Jump to content

Need some help for mining

Muhammad Osama
 Share
Posted

Hello Everyone

Sorry for my bad English.

 

i am new to mining stuff. i just started mining last month. i am facing some problems right now. hope i can get some solutions from here. i watched linus latest video on Nicehash Mining. and i am using nicehash miner (not using quickminer) i have a old gaming system with x5670 xeon @4.00 Ghz @1.34v,  16GB RAM, GTX 1060 6GB. so i was getting a pretty good hash rate with my GPU about 20 - 21 MH/s @80-83 Watts i thought i should use my cpu too for mining. and started doing that too .. now my cpu is also mining for about 0.30$ USD. But today i received my electricity bill which was about 14$ USD more then last month(when i wasn't mining). i don't mine 24/7.. i mostly mine 12 hours a day.. and my total gross income from mining is about 33$. now i don't think so it is that profitable. since i was expecting 5-8$ USD increment in my electricity bill.. now what i am thinking that i was using my overclocked xeon too for mining.. does it consume that much electricity? should i stop mining from my cpu? and disable overclock from my cpu when i am using my GPU to mine? since it might make my cpu use less electricity when it is idling? any advice will be great.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

That overclocked Xeon will consume a decent amount of power when mining. Don't mine with CPUs - it's 80% of the time a net loss.

elephants

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

That overclocked Xeon will consume a decent amount of power when mining. Don't mine with CPUs - it's 80% of the time a net loss.

ok thanks alot.. also is it necassary for me to disable my CPU overclock when i mine GPU? will it make a big difference when idling? because disabling overclock again and again will be a hassle for me since i use my pc for gaming too.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
Just now, Muhammad Osama said:

ok thanks alot.. also is it necassary for me to disable my CPU overclock when i mine GPU? will it make a big difference when idling? because disabling overclock again and again will be a hassle for me since i use my pc for gaming too.

I wouldn't bother with disabling it. It will increase power consumption by 5 watts or so at idle, I believe.

elephants

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
6 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

I wouldn't bother with disabling it. It will increase power consumption by 5 watts or so at idle, I believe.

hmm okay i stopped my cpu from Nicehash.. let see my electricity bill next month. i will share results here

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

the only CPU that are profitable to mine on are zen 2 and zen 3 afaik

even then, requires undervolting, not overvolting and overclocking

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
4 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

the only CPU that are profitable to mine on are zen 2 and zen 3 afaik

even then, requires undervolting, not overvolting and overclocking

hmm ty for your suggestion bro i stopped overcloking on CPU now

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

-> Moved to Folding@home, Boinc, and Coin Mining

^^^^ That's my post ^^^^
<-- This is me --- That's your scrollbar -->
vvvv Who's there? vvvv

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Folding@home, Boinc, and Coin Mining

×