Quote from: lncm on March 10, 2018, 02:52:04 PM

Quote from: sundownz on March 10, 2018, 01:15:49 AM

Quote from: simis on March 09, 2018, 09:50:11 PM

Profitable GPU mining will die in 2018!

GPU mining = CPU mining soon.

Smart CPU mining can still be profitable.

I've got ~75 single CPUs doing about ~16KH on Cryptonight... each one cost me $20-35 bucks (Xeon X5660/X5670). So average $27.50 each = $2062.50 cost for around $700 a month even at todays low profit (they have more than paid for themselves during the peak times in my case).

Also quite a few used quad-CPU servers crunching away...

Now... buying NEW CPUs with the express purpose of mining is NOT a good idea... but used gear can do nicely.

How about motherboards / RAM / PSU's?

I already have the rest of the system present to support GPUs -- and simply add a cheap / powerful CPU to mine with on top of that.

I do have a big thread regarding my strategy:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1955358.0

Start with a base of HP Z400s... very cheap about $150 or so even with legit Windows 10 Pro installed then add the CPU, new PSU, and GPUs.