I'm mining monero on dual e5620 processor dell servers. The configurations is on 2x300GB SAS drives because I didn't have anything smaller in my basic setup. I have 50 of those servers they use about 1.3A a piece on 120v. I'm trying to figure out some ways to lower the power usage to around 0.8-0.5amps. What can I tweak to make this happen?
Ways to lower power
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I saw your other post in monero performance thread.
It is head scratching .
I understand you pay cheap power cost , but the hashrate is low,
After today XMR price surge, by tomorrow, XMR difficulty will go thru the roof.
You are competing with all the miners around the world. Your reward would go down by half.
Time is not on your side.
Here is some example , change your CPU with higher L3 cache , strip down the system to bare minimum.
I5-3470 201H/s , 39w = 5.3 H/s per watt
I7-4770S ( 4 threads , BIOS 2 cores ) , 276 H/s , 45w = 6.1 H/s per watt
I7-3770K (4 threads ) idle at 11w ( 4gb ram ) , 293 H/s , 48w = 6.2 H/s per watt
E5-2650L v3 ( 8 active cores , 15 threads ) , 534 H/s 74w = 7.35 H/s per watt
MSI X99 , CPU E5-2650L v3 prod , 506H/s 63w=8.0 H/s per wall
E5-4655 v3 ( 6 active cores , 12 threads ) , 604 H/s 82w = 7.36 H/s per watt
It is head scratching .
I understand you pay cheap power cost , but the hashrate is low,
After today XMR price surge, by tomorrow, XMR difficulty will go thru the roof.
You are competing with all the miners around the world. Your reward would go down by half.
Time is not on your side.
Here is some example , change your CPU with higher L3 cache , strip down the system to bare minimum.
I5-3470 201H/s , 39w = 5.3 H/s per watt
I7-4770S ( 4 threads , BIOS 2 cores ) , 276 H/s , 45w = 6.1 H/s per watt
I7-3770K (4 threads ) idle at 11w ( 4gb ram ) , 293 H/s , 48w = 6.2 H/s per watt
E5-2650L v3 ( 8 active cores , 15 threads ) , 534 H/s 74w = 7.35 H/s per watt
MSI X99 , CPU E5-2650L v3 prod , 506H/s 63w=8.0 H/s per wall
E5-4655 v3 ( 6 active cores , 12 threads ) , 604 H/s 82w = 7.36 H/s per watt
I look up your other post
dual E5620 consumes 1.2A produce 135H/s at 0.03 KWH power cost
10 machines produce $68 per month
1 vega 56/64 card , 2KH/s consumes 170w at 0.03 KWH produce $143 .
2 vega 56/64 card is $246
How much labor and time saving to maintain 10 machines vs 1 machine hosting 2 vega card.
dual E5620 consumes 1.2A produce 135H/s at 0.03 KWH power cost
10 machines produce $68 per month
1 vega 56/64 card , 2KH/s consumes 170w at 0.03 KWH produce $143 .
2 vega 56/64 card is $246
How much labor and time saving to maintain 10 machines vs 1 machine hosting 2 vega card.
The 5620 machines I've just been having. I'm not up on knowledge enough to drop $500+ per vega card yet.
I did start a little mining ethereum Nanopool | Ethereum | Account with some 1050 ti cards though just to start getting to know something.
Awhile I've been watching my associates make some good money off the power I'm offering them and just thought id try and dip in where I can fit in without dishing out to much money.
Get some RX 580 , RX 570 or even RX 460 , GTX 1050 card to experiment with.
Even a old I5 CPU is fun to play with.
But keep in mind , it is "arms race", difficulty could doubled in a week or a month.
Then, your 10 x machines reward could be making $30-40 a month or $3 per machine.
You want to mine and accumulate as much Crypto as possible ASAP.
Even a old I5 CPU is fun to play with.
But keep in mind , it is "arms race", difficulty could doubled in a week or a month.
Then, your 10 x machines reward could be making $30-40 a month or $3 per machine.
You want to mine and accumulate as much Crypto as possible ASAP.
Speaking of i5 I have one laying around somewhere. When your say the 1050's you mean mining monero or ethereum? The RX 580's are what I believe I was going to purchase next to put on the BTC-250 Pro Mother board along with 6 GTX 1050's.
I've been hearing different things some say mine monero some say mine ethereum with gfx cards. Those RX's will work on the BIOSTAR TB250-BTC right? the board is saying the RX 470.
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Before you have more experience dealing with hardware and software weird issue,
I advice not to mix AMD and Nvidia cards yet.
RX 580 is pretty good card , GTX 1050 is more expensive less power consumption.
I believed Monero is more profitable now than ethereum.
Try mining one Cryto for few days, keep good records. Then mine the other coins for few days.
I advice not to mix AMD and Nvidia cards yet.
RX 580 is pretty good card , GTX 1050 is more expensive less power consumption.
I believed Monero is more profitable now than ethereum.
Try mining one Cryto for few days, keep good records. Then mine the other coins for few days.
are you even making enough money mining to pay for the electricity and the cost of the computer(s)? lol...
Well I wouldn't be doing it right now if I was worried about paying for electricity. The reason I'm testing it is to see if the cost will cover itself my buddies are paying for my power right now so I have the power and the time to test everything. I think the downfall right now if myself not wanting to buy GPU's in bulk.