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Is this upgrade necessary?

Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

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I built a mining rig that doubles as a media server. I initially intended to run plex and cudaminer. However, it's getting a bit more than that...

Mobo is Asrock H61 Pro.
CPU is Intel Celeron G1610 2.7GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155
RAM is Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

I'm currently running 24/7... a local p2pool node, Plex, Cudaminer, Teamviewer and Ubuntu. RAM use is around 60% constant, and CPU about the same. When I remote access via Teamviewer the CPU Max's out pretty much.

On top of this, I want to run XAMPP as a service.

2 questions...

1. Is an upgrade to Intel Pentium G2120 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) necessary?
2. Will it be worthwhile in performance improvement?
 
I'm no expert in the software you're going to be running... but, are you mining off the GPU's, as you haven't mentioned them?

If so, I can't see any point in upgrading the CPU - also, why not just try it and see?
 
I'm not just mining, I'm distributing media across devices plus running apache and p2pool. And if I just try, it could be costing £70 for no reason which is why I am seeking advice first.

Anyway, system seems to be coping at the minute so I'll hold off on any upgrade for now.
 
Why would you use a miner for other stuff as well? The difference in the two CPUs you are talking about is only in the frequency and the cache. This is not dramatic in any way and will not provide a marginal improvement. To notice anything you need at least an i3 which is going to be even more money spent with no clear reason. + more power consumption for the miner.
 
Stuen4y said:
Why would you use a miner for other stuff as well? The difference in the two CPUs you are talking about is only in the frequency and the cache. This is not dramatic in any way and will not provide a marginal improvement. To notice anything you need at least an i3 which is going to be even more money spent with no clear reason. + more power consumption for the miner.
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Thanks for the info, if I do have issues I might just build a separate system for mining and media.

Why would I use a miner for other stuff as well? Have a look at profitability and you'll see why! To justify building a mining rig, it really needs to have a dual purpose these days. Besides, it's only the media distribution that isn't mining related. P2pool and apache server are all necessary for mining.

Thanks for the advise, BTW.
 
String said:
I'm not just mining, I'm distributing media across devices plus running apache and p2pool. And if I just try, it could be costing £70 for no reason which is why I am seeking advice first.
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No no, I think you misunderstand... :p

Try the software on your existing CPU first, without buying the new CPU, and see if it works without any problems.

(Can't believe I just had to type that on a computer forum)
 
matt_fsr said:
No no, I think you misunderstand... :p

Try the software on your existing CPU first, without buying the new CPU, and see if it works without any problems.

(Can't believe I just had to type that on a computer forum)
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Well, I think I made it pretty clear in the OP that the CPU was working pretty hard as it is (I even provided percentages and details of what programs I was already running). The question was based on what kind of performance increase the new CPU was likely to yield, rather than what kind of performance the existing one would yield. Now, considering I don't have the new CPU to test.... :rolleyes:

Anyway, the question's been answered without condescension so all's good.
 
String said:
Anyway, the question's been answered without condescension so all's good.
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Not really. It is really hard to choose in advance exactly what the 10-20% performance increase will actually result in a system with quite high load. Theoretically you can go, make the equations, calculate the MIPS of the processor and stuff like that. However, you really have to try it yourself with real world load to be able to say for sure - yeah with this CPU its better/worse/the same for this specific application. My guess is that it won't make a difference and that's what I wrote.
P.S. I personally do not get mining with GPUs so I am sorry for the biased opinion in the previous post.
 
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