Hey guys!
I want to build a litecoin + primecoin mining rig
I’m was looking for hardware comparison here:
http://xpmwiki.com/index.php?title=Hardware_comparison
and here:
http://anty.info/primecoin-hardware/
The performance PPS of 3570k is: 3432 with 4.2GHz overclock
and 4770K: 3650 without overclock (with overclock, I can’t find records)
Price for 3570k: 199 $ USD
Price for 4770K: 289 $ USD
For price/performance, What may I choose?
I assume you meant 3770k not 3570k (which doesn’t have HT so it’s only 4 threads).
I have 3770k in my personal rig and 4770 (non-K) on my server
The 3770k gives ~4100-4200 primes/s at 4.5 GHz
4770 gives ~3900 primes/s at 3.9 GHz
The difference is very small, so it doesn’t really matter.
I bought the 4770K
I’ll be posting the stats at stock and overclocked soon 
[quote=“megadeth92, post:3, topic:1001”]I bought the 4770K
I’ll be posting the stats at stock and overclocked soon :)[/quote]
Please do. +1 Karma for you. ;D
Hi there, megadeth92!
What stats are you getting with the 4770K?
Thanks!
Just putting it out there, primes/sec is not really an accurate metric of miner performance…
chains/day is much more interesting, as 4000primes/sec+ can actually yield a very low XPM per day. It’s easy to change sieveextension and sievepercentage values to give you more primes/sec but your earnings will go through the floor…
Nice, I’ve got the 4770k too, and I’ve got it to 4X4.7Ghz now, very stable.
dodsonske: what is your current c/d rate? Thanks!
About 0.085 chains per day. I’m guessing though it might be a little better if I was not running it on Windows and was not mining other coin on the gpu. Without GPU I manage to get somewhere around 0.087-0.088.
EDIT: I’m solomining with hp11.
[quote=“whycry, post:2, topic:1001”]I assume you meant 3770k not 3570k (which doesn’t have HT so it’s only 4 threads).
I have 3770k in my personal rig and 4770 (non-K) on my server
The 3770k gives ~4100-4200 primes/s at 4.5 GHz
4770 gives ~3900 primes/s at 3.9 GHz
The difference is very small, so it doesn’t really matter.[/quote]
How are you getting so mane primes per seconds? What is your miner andhow many chains per day are you making? Thanks.
About 0.085 chains per day. I’m guessing though it might be a little better if I was not running it on Windows and was not mining other coin on the gpu. Without GPU I manage to get somewhere around 0.087-0.088.
EDIT: I’m solomining with hp11.[/quote]
What solo mine setup do you use(config file and hp11 settings?)
I could never figure it out.
About 0.085 chains per day. I’m guessing though it might be a little better if I was not running it on Windows and was not mining other coin on the gpu. Without GPU I manage to get somewhere around 0.087-0.088.
EDIT: I’m solomining with hp11.[/quote]
What solo mine setup do you use(config file and hp11 settings?)
I could never figure it out.[/quote]
I didn’t change anything. I tried adjusting the settings but it didn’t really do anything for me. I think I’ve had some improvements by lowering sievesize from 1000000 to 800000 but then it was almost nothing so I didn’t really know for sure if it was just slightly better by chance.
I’d advice you to play around and change the sieve extensions, sieve percentage and sievesize setting to see how much more chains/day you could get, but I guess they are already good enough already for most people on default.
dodsonske, are you using beeeeer? What’s the average XPM daily return you get?
Thanks for your contributions
[quote=“FiR3, post:13, topic:1001”]dodsonske, are you using beeeeer? What’s the average XPM daily return you get?
Thanks for your contributions :)[/quote]
No, as I said, I’m solomining. I haven’t had any return yet and this may take a while before I actually receive my first block. I think I’m gonna look into mining pools when I receive my first block, but that may still take a month or so with the uptime I’m using right now…
I’m using i5 3230m 2.6Ghz with turbo boost up to 3.2Ghz how many miner threads should I use?
3770k or 3570k? there’s no way you are getting a new 3770k for $199, that’s the price of 3570k, and 3570k will vastly underperform both 3770k and 4770k by at least 20% if not more.
[quote=“megadeth92, post:1, topic:1001”]Hey guys!
I want to build a litecoin + primecoin mining rig
I’m was looking for hardware comparison here:
http://xpmwiki.com/index.php?title=Hardware_comparison
and here:
http://anty.info/primecoin-hardware/
The performance PPS of 3570k is: 3432 with 4.2GHz overclock
and 4770K: 3650 without overclock (with overclock, I can’t find records)
Price for 3570k: 199 $ USD
Price for 4770K: 289 $ USD
For price/performance, What may I choose?[/quote]