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Hi, guys im trying to build a mining rig and i wanted to know which parts would be the most efficient. i was thinking of using the new AMD threadripper the lesser of the two as CPU.

All suggestions are welcomed. preferably from those who currently mine.

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CPU doesn't matter for mining, it's mostly about gpu.

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2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

CPU doesn't matter for mining, it's mostly about gpu.

Yeah, I've seen a mining build with like 4 1070s that had a pentium in it

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most new mining rigs are g series intel chips with as many pcie slots as you can cram on a board

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alright, so what GPUs will be better?  i currently have a Saphire R9 390 8gb GDDR5. im not using it for any for of mining or gaming it just my base system. 

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What coin do you even want to mine? 

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23 minutes ago, J-sama said:

alright, so what GPUs will be better?  i currently have a Saphire R9 390 8gb GDDR5. im not using it for any for of mining or gaming it just my base system. 

That 390 is pretty power hungry if i remember correctly.... Might not be worth using for mining

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bitcoin, crypto currency, Ethereum 

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10 minutes ago, J-sama said:

bitcoin, crypto currency, Ethereum 

Well, Bitcoin and eth are entirely different coins... And crypto currency literally means every coin... 

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Just now, awakesquare said:

Well, Bitcoin and eth are entirely different coins... And crypto currency literally means every coin... 

someone was asking what type of coin i wanted to mine. i wasnt sure if that was a relevant question or not. since i just wanted something for mining. my current system is an AMD is the FX 8320 with 32 gigs of ram and the saphire r9 390. i saw some posts online which suggests it could be used but like you said earlier it has a tendency to consume power 

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1 hour ago, J-sama said:

alright, so what GPUs will be better?  i currently have a Saphire R9 390 8gb GDDR5. im not using it for any for of mining or gaming it just my base system. 

It's kinda power hungry so idk how much you could make off it. Rx 570s and 580s are best for ethereum at least, but they're super expensive thanks to miners. I believe 1070s are decent for stuff like zcash though 1070s are also a bit expensive right now (not as bad as amd gpus though). Amd's upcoming Vega gpus supposedly are very good at ethereum though. That's all I know. 

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does it matter how many GB these cards have? 

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GTX 1060s are decent GPUs mining ETH at around 22Mh/s (~$1.5 - $2 a day) with a ROI (return on investment) at around 4 - 5 months. While GTX 1070s are a safer bet but more costly in general.

 

All this is accounted for if almost nothing goes wrong (e.g. hardware failure).

 

7 hours ago, J-sama said:

does it matter how many GB these cards have? 

Yes, it may restrict a few currencies to mine due to their hardware requirements.

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