The computer has a total cost of $ 2,400 with a monitor included. It is equipped with an AMD Asus TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 XT video card.
Fans of video games and bitcoin (BTC) mining already have a PC set up to take advantage of both worlds. The US Company M&A Technology announced on Thursday the marketing of the Manda Miner, a $ 2,400 computer ready to play and mine cryptocurrencies.
The equipment is configurable, but it is based on an Intel Core i7 (10th generation) processor, an Asus TUF Gaming Z490-PLUS motherboard, Windows 10 Home Edition, and NiceHash OS. Users can choose between 16GB or 32GB of RAM and 1TB or 2TB of disk storage.
As for the video card (GPU), the alternatives are the AMD Asus TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 XT and the Nvidia Asus TUF RTX 3080-10G-GAMING. However, the latter is out of stock, as reported on the company’s website. Other options also include a 27-inch Asus monitor and a wireless gaming keyboard and mouse combo. About bitcoin mining, the report stated this:
«To earn bitcoin, each system comes pre-installed with NiceHash Miner (…) When connected to the NiceHash platform, the Manda Miner PC will provide computing power to the NiceHash market and in return, the user will receive a payment in bitcoin. With the push of a button, you can turn your gaming PC into a mining rig ”, the statement highlighted.
Other miners
The Manda Miner is not the only M&A Technology team related to cryptocurrency mining. The company also makes the Manda Miner Pro available to miners, a rack with seven graphics cards to mine ethers (ETH) or Zcash (ZEC), for example, which sells for $ 3,500.
The computer has a price of 2,500 dollars with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse included. In this case, the processing power with the seven ASUS AMD Radeon RX 570 cards installed is around 2,000 H / s. The rack goes without the GPUs for a price of $ 850.
It is important to remember that bitcoin mining with graphics cards gave way, in recent years, to more specialized miners. ASICs are dedicated equipment to mine the SHA-256 algorithm, which translates into greater processing power to adapt to the level of difficulty presented on the network.
Other cryptocurrency projects do not allow mining with this type of specialized equipment. The promoters of these initiatives intend is to keep a high level of decentralization for the verification of transactions and the issuance of new currencies.
The M&A Technology announcement occurs at a very particular time for the bitcoiner ecosystem. During 2020, the third bitcoin halving happened, and a strong adjustments in the mining of BTC, and the manufacturers of the miners presented difficulties in the shipments due to the expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By: Jenson Nuñez.
