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    Bitcoin Mining anyone?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by terminus123, Aug 5, 2011.

  1. terminus123

    terminus123 Notebook Deity

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    Not even sure where to put this lol. Anyways so I'm getting a AMD Radeon GPU, and was wondering if anyone knows what exactly I have to do to mine bitcoins. Do I just leave my laptop on idel while my GPU just calculates and computes?
     
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    New World Order Notebook Enthusiast

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    Unless you have a massive mining rig you will be luckly to break even. The electric costs more then the amount you can mine with that. Even if you dont pay for your electric uni etc Is its worth all that extra stress on your laptop for a few extra bucks?
     
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