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1 Crypto Mining Guide Getting Started With A. Gaming PC. By Stephen Wealthy Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Contents Introduction .. 3. 4. How can I tell if I have enough? .. 5. Opening the PC Gaming Machine .. 5. GPU .. 6. Better View Without a GPU .. 7. PCI Express Power Cables .. 8. Install 9. Launching the Mining OS .. 15. Getting Paid and Watching Payments .. 21. Withdrawal Tips .. 23. Connecting Another GPU .. 24. Relaunching the Mining OS .. 34. Common Questions .. 40. @StephenWealthy_ Page: 2. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Introduction Crypto mining is an incredible way to make side money using the computer hardware you already have. This goal of this guide is to teach you how to take a Gaming PC you bought recently and make you some money. Many see crypto investing as just buy and hope, but the incredible reality is we can participate in the space and get rewarded for our contribution.

2 I hope you find crypto mining, and specifically mining Ethereum, to be as rewarding as I have found it to be. This beginners guide is offered free with no strings, no referral links, no affiliate links and no expectations of reward or compensation. Why? Mining crypto has been one of the best and highest returning investments of my life. I discovered it on Twitter and learned it for free by watching YouTube videos. I want to give back to the very thing that has put over $200K into my pocket in just over a year and I want you to participate too. Start small, mine what you can, and let your imagination inspire you to what your next step will be. Regards, Stephen Wealthy @StephenWealthy_ Page: 3. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Requirements I want you to use an already existing Gaming PC you use already. Prices are high for new hardware, so we want to avoiding buying new or from the secondary market.

3 Let's use something we already have. A. little later in the guide, I'll show you how to attach another GPU if you can be so lucky as to find one at a good price. So what do you need to get Started ? The Mining PC needs to have the following: o CPU (Intel or AMD). o 8GB of RAM. o GPU with at least 6GB of RAM. Nvidia 10XX with 6GB or more Nvidia 1660 Ti / Super Nvidia 20XX. Nvidia 30XX. AMD 5600 or better AMD 6 XXX. There might be others, but these are the best and most supported. is a great website with the popular supported GPUs That is literally it! Here is my Gaming PC with and Intel i7 7700 processor, 8GB of RAM and a GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB. of RAM. We'll use this PC as our build today. @StephenWealthy_ Page: 4. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. How can I tell if I have enough? Great question! More than anything, you need to look at your GPU to see if you have what it takes.

4 On a windows machine, open Search then type Device Manager Once this loads, click under Display Adapters and this will show you what GPU or graphics card you have installed This tells me I have enough GPU power to get Started . Any of the AMD 5 XXX, 6 XXX or NVIDIA 30XX, 20XX, 10XX series cards with 6GB of RAM or higher will be enough to get mining. Opening the PC Gaming Machine While this step is not necessary, I want to open it up and show you what is inside, so you get an idea of what a Gaming PC looks like inside. @StephenWealthy_ Page: 5. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Bullet Item Description 1 Power supply This powers the machine and is vital to operation. Always make sure you have a power supply that is efficient and capable of delivering more than enough power. This is a Corsair Platinum rated at 750 watts It will only ever draw the required power from your wall socket and deliver the power that is needed to the machine.

5 So while it is rated for 750, it will only pull and deliver what is required. 2 Graphics card or GPU This is my GeForce 1060 GTX with 6GB of RAM. This card will do the bulk of all the mining work. Graphics cards are terrific at doing simple math operations in parallel. GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) are perfect for this operation 3 CPU The Central Processing Unit is there just to operate the system and keep the mining going. It has little to no impact on the mining output. 4 Power cabling We will get more into this shortly, but power cabling is critical for successful mining operation. Out of the box, your system is likely more than adequate. However, if you decide to add more GPUs to your system, you will need to mind your power cables. 5 Hard drive This holds your operating system and stored files. 6 Cooling Fan Cooling the system is paramount as we will be running this 24x7.

6 Always make sure the system can breathe and cool itself. I run my PC's open air and without the lid been doing this for years. In fact, I put the lid on for the initial photo! GPU. The most important component of any crypto mining rig is the GPU. Here is a close up of the GeForce GTX 1060 installed in my Gaming PC. @StephenWealthy_ Page: 6. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. It is not especially powerful, but it will get the job done and it is a terrific first step to prove the concept of mining and making some money. Then you can decide if you want to scale up. In this guide, I will show you the results of this simple Gaming PC, and how to take that first step to scale it up by adding another GPU. After that, its just a matter of scaling further and adding more computers and GPUs. Better View Without a GPU. I will remove the GPU just temporarily to show you a better view of what is in the box, and one very critical piece we will want to note for later.

7 Again, you do not need to do this, but this is critical to know if we want to scale up the GPUs and add more mining power. @StephenWealthy_ Page: 7. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Bullet Item Description 1 CPU The Central Processing Unit is there just to operate the system and keep the mining going. It has little to no impact on the mining output. 2 RAM Computer RAM sticks 3 PCI Slots Every GPU to add to your system required a PCI Lane or slot to communicate with your computer and performing the mining operation. By taking a quick look at this motherboard, I know this one can natively support 3 GPUs PCI Express Power Cables One last important component to note is how many PCI Express power cables your computer has. This computer has 2 full cables with 4 X 8 Pin plugs. These may not be loose in your computer box as some will be used for your existing graphics card, but you should be able to sum up your total cables and plugs.

8 Here are the cables in my box Bullet Item Description 1 PCI Cable Strand This is the cable strand and it runs and connects into the power supply 2 PCI Cable Strand This is the cable strand and it runs and connects into the power supply 3 PCI Express 8 Pin male plug These plug into the GPU Riser and the GPU itself. Most of these will have 8 pins on the end, and have the ability to split into 6 and 2 pins. This gives us flexibility for different graphics cards as some will need 6 and others 8 pin. 4 PCI Express 8 Pin male plug Same as above 5 PCI Express 8 Pin male plug Same as above 6 PCI Express 8 Pin male plug Same as above @StephenWealthy_ Page: 8. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Install NiceHash Time to get Started mining crypto! Boot up your Gaming PC and then we are going to install and set you up on NiceHash. NiceHash is a terrific and easy way to get mining.

9 It makes setup and execution a snap and can be left to run when you're not using your PC for work or games. On top of this, you don't need to setup a wallet or other crypto jargon to get Started . Yes, you will need these later, but they can wait for now. Literally you can be up and running in 30 minutes. Step 1). Let's jump in go to Step 2). Next, top right click Get Started @StephenWealthy_ Page: 9. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Step 3). Fill out all the registration fields, create an account, and complete the email verification process. Step 4). So far so good. Next, we want to enable and use all the services offered by NiceHash. We want a crypto wallet, we're going to mine, and we will exchange currencies. @StephenWealthy_ Page: 10. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Step 5). This is the initial landing page or dashboard now when we log into NiceHash Step 6).

10 Click Mining at the top of the dashboard, then click download @StephenWealthy_ Page: 11. Crypto Mining Guide Gaming PC. Next, click NiceHash Miner. I know it recommends Nvidia users use NiceHash QuickMiner and you're welcome to try it. But for the purposes of this guide, I will step you through using NashHash Miner which is fully compatible with all GPUs including Nvidia Step 7). Next you will be presented with a warning regarding Windows Defender and the requirement that you add an exclusion. While you don't need to do anything at this time, just know that you will soon. I know this always sounds alarming, but many crypto mining algorithms and code will trip Windows Defender and cause a false positive. In the year plus I've been mining and using various crypto platforms I have never had a problem. If you have any further concerns, please reach me on Twitter: @StephenWealthy_ and I'm happy to help or explain.