What to pay attention to when buying
When assembling a farm, it is important to pay attention to the following:
- Choosing a motherboard – there must be the required number of connectors for connecting video cards.
- Graphics processing unit (GPU) options.
When buying a video card, attention is drawn to the potential and overclocking capability of the selected model. It depends on the microprocessor installed on the GPU. Samsung products show the best opportunities. Micron and Hynix chips are considered less flexible in setting up mining. When mining Ethereum, it is recommended to take a GPU with 4 GB of RAM. Using the 2 GB RX 560 gives worse results even after working with a file and trying to overclock.
2GB GPU hardware is used to mine other virtual coins like Zcash.
The peculiarity of the cryptocurrency lies in the lower requirements for the RAM of the video card. Experienced miners assure that it is recommended to choose the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse for mining. The GPU is optimized for 24/7 performance and is reliable.
ASUS products are designed for computer game lovers. Overclocking options are limited here, and little attention has been paid to reducing power consumption. Paying extra money for unique lighting and reduced fan hum is pointless.
You can give preference to the Radeon RX 560 from the manufacturer GIGABYTE or purchase a special version for mining Ethereum (Ethereum) and other cryptocurrencies – RX 560 D. The features of the latter are low power consumption and an affordable price, but so far it is difficult to find it in Russia.
What to mine on this video adapter
Almost all experienced “diggers” recommend setting up the mining of Ethereum (ETH), Zcash (ZEC) and currencies based on the CryptoNight algorithm (Bytecoin, Monero, DigitalNote) on the 560 model. True, it is no longer promising to calculate Ethereum on RX 2 Gb, since the DAG file of this coin, according to calculations, in 2018 will exceed the size of 3 GB. For a 2GB graphics card, only “light” coins will remain available.
To increase the speed of calculating hashes of cryptocurrency blocks, miners install special drivers, flash BIOS, etc. But this work can only be entrusted to specialists, so as not to damage the equipment.
Here, for example, how many overclocked RX560 mines on specialized mining programs Claymor on the pool:
- Ethereum – 15.5 Mh / s;
- Zcash – 110 H / s, using the 12.6 miner version, you can accelerate to 158 H / s;
- Monero – 458 H / s;
- Dual mining Ethereum / Decred – 15 Mh / s for ETH, 298 Mh / s for DCR;
- Ethereum / Siacoin dual mining – 14.9 Mh / s for ETH, 198 Mh / s for SIA.
What exactly to mine and on what pool is decided directly by the “miner”, however, before making the final choice, it is worth studying the articles and comments on specialized forums on the Internet.
