Gaming laptop for mining?

[GhostDK]

So i bought a ASUS ROG G752VS awhile back for school and gaming laptop when i travel to my parents. And my dad jokingly said he wanted a Bitcoin for christmass... funny eh? Well anyway i decided to show him how to mine using nicehash and all that. But my question is, how do i negate the consequences of, my gpu running at 100% for hours? its an GTX 1070. For now i just have a docking station with a few fans under my laptop, but is that enough? 

 

On my desktop i think i will be able to limit the GPU usage, by, putting a limit to the temperature, within MSI Afterburner or something like that, but that is not possible on this laptop for some reason (even though it came with Asus gaming center which allow me to overclock det GPU)

[Jurrunio]

For mining, you want multiple GPU to be worth doing. That's why a gaming laptop will never be a good mining machine.

[owencrispy]

Why shorten the lifespan on such a nice laptop? better off investing in a few GPU's rather than potentially ruining your laptop. Imagine it running at full speed all day for months on end, if the laptop power supply doesn't give out by then im sure the cooler will

[GhostDK]

reason im thinking using it to mine, is, its not going to be used, on a daily basis. as is said, for school and travel, so m thought was, running it in the background with additionel fans under it

[ZackCodesAI]

13 minutes ago, GhostDK said:

So i bought a ASUS ROG G752VS awhile back for school and gaming laptop when i travel to my parents. And my dad jokingly said he wanted a Bitcoin for christmass... funny eh? Well anyway i decided to show him how to mine using nicehash and all that. But my question is, how do i negate the consequences of, my gpu running at 100% for hours? its an GTX 1070. For now i just have a docking station with a few fans under my laptop, but is that enough? 

 

On my desktop i think i will be able to limit the GPU usage, by, putting a limit to the temperature, within MSI Afterburner or something like that, but that is not possible on this laptop for some reason (even though it came with Asus gaming center which allow me to overclock det GPU)

It would ruin your laptop in a lot of ways, since the company's thermal solution isn't the best, GPU will suffer heat damages, underclocking. Then comes the coiling sound of it in many cases and if left on battery, the battery would deteriorate very very quickly. It isn't the best idea IMO. Also, it will ruin your "Laptop" experience in general.

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, GhostDK said:

reason im thinking using it to mine, is, its not going to be used, on a daily basis. as is said, for school and travel, so m thought was, running it in the background with additionel fans under it

If you aren't using it, then sell it rather than kill it, you'll get a better value like that.

[GhostDK]

2 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

It would ruin your laptop in a lot of ways, since the company's thermal solution isn't the best, GPU will suffer heat damages, underclocking. Then comes the coiling sound of it in many cases and if left on battery, the battery would deteriorate very very quickly. It isn't the best idea IMO. Also, it will ruin your "Laptop" experience in general.

it, however seems to be stable at 73 Celsius as im writing this. with the CPU running a little cooler... it will never run 24/7 but like, imagine sitting at school doing a paper, which does not use the gpu anyway. thinking about turning it on in situations like that. or while doing online work. As, i hope its obvious im totally new at mining. My reasoning is, the laptop will not be used on a daily basis, ill never let it run over night, id think 73C is a safe temperature? compared to hours long gaming sessions. Which is why i wanted to get a cooling plate/dockin station with fans

 

But despite all that, ITS STILL a bad idea? ive been doing it for a few days now, as i said. should i stop before i get to deep even though in my eyes it seems safe

[owencrispy]

26 minutes ago, GhostDK said:

it, however seems to be stable at 73 Celsius as im writing this. with the CPU running a little cooler... it will never run 24/7 but like, imagine sitting at school doing a paper, which does not use the gpu anyway. thinking about turning it on in situations like that. or while doing online work. As, i hope its obvious im totally new at mining. My reasoning is, the laptop will not be used on a daily basis, ill never let it run over night, id think 73C is a safe temperature? compared to hours long gaming sessions. Which is why i wanted to get a cooling plate/dockin station with fans

 

But despite all that, ITS STILL a bad idea? ive been doing it for a few days now, as i said. should i stop before i get to deep even though in my eyes it seems safe

It's a bad idea

[Geralt]

I'm going to go against everyone here and say go for it. I'm using a Clevo laptop right now which keeps my GPU at a cool 70C but I only run the mining software while I'm suing my laptop like when I'm doing my work. Will it decrease the life span of the laptop? Of course it will, but it won't be as much as if you left it on 24/7. You be judge if you want to mine while using your laptop. I used to run Folding on my old asus laptop while I was using it in school and it still works after 4 years, heck I'm still using it as a linux laptop.

[ZackCodesAI]

1 hour ago, Geralt said:

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10 hours ago, GhostDK said:

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If stuck on 73C then it IS under clicking itself and I'm guessing that you're doing it on battery? That means it isn't going to its full potential either. But still running the battery for sure. Gaming laptops are not meant for high load on battery.

Anyways, it's not a surprise that mining has destroyed many of the desktop components over the years, so it wouldn't be surprise if it ruin your laptops too.

Where in desktop you can always swap the components, if something happens to your laptop, you're fucked.

Too risky business IMO

But rest is up to you, I can't stop you if you still persist taking the risks.

 

 

[Geralt]

3 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

 

If stuck on 73C then it IS under clicking itself and I'm guessing that you're doing it on battery? That means it isn't going to its full potential either. But still running the battery for sure. Gaming laptops are not meant for high load on battery.

Anyways, it's not a surprise that mining has destroyed many of the desktop components over the years, so it wouldn't be surprise if it ruin your laptops too.

Where in desktop you can always swap the components, if something happens to your laptop, you're fucked.

Too risky business IMO

But rest is up to you, I can't stop you if you still persist taking the risks.

 

 

I run my laptop with the power adapter plugged in all the time. My clevo doesn't have a removable battery so I got no choice there but for my asus laptop, I always remove the battery and leave it plugged in when it was folding. At least my clevo has a 3 year warranty compared to my asus' 2 year one. But yes, it is risky business with laptops and for 24/7 operation, it's definitely not recommended but for a few hours a day, imo it's still doable.

[ZackCodesAI]

27 minutes ago, Geralt said:

I run my laptop with the power adapter plugged in all the time. My clevo doesn't have a removable battery so I got no choice there but for my asus laptop, I always remove the battery and leave it plugged in when it was folding. At least my clevo has a 3 year warranty compared to my asus' 2 year one. But yes, it is risky business with laptops and for 24/7 operation, it's definitely not recommended but for a few hours a day, imo it's still doable.

Just take care that you don't find your laptop like sayori...?

Edit: Don't leave it hanging around