*** Put your CPUs to use - OcUK mining pool ***

[Zefan]

Just a quick heads up for those who don't regularly visit the Cryptocurrency subforum, but following the nicehash hack, @Frozennova has very kindly set up an Electroneum mining pool for forum users that can turn a decent profit.

If you're a complete beginner don't let that put you off! We have a decent community here who have gone to great lengths to explain how this all works to those new to mining.

We have a decent community here who have gone to great lengths to explain how this all works to those new to mining.

It's worth noting that Ryzen is especially good for mining, my 1600 is calculated to be bringing in £3.50 per day using the OcUK pool.

Full details here:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-and-quickstart-guide-in-first-post.18803113/

 

[Zefan]

Looked at the link and it's just gibberish to my untrained eye! My Ryzen 1600 @ 3.8 is on pretty much 24/7 so would be up for giving this a whirl if there's a 'how to get started for noobs guide' kicking about?

I'll be around a little later on, I'll walk you through it if no one else has by then.

 

[Zefan]

@AiiR Will be interested to see Ryzen hashrate. I was surprised to see my old AMD FX8320 doing as well as my i7 4770K.

My Ryzen 1600 gets 500 H/S.

 

[Zefan]

Could be tempted to give it a try as something to tinker with

Definitely. I'm don't think your older i7 will be really profitable, but your 390 definitely will be, unless your electricity costs are stupidly high. Unsure about the Xeon, depends how many cores it is and how old. It's essentially from the 3XXX generation right? If so probably worth it but it won't be anywhere near as good as your 390. The quadro is worth finding out about but I wouldn't hold your breath on that one.

 

[Zefan]

For comparison a 2600k at 4.5GHz does about 240H/s and uses about 50w of power...at todays difficulty thats 10 coins so £1.40 for 25p of electricity ...mine 22p KW/hr just now...ouchy i know...

Hmm that isn't too bad then, seems pretty much in line with older GPUs such as 7950s etc when talking Hashrate/Watt.

:edit: replied before your electricity cost edit... Wow that is nasty high pricing there.