Help with setup

[YDDY1]

Hi, I'm new to Chia and I've been watching several tutorials to learn how to plot but I've found conflicting information and it's not clear to me how to configure the options in the program. I need help. I have an i7 10700k 8/16 threads processor, 128GB ram, 2tb nvme ssd , and a 10 tb hdd, I want to do all the plots that I can in parallel. I think I read that I can do up to 7 in the last update. What is not clear to me is what to select in the following

Plot in Parallel or Add Plot to Queue?

RAM max usage?

Number of threads?

Number of buckets?

Disable bitfield plotting?

Exclude final directory?

[farmingtonschia]

Hi I am new to this as well.

I think you are using the Chia Gui. (PS see note at bottom)

the following is my experience so far:

Plot in Parallel or Add Plot to Queue? parallel recommended for more TiB / day; use the delay function under advanced - delay depends on how much time your particular set up takes for completing phase 1 which is the most time consuming so far

RAM max usage? my sweet spot(s) has been 6750 or 5000 ; apparently default is around 4068;

Number of threads? 4

Number of buckets? 128 (dont change this )

Disable bitfield plotting? i am just trying this but so far my phase 2 time does not look good - my recommendation don't disable

Exclude final directory? I dont recall this

Notes of Chia GUI - I had the GUI hang and have been running on windows CLI. I tried powershell but seems to have a problem trying to set up parrallel. Awaiting some help on this

Good luck

[lakehopper]

Number of threads? 4

so for a cpu with 16 threads, you only start 4 plots? is that faster then 2 threads for each plot? because you can start 8 plots instead of 4 plots

[farmingtonschia]

I believe you have to set aside some of the memory (RAM) and threads for other processes on your computer. The plotting errors out if the system is out of resources. As regards the correct number of threads for your setup - you will have to come up by trying

[LilFarmer]

Hey YDDY1, I am also new to farming Chia and i will share what i found out about the settings.
First of all let me tell you, that you need 356GB of temp space for one k32 plot even it´s size is going to be around 100GB at the end, that means with 2TB of Temp space, you will be able to plot 5 in parallel (5356=1780).
If it comes to RAM usage i would chose something between 3400-6750 as its recommended on Chia.net.
For everyone else who has not 128 GB of RAM calculate it, since the used RAM counts only for 1 Plot, what means if you have only 16 GB of RAM but Plot 5 in Parallel you can not set the RAM usage to 3400 because of the lack of RAM (3400MB5=17000MB).
You will end up with an error or a laggy system.
I personally have a 12 thread CPU and use 10 threads for plotting and in your case i would use 14 of the threads.
Let the Number of buckets at default or 128.
You don´t have any reason to disable Bitfield its recommended for older CPU`s and also there is no need to exclude the fial directory.

Dont do the mistake i have done and put your OS and Chia on the drive wich is also your temp drive. I dont know why and whats gonna happen but so far everyone is saying to not use the temp drive as your OS drive.

If anyone else knows what could happen if you have your OS and Chia on your Temp drive PLEASE let us know and maybe also the worst case scenario (Are we losing our plots or anything and all work was for nothing?)

I hope i could help every beginner a little.

[lakehopper]

the main issue with os on the temp drive is that the ssd will be worn out quickly. you os will be gone with the wore out drive. so on the safe side, dont put os on the temp drive