Cheap mining CPU

[Coldris]

I've got free power so I figured I'd give mining a go. I've got my sights set on a crypto that uses the CPU to mine and was wondering whether I should be looking for higher clock speeds or more cores.

Thanks,

Coldris

[themctipers]

no

cpu mining is terrible!
 

[Coldris]

Just now, themctipers said:

no

cpu mining is terrible!
 

Shhhhhhhhhhh....

Free electricity. I don't care. It's just for fun.

[EunSoo]

Neither. You don't need much. A celeron or whatever used cpu you can get for cheap/free for your motherboard.

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, Coldris said:

Shhhhhhhhhhh....

Free electricity. I don't care. It's just for fun.

no

 

that's like using 150w for maybe 3c/day

NO!

[Coldris]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

no

 

that's like using 150w for maybe 3c/day

NO!

That's 21c a week I didn't have previously.

[Mooshi]

2 minutes ago, Coldris said:

Shhhhhhhhhhh....

Free electricity. I don't care. It's just for fun.

Eating mud is also free, doesn't mean you should.

[themctipers]

Just now, Coldris said:

That's 21c a week I didn't have previously.

go around town and pick up pennies or even nickles

 

you get more money

 

[Coldris]

Just now, themctipers said:

go around town and pick up pennies or even nickles

 

you get more money

 

 

1 minute ago, Mooshi said:

Eating mud is also free, doesn't mean you should.

Fine. Y'all win. Say I put a GPU in there what sort of processor should I get? Cores or speed?

[themctipers]

Just now, Coldris said:

 

Fine. Y'all win. Say I put a GPU in there what sort of processor should I get? Cores or speed?

the cheapest

CPU doesn't matter in GPU mining as long as there is enough PCIe

[SupaKomputa]

There's no cheap mining cpu. Mining is expensive if you wan't to make real money.

Using minimum hardware won't be enough to pay your bills.

 

CPU mining is not worth it even with my R5 1600, ill get as high as $0.5 a day not including power.

Using my 1050ti ill be getting $2 a day.

 

That's to illustrate the difference between cpu and gpu mining.

For mining you want to get the highest performing gpu for the lowest power consumption.

The most profitable gpus are GTX 1070 and RX470, but those cost a lot now.

For CPU, get the lowest TDP / Watt possible (maybe not the cheapest).

CPUs output is negligible, so a athlon or pentium will do.

Keep the whole system power consumption down and you'll make money.

 

If you want to know which gpu for mining check this website : http://whattomine.com 

[Mick Naughty]

Depends on the setup. My 4790 or a Ryzen 1500 or even a new i3 can get around 1.50 a day. But can also sacrifice hash rates for the cards. I’d rather not do it because the power and recourses it wastes I can run another card and see a few bucks a day. 

 

Just get the cheapest cpu you can if you are making a rig to mine but, if you are doing it all to just mine with a cpu get an i5 or mid to low grade Ryzen.