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Would there be a way for me to lend my processing power to make money while I'm at school or not playing on it, without busting my internet and having to run it 24/7?

Not looking to make billions just some cash because my computer bugs out when it goes to sleep so it stays open for hours doing nothing mostly.

It's an i5-2500k/gtx570/8GB will upgrade to a 770 soon and keep the 570 in.

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have you considered bitcoin mining?

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Litecoin Mining.

 

Or, if you don't need the money, go join the Folding@Home team.

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have you considered bitcoin mining?

 

 

Go for Litecoin. PCs can easily mine them pr donate your rig for Folding.

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have you considered bitcoin mining?

Wouldn't even be worth it on that hardware.

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i agree litecoin would be better for that

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have you considered bitcoin mining?

 

Litecoin Mining.

 

Or, if you don't need the money, go join the Folding@Home team.

 

Go for Litecoin. PCs can easily mine them pr donate your rig for Folding.

GTX 570

 

 

Wouldn't even be worth it on that hardware.

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have you considered bitcoin mining?

Yes but I don't think it will give me the millions of $/month the calculator was giving me.

Is it worth it because from what I've seen online it wouldn't be.

I found CPUsage but seem they change direction not long ago.

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GTX 570

 

 

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You can do folding at home, no money involved, but you can feel good about yourself.

 

 

Oh yeah. NVIDIA doesn't like people making money...

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You can do folding at home, no money involved, but you can feel good about yourself.

I fell bad for wasting the electricity, that's the reason in the first place, I might do it but I'd like to make some money because uni.

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Since it's a 570, folding is really the only thing you can do.

How much Bitcoin/Litecoin could I make in say 100 hours with my computer just for the giggle.

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How much Bitcoin/Litecoin could I make in say 100 hours with my computer just for the giggle.

Running 24/7 Assumed 500W power consumption.

LTC: Approx $64 per month

http://ltc.kattare.com/calc.php

BTC: Approx $-42 per month, yes negative

http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/

 

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

 

Nvidia cards are terribad for mining.

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Would there be a way for me to lend my processing power to make money while I'm at school or not playing on it, without busting my internet and having to run it 24/7?

Not looking to make billions just some cash because my computer bugs out when it goes to sleep so it stays open for hours doing nothing mostly.

It's an i5-2500k/gtx570/8GB will upgrade to a 770 soon and keep the 570 in.

You could just turn it off. Is it really that horrible to wait for your computer to start up when you get home? you won't make a lot of money with mining anyways. 

Does anyone even use PCIe SSDs?

 

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You could just turn it off. Is it really that horrible to wait for your computer to start up when you get home? you won't make a lot of money with mining anyways.

I could but I prefer to keep it open to have access to files over internet and the like.

Also not looking to make the most money I can just something but not a few cent per day.

There really not a version of F@H that pay user?

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I could but I prefer to keep it open to have access to files over internet and the like.

Also not looking to make the most money I can just something but not a few cent per day.

There really not a version of F@H that pay user?

 For that to be the case there would have to be someone who A] needs the work doing and B] has the money to pay you (and it be worth it to them compared with buying their own computing hardware). Stuff like Litecoin and Bitcoin establish both of these factors by building a network which people need to work on for transactions to complete, and paying said people with something to make these transactions with.

F@H and SETI are different. They need/want the work doing but it would cheaper to buy their own computers to do it than it would be to pay the users for it.

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upgrade to 7970 and mine

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you'll spend more money on energy bills

 

do something for the world community :)

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Would there be a way for me to lend my processing power to make money while I'm at school or not playing on it, without busting my internet and having to run it 24/7?

Not looking to make billions just some cash because my computer bugs out when it goes to sleep so it stays open for hours doing nothing mostly.

It's an i5-2500k/gtx570/8GB will upgrade to a 770 soon and keep the 570 in.

do you live in the dorms? if so go for it if you are not paying electricity.

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What about CureCoin, then? :)

 

If this work like I think it does: WHERE DO I SIGN UP!!!

 

It's a combination of F@H and mining correct?

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