121 reviews
Last updated October, 2019
A step up from the Celeron processor, but with a slightly slower clock speed than the i3 Core processor (3.3 GHz instead of 3.8GHz), the Pentium G4400 processor is the one I’m going with for my mining rig build.
It’s the cheapest processor that isn’t the ‘Celeron’ line. Celeron has received a bad rap over the years, and, warranted or not, I think it affects the resale of my components should I decide to get out of mining. Plus, it’s only a few dollars more than the Celeron processor and should I decide to use my computer as a computer instead of a miner, it will provide me with that extra little bit of processing power. – it has 3MB cache instead of 2MB, and it has a 3.3 GHz clock speed instead of the Celeron’s 2.8GHz.
With an LGA1151 socket, this CPU will plug straight into the Z170 series motherboard I purchased.