Quote from: MrBaconHawk on November 17, 2017, 05:18:10 AM

I'm super new to this Bitcoin mining. I figured I should try wetting my beak here and put my gaming laptop to marginal use. It's obviously not the best in the world for Mining but it's a start so I can learn how this all works.

Here's my specs:
- i7 6700HQ @ 2.60 Ghz
- GTX 1060 3gb Dedicated Graphics
- 8gb RAM
- NVME M.2 SSD (250gb)
- 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

I used NiceHash Miner 2 for the last 24 hours to try it out, my pc maxes out at 93c-95c degrees, although that will be much lower when I grab a laptop cooler (any suggestions?). I was running both my CPU and GPU at 100% for 24 hours straight and earned approximately .00015202 BTC in that time. Which is about $1.20. I was getting about 230 H/s on my GPU with EquiHash and about 82 H/s on my CPU with CryptoNight. I have a feeling this is underperforming. Shouldn't I be able to get around 10-20 MH/s with that GPU? What can I do to get up near 10-20 MH/s in the future? And once again, what's the best way to reduce heat for my laptop? It has a pretty powerful dual-fan, but I'd feel better if I can keep it below 80c.

Seriously, if it's complicated and requires a lot of work, I'll give you part of whatever I mine for a while if you help me out. I'm a noob with BTC, but I'm pretty tech literate. So help me out here. Thanks! I'm also available through Discord, just reply with your Discord info.

Laptop isn't recommended for mining, you should try to build a desktop mining rig. If you don't want to burn your laptop stop mining using it and don't sacrifice it.

xCRYPTO

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