But if you are at the “looking at Amazon, deciding what to buy” stage, check out this blog on making a 6 GPU mining rig, and this on mining software and overclocking, and this for general advice on Ethereum mining. This is the end of 2017, so I’ll avoid creating another step-by-step guide. When I started out, I always wished there was a better snapshot of common issues, so I wouldn’t have to trawl through websites and forums to figure out ‘what I should try next’ or ‘who else is having my problem’. Most guides do a great job in working through the nuts and bolts of hardware to buy, mining software and basic set up - but there is more you’ll need to get across.
Moreover, turn on the automatic software update feature on your devices, use reputed antivirus, refrain from opening untrusted links and email attachments and monitor endpoints and servers for unexpected spikes in CPU and RAM utilization that could reveal potential malware infection.There are many pitfalls in GPU Mining all impacting on your ability to make a decent profit. It is advised that you check your system performance and CPU usage periodically, avoid downloading pirated software from Warez/Torrent and rely on official websites only. There are quite a few measures that users can take to ensure that their device does not become a victim of such a phishing campaign.
This severely decreases the victim’s overall system performance and drains their system resources, significantly affecting the productivity of the victim user or organization. By hijacking the processing power of the victim’s machine, the threat actors can mine cryptocurrencies without their consent.
Crypto mining requires dedicated hardware like GPUs because it is a power and resource-intensive activity.