Would this work well for Bitcoin mining?

[MrBubblez98]

Hey everyone, I was just wondering how well my current system would work for Bitcoin mining. This is my current setup:

CPU: AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0 GHz w/ CM Hyper 212 EVO Cooler
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB Core Edition
Mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0
RAM: Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz 2x4GB
SSD: Mushkin Chronos 240GB
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200 RPM
PSU: Corsair GS600 600 Watt
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition ATX

It would not be able for me to upgrade this, so this is what I'm stuck with. I would just like to know how well this would work. Any help is appreciated!


Michael

 

[getochkn]

no. There is no money in bitcoin mining, the ASIC processors took over and ruined any GPU rendering. There is no money in bitcoin mining.

Now there are other coins like litecoin, feathercoin, dogecoin and a million others that are GPU rendering only and so far impervious to ASIC processors, so there is a little value in it but still not a lot unless you have free power and a rack of 280x or 290x's.

For your hardware, your video card can do about 350kh/s and your processor with 6 or 7 cores running on max, leaving you 1-2 for usage, would be about 50kh/s so about 400kh/s total. Your system uses about 300w of power between the video card running at full and the CPU running most cores maxed at 4ghz.

Plugging those figures into a calculator gives abour $60 profit a month.

https://www.litecoinpool.org/calc?hashrate=400&difficulty=2820.26629964&power=300.&energycost=0.10&currency=USD

That's provding your electrical costs are 0.1 /kw/h

It also means not playing any games, unless you shut down mining, then your not making coins.

It means leaving your PC on 24/7 running at near max, which one, will reduce hardware life, and two, heat your room like a medium sized furnace.

Up to you if $60 a month is worth possibly shortening the life of your hardware or having your PC near unusable because everything is devoted to mining and you have cheap electricity and don't mean a furnace in your room.

 

[MrBubblez98]

I didn't necessarily mean Bitcoin mining in particular, but a krypto-currency in general. Other than Bitcoin, what would be the best for GPU mining? I could let it run for about 6-7 hours a day, possibly more. Judging by your rates, would that only bring in roughly $15 / month? And are there any other currencies that could bring in more? Again, any help is appreciated


Michael