Worth buying a pc with 2 GPU's in a crossfire to mine Ethereum? I plan to spend ~$1000 on that pc.
What client to use? What os is better to use? Ubuntu?
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Possible duplicate of Is CPU mining even worth the Ether?– niksmacMay 20, 2016 at 6:00
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Which GPU model?– Nicolas MassartMay 20, 2016 at 7:13
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Some calculations to work out the profitability are available from:
The normal client is geth to run the Ethereum node and ethminer to run the mining calculations. Note that Ethereum will be moving to proof of stake at some unknown time in the future and your GPUs will not be useful for mining the Ethereum blockchain any more - see When will Ethereum switch to Proof of Stake?.
answered May 20, 2016 at 6:30
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I agree with the above but would that that many GPUs will retain reasonable resale value. So depending on then the PoS conversion takes place you can sell your GPUs and recover some of your costs May 20, 2016 at 6:37
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1You just have to sell it before the resale price drops when all the other Ethereum miners sell theirs :-) May 20, 2016 at 6:40