We have specially made motherboards just for mining. Just google it as i don't know any and secondly, i don't know how to make a dedicated rig.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.SNIPER 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($329.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Silverstone 1350W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($269.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $3693.52

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Pease don't make a mining build though, they probably won't break even

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.SNIPER 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($329.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (4-Way CrossFire) ($695.91 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($23.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Silverstone 1350W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($269.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $3693.52

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-14 11:11 EST-0500)

Pease don't make a mining build though, they probably won't break even

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With $5000, you'll probably have to make 3 separate rigs to get the best hash rate.

 

edit:  Maybe something like 13 x R9 270s and 2 X R9 290s across 3 x 5-pcie slot  motherboards, 3 AMD APUs, and 3 x 1000W Gold rated PSUs

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Check this guide http://www.cryptobadger.com/2013/04/build-a-litecoin-mining-rig-hardware/

 

 

I'd highly recommend splitting your investment a little by purchasing $1000 - $2000, or half your total worth of Bitcoins and Litecoins directly. Diversify your method of entry to have better standing for whatever the market may do. Sudden price and/or difficulty increase will render your mining hardware less profitable to the point of potentially impractical to run.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Users cannot, and will not securely manage key material. Most users can't and the ones that can, wont.

Ask me about Bitcoin, Litecoin, Crypto-Currencies, and/or Mining them.

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There are many opinions, its a fact that the first ASICS for scypt coins are comming out in a few months. I would buy some Scrypt ASICS when they come out for that money. Forget Bitcoin, you arent going to make big money out of it unless you want to stay in concurrence with companies that have always the non-plus-ultra rigs with multiple terrahashes.

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run them in crossfire and what mobo and procesor would be good?

you should get 2-3 cheap socket 1150 motherboards with a few pci slots, then buy some pci risers and put in each motherboard about 5 videocards(270, 280x, 290, 7970, 7950, 7870xt), get some cheap cpu's and 4gb of ram for each system

 

With $5000, you'll probably have to make 3 separate rigs to get the best hash rate.

 

edit:  Maybe something like 13 x R9 270s and 2 X R9 290s across 3 x 5-pcie slot  motherboards, 3 AMD APUs, and 3 x 1000W Gold rated PSUs

something like this would be perfect

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