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Old(ish) BTC kit - repurpose? - bowser - 09-05-2016
Hi folks, like a few people I guess, I have some old BTC mining kit around which I'd like to repurpose to a dedicated cracking rig - personal use/research/CTF work etc.
I have:
- Core i5 CPU (1155)
- 8 Gb RAM (2 x 4Gb)
- Open case (this one)
- and a R9 280x GPU
I understand the GPU is a little elderly but should be OK for occasional use as above. I think I will need LTS version of linux rather than the latest version?
Any tips/tricks/ideas to make this as effective as possible? I'll be running this in a cool workshop and the open case/non permanent use should be OK for heat I think?
Cheers all
bowser
RE: Old(ish) BTC kit - repurpose? - kiara - 09-06-2016
why u thinking on a linux system? why not a windows system..?
with an open case in an cooled room i think the heat wont be an issue, i am more worried about the noise.
RE: Old(ish) BTC kit - repurpose? - bowser - 09-06-2016
(09-06-2016, 02:42 PM)kiara Wrote: why u thinking on a linux system? why not a windows system..?
with an open case in an cooled room i think the heat wont be an issue, i am more worried about the noise.
I guess it could be Windows, I have no problem with that. As for noise, I'm fortunate to have a room which is off my garage which isnt near the house, so it can be as noisy as it wants
RE: Old(ish) BTC kit - repurpose? - kartan - 09-08-2016
It's just one GPU, shouldn't be a big deal. We got rid of all our r9 290x because of all the problems they were causing (problems when you have 5 of them).
You should be good, just make sure to not use ubuntu >16 since they dropped support for the amd opencl if I am correct (could be outdated tho)
RE: Old(ish) BTC kit - repurpose? - kartan - 09-08-2016
Oh yea, check this http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-GPU-PRO-Linux-Beta-Driver%E2%80%93Release-Notes.aspx
(08-29-2016, 09:51 AM)atom Wrote: Note that 290x is no longer supported with latest AMD linux drivers. You need to manually install old drivers to use hashcat.