Topic: Alienware for bitcoin mining (Read 6040 times)
Probably you're burning your alienware if you started bitcoin mining. Instead, you may try to mine some other altcoin, at least this may give you some bucks
As these folks suggest, CPU and GPU mining are not profitable at all.
However, I am using my laptop for daily basis, and I have been running this software in the background called BitCoin Miner (Win 8 or 10).
I am getting ~27KH/s, about 4k satoshi a day. You can give that a shot just for fun.
Agree, only for fun. Other than that is waste of time and money. However, I am using my laptop for daily basis, and I have been running this software in the background called BitCoin Miner (Win 8 or 10).
I am getting ~27KH/s, about 4k satoshi a day. You can give that a shot just for fun.
As these folks suggest, CPU and GPU mining are not profitable at all.
However, I am using my laptop for daily basis, and I have been running this software in the background called BitCoin Miner (Win 8 or 10).
I am getting ~27KH/s, about 4k satoshi a day. You can give that a shot just for fun.
However, I am using my laptop for daily basis, and I have been running this software in the background called BitCoin Miner (Win 8 or 10).
I am getting ~27KH/s, about 4k satoshi a day. You can give that a shot just for fun.
I get it that it's just for fun. But I'm guessing that you are spending more like 400K satoshi in electricity to get those 4k satoshi BTC?
Instead I would look into another altcoin miner if you are just using it for fun. You will have higher payouts and exchange them for some mbit down the road.
As these folks suggest, CPU and GPU mining are not profitable at all.
However, I am using my laptop for daily basis, and I have been running this software in the background called BitCoin Miner (Win 8 or 10).
I am getting ~27KH/s, about 4k satoshi a day. You can give that a shot just for fun.
However, I am using my laptop for daily basis, and I have been running this software in the background called BitCoin Miner (Win 8 or 10).
I am getting ~27KH/s, about 4k satoshi a day. You can give that a shot just for fun.
I heard Alienware laptops are rich in graphics card features. Does anyone already doing any mining with these kind of laptops. I work in marketing field and I need mining equipment with mobility. Any suggestions from your experience would be highly useful for me.
You'll never get anything out of using a GPU. It's just not worth it anymore. Back in 2012 you would've been doing great but it's too late. Buying an antminer S7 at this point would most likely be really inefficient (depending on how much your electricity costs. If it's over 8 cents kWh then don't bother). Check out the mining thread here. It's just not worth mining at all anymore.
well that's wrong, i've recently earned 0.15 btc in 20 hours of mining, by mining a shitcoin, good luck doing the same thing with asic, you need a giant farm
instead i've do it with 4 gpu only, minign is still very profitable with gpu, but you need to know what to do, and modestly aside i'm an expert when it come to altcoin mining, because i'm mined tons of them in the past i know what is the best target(not always)
Amph, honestly.. those Alienware gaming notebooks are premium priced and I would never risk mining of ANY sort, even Alt on one of them. The heat will always be a problem and I would much
rather risk a desktop with some strong GPU's than going for a Alienware gaming notebook. In any way... someone buying one of those notebooks, will rather buy it for the looks and the bragging
rights.. than using it for Crypto mining. You paying more for the brand and the design than the processing power. {You can pay a lot less for the same processing with cheaper brands.}
AMPH is doing it with 4 GPU. I'm willing to bet he is not mining on a laptop, it would shock me if he is. Most likely it is a desktop, you can build them pretty cheap as far as core computer. GPU's can get pricey.... all depends.
I will say as a customer at one has had a few different Alienware laptops... when I had one that needed repair it sucked. I had paid for onsite warranty.... and I had to ship it in. It was a pain and a half and all I did on that thing was gaming. I would hate to go through that for a few dollars mining on one.
I heard Alienware laptops are rich in graphics card features. Does anyone already doing any mining with these kind of laptops. I work in marketing field and I need mining equipment with mobility. Any suggestions from your experience would be highly useful for me.
if u are a fan of destroying your beautiful alienware laptop start mining altcoins on it
There are some GPU alt rigs setup pre built people sell.
But then again, if you know how to get a PSU and attach it to a motherboard and graphics cards, basically a computer almost. Youre more likely to save more money doing that then actually owning a alienware laptop.
But then again, if you know how to get a PSU and attach it to a motherboard and graphics cards, basically a computer almost. Youre more likely to save more money doing that then actually owning a alienware laptop.
Laptops aren't meant to be use the wore day unlike having a tower computer which you can left it on for weeks so long as it has a good heat sink and fan.
Just assemble your own computer, find better parts and the most important your high end GPU but i doubt you can find a single block..altcoin mining is an option.
Just assemble your own computer, find better parts and the most important your high end GPU but i doubt you can find a single block..altcoin mining is an option.
I heard Alienware laptops are rich in graphics card features. Does anyone already doing any mining with these kind of laptops. I work in marketing field and I need mining equipment with mobility. Any suggestions from your experience would be highly useful for me.
You'll never get anything out of using a GPU. It's just not worth it anymore. Back in 2012 you would've been doing great but it's too late. Buying an antminer S7 at this point would most likely be really inefficient (depending on how much your electricity costs. If it's over 8 cents kWh then don't bother). Check out the mining thread here. It's just not worth mining at all anymore.
well that's wrong, i've recently earned 0.15 btc in 20 hours of mining, by mining a shitcoin, good luck doing the same thing with asic, you need a giant farm
instead i've do it with 4 gpu only, minign is still very profitable with gpu, but you need to know what to do, and modestly aside i'm an expert when it come to altcoin mining, because i'm mined tons of them in the past i know what is the best target(not always)
Amph, honestly.. those Alienware gaming notebooks are premium priced and I would never risk mining of ANY sort, even Alt on one of them. The heat will always be a problem and I would much
rather risk a desktop with some strong GPU's than going for a Alienware gaming notebook. In any way... someone buying one of those notebooks, will rather buy it for the looks and the bragging
rights.. than using it for Crypto mining. You paying more for the brand and the design than the processing power. {You can pay a lot less for the same processing with cheaper brands.}
Don't use a laptop for mining. It will just burn up inside and you'll be left with an expensive paperweight. CPU mining on desktops isn't a good idea either unless you have a decent aftermarket cooler installed but then still, I wouldn't even try.
Desktops GPU's are sturdier designed than laptop GPU's and can handle the beating of hashing but they as well will never be thesame after a week of mining, you'll notice when playing a 3d shooter of your choice.
Desktops GPU's are sturdier designed than laptop GPU's and can handle the beating of hashing but they as well will never be thesame after a week of mining, you'll notice when playing a 3d shooter of your choice.
In the past any computer would have turned a profit in terms of electricity. But now it's nearly impossible to earn with a proper mining rig.
I heard Alienware laptops are rich in graphics card features. Does anyone already doing any mining with these kind of laptops. I work in marketing field and I need mining equipment with mobility. Any suggestions from your experience would be highly useful for me.
no not anymore ... if u time travel back to 2009 or 2010 u might have a chance ....
you can mine some cpu coins .. like espers or magi or hodl search them in altcoin section ... but still won't be that big reward u are looking for those cpu coins are flooded with bots that mine for people for free so your roi would be nothing like 50k satochi a day on an i7 equivalent or even less
no bro you cannot mine more btc as an expectation from a laptop.. !! 
this alienware and any better laptop or Gaming pcs are for gaming not for mining you will just ruin your computer
Heat will probably be the biggest issue when the laptop is under load for that long .
Use ASIC to mine my friend , mining on a laptop will destory your alienware
Heat will probably be the biggest issue when the laptop is under load for that long .
Use ASIC to mine my friend , mining on a laptop will destory your alienware
I agree with @Amph. For as long as there will be new altcoins coming out, GPU mining will remain profitable, I was doing it myself in 2014. But you need to put a lot of work into researching the coins before you start mining them. The basic idea is to mine as much as you can in the early stage, watch the market, sell everything at the right time and then possibly move on to another coin.
I heard Alienware laptops are rich in graphics card features. Does anyone already doing any mining with these kind of laptops. I work in marketing field and I need mining equipment with mobility. Any suggestions from your experience would be highly useful for me.
You'll never get anything out of using a GPU. It's just not worth it anymore. Back in 2012 you would've been doing great but it's too late. Buying an antminer S7 at this point would most likely be really inefficient (depending on how much your electricity costs. If it's over 8 cents kWh then don't bother). Check out the mining thread here. It's just not worth mining at all anymore.
well that's wrong, i've recently earned 0.15 btc in 20 hours of mining, by mining a shitcoin, good luck doing the same thing with asic, you need a giant farm
instead i've do it with 4 gpu only, mining is still very profitable with gpu, but you need to know what to do, and modestly aside i'm an expert when it come to altcoin mining, because i'm mined tons of them in the past i know what is the best target(not always)
I heard Alienware laptops are rich in graphics card features. Does anyone already doing any mining with these kind of laptops. I work in marketing field and I need mining equipment with mobility. Any suggestions from your experience would be highly useful for me.
You'll never get anything out of using a GPU. It's just not worth it anymore. Back in 2012 you would've been doing great but it's too late. Buying an antminer S7 at this point would most likely be really inefficient (depending on how much your electricity costs. If it's over 8 cents kWh then don't bother). Check out the mining thread here. It's just not worth mining at all anymore.
This was once true but currently look up ETH. Some are making money off GPU's again. I hope it stay's but it's hard to say long term. But laptop GPU.... no don't mine it just heat will be to much and you will have to RMA it eventually.
But GPU... is possible for some with cheap electricity. I know it's hard to believe but to do some ETH ROI equiations and you will see it.
I heard Alienware laptops are rich in graphics card features. Does anyone already doing any mining with these kind of laptops. I work in marketing field and I need mining equipment with mobility. Any suggestions from your experience would be highly useful for me.
You'll never get anything out of using a GPU. It's just not worth it anymore. Back in 2012 you would've been doing great but it's too late. Buying an antminer S7 at this point would most likely be really inefficient (depending on how much your electricity costs. If it's over 8 cents kWh then don't bother). Check out the mining thread here. It's just not worth mining at all anymore.
GPU bitcoin mining is pointless, you may have better chances with Ethereum which is by far more profitable now for GPU but the thing with laptops is that they have the worst heat managment. It's not worth damaging a $2k machine for 2-3 dollars a day.
If your laptop has a crossfire of AMD GPU it may mine ethereum quite correctly and make you profit (if the laptop can live long enough) but you will burn it in less than 6 months in the most optimistic of the predictions, you can make more altcoins if you sell it for USD and buy altcoins, or sell it for USD and buy bitcoins.
Laptop with crossfire are hard to find due to heat. There have been a few.... but they don't really make them with crossfire. The one's that have 2 graphics cards on laptops tend to be a intel something for saving battery, and a gaming card that eats battery. Alienware does have a special base for some models that can connect to a regular GPU.
But I still would not mine with it. I would look into open air desktops if truly serious about it.
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