Have a computer (10 years) that is supposed to be turned into a mining PC.
How would it work with these components?
CPU - INTEL 920
MOB - ASUS P6T Deluxe v.2
RAM - DDR 3 24Gb 1366Mhz
GPU - ???
PSU - CROSAIR RX 850 silver
SSD - INTEL 120Gb SATA 3Gb / s
OP - Windows 10 Enterprise X64 2016 LTSB
The question is if I need to replace something or?
How would you do?
Has a budget of approx. 1´200-1´300 USD
What is the most cost effective GPU?
The idea is to start with 2-3 GPUs
start by checking which GPU you mother board will recognize, for now, IF IM NOT WRONG, the 1070 are very good, but they are expensive, i have 2 running at avr 950h/s with 2.7 sol/w.
With your mobo, you can use up to 4 GPUs, I recommend buying GTX 1060 for first experience. Check amazon for current price.
And your current PSU is also enough for 4 GPUs.