Old PC - possible mining candidate?

Septimus · June 28, 2017

With GPU prices higher than they usually are, the bitcoin market has attracted more than the usual amount of people. I'm completely new to this, barely know the basic things like what pools are. I'm wondering if it would be worth it for me to get into it to maybe make a few dollars and learn about it. The hardware I'd be running it on is pathetic, so I'd doubt I'd get anything, but its worth a shot. Its CPU is an AMD Athlon 64X2 4000+, 2.1G, 1MX2, Dual Core, 65Watt, and I'm pretty sure the GPU is an NVIDIA 8800 or some variant. Its got 1GB of DDR2 300MHz and then a 2GB page file set up, for what its worth. I've got Windows XP Home and PuppyLinux installed on it.

Worth it to even try to learn and possibly make a dollar or two?

Is the machine even capable of it in the first place?

Alternate currencies besides Bitcoin?

ProjectBox153 · June 28, 2017

You won't get very far with that hardware. I mean come on, 1GB of RAM and that old of a GPU? Upgrade it with some more RAM, a newer version of Windows (7 should do) and use it for F@H with something like a 750 Ti. That would make better sense than trying to mine.

Septimus · June 28, 2017

1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

You won't get very far with that hardware. I mean come on, 1GB of RAM and that old of a GPU? Upgrade it with some more RAM, a newer version of Windows (7 should do) and use it for F@H with something like a 750 Ti. That would make better sense than trying to mine.

I'm attempting to make it to the starting line here lol. I agree that it needs at least 4GB of RAM to be considered much of anything but a potato. Its basically a rig for me to test random stuff on.

Answer is no without a hardware upgrade?

quiffghtyu · June 28, 2017

9 minutes ago, Septimus said:

With GPU prices higher than they usually are, the bitcoin market has attracted more than the usual amount of people. I'm completely new to this, barely know the basic things like what pools are. I'm wondering if it would be worth it for me to get into it to maybe make a few dollars and learn about it. The hardware I'd be running it on is pathetic, so I'd doubt I'd get anything, but its worth a shot. Its CPU is an AMD Athlon 64X2 4000+, 2.1G, 1MX2, Dual Core, 65Watt, and I'm pretty sure the GPU is an NVIDIA 8800 or some variant. Its got 1GB of DDR2 300MHz and then a 2GB page file set up, for what its worth. I've got Windows XP Home and PuppyLinux installed on it.

Worth it to even try to learn and possibly make a dollar or two?

Is the machine even capable of it in the first place?

Alternate currencies besides Bitcoin?

I wouldn't even bother. The electricity cost would probably end up being more than the amount of bitcoin you could potentially mine.

ProjectBox153 · June 28, 2017

1 minute ago, Septimus said:

I'm attempting to make it to the starting line here lol. I agree that it needs at least 4GB of RAM to be considered much of anything but a potato. Its basically a rig for me to test random stuff on.

Answer is no without a hardware upgrade?

Pretty much. Also, you shouldn't be running Windows XP anymore. F@H makes the most sense for me with that rig, as long as you put some more RAM and something like a 750 Ti in it.