Help Litecoin Rig (noob)

[OutlawedConsole]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fYy1

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fYy1/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fYy1/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD Sempron 145 2.8GHz Single-Core Processor  ($37.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

 

Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($99.49 @ Newegg) 

 

Storage: A-Data S510 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($13.70 @ SuperBiiz)

 

 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

 

Mouse: Logitech M100 Wired Optical Mouse  ($7.49 @ B&H) 

Total: $691.61

 

The Corsair K70 is for my main rig and I'll use my crappy keyboard for this

I still need help w/ the psu and how to configure the monitors and I'm in search of an OS, what do you guys use?

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated

[FlakeyBanana]

you could use ubuntu for mining also it'd be better to ditch the wireless and go wired

[sanderdegrote]

1. Get some ram.

2. No CrossFire, it decreases mining performance.

3. For the OS, Go with Linux as it's a dedicated rig.

4. Any 80+Gold/platinum certified psu from a descent brand.

5. Get a better CPU 1; dual core should be good.

Feel free to give your opinions on my advice.

[DoubleY]

7870 is not the best value for your money. 

Get a 7950 (if you can find one)

Or, settle for a R9 280X

My 280X that's OC'd to 1200 on the core gets 630KH/s average

[OutlawedConsole]

you could use ubuntu for mining also it'd be better to ditch the wireless and go wired

i'm either going to use ubuntu or linux 

thx for the help

[OutlawedConsole]

1. Get some ram.

2. No CrossFire, it decreases mining performance.

3. For the OS, Go with Linux as it's a dedicated rig.

4. Any 80+Gold/platinum certified psu from a descent brand.

5. Get a better CPU 1; dual core should be good.

Feel free to give your opinions on my advice.

yea lol of course i have to get ram

I'll go with the 280x OC'd

and I'll get an bottom of the line amd dual core

thx alot for the help!

7870 is not the best value for your money. 

Get a 7950 (if you can find one)

Or, settle for a R9 280X

My 280X that's OC'd to 1200 on the core gets 630KH/s average

yea im probably going 280x OC'd

[Luc401]

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[Commissar]

1. Get some ram.

2. No CrossFire, it decreases mining performance.

3. For the OS, Go with Linux as it's a dedicated rig.

4. Any 80+Gold/platinum certified psu from a descent brand.

5. Get a better CPU 1; dual core should be good.

Feel free to give your opinions on my advice.

not quite right

 

sempron is fine, people run dedi rigs with a dozen 7950's on risers, using a sempron for teh cpu. there's not that much IO accross the pcie while your mining. plus xbuntu doesn't have very much overhead.

RAM is pretty irrelevant, as long as you have enough for the OS. considering you're going linux, not much at all, considering that cgminer only uses like 25MB of ram.

just get like 2g of ram, and follow this guide: http://www.cryptobadger.com/2013/04/build-a-litecoin-mining-rig-linux/

you don't even need a hard drive.