Quietest CPU Cooler
If you follow me closely, you’re probably aware that I recently did a pretty sweet mining PC build. This mining PC sits in my office about 3 feet from desk where I write posts for this blog, work on my day job at home, edit videos, and of course play video games when I have […]
Mining Bitcoin with a GPU in 2018
Well it’s a new year! Happy 2018 to all of our readers! 2018 brings a lot of unknowns and a lot of uncertainty. And right in the middle of all of that uncertainty is Bitcoin in all of its weird and crazy glory. People are mining bitcoins like mad. Hardware is in such demand that […]
Why are Risers Used in Mining?
Mining has become incredibly popular in the last year or so. With the rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies the market for mining hardware has also become very popular! Cryptocurrency mining is a really fun way to make some extra cash and enjoy using your computer hardware in a new and different way. Speaking of […]
Overclocking a Mining GPU
Overclocking a mining GPU is a staple of mining cryptocurrency. It is almost a guarantee that if you are mining any type of coin overclocked GPUs are in play. It’s also possible you’ve found it to be very frustrating to do. One could consider it much like tuning a car. There is almost as much […]
How to Mine Ethereum
Mining is very popular right now. With the hype surrounding Bitcoin it really is no wonder. Mining BitCoin requires a hefty investment in a very specialized type of machine. It’s called an ASIC miner. ASIC is an acronym for Application Specific Integrated Circuit. Put simply, these devices were custom made to do one thing: mine […]
Best GPU for Mining Cryptocurrency in 2018
Recently I did a quick video on my mining rig build. It turned out to be a very popular video. Something I didn’t really expect to happen. The comments section raged on over my choice of GPU. Some people immediately understood while others thought it was a terrible choice. Of course, as with most YouTube […]
Tour of my Mining Rig
Cryptocurrency is all the rage right now. Bitcoin (the most popular type of cryptocurrency) has made national headlines recently for reaching its highest valuations yet – almost $20K/bitcoin. In this post and video and I am going to give you a tour of the mining rig I built to mine Ethereum (another popular cryptocurrency that […]
Building my New Desktop and Gaming Rig
I’ve been planning to build a new gaming pc build for quite some time. Unfortunately so many other things just seem to get in the way. Well now that time is finally here, and I went all out on this bad boy including a GTX 1080ti STRIX and the Enthoo Evolv tempered glass case! All […]
The LattePanda Single Board Computer (Intro)
Whether you’re building an arcade or some other contraption, the goto board for most of these projects has been the Raspberry Pi series of single board computers. Since the Raspberry Pi runs an ARM Cortex processor, you would normally run Raspbian – which is a Linux based operating system. If you want to run Windows, […]
Custom Observium Dashboards
If you’ve seen any of my videos, like the recent Tour of My Home Network then you’ve probably seen my custom Observium dashboard. I am asked multiple times per day how I was able to produce this custom dashboard on Observium in the YouTube comments, through email, and here in the comments on The Geek […]