F@H Questions

[Tea1337]

I have gotten into the coin mining hobby, and I have done F@H once, but didn't really know what I was doing. I have a few questions, one: What is the best CPU to mine with? I've seen people fold with 4 xeons on one board. Two: What kind of folding hardware can I get for $300? Just curious and would like to start off folding. 

[Tmh85]

F@H isn't for money its giving your computer power to scientists who study diseases not for money...

[Tea1337]

F@H isn't for money its giving your computer power to scientists who study diseases not for money...

I know, I want to do it as a hobby just because i can

[Me1z]

I'm not an expert on this, but I don't think $300 will get you a computer with a processor powerful enough to compete with graphics cards. Personally, I would spend the $300 on a couple of used GTX 580s 670s or 760s and stick them in an existing computer with spare pcie slots. You could then run F@H on only the 2 cards which would give you around 95K PPD without needing a separate system.

[tobben]

I'm not an expert on this, but I don't think $300 will get you a computer with a processor powerful enough to compete with graphics cards. Personally, I would spend the $300 on a couple of used GTX 580s 670s or 760s and stick them in an existing computer with spare pcie slots. You could then run F@H on only the 2 cards which would give you around 95K PPD without needing a separate system.

didn't reply because the op was confusing, mining and folding are two seperate things, mining goes hand in hand with cryptocurrencies while folding is something else entierly. But pretty much what this guy said, 300$ wont get you a dedicated folding system, you would be better off expanding on your current one maybe throwing in a couple of gpus or just scrap the idea entierly and just fold on your current system.

 

i don't know the exact processor but as you said, a 4 processor xeon system is probably the fastest cpu folding you can get your hands on through normal routes, but for that we would be talking about a price tag in the thousands.