IMPORTANT This list was updated 9/17/2021. Monero Mining is a fun hobby.

Goals:

• 15K hashes
• 220W
• >50 hashes per way
• $750 or less
• CPU 75C or less
• join a pool

Desired:

• able to run FAH folding

• Motherboard - ASUS Prime B450M-A II AMD AM4 (Ryzen 5000, 3rd/2nd/1st Gen Ryzen Micro ATX Motherboard)
• CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread
• Wraith Prism cooler included with CPU
• RAM - Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4 DRAM
• Video card - cheap card
• Power Supply - EVGA 110-BQ-0500-K1, 500 Bq, 80+ Bronze 500W, Semi Modular, FDB Fan
• Open Air Frame Overclock Case

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server
  • Enable huge pages
    • sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128
    • vi /etc/sysctl.conf
    • At the end of the sysctl.conf file add:

      • vm.nr_hugepages=128

    • sudo sysctl –system
• XMRig (running as service)
• StressCPU 2 (testing)

• Blue - peak 15,299 H/s at 75.9C, peak 76.1
  • Tuned steady for Monero, won't run FAH
• Purple - peak 14,868 H/s at 75.5C
  • Tuned steady for FAH, runs XMRig
• BigRed-Purple - Rig 2
  • Still tuning steady FAH, running XMRig