<p>The cpu is not used while mining and thus should not bottleneck your setup. The only impact that I could see would be bootup times, and it shouldn't be significant.</p>

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2014-02-13T15:32:29.377Z
2014-02-13T15:32:29.377Z
Mark S.
<p>Im planing to set up a small energy efficient mining rig, im planing to use a low power CPU/MOBO bundle, this is my favorite: Biostar A68I-350 (with 1 DIMM DDR3 4Gb)</p>

<p>It takes only 18W TDP and has one PCI-E 16x for a HD7950. The total Wattage is (considering the usage of a 80+ GOLD PSU) lower than 300&lt; Watt. The KHash/s rate will be 640-650.</p>

<p>How much can the CPU be the cause of a BottleNeck?</p>

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2014-02-13T17:22:17.553Z
Is this some kind of quest? What's the objective?
Art Shayderov
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2014-02-13T17:28:10.260Z
If you want to set a record for a one-card setup, find a card with high ASIC quality - they are good for heavy undervolting. I have one with 88 - works 1010 on 0.95V
Art Shayderov
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CPU bottleneck and Scrypt mining?
elialuca
# CPU bottleneck and Scrypt mining?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-13)

Im planing to set up a small energy efficient mining rig, im planing to use a low power CPU/MOBO bundle, this is my favorite: Biostar A68I-350 (with 1 DIMM DDR3 4Gb)

It takes only 18W TDP and has one PCI-E 16x for a HD7950. The total Wattage is (considering the usage of a 80+ GOLD PSU) lower than 300< Watt. The KHash/s rate will be 640-650.

How much can the CPU be the cause of a BottleNeck?

**Tags:** litecoin, mining-hardware, mining-setup, scrypt

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is this some kind of quest? What's the objective?  
> **username_1**: If you want to set a record for a one-card setup, find a card with high ASIC quality - they are good for heavy undervolting. I have one with 88 - works 1010 on 0.95V  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-13. Score: 1

The cpu is not used while mining and thus should not bottleneck your setup. The only impact that I could see would be bootup times, and it shouldn't be significant.


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