Mining Rig Shopping List
Here is a quick checklist of essential parts for your mining rig and a brief explanation why you need them.
- GPU - graphics processing unit to do the mining work
E.g. https://goo.gl/MXBH55 - Motherboard - where all computing components connect together.
E.g. https://goo.gl/S784MW - CPU - carries out instructions
E.g. https://goo.gl/F1ZGc8 - RAM - active memory while computer is on
E.g. https://goo.gl/B7w9KB - Motherboard Switch - Turn your computer (rig) on/off
E.g. https://goo.gl/NuLzpu - Drive w/ operating system - operate rig with windows, os x, you could even boot off a usb stick with Linux
E.g. https://goo.gl/mSD6ZV - Power Supply - These come with all the connection cables for your system
E.g. https://goo.gl/WFr8Pq - Keyboard/Mouse/Display
- Milk crate - To hold your components or build your own housing
Summary [ GPU, Motherboard, Motherboard Switch, CPU, RAM, Drive, Power Supply, Keyboard/Mouse/Display ]
Note there are so many computer parts that all work. Stay tuned regarding articles on how I built my rig and how to build a cheap rig
Don't forget you can mine Gridcoin on that CPU while your GPU is doing other coins
I know its late, but wouldn't a "busy" CPU throttle the speed of the cards? If the CPU is busy mining, he can't handle the new mining jobs for the CPU, right?
Hi better late than never :)
The CPU tasks are set to the lowest priority, so literally any other task will always get CPU time before it. This works out as the computer using whatever spare % of the CPU is available.
Also if you like you can configure the number of CPU cores to use, but I never found a need to do that.
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