Guides to mining and earning with your PC
Simple, honest guides with real numbers: what a computer earns, which hardware pays more, how to look after your GPU and what to spend the money on.
Is mining profitable in 2026? An honest calculation for a home PC
What RTX cards earn at $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 per kWh, when mining pays off, when it does not and which risks to consider — an honest calculation with no promises.
Read →GPU mining payback in 2026: how long until an RTX card pays for itself
Payback periods for 13 RTX 40 and RTX 50 cards at launch prices — with and without electricity — plus used cards and how to pay a card off faster.
Read →What is hashrate? TH/s, MH/s and H/s in plain English
H/s, KH/s, MH/s and TH/s without formulas: what a hash is, how hashrate turns into money, what network difficulty means and how to boost your speed.
Read →CPU mining in 2026: how much a processor earns and whether it is worth turning on
How much Monero Ryzen and Intel chips earn, which CPUs mine best, what the electricity costs and whether it is safe — with a table of 14 models.
Read →How to make money with your computer: real ways and what they earn
Which methods actually work, what a GPU and a CPU earn, and how to start in five minutes — with numbers, not promises.
Read →The best graphics cards for mining in 2026: profitability ranking
NVIDIA RTX cards ranked by income, profit and efficiency, the best pick in every budget and what to look for when choosing a card.
Read →Does mining damage your GPU? What wears out and how to mine safely
What actually wears out, which temperatures are safe and how to set up your card so it lasts for years.
Read →How to safely overclock your GPU for mining: MSI Afterburner, Power Limit and clocks
How to raise hashrate and lower temperatures in MSI Afterburner: Power Limit, core and memory clocks, safe steps and the FlowHash overclock profiles.
Read →From mining to Steam: how to buy games, DLC and items with mined crypto
How to withdraw your earnings, top up Steam in your country and how many days a GPU needs to mine for a DLC, a game or skins.
Read →Hidden crypto miner: how to find and remove it from your computer
Signs of infection, how to find a miner that hides from Task Manager and how to remove it for good.
Read →Your PC as a space heater: how winter mining warms your home and earns money
A GPU turns every watt it draws into heat. Here is when winter mining is effectively free and how much heat your PC puts out.
Read →A crypto wallet for Bitcoin and Litecoin: how to set one up, get paid and not lose money
Exchange or your own wallet, the seed phrase, fees and transfer times and the mistakes that cost people money — in plain language.
Read →Cloud mining, “phone mining” and Telegram bots: how to spot a scam
Guaranteed returns, “mining” on a phone, paying to withdraw — we break down popular schemes and give you a checklist for vetting any service.
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