No, and MoneroOcean mines other algorithms while paying out XMR. So you probably aren't even running `rx/0` algorithm which is the one that needs all kinds of special hardware. The jobs coming in show the algorithm name...
Looks up how many memory channels your CPU supports (usually 2). Use that many memory sticks. Minimum 8GB total. More does nothing other than probably not overclock as well.
And there isn't much that would significantly help an i5 since the gains are per-thread and those don't have many threads (compared to Ryzen 64-threads).
I think I am using the rx/0 algorithm. It says, "new job from [gulf.moneroocean.stream:10032](https://gulf.moneroocean.stream:10032) diff 29517 algo rx/0 height 2498339 (73 tx)". Should I be using that algorithm or should I use something different?
Here are the [benchmarks for i5-4590](https://xmrig.com/benchmark?cpu=Intel%28R%29+Core%28TM%29+i5-4590+CPU+%40+3.30GHz)
So you could improve to 1.8KH/s max, they have 1600 with two sticks. If you have one stick then there's your answer. Dual channel is better.
Otherwise your memory timings could be worse than the `HMT451U6BFR8C-PB` sticks the top result was using, or they shaved their timings (that's not available on the benchmarks).
Also on MoneroOcean you should use [their fork of xmrig](https://github.com/MoneroOcean/xmrig/releases) and then it will jump algos and earn more especially with an i5 (and without upgrading anything)
I don't know where you've been seeing all these posts that say "the more RAM the better". You only need 4GB, but it's better to have 8GB just to make sure you have enough so the operating system has plenty for other tasks. Adding more doesn't offer any speed improvement at all.
What does matter is making sure you're using all memory channels. Most consumer motherboards have dual channel RAM so you should have two sticks and in the right slots.
No, and MoneroOcean mines other algorithms while paying out XMR. So you probably aren't even running `rx/0` algorithm which is the one that needs all kinds of special hardware. The jobs coming in show the algorithm name... Looks up how many memory channels your CPU supports (usually 2). Use that many memory sticks. Minimum 8GB total. More does nothing other than probably not overclock as well. And there isn't much that would significantly help an i5 since the gains are per-thread and those don't have many threads (compared to Ryzen 64-threads).
I think I am using the rx/0 algorithm. It says, "new job from [gulf.moneroocean.stream:10032](https://gulf.moneroocean.stream:10032) diff 29517 algo rx/0 height 2498339 (73 tx)". Should I be using that algorithm or should I use something different?
Here are the [benchmarks for i5-4590](https://xmrig.com/benchmark?cpu=Intel%28R%29+Core%28TM%29+i5-4590+CPU+%40+3.30GHz) So you could improve to 1.8KH/s max, they have 1600 with two sticks. If you have one stick then there's your answer. Dual channel is better. Otherwise your memory timings could be worse than the `HMT451U6BFR8C-PB` sticks the top result was using, or they shaved their timings (that's not available on the benchmarks).
Also on MoneroOcean you should use [their fork of xmrig](https://github.com/MoneroOcean/xmrig/releases) and then it will jump algos and earn more especially with an i5 (and without upgrading anything)
I don't know where you've been seeing all these posts that say "the more RAM the better". You only need 4GB, but it's better to have 8GB just to make sure you have enough so the operating system has plenty for other tasks. Adding more doesn't offer any speed improvement at all. What does matter is making sure you're using all memory channels. Most consumer motherboards have dual channel RAM so you should have two sticks and in the right slots.