DuronClocker
[H]ard|Gawd
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I'm not sure I understand how I understand the CPU vs. HDD speed thing for plotting. My i5-4690k @ 4.2 is plotting a 3TB WD Purple drive (5400RPM) around 9k nonces/min using all 4 cores on xplotter_avx.
For each new set of nonces, the CPU finishes when the HDD is at about 36-38%, so it seems that most of the time spent plotting is writing to the disk. I assume that this means a higher OC or more cores/threads would be a complete waste to me unless I was maybe plotting 3 drives at once. Been running about 30 hours, and it is 43% complete so far.
Am I correct in that thinking?
I"m putting another machine together, and I was debating what I should do processor-wise, or if it is even worth putting something better than a Celeron in it.
For each new set of nonces, the CPU finishes when the HDD is at about 36-38%, so it seems that most of the time spent plotting is writing to the disk. I assume that this means a higher OC or more cores/threads would be a complete waste to me unless I was maybe plotting 3 drives at once. Been running about 30 hours, and it is 43% complete so far.
Am I correct in that thinking?
I"m putting another machine together, and I was debating what I should do processor-wise, or if it is even worth putting something better than a Celeron in it.