So I have an E5-2699V3 (18 Cores, 2.3GHz, 45MB Cache) processor that had one of the components on the underside pop off due to a tumble it took. Fortunately, I was able to resolder it back on (kinda ugly) and it ran Prime95 and Memtest over the majority of last week with no issues. I only have one of these processors and I rather not sell it due to its history so I figure I'd put it to work, especially with this offer I recently got. Free electricity! I do need to keep the sound to a minimal however.
I'd like to lay out the minimal amount of purchases to get this started. I have a dual socket Supermicro motherboard, power supply, SSDs and/or hard disks and memory (single 8 Gig module). I'll need to purchase a case that can handle E-ATX but that's about it. I'm leaning towards Aeon over Monero but I'm new to this. Given the hardware I have, what do you think? Any particular way I should set this up given the amount of cores compared to clock speed? I'm a Windows guy but I wouldn't mind using this as a learning experience for Linux.
About how much would this setup make? I'd like to eventually reclaim this dual socket motherboard because I had another task in mind for it down the road and maybe get a cheaper, single socket board for this processor with the funds it earns.
I'd like to lay out the minimal amount of purchases to get this started. I have a dual socket Supermicro motherboard, power supply, SSDs and/or hard disks and memory (single 8 Gig module). I'll need to purchase a case that can handle E-ATX but that's about it. I'm leaning towards Aeon over Monero but I'm new to this. Given the hardware I have, what do you think? Any particular way I should set this up given the amount of cores compared to clock speed? I'm a Windows guy but I wouldn't mind using this as a learning experience for Linux.
About how much would this setup make? I'd like to eventually reclaim this dual socket motherboard because I had another task in mind for it down the road and maybe get a cheaper, single socket board for this processor with the funds it earns.