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Quote from: ivanlabrie on January 05, 2014, 01:18:55 PM

I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

I'm all ears, why the 8320? (I'm just building one rig - and I am just gonna do it to support the network - but yeah, I'll take what I can get with Quarks).
Suggestions? (I will use the rig for other things eventually, so probably get a DVD drive, 8GB ram but just on board video - I pay .28 KW/h for electricity, so video card mining is out.)
CPU cooler is a must

Thx

Buy a 4 processor Xeon board.

Don't you see the difficulty? Even that much firepower is NEGLIGIBLE. I think the network hash rate is 4K Mega+

Wow! Didn't realize they had them. Cost? Computer Models to buy?
And As I said I want to support the network, so profit isn't #1 but breaking even would be nice.
Thx

For strict cpu mining, I'd say go with a dual xeon with intel ES cpus from Ebay, or get a dual westmere server pre built (you can sometimes find them for 250usd).

You can get a board for 500 and add two 168usd 8 core cpus to it (ebay has em, search for intel es xeon 2011), and a 75usd ram kit, plus a psu and you're good to go. I reccomend the Corsair HX850 which lends itself well to gpu mining should you get a few nvidia cards for CUDA stuff (you can rent your gear for renders maybe? or just get 280X cards, each draws 200w if undervolted and nets you decent income even with high power costs).

Bad news are that these kind of systems consume several hundreds of watts. In Spain (and all of Europe in general) electricity costs about 0.35 USD/KWh, so these systems are not profitable at all.

I am considering options like the recent Atom series C processors. Yo have 8 full cores (no HT) with 64 bit with a mere 20 watt consumption. The board (including the processor) is priced about 400 USD:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SAi-2750F.cfm

Yeah, that is the problem! I pay .28 KW/h and that is huge.

The Atoms have no power from what I have heard. No comparison between them and AMD/Intel desktop chips. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

If you sent a payment and don't see any confirmations, it might be due to having no fee. I noticed my wallet doesn't have one set!

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Quote from: Its About Sharing on January 06, 2014, 06:46:19 AM

How many connections should I see if my port is forwarded correctly? Even with my port forwarded BTC QT wallet, I only sometimes see 9 connections. (Usually 8 and that is bad)

My Quarkcoin wallet is showing 15 active connections. I have no problem receiving payments, but I ordered one transfer 20 hours ago and I am still waiting (0 of 6 confirmations).

Do I have to open / redirect any port in particular in my NAT / router?

José Antonio

Looks like yours is open.

I found this "Quark uses 11973 Network port. Please open port 11973 on your router and post your IP there." here: http://altcoins.com/qrk-quark-super-secure-cryptographic-coin.html
Not sure if that is right. Anyone?

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Thanks ivanlabrie, bit.craft and dE_logics for the information. I'll check out what you said ivanlabrie. bit.craft - electricity here in Germany is like .25+ cents - expensive. Perhaps the Xeon's lower wattage is a better decision relative to the AMD's?

dE_logics - The difficulty may be high but that doesn't mean there are lots of miners out there. The difficult is a bit skewed due to the multiple algorithms used (I have heard). And, being that we are hitting the 247+ million mark of coins mined, it is likely the number of miners fall off.

How many connections should I see if my port is forwarded correctly? Even with my port forwarded BTC QT wallet, I only sometimes see 9 connections. (Usually 8 and that is bad)

Thanks in advance,
IAS

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AMD Bulldozers would yield a decent performance. But the thing is, mining is getting much less profitable day by day. 1 million QRK per year is nothing unless you have (almost) free electricity and/or fast CPUs at a very low price.

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Quote from: Its About Sharing on January 06, 2014, 05:06:34 AM

Quote from: dE_logics on January 05, 2014, 10:51:28 PM

Quote from: Its About Sharing on January 05, 2014, 01:26:26 PM

Quote from: ivanlabrie on January 05, 2014, 01:18:55 PM

I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

I'm all ears, why the 8320? (I'm just building one rig - and I am just gonna do it to support the network - but yeah, I'll take what I can get with Quarks).
Suggestions? (I will use the rig for other things eventually, so probably get a DVD drive, 8GB ram but just on board video - I pay .28 KW/h for electricity, so video card mining is out.)
CPU cooler is a must

Thx

Buy a 4 processor Xeon board.

Don't you see the difficulty? Even that much firepower is NEGLIGIBLE. I think the network hash rate is 4K Mega+

Wow! Didn't realize they had them. Cost? Computer Models to buy?
And As I said I want to support the network, so profit isn't #1 but breaking even would be nice.
Thx

When the difficulty is that high, why are you concerned about sustaining? It's difficulty is OFF THE CHARTS!

If you really want to sustain, just run the wallet on a high speed Internet connection with static IP which's not firewalled. This way new users can download the block chain easily.

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Quote from: Its About Sharing on January 06, 2014, 05:06:34 AM

Quote from: dE_logics on January 05, 2014, 10:51:28 PM

Quote from: Its About Sharing on January 05, 2014, 01:26:26 PM

Quote from: ivanlabrie on January 05, 2014, 01:18:55 PM

I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

I'm all ears, why the 8320? (I'm just building one rig - and I am just gonna do it to support the network - but yeah, I'll take what I can get with Quarks).
Suggestions? (I will use the rig for other things eventually, so probably get a DVD drive, 8GB ram but just on board video - I pay .28 KW/h for electricity, so video card mining is out.)
CPU cooler is a must

Thx

Buy a 4 processor Xeon board.

Don't you see the difficulty? Even that much firepower is NEGLIGIBLE. I think the network hash rate is 4K Mega+

Wow! Didn't realize they had them. Cost? Computer Models to buy?
And As I said I want to support the network, so profit isn't #1 but breaking even would be nice.
Thx

For strict cpu mining, I'd say go with a dual xeon with intel ES cpus from Ebay, or get a dual westmere server pre built (you can sometimes find them for 250usd).

You can get a board for 500 and add two 168usd 8 core cpus to it (ebay has em, search for intel es xeon 2011), and a 75usd ram kit, plus a psu and you're good to go. I reccomend the Corsair HX850 which lends itself well to gpu mining should you get a few nvidia cards for CUDA stuff (you can rent your gear for renders maybe? or just get 280X cards, each draws 200w if undervolted and nets you decent income even with high power costs).

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Quote from: dE_logics on January 05, 2014, 10:51:28 PM

Quote from: Its About Sharing on January 05, 2014, 01:26:26 PM

Quote from: ivanlabrie on January 05, 2014, 01:18:55 PM

I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

I'm all ears, why the 8320? (I'm just building one rig - and I am just gonna do it to support the network - but yeah, I'll take what I can get with Quarks).
Suggestions? (I will use the rig for other things eventually, so probably get a DVD drive, 8GB ram but just on board video - I pay .28 KW/h for electricity, so video card mining is out.)
CPU cooler is a must

Thx

Buy a 4 processor Xeon board.

Don't you see the difficulty? Even that much firepower is NEGLIGIBLE. I think the network hash rate is 4K Mega+

Wow! Didn't realize they had them. Cost? Computer Models to buy?
And As I said I want to support the network, so profit isn't #1 but breaking even would be nice.
Thx

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Lol I'm getting tired of QRK it doesn't go up. I'm sure it will skyrocket but this is sad, I've invested a lot of money, I'm 70% in QRK. Undecided

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Quote from: dE_logics on January 06, 2014, 03:30:28 AM

We need a USD exchange.

Coinmkt is adding Quark to their USD pairing. This will surely boost the Quark spread as well as the price.

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We need a USD exchange.

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Quote from: Its About Sharing on January 05, 2014, 01:26:26 PM

Quote from: ivanlabrie on January 05, 2014, 01:18:55 PM

I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

I'm all ears, why the 8320? (I'm just building one rig - and I am just gonna do it to support the network - but yeah, I'll take what I can get with Quarks).
Suggestions? (I will use the rig for other things eventually, so probably get a DVD drive, 8GB ram but just on board video - I pay .28 KW/h for electricity, so video card mining is out.)
CPU cooler is a must

Thx

Buy a 4 processor Xeon board.

Don't you see the difficulty? Even that much firepower is NEGLIGIBLE. I think the network hash rate is 4K Mega+

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Quote from: Promethium on January 05, 2014, 07:10:28 AM

Please promote Quark Song Contest: http://quark.freeforums.net/thread/1242/quark-song-contest

That's pretty interesting. Good luck with the contest.

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Quote from: Wubbllez on January 05, 2014, 03:30:06 PM

Quote from: Promethium on January 05, 2014, 07:10:28 AM

Please promote Quark Song Contest: http://quark.freeforums.net/thread/1242/quark-song-contest

idk how, but I will make a dubstep entry

I admit, I'd never heard of dubstep though it's included in a 10 most popular genre list.
I certainly wouldn't want to exclude the dubstep community.

Good Luck.

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Quote from: dE_logics on January 05, 2014, 09:25:32 AM

Quote from: Promethium on January 05, 2014, 07:10:28 AM

Please promote Quark Song Contest: http://quark.freeforums.net/thread/1242/quark-song-contest

This's a bit too much...

Would you care to expand on that comment?

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Featuring Quark News Pre Launch App

http://www.reddit.com/r/QuarkCoin/comments/1ufuf6/newsgoogleplay_quark_news_application_for_smart/

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Quote from: Promethium on January 05, 2014, 07:10:28 AM

Please promote Quark Song Contest: http://quark.freeforums.net/thread/1242/quark-song-contest

idk how, but I will make a dubstep entry

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Quote from: ivanlabrie on January 05, 2014, 01:18:55 PM

I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

I'm all ears, why the 8320? (I'm just building one rig - and I am just gonna do it to support the network - but yeah, I'll take what I can get with Quarks).
Suggestions? (I will use the rig for other things eventually, so probably get a DVD drive, 8GB ram but just on board video - I pay .28 KW/h for electricity, so video card mining is out.)
CPU cooler is a must

Thx

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I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

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Quote from: digitalindustry on January 01, 2014, 07:58:28 AM

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digitalindustry - It seems you would have a better idea than anyone here, regarding the question I posed on the page before. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4237501

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Is there any information available regarding how many nodes Quark has?
How many GPU's/Cpu's does Quark have defending it?
How can we make sense of Quarks Gh/s in relation to BTC, LTC, etc. considering that Quark has 6 algoriths? Does that matter much?

I'm trying to get a picture of it's network strength, regarding my post above. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4226452

Can you answer this, add some direction, etc?

Appreciated,
IAS

sure - i will post back here - i will find out -

Not to put any pressure on digitalindustry, but can someone answer the above questions?
And also, can someone suggest, the best bang for the buck regarding building a mining rig to support the network (primarily)?
Something like an AMD FX-8350 8 core chip in a cheap rig? (Don't think we need anything more than on board video and 1GB of ram, small HD, etc.

Thanks,
IAS

HI sorry ive been away - i'm not a coder , maybe Max can chime in here - i know the network is healthy , exact nodes - i don't have with me now -

can not compare the two networks - one is mined by ASIC obviously -

we have check-pointing - in place -

I'm working with Max to further innovation int his field generally -

sorry i can't be immediately more helpful the AMD FX-8350 8 core chip from the feedback i get is pretty good -

Regards .

RoooooR

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GigTricks.io | A CRYPTO ECOSYSTEM FOR ON-DEMAND EC

hey
when I run the quarkcoind, nothing happens, only black screen. what can be caused to this ?

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