I was trying to set up a FileCoin node but the communications were really spotty, so I found Storj and decided to try to be a SNO using:
- Ubuntu Linux 18.0.4 (on 20 GB partition - 60 GB KingDian SSD)
- Windows 10 (on 40 GB partition for testing only)
- X370 Gigabyte motherboard - AB350M-DS3H
- Ryzen 5 1600 six core - 12 thread CPU @4 GHz
- 2x16 GB DDR4 DRAM (G.Skill Flare-X)
- Western Digital 10 TB HDD (WD100EFAX 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache) for Storj exclusively
- ATT Gigaspeed fiber (1 Gbps up/1 Gbps down) no limit
Rig draws 55 watts (without Monero miner running)
Previously I had used this rig to run multiple AMD Vega 56 GPUs for Monero mining.
In November 2019 Monero changed their algorithm to RandomX so I converted this to RandomX CPU mining.
Today the CPU uses 4 cores (8 threads) dedicated to Monero mining with XMRig 5.5.0 @ 4KH/s @ 65 watts
Storj uses a fraction of the CPU (2 cores/4 threads mostly idling)
I typically use Titanium rated power supplies running at 240 volts - but this rig draws very little power and I will install a smaller PSU when I have a chance to swap it.