Re:Keep Our Servers Running: Your Recurring Donation Goes 3X...
by detourdog on Friday September 11, 2026 @03:26PM
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I have an xserve that could work and the last Mac G5 tower dual processor dual core with multiple graphics card.
Re:Keep Our Servers Running: Your Recurring Donation Goes 3X...
by ProllyInfamous on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:35AM
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The GPUs won't help you (with Monero); honestly, I don't think the G5 is capable either (but don't know with certainty).
Among the most important parts are having dual-channel RAM that is fast, and the G5 is going to not be capable of that.
You can usually get one for free (or less, "doing them a favor") via social media. I just gave one away (because the receiver had a better use for it than my XMR mining).
Make sure you use fan-boosting software, to keep everything less than 80°C. See you on the network!
[†] A MacPro5,1 with 12 cores will hash at about half the rate of a modern AMD Ryzen7 chip, using twice the electricity – perfect for your localized toe-heater (they also have incredible airflow, with MacFanControl software; in Linux, disconnect the PCI fan [∑] and the four CPU fans will full-blast). GPU is irrelevant for monero-mining (the stock GT120 [or 57X0] is perfect for this).
[∑] it's useless – or you can disconnect CPU_B_BOOST (fan), which is even more useless (but more-difficult/dangerous: do NOT disconnect _A_)... this makes the BIOS full-blast all remaining fans
NB: Newer i5s (mid-2010s) will hash at identical rates, but use much less power [not ideal for this situation] – but they tend to not have great heatsinks so you may have to run less cores.