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[dicecca112]

I haven't seen much on Monero Builds, so I figured before I pull the trigger, I'd ask if there is anything people would change.

Fractal Design Node 304 Black Aluminum/Steel Mini-ITX Small Form Factor Computer Case

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Mini, ZT-P10700G-10M, 8GB GDDR5

CORSAIR VS Series VS500 (CP-9020118-NA) 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

GeIL SUPER LUCE AMD 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model GALR432GB2400C16DC

ASRock H110M-ITX LGA 1151 Intel H110 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Intel Pentium G4600 Kaby Lake Dual-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 1151 51W BX80677G4600 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 630

I own the case, so that's not included in the total. Total is around 750$ and I'll need an OS Drive.

One area I'm not sure is how much CPU is need, as this is going to be GPU based Mining.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Marsh]

Is is a dedicated mining machine? If yes, which OS, you could reduce ram down to 2-4gb
How many GPU ? ITX mothboard would limited # of GPU in the rig. More GPU the better.
ITX Case is a bit small.
Your CPU is fine for GPU mining.

I used a old $10 desktop ( 5-10 years old ) ATX case, if you doing GPU mining,
you will need lots of 120mm or 140mm to move air.
I also leave the top open , hot air raise. I use cardboard to direct air flow to the hot zone.

 

[dicecca112]

I was going to use Ubuntu and Patrick's docker image. One GPU is fine for me now, though I might see if I can get another case, and an ATX Motherboard for future expansion.