Category: Mining

These are instructions to start mining certain AltCoins (ethereum, monero and others) which limit their mining to only using graphics cards. These instructions are based on the Ubuntu 16.04 operating system.

First, gather all the required hardware. Note that this is just a guide which refers to the above video, you can modify your mining rig to your liking:

• X8 – RX 570
• X1 – Motherboard capable of total eight slots.
• X1 – CPU with fan and thermal grease.
• X2 – PCI-E 4X Female to NGFF M.2 M Male Adapter Key
• X2 – Thermaltake 850W PSU
• X1 – 16GB RAM
• X1 – 256GB SSD
• X8 – 1X to 16X Risers
• X8 – 6-pin PSU to SATA cables
• X1 – PSU Y-Connector to connect two PSUs to one motherboard
• A cooling solution

Instructions

Step 1 – Connect all the hardware together as shown in the video:

Step 2 – Download and install the Ubuntu 16.04 desktop iso on the rig.

Then, run in the terminal:

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade

Step 3 – Download and install the AMD video driver.

Step 4 – Install a miner.

For ethereum, run in the terminal:

sudo apt clean

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum-qt

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum

sudo apt update

sudo apt -y install cpp-ethereum

ethminer -G -F http://eth-eu.dwarfpool.com/0x2a65aca4...35398226/rig1/mail@example.com