Is it possible for £1k?

[brendy]

I have a question or two and thought the hive mind of OC might assist. I have an Acer predator Helios 300 (12700h, 3070ti,32gb ram etc) laptop and use it for Warzone/Warzone 2.0, while its great at what it does, I wouldn't mind tinkering with mining also and dont really want to subject it to 24 hour abuse so I was thinking about building a tower that could run these games then mine on the down time. This is not a profit driven idea as I know mining is on decline on the whole but have an itch that needs scratched and none of my other older pcs/laptops would be worth using at all.
To do this I was thinking liquid cooling etc so Im wondering if its even possible. I guess priority is Graphics and Power stability then CPU to help in games? Ideally Id like to use new parts though a GPU might be cheaper on the used market?

 

[iron_monkey]

Is mining even profitable these days? I used to be into it years ago but not mined for a long time.

 

[Begbie]

Is mining even profitable these days? I used to be into it years ago but not mined for a long time.

No. Unless you have free electricity.

 

[iron_monkey]

No. Unless you have free electricity.

When i did it years ago when mining bitcoin was still profitable maybe 2012-13 i used the mining rigs to heat the house so it was pretty cheap to do.

 

[Begbie]

It's also not much of an itch really, you install a program and click run. Yes, you can tinker etc to get the most out of it. But realistically all your doing is wasting money, it's cheaper to buy than it is to mine.

Probably doesn't answer your question though.

 

[HungryHippos]

Mining isn't worth it currently even with solar, you're better off buying the coin than mining it, solar export will pay better than mining will.

I would not spend £1K to tinker with mining personally. Also doesn't really answer the question I realise

 

[Tetras]

You can build a mining rig for 1K. I don't know much about mining anymore after the eth change, but it used to be that:
- You chose a GPU based on how efficient it could run when undervolted/underclocked and you needed enough VRAM for the coin and decent memory bandwidth and cooling, since most algorithms are more memory than GPU intensive.
- The CPU and RAM were unimportant (except for when the CPU was used to mine, which was rare), a lot of mining rigs used low-end Celerons/Pentiums with 4 or 8 GB sticks of DDR4.

I don't know if you're better off with Ada or RDNA 2 / RNDA 3.

I think a 12100 is still enough to play Warzone.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-12100 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AK-IN) = £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B660 DS3H AX - Intel B660 DDR4 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AN-GI) = £124.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £79.99
• 1 x MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Z Trio 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-399-MS) = £439.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 500GB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G3B0C) (SKU: HD-588-WD) = £32.00
• 1 x Phanteks M25 140mm PWM High-Airflow Chassis Fan - Black (SKU: FG-033-PT) = £9.94
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £125.00

Total: £1,008.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[brendy]

Mining isn't worth it currently even with solar, you're better off buying the coin than mining it, solar export will pay better than mining will.

I would not spend £1K to tinker with mining personally. Also doesn't really answer the question I realise

It is to game on also so its not as if its a total fools errand but will take that on board.

 

[brendy]

Headed towards gaming and longevity, how is this looking? My thinking is that it gets me onto AM5 and DDR5 with good scope for CPU upgrades and possibly memory too later on. Has anyone got any experience with this case?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Kolink Enclave 600W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-04A-KK) = £64.99
• 1 x Kolink AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 1.2 5A Fuse Meter Mains Cable (SKU: CB-002-KK) = £0.00
• 1 x Kolink Bastion RGB Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-03Q-KK) = £54.95
• 1 x MSI MAG CORELIQUID P240 Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm (SKU: HS-00H-MS) = £79.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £218.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G5600HC40BDC01) (SKU: MY-0B3-TG) = £99.95
• 1 x MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Z Trio 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-399-MS) = £439.99

Total: £1,160.80 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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