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can a GTX 980 do bit coin mining or will 1 bit coin take 5 years 24/7? just wondering because its basically $450 for free

You will pay more in power than you will earn in bitcoins. /thread

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can a GTX 980 do bit coin mining or will 1 bit coin take 5 years 24/7? just wondering because its basically $450 for free

Nope, unless you have dedicated hardware ASICs, have free power, or somehow find a good altcoin, it isn't worth it.

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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You cannot use a graphics card to mine BitCoin.

 

It's not profitable unless you don't pay the power bill.

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how long would it take? also why is it not worth it? im only 13 lol

 

Costs more in power bills than you will make in BitCoin.

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You cannot use a graphics card to mine BitCoin.

 

It's not profitable unless you don't pay the power bill.

He/She is 13 so technically they don't pay the power bill ;)

 

But still. Don't do it.

I actually couldn't underclock my 5 year old GPU to make it as slow as a next-gen console.

#pcmasterraceproblems

~Slick

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how long would it take? also why is it not worth it? im only 13 lol

I advise you don't say your age on the internet and I think that is against the CoC, but it would probably take just less than a year to get, maybe, -50 dollars because of power usage.

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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