Posts made by 00kakamora

@haitch From your referral to purchase drives, your answer to my post is to stock up on HDs and focus on that?

Is there a critical mass of HDs that I should hit before I consider GPU based plotting/mining or CPU upgrade?

@haitch I'm "supposed" to have 3 bays but it looks like i can only fit 1 more.

I am assuming these are WD 8TB RED drives. Is there a link/post where i can sign up?

Hi Burst-Team,

I'm a newbie here and I got a hand me down computer with the stats below.

i5-3470 @3.2ghz
16GB ram
2TB HD
No extra GPU

Plots:
1TB (part of my 2TB drive on machine)
8TB external - plotting as we speak
my 8TB external drive is taking a very long time to plot (24 hours = 20% ~2TB)

I use a CPU plotter (Xplotter) and i get ~7k nonces/min
mining my 1 TB reads between 60-70MB/s

I basically have the beginners setup and everything for plotting/mining are running smoothly

However, one quick look and i see 8TB externals have the best value per TB at $200 bucks or less.

If i had $200 bucks to spend...what should my next purchase be?

1. 8TB external - I know I should probably go with this option till i hit some critical mass
   good - more space, more plots, more deadlines, more chances at burst
   bad - it will take me a long time to plot and i feel that i will miss out on deadline submissions

2. Value GPU - I look on newegg and I see that i can get a 4GB GTX 1050 TI for about $160
   good - increased mining/plotting speeds will allow me to scale
   bad - i dont need it right now

3. CPU upgrade to i7 - I know this is probably in the 350-400 range
   good - increased speed for plotting/mining
   bad - too expensive/dont need it right now

What should i buy next? What should my methodology be as i begin to scale?
I read a lot of post where folks can just buy the perfect machine all in 1 shot, I dont have those resources. I'm hoping the good folks here can share their Burst growing experiences/pains.

Many Thanks!