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I'd reccomend fx8320 or an fx6300 if you're building lots of rigs. Cool

I'm all ears, why the 8320? (I'm just building one rig - and I am just gonna do it to support the network - but yeah, I'll take what I can get with Quarks).
Suggestions? (I will use the rig for other things eventually, so probably get a DVD drive, 8GB ram but just on board video - I pay .28 KW/h for electricity, so video card mining is out.)
CPU cooler is a must

Thx

Buy a 4 processor Xeon board.

Don't you see the difficulty? Even that much firepower is NEGLIGIBLE. I think the network hash rate is 4K Mega+

Wow! Didn't realize they had them. Cost? Computer Models to buy?
And As I said I want to support the network, so profit isn't #1 but breaking even would be nice.
Thx

For strict cpu mining, I'd say go with a dual xeon with intel ES cpus from Ebay, or get a dual westmere server pre built (you can sometimes find them for 250usd).

You can get a board for 500 and add two 168usd 8 core cpus to it (ebay has em, search for intel es xeon 2011), and a 75usd ram kit, plus a psu and you're good to go. I reccomend the Corsair HX850 which lends itself well to gpu mining should you get a few nvidia cards for CUDA stuff (you can rent your gear for renders maybe? or just get 280X cards, each draws 200w if undervolted and nets you decent income even with high power costs).

Bad news are that these kind of systems consume several hundreds of watts. In Spain (and all of Europe in general) electricity costs about 0.35 USD/KWh, so these systems are not profitable at all.

I am considering options like the recent Atom series C processors. Yo have 8 full cores (no HT) with 64 bit with a mere 20 watt consumption. The board (including the processor) is priced about 400 USD:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SAi-2750F.cfm

Yeah, that is the problem! I pay .28 KW/h and that is huge.

The Atoms have no power from what I have heard. No comparison between them and AMD/Intel desktop chips. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

If you sent a payment and don't see any confirmations, it might be due to having no fee. I noticed my wallet doesn't have one set!

There is a setting for it Wink

That is essentially what I said. I was letting him know that might be the problem. (Hence the word "set")

What is the recommended setting these days? I should set it just in case.