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I have researched bitcoin mining for a while, and i have decided that i want to build a dedicated miner. Since i am very low on budget, I thought that maybe i could use an old computer that i have in my house for the motherboard and CPU requirements, and by only a GPU. My old computer has an AsusTek computer inc P5S800-VM motherboard, featuring an Intel Pentium 4 processor. Link: http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P5S800VM/
Is there a way to add an ATI GPU to this system and make it work as a miner? Thanks for any responses, and sorry if i was not clear enough - i am quite new to this field.
Unless you have access, somehow, to free electricity (like, say, using a currently-unused solar panel - please don't think of illegal ways to get it for free) you wouldn't be recovering your costs. You could still buy a GPU and set it to mine Litecoins instead, though - mining them is much CPU and old-machines' friendly – Joe Pineda – 2013-05-23T02:50:41.797
As i have said, my budget is very limited and i would prefer to use mostly computer parts that i already have instead of buying new expensive hardware. – arielschon12 – 2013-01-26T17:05:11.077
@arielschon12 you might desire being able to fly, but it won't happen anyway. GPU mining is going to be obsolete soon, so you'd likely be mining at a loss. – o0'. – 2013-01-26T17:06:35.043
Ok then, so would you recommend any butterfly labs products? Or do you know perhaps another ASIC-based mining devices? – arielschon12 – 2013-01-26T17:09:39.913
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@arielschon12: http://www.avalon-asics.com/ seem to be the winning horse in this race, but I'm not sure they're accepting new orders currently. At this point in time I can't recommend any of the vendors - but I can recommend not buying a GPU for mining as it will almost certainly cause you to lose money.
– Meni Rosenfeld – 2013-01-26T19:15:08.263