FrankK3 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Folks, I just ordered a new computer that I intend to solely use for mining. It is not a mining rig. Here are some specs that I think are important. CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 3.8GHz [4.0GHz Turbo] Eight-Core 16MB L3 Cache 180W Processor CS_FAN: 3X 120mm Case Fans for your selected case [+9] HD_M2SSD: 512GB WD Black Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 2050/700 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 170/130k [+224] (Single Drive) HDD: 1TB WD Black SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD [+37] (1TB x 2 (2 TB Capacity) RAID 0 Super Performance [+89]) MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/3000MHz Quad Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1) MOTHERBOARD: ASUS ROG X399 ZENITH EXTREME E-ATX w/ RGB, 10Gb/s LAN, WiGig 802.11AD WiFi, USB 3.1, 4 PCIe x16, 1 PCIe x1, 1 PCIe x4, 6 SATA3, 3 M.2 SATA/PCIe, 1x U.2 [+357] NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network OS: Windows 10 Pro (64-bit Edition) [+31] OVERCLOCK: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more) [+19] POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [-6] VIDEO: EVGA GeForce® GTX 1060 Superclocked 6GB GDDR5 (Pascal)[VR Ready] [+81] (Single Card) I'm concerned that since I have such a good CPU and a moderate GPU that I will be limited while mining. Can a mining program be setup to use both resources? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetchmygold Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Yes for the thread ripper or any cpu typically you want to run xmr. There' not too many options for coins to mine with a cpu, but thread ripper should still be very profitable. The 1060 is a nice card I don' personally own any I mostly have 1070s and up. Since its nvidia you would want to install the latest version of cc miner and config to mine on denarius. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankK3 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 OK, what about adding additional graphics cards. Keep them in the same family (GeForce)? Must be same model? I'd like to add a 1080ti. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmining17 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 You can use various cards nvidia and amd mixed. It becomes a bit of a mess getting everything together drivers, multiple mining programs, etc. if theyre at least all one brand it simplifies things a lot. I personally matched all my cards exactly.   You definitely went high end on the pc specs for your rig.  I have a cannibal computer running my 5 1060s and its running great. Key things are low power consumption and high hashrate. Specs here   1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankK3 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 I'm also building a mining rig myself. I've read most of the posts on YouTube. ASUS B250 Mining Expert (gradual buildout) Multiple 1080ti Not sure of processor yet  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmining17 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Most people use cheap celerons and a single stick of ram. Â The pc specs don't matter. It's all in your gfx cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pack Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 I have my own Supernova to mine on https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pack-supernova-intel-core-i9-7980xe-4.6ghz-ddr4-extreme-overclocked-pc-fs-001-8p.html Only because I designed it and am 8Pack!! My other mining rigs are just on the bench. Any 4 way board and 4 1080ti or 4 Titan Xp in each one. Then an additional 3 1080ti rig.  2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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