Advice on Etherum Mining

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

It does cause the core to generate quite a bit of heat, but it's acceptable for the card.

ok

[GirlFromYonder]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

It does cause the core to generate quite a bit of heat, but it's acceptable for the card.

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/nF49d6
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/nF49d6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Celeron G3930 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($50.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($129.50 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.86 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $915.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-15 10:17 EDT-0400 

 

 

works?

[TheRandomness]

10 minutes ago, DeezNoNos said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/nF49d6
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/nF49d6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Celeron G3930 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($50.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($129.50 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.86 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $915.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-15 10:17 EDT-0400 

 

 

works?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Celeron G3930 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($50.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI - B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.50 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($122.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $843.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-15 10:27 EDT-0400

 

You literally need the cheapest everything except PSU for this.

[GirlFromYonder]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Celeron G3930 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($50.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI - B150M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.50 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE ITX Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($242.00 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.99 @ PC Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($122.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $843.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-15 10:27 EDT-0400

 

You literally need the cheapest everything except PSU for this.

and is 3 to 4 xfire recommended down the line or should i sell these and get betters ones?

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

and is 3 to 4 xfire recommended down the line or should i sell these and get betters ones?

You don't even need crossfire. You literally just need as many slots as you have cards. It's how people are running like 6 cards on one system; Just because they have 6 slots. They even get x1 to x16 powered risers just to hold as many cards as necessary.

[GirlFromYonder]

9 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

You don't even need crossfire. You literally just need as many slots as you have cards. It's how people are running like 6 cards on one system; Just because they have 6 slots. They even get x1 to x16 powered risers just to hold as many cards as necessary.

so i just buy a mobo which has 6 pcie slots and a psu which can support 6 rx 570 because i will be buying as the money comes in

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

so i just buy a mobo which has 6 pcie slots and a psu which can support 6 rx 570 because i will be buying as the money comes in

Pretty much. 6 of any slot. Or you can go used and buy an Asrock H81 BTC because it's cheap on ebay and has 6 PCIe slots (remember to buy risers).

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Pretty much. 6 of any slot. Or you can go used and buy an Asrock H81 BTC because it's cheap on ebay and has 6 PCIe slots (remember to buy risers).

how much do they cost?

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

how much do they cost?

About £50 on ebay.

[GirlFromYonder]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

About £50 on ebay.

ok...but not like i will be buying it now, and which psu?

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

and which psu?

One that will support as many cards as you want in the near future. So most likely a 1200-1500W one.

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

One that will support as many cards as you want in the near future. So most likely a 1200-1500W one.

thx

[GirlFromYonder]

6 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

One that will support as many cards as you want in the near future. So most likely a 1200-1500W one.

Wait is the currency stored?

 

[TheRandomness]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

Wait is the currency stored?

 

You have a local wallet where it is stored (I think), but ask others/do some research, I focus more on the hardware aspect of this.

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

You have a local wallet where it is stored (I think), but ask others/do some research, I focus more on the hardware aspect of this.

ooh ok. 

[2bitmarksman]

This is a good beginners guide to helping you get started with Eth Mining with the Claymore Miner.

Note that the Claymore miner does show up as a virus due to the way the packer the Dev used to protect his core code. If you don't want to use Claymore because of that, or want a simpler way to get you started mining, then try Nicehash Miner.

 

Claymore requires a bit more involvement but can usually provide better hashrates and dual mine both Ethereum and Pascal/Decred/some others, so more money can be made, whereas Nicehash is much easier to setup and more intuitive as its a GUI over CLI. That one is basically put in a BTC address, benchmark all the hashing algorithms with just the GPU selected and start the miner and it will mine whatever it sees as the biggest return for your card, but the hashrates are generally a bit lower than one of the dedicated miners like Claymore for Ethereum mining with AMD and ZecMiner for ZCash and NVidia cards respectively.

Honestly, I recommend doing your own research because it will only benefit you from understanding it