Gaming PC Builds & Hardware

[Frank_Jaeger]

Originally Posted by S14DB

Get the 7950's. R7's and 9's are awesome for games. They aren't much better for mining. Hash for dollar still goes to the 7950. Even at retail prices...

Okay thanks! I'm hoping for some NewEgg deals on Black Friday / Cyber Monday.

Originally Posted by zerodameaon

If you are going to mine don't waste your time mining bitcoins. ASICs make that so unprofitable now, look into litecoins. The 290x should get only marginally better hash rate then the 7950s.

I started mining litecoins yesterday. My two 6850s are pulling a little over 620kh/s total. Still profitable, and I'm feeling out the whole process. I figure the worst case scenario is if I no longer have a viable altcoin to mine, at least I'll have a beast gaming rig.