here is a thread for newbies to setup a nvoc 0017 rig to mine zec

QuintLeo

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Quote from: TheRider on July 03, 2017, 02:11:19 AM

Quote from: QuintLeo on July 03, 2017, 01:56:29 AM

For a pure mining system, a low-wattage Celeron or G-series Pentium should be plenty.

I read somewhere that Skein doesn't like the low end processors. Is that true?

Not that I've noticed, but there are some non-mining stuff that wants more CPU - and if you get an efficient CPU you can mine XMR on it like Phil says and possibly pay for the "upgrade" over a bottom-end CPU over time.

I plan on getting my newest rig (dual 1080ti on my Intel G4600/Gigabyte Z270-HD3 board "experiment", VERY similar to Phil's MB in this build) up and running today, will see how it compares.

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Quote from: TheRider on July 03, 2017, 02:11:19 AM

Quote from: QuintLeo on July 03, 2017, 01:56:29 AM

For a pure mining system, a low-wattage Celeron or G-series Pentium should be plenty.

I read somewhere that Skein doesn't like the low end processors. Is that true?

Well here is the deal. I did a very basic newbie thread so I did not explain some choices in parts.

My go to cpu is this one the i5 6400t used on ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-6400T-Quad-Core-2-20GHz-1MB-6MB-Socket-1151-Skylake-S-CPU-SR2L1-/152607562406?

this one is 130 I wait for an ebucks promo of 8% or 10% off and buy them for about 117 usd

if lucky as low as 108 after ebucks. They work fine in z170 or z270 mobos.

I feel that this is a better choice for me and I will run them on xmr coins this allows me to earn about 75 cents a day extra. I will up date this thread with the xmr cpu mining info in the next few days.

I think a big farm with 30 or 4 rigs may not wan the better cpu but a guy like me with 4-8 rigs in my garage should look into used i5 6400t cpus. the t means it is a power saver. so even if you don't mine cpu coins you still save some coin in power.

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Quote from: QuintLeo on July 03, 2017, 01:56:29 AM

For a pure mining system, a low-wattage Celeron or G-series Pentium should be plenty.

I read somewhere that Skein doesn't like the low end processors. Is that true?

QuintLeo

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I've got a few systems running on Sandisk Ultra USB sticks - specifically including the 32GB Phil linked, but mostly on the 128GB version of that one (Walmart had them on sale a while back and I stocked up).

Plenty fast for a mining system, though not as fast as a good HD and nowhere near as fast as a SSD.

For a pure mining system, a low-wattage Celeron or G-series Pentium should be plenty.

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Quote from: martyroz on July 02, 2017, 09:32:49 PM

You're a legend. Thanks heaps, I will be trying this as soon as I can get my hands on those USB sticks.

Is there any difference between using on-board video and GPU0 for monitor out? (for motherboards that have it) would on-board use more total power? does GPU0 mine the same either way?

Also would this work on any USB 3.0 stick? those lexar are not sold in my country and those who list them are out of stock.

I have an 8 port dvi switcher so all my pc's are attached to the first gpu in slot 1.
I do not care if I lose hash but if you look at my photos the hash rate is

402 and 402.

been running for hours I will check in 1 minute.

one is now 399 the other 407 I assume that the lower one is running the monitor

the stick you linked is very slow 100 read speed but 15 write speed.
see if this will come to you quickly

http://www.budgetpc.com.au/sandisk-ultra-usb3-0-32gb-flash-drive

or get this case and put in an ssd
http://www.budgetpc.com.au/2569s3-sv-orico-sata-3-0-to-usb-3-0-ssd-hdd-enclosure

http://www.budgetpc.com.au/kingston-ssdnow-a400-120gb-2-5-ssd

http://www.budgetpc.com.au/wd-green-ssd-wds120g1g0a-120gb-sataiii-ssd

http://www.budgetpc.com.au/sandisk-sdssda-120g-q25-ssd-plus-120gb-2-5-sata-iii-ssd

here are good sticks that worked for me that are not lexar

these are good

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-Flash-Drive-SDCZ80-032G-GAM46/dp/B00KT7DXIU/ref=sr_1_3?https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-Flash-Drive-SDCZ80-032G-GAM46/dp/B00KT7DOSE/ref=sr_1_3?

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Transfer-Speeds-s-SDCZ48-032G-UAM46/dp/B00KYK2AKO/ref=sr_1_2?https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Transfer-Speeds-s-SDCZ48-032G-UAM46/dp/B00KYK2ABI/ref=sr_1_2?

and this ssd in this case

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-120GB-SDSSDA-120G-G26-Newest-Version/dp/B01F9G414U/ref=sr_1_1?
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-inch-External-Enclosure-Case/dp/B00H98AXOE/ref=sr_1_6?

martyroz

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You're a legend. Thanks heaps, I will be trying this as soon as I can get my hands on those USB sticks.

Is there any difference between using on-board video and GPU0 for monitor out? (for motherboards that have it) would on-board use more total power? does GPU0 mine the same either way?

Also would this work on any USB 3.0 stick? those lexar are not sold in my country and those who list them are out of stock.
eg: http://www.budgetpc.com.au/computer-hardware/storage-devices/usb-flash-drives/64gb-dtmicro-usb-3-1-3-0-type-a-metal-ultra-compact-flash-drive
100MB/s read 15MB/s write

judypug1956

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Finishing with secondary account please fell free to ask questions about the build.

Takes about 2 minutes after first boot to get here

this pops up next

and the money shot

philipma1957

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'The right to privacy matters'

At this point you can put the usb stick into the pc and boot the mofo.

do not forget the gpus Roll Eyes

notice the monitor is in the gpu which is in first 16x slot
also there are lots of slot for risers. and expansion

wait a while for this to show

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Next set mobo to read usb sticks

philipma1957

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'The right to privacy matters'

At this point I put in my zec mining settings.

they are set to nicehash and to my nicehash btc address as nicehash auto-converts to btc

I also put in a worker name.

unless you want to mine for me use your own worker name and btc address

also note I only changed zec and left all other coins set to original settings. So as not to make a mistake.

edit is done so click to save changes

walk over to the pc place new stick in a handy spot not in the usb slots.
why is that phil.
here is why you need to do settings on the mobo

so boot your rig with no OS and it will go to mobo.
this mobo needs a power setting change
a usb setting change
power first

you want the machine to boot after a black out so you need to change this to

this . and machine will boot after a black out

judypug1956

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me again on secondary account.

200 core with 10 ram

yes to individual power level I did 105

see 105 but only for 3 cards

philipma1957

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'The right to privacy matters'

in my case the new files are now on drive e

this is the oneBash that needs to be edited

I use windows 10 on my development pc it is a small sized lenovo.

I click word pad

after that I click ok

and boom I am in. note it is set to nice I want zec

I type in ZEC

I set fan speed to 80 a bump from 75

I do a slight overclock on core and a slight under clock on ram. note zec likes this other coins do not like this.
first step is to say yes to individual clocks