Is my PC good enough for Mining?? Configs below:

KaranRaut

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Quote from: Idrisu on September 19, 2017, 02:56:26 AM

Using laptop to mine bitcoin in 2017 will not going to make you any significant profit. You may not be able to make up to $10 in a month. I will advise you to buy good gpu for your mining farm and you will make good profit especially if you can access free electricity.

Thanks for the comment.. I will consider the advise..

Idrisu

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Using laptop to mine bitcoin in 2017 will not going to make you any significant profit. You may not be able to make up to $10 in a month. I will advise you to buy good gpu for your mining farm and you will make good profit especially if you can access free electricity.

bigjee

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Quote from: KaranRaut on September 19, 2017, 12:21:15 AM

Quote from: bigjee on September 18, 2017, 11:59:15 PM

Try building a desktop with discrete graphics that has plenty of airflow.
Lower temps will help prolong your hardware and your laptop really inst designed to do mining (more for portability which a mining really doesnt need to be).

Thanks.. I guess that's what I will do.. Build/assemble a desktop..

Best guide on building an ethereum rig that I followed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/wiki/index

Its got a lot of basic info in there to help you get started.

KaranRaut

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Quote from: bigjee on September 18, 2017, 11:59:15 PM

Try building a desktop with discrete graphics that has plenty of airflow.
Lower temps will help prolong your hardware and your laptop really inst designed to do mining (more for portability which a mining really doesnt need to be).

Thanks.. I guess that's what I will do.. Build/assemble a desktop..

KaranRaut

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Quote from: Za1n on September 18, 2017, 07:40:46 PM

As others have already said, since it is a laptop I wouldn't worry about trying to mine much with it unless you are just fooling around seeing what it is all about. If you try to run that 24/7 I think you will have issues and may eventually burn up your laptop, as they are not designed for continuous operation, much less under the load that full time mining would put on it.

Thank you for the comment.. You got me there.. I realized it was not worth it within the first few days but I wanted to mine something myself.. I mined some Aeon and XDN /... just the minimum quantity so that I can withdraw.. Since I am new to this I though its was a good idea to get advise from the forum..
Much Appreciated

KaranRaut

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Quote from: naykos on September 18, 2017, 05:32:32 PM

You already got your answer. $50 a year. It is up to you to say if that is worth it or not.
Keep in mind that laptops have a much harder time dealing with temperatures, it might be a wiser idea to sell that laptop and try to get a real card for a desktop pc. Even a relatively cheap 1060 can make you around $40 a month before electricity.

Thanks for the comment... Sure will consider a desktop

KaranRaut

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Quote from: Yars on September 18, 2017, 04:13:25 PM

It's a laptop, forget about mining, you will just lower it's lifetime for a negligible profits.
Not to mention that you can't mine much coins with 1GB of RAM.

Thank you for the comment.. Advise taken ..

bigjee

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Try building a desktop with discrete graphics that has plenty of airflow.
Lower temps will help prolong your hardware and your laptop really inst designed to do mining (more for portability which a mining really doesnt need to be).

KaranRaut

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Quote from: QuintLeo on September 18, 2017, 03:43:34 PM

Quote from: KaranRaut on September 18, 2017, 02:38:10 PM

Name   NVIDIA GeForce 840M
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1341&SUBSYS_380D17AA&REV_A2\4&3420519A&0&00E4
Adapter Type   GeForce 840M, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description   NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Adapter RAM   (1,048,576) bytes

Sounds like a laptop - you're not going to do much better if so and you're likely to FRY the thing from overheating over time.

If that's a DESKTOP using a "mobile" Nvidia chipset card for some reason, upgrade the card will make a big difference.

Thank you for the comment.. Yes its a laptop..

Za1n

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As others have already said, since it is a laptop I wouldn't worry about trying to mine much with it unless you are just fooling around seeing what it is all about. If you try to run that 24/7 I think you will have issues and may eventually burn up your laptop, as they are not designed for continuous operation, much less under the load that full time mining would put on it.

naykos

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You already got your answer. $50 a year. It is up to you to say if that is worth it or not.
Keep in mind that laptops have a much harder time dealing with temperatures, it might be a wiser idea to sell that laptop and try to get a real card for a desktop pc. Even a relatively cheap 1060 can make you around $40 a month before electricity.

Yars

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It's a laptop, forget about mining, you will just lower it's lifetime for a negligible profits.
Not to mention that you can't mine much coins with 1GB of RAM.

QuintLeo

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Quote from: KaranRaut on September 18, 2017, 02:38:10 PM

Name   NVIDIA GeForce 840M
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1341&SUBSYS_380D17AA&REV_A2\4&3420519A&0&00E4
Adapter Type   GeForce 840M, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description   NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Adapter RAM   (1,048,576) bytes

Sounds like a laptop - you're not going to do much better if so and you're likely to FRY the thing from overheating over time.

If that's a DESKTOP using a "mobile" Nvidia chipset card for some reason, upgrade the card will make a big difference.

KaranRaut

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Processor   Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz, 2401 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)   8.00 GB

Name   Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Adapter Type   Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description   Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Adapter RAM   1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)

Name   NVIDIA GeForce 840M
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1341&SUBSYS_380D17AA&REV_A2\4&3420519A&0&00E4
Adapter Type   GeForce 840M, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description   NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Adapter RAM   (1,048,576) bytes

I am currently using Minergate and the benchmark test says its good enough to mine coins worth $50 dollar a year.
Can the PC do better with some tweeks or a different miner..
Any constructive advise is appreciated..
Looking to mine ETH if its a good idea!!

Much Appreciated..

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