Laptops and mining crypto don’t mix . Even a gaming laptop doesn’t have the hardware to go all-out 24/7. Using your laptop as a mining rig is a good way to damage the hardware—and it won’t be able to mine well.
Read moreCan you use your PC while mining?
You can use any computer as long as it is power efficient . For GPU support, you’ll want a motherboard with multiple PCI-E x16 lanes. Those will be where you put in your GPU(s). For mining ethereum, you’ll want GTX 1070s or RX 580s.
Read moreHow much can I mine with my PC?
For most people, not much. Your earnings depend largely on how good your GPU is. My work computer generates about $0.31 per day in Bitcoins, but if you have a gaming PC with multiple high-end GPUs, you could make $1.50 to $5 per day or more .
Read moreHOW MUCH CAN 3060 mine a day?
Taking into account an electricity charge of $0.10 per kWh of electricity, you can expect to see approximately $11.50 per day . Add in the cost of running the mining PC as a whole and this will drop to about $11. This will turn into $77 per week, $334 per month, and $4,004 per year.
Read moreIs laptop GPU mining profitable?
GPU mining kinda took a turn for the worse earlier this year and the powerful GPUs make it unprofitable . If your laptop has a GTX 1080, then you’re looking at $5 a month, approximately. To me, the noise and heat isn’t worth the hassle for 5 whole dollars.
Read moreWill mining damage my laptop?
Yes, via overheating of your GPU and CPU and overloading of your power supply . Do NOT try mining on a laptop – almost guarenteed to kill it very quickly as laptops are NOT designed for high-load continuous usage (using a laptop to control a USB-interface miner is OK as that doesn’t put significant load on the laptop).
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