How to Build Your Own Crypto Mining Rig: A Comprehensive Guide

• Nitish Srivastava
• November 18, 2020

Are you a Crypto enthusiast? Wondering how to build your own crypto mining rig? We have got you covered. This article discusses the crypto mining rig and its components and how to build your own.

Table of Contents

• Is Crypto Mining Getting Popular?
• Crypto Mining Rig and its Components?
• How to Build your Cryptocurrency Mining Rig
• Crucial Point to Keep in Mind Before Building a Crypto Rig 
• Concluding Lines 

Is Crypto Mining Getting Popular?

As the crypto economy continues to grow, crypto mining is gaining a lot of public attention. COVID-19 pandemic has caused a tremendous downturn due to which cryptocurrency traders are encouraging mining as a new way of generating passive income. Not only this, countries have started observing an increase in buying of GPU cards, which is the primary element for building a cryptocurrency mining rig. Even in the region Abkhazia, where all crypto activities have been prohibited for the past two years, it has been reported that citizens have spent around $500,000 on mining equipment over the past few months. Apart from this, ever-increasing crypto prices of Bitcoin(BTC) and Ethereum(ETH) is the other major reason for increasing crypto mining activities.

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Crypto Mining Rig and its Components?

There is no exact definition of a mining rig. All you can say is that a mining rig consists of several GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) cards, which is considered to be the primary element for building a cryptocurrency mining rig but no monitor. Such cards have a power-generating unit, a motherboard, and a cooling system. Here it is important to note that a cryptocurrency mining rig has no monitor; it is just connected to the Blockchain network via internet connection.

A mining rig consists of a motherboard that has the linking capability with several connectors for GPU cards. The next component is a hard disk drive with 100 to 250 GB of memory to accommodate the cryptocurrency wallet. The next component is GPU cards that define the crypto asset that a user will mine with their future profit and timelines. A power-generating unit is another vital component. You can understand it in a way that if a rig has four GPUs, then it will require more than one power unit. Then comes a power adapter for GPU cards, a power switch, and a cooling system to provide airflow.

How to Build Your Cryptocurrency Mining Rig

Once you have purchased all the components of the rig, all you have to do is install software for mining the cryptocurrency of preference. Moreover, you can also go to your preferred mining pool. After collecting all the components, all you have to do is start its design. For the designing process, there are many tutorials and guides that can help you.

To state which GPU is the best is not correct as it depends on how much money a miner can spend on buying one. It is advised to buy the more robust GPU cards for the price of two to three somewhat weaker ones, as the cheaper ones will bring more profits due to their lower initial cost and power consumption.

Crucial Point to Keep in Mind Before Building a Crypto Rig 

Building a crypto mining rig is not difficult, but a user must consider electricity as an essential parameter. This is because paying the cost of electricity is the most expensive task that can hamper profitability. Therefore, before building a crypto rig, users must gain a thorough understanding of GPU cards because these cards are the main energy consumers.

Power-generating units are also responsible for consuming a certain amount of electricity. They can consume even less power if they are ‘gold-certified.’

After considering the high initial costs associated, Philip Salter, head of operations at Genesis Mining, believes ‘mining in the cloud seems like the only viable option for many.’

Concluding Lines 

Mining is an efficient way to earn some money. Keeping the points mentioned above in mind will help you in building your own crypto rig. 

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