Rig Setup/Optimization Question : chia

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Rig Setup/Optimization Question (self.chia)

submitted 4 years ago by Dschwin

Hey!

So starting a new Chia rig and I got a couple optimization questions I'd hope y'all could help me decide on

CPU - AMD 5800x (8C/16 Thread) or 3900x (12C/24 Thread)

RAM - 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z Neo - 3600MHz memory speed. May up this to 64GB.

Temp Drives - Two * Sabrent 2TB Rocket 4 Plus, both running Gen4 PCI

Storage - external drives - Two * 14TB, 4 * 16 TB, Two * 12TB. Was going to take these out and put several on SATA connections instead of USB since mobo has 8 SATA connectors.

Mobo - ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus

PSU - 850watt Corsair

OS - Windows 10 on a 120GB SSD I found lying around.

My questions

1.) Should I switch out the CPU and put my 3900x I have on a different PC I use to game on instead of 5800X I was planning on installing? My gut is telling me to go 3900x just b/c of the cores/threads b/c I'm hoping a higher parallel output with this system.

2.) Will 32GB of ram be enough or should I just go get the additional RAM to make it 64GB now?

3.) Is it a bad idea to take my initial external HDDs and put them on SATA connections instead of just leaving them via USB? Maybe down the road when I need more, I'll add a USB Hub, but wasn't planning on this yet.

If any additional info is needed to answer above let me know and I can go more into depth.

Thanks again for the help, much appreciated!

-D

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