Chapter 10
Setting Up Your Mining Hardware
IN THIS CHAPTER
Properly setting up your equipment
Assembling your mining hardware
Understanding mining software options
Building a GPU mining rig
Configuring your mining hardware
After selecting a cryptocurrency you intend to mine, acquiring all the needed supplies and hardware, and choosing a suitable location to run your mining equipment, the next step is to bring it all together and set up your mining rig. Whether you plan to use application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining hardware, or a custom-built graphical processing unit (GPU) mining rig, we look at how to assemble the mining equipment, hook up all the needed cables, and install and run the correct software.
ASIC Mining Rigs
ASIC mining equipment is manufactured in a prebuilt package that takes care of much of the technical software and physical setup requirements that make GPU cryptocurrency mining somewhat more difficult. ASICs are designed to be virtually plug and ...
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