# Need help with choosing a miner **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [November 1, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110 "2016-11-01T07:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zenjakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zenjakes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zenjakes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/1 "2016-11-01T07:10:27Z")
I have an HD7970 Powercolor OC 3GB edition and a i5-3470 and 8GB ram at 1600mHz, WHat miner should I use to have optimal Sol/s rates and best profitability? I also want to mine on a pool and mine ZCash ---
**Author:** ![t2yax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@t2yax](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/t2yax)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/2 "2016-11-01T07:11:29Z")
if platform is windows,then its zecminer if platform is linux.then zogminer ---
**Author:** ![zenjakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zenjakes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zenjakes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/3 "2016-11-01T07:12:37Z")
Thanks, can zecminer run the gpu and cpu simultaneously? Yes im on windows 10 ---
**Author:** ![t2yax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@t2yax](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/t2yax)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/4 "2016-11-01T07:13:47Z")
zecminer is designed for gpu’s, > **[GitHub - Genoil/ZECMiner: ZCash AMD OpenCL stratum miner for Windows](https://github.com/Genoil/ZECMiner)** > > ZCash AMD OpenCL stratum miner for Windows. Contribute to Genoil/ZECMiner development by creating an account on GitHub. just run the miner with proper parameters. ---
**Author:** ![zenjakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zenjakes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zenjakes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/5 "2016-11-01T07:18:30Z")
Thanks did not even know there was a new version 🙂 And can I ask you how do you get your funds from the miner to your own say, BTC address? All the steps to take, do you use an exchange site address? ---
**Author:** ![t2yax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@t2yax](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/t2yax)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/6 "2016-11-01T07:20:04Z")
pool\>poloniex exchange(using by creating adress)\>sell to btc\>withdraw btc 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zenjakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zenjakes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zenjakes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/7 "2016-11-01T07:20:53Z")
Ooh thanks, may I ask what your average zcash earnings per day are and what sol/s rate you are running at? ---
**Author:** ![t2yax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@t2yax](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/t2yax)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/8 "2016-11-01T07:21:53Z")
i get max 7.1,i’ve mined with my laptop cpu,i havent rig ☹ ---
**Author:** ![zenjakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zenjakes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zenjakes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/9 "2016-11-01T07:22:22Z")
Ooh ok you planning on getting one? ---
**Author:** ![t2yax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@t2yax](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/t2yax)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/10 "2016-11-01T07:23:26Z")
yea im looking for cheap and enough effective graphic card atm ---
**Author:** ![zenjakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3e96dc/32.png) [@zenjakes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zenjakes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/11 "2016-11-01T07:26:23Z")
I have a R9 280X running at about 35sol/s but i do not know what earnings I can expect from it, no one has replied to me yet and i haven’t run it long enough to build up enough data, so i don’t know if it is worth it yet or not ---
**Author:** ![t2yax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@t2yax](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/t2yax)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/12 "2016-11-01T07:29:18Z")
formula: 100 Sols/s / 3.4 Million Sols/s \* 1.5 Zec/block \* 576 blocks / day = 0.025 Zec/day your rate network rate block reward keep the electric consuming in mind also ---
**Author:** ![metz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/metz/32/1508_2.png) [@metz](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/metz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/13 "2016-11-01T09:15:07Z")
What is the benefit in trading to BTC first, rather than directly e.g. ZEC \> USD?.. just thinking about transaction fees 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![t2yax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@t2yax](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/t2yax)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/14 "2016-11-01T09:25:46Z")
i really dont know i just transfer to btc ---
**Author:** ![amir.vilden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@amir.vilden](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/amir.vilden)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/need-help-with-choosing-a-miner/6110/15 "2017-04-28T23:25:28Z")
What’s best miner for nvidia GT760M ?