LiteCoin Mining

[utekineir]

Originally Posted by ayau

@Luis_GT, do you mind posting your bitcoin mining setup?


I'm going to try to run Bitcoin on my current desktop just to see what it's like. Any good tutorials you recommend?

google, all the information is there if you want to look for it, it took my maybe an hour if that to get started this week

no need for him to retype whats already been said on countless pages, and he has provided good info in this thread.

basically, ati video cards, cgminer or guiminer, a pool to mine in and some configuration and boom, you're an internet prospector

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by ayau

@Luis_GT, do you mind posting your bitcoin mining setup?


I'm going to try to run Bitcoin on my current desktop just to see what it's like. Any good tutorials you recommend?

Join this forum http://www.overclockers.com/forums/f...play.php?f=249

Lot's of great info in it

This is my dedicated mining rig



Specs:
Amd A6 6400K
MSI FM2-A85XA-G43
8GB Patriot Intel Extreme 2133mhz
2 7950's
1000W OCZ Fatal1ty
40GB HDD


My Overclocking/mining desktop which is currently waiting on the 290X to arrive from RMA, and the 290 I ordered from tigerdirect.



Specs:
Delidded i7 3770K
Gigabyte GA-Z77-UD3H
8GB G.Skill Trident X 2400mhz
256GB Agility 4 SSD
2.something terabytes of HDD
Custom Water cooling setup
1000W OCZ Fatal1ty

[ayau]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

Join this forum http://www.overclockers.com/forums/f...play.php?f=249

Lot's of great info in it

This is my dedicated mining rig



Specs:
Amd A6 6400K
MSI FM2-A85XA-G43
8GB Patriot Intel Extreme 2133mhz
2 7950's
1000W OCZ Fatal1ty
40GB HDD


My Overclocking/mining desktop which is currently waiting on the 290X to arrive from RMA, and the 290 I ordered from tigerdirect.



Specs:
Delidded i7 3770K
Gigabyte GA-Z77-UD3H
8GB G.Skill Trident X 2400mhz
256GB Agility 4 SSD
2.something terabytes of HDD
Custom Water cooling setup
1000W OCZ Fatal1ty

For someone who's just interested in mining, would it be more efficient to buy one of those dedicated mining machines rather than building a desktop?

[Guff]

Hey @Luis_GT, I think I'm gonna sit MaxCoin out... I looked into it today and it seems like a complete mess! Servers going down, DDoS attacks, the shitty wallet, and of course the insane value fluctuation. I think I missed my chance lol.

That being said, PLEASE let me know if there is a new AltCoin ripe for the picking. I check the Overclockers forum AltCoin thread occasionally, but not often enough that I can spot a Hash and Dash at it's conception...

For now, I'm stable on Doge and I'll keep mining it. I got some risers too, so i might play around with some custom mounting for the cards, as well as maybe getting a few more cards to play with...

[utekineir]

left everything running maxcoin overnight about 20 coins. Assuming i can transfer it into btc with no issues thats easily better than the pools had been, but not earth shattering either.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by ayau

For someone who's just interested in mining, would it be more efficient to buy one of those dedicated mining machines rather than building a desktop?

my dedicated mining machine is basically a desktop...

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by Guff

Hey @Luis_GT, I think I'm gonna sit MaxCoin out... I looked into it today and it seems like a complete mess! Servers going down, DDoS attacks, the shitty wallet, and of course the insane value fluctuation. I think I missed my chance lol.

That being said, PLEASE let me know if there is a new AltCoin ripe for the picking. I check the Overclockers forum AltCoin thread occasionally, but not often enough that I can spot a Hash and Dash at it's conception...

For now, I'm stable on Doge and I'll keep mining it. I got some risers too, so i might play around with some custom mounting for the cards, as well as maybe getting a few more cards to play with...

mining on middlecoin is better than straight doge... middle coin mines doge when its profitable.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by utekineir

left everything running maxcoin overnight about 20 coins. Assuming i can transfer it into btc with no issues thats easily better than the pools had been, but not earth shattering either.

Friday was insane, in an hour I had made 5 max coins... yesterday diff skyrocketed. Still profitable though.

[utekineir]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

Friday was insane, in an hour I had made 5 max coins... yesterday diff skyrocketed. Still profitable though.

if the price trend continues by tonight it will be back to middlecoin,

[utekineir]

going back to middle coin, watched it go from .0026 to .0016 since i've been awake

[Luis_GT]

Ill be switching back to mc later today... or maybe mine vtc

[ayau]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

my dedicated mining machine is basically a desktop...

By dedicated mining machines, I mean one of those Asics machines.

[Luis_GT]

Originally Posted by ayau

By dedicated mining machines, I mean one of those Asics machines.

Not worth it... BTC difficulty is to high, you'd need a 3thash system, and even then you might not get ROI

[ayau]

@Luis_GT, my desktop has the following.


I7 930 (2.8ghz)
8gb
Nvidia GTX 560
500GB non SSD
Corsair 750W


If I were to start mining, I'd upgrade to an AMD dual GPU. Do you see any parts limiting my mining? I know mining is GPU intensive, but wasn't sure there are other major bottlenecks. I'd upgrade the cooling system as well.