moonshine7000
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- Mar 4, 2013
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If you use robots and AI to get rid of jobs how are companies going to make earnings when they killed their income source due to unemployment,products produced but nobody to buy them lol
How can I put a PC to work to generate money?
- Thread starter Reixen
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- Apr 1, 2026
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This makes sense to you and me. But clearly not to big tech. They simply dont care. And never will. Its all about a few privileged elite people benefiting. Your just complaining about how the world works really. And also, your assuming AGI would even care about people? Or need people? NO, not AI. We already have that actual AGI!
moonshine7000
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They are going to sell components for AI between each other to inflate earnings,they are not selling things that the earth population really want
- Apr 1, 2026
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Basically yes. There are many reports of them doing just that. Shilling ai (not thats its bad per se) and investing into not even stock. Actual gold and farms etc etc. At least thats what some people report...Now how true it is i have no idea.
sxmb@rtoche
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A good first step would be putting your fingers on the keyboard… the PC is just the tool. The money usually comes from the ideas behind it, not from the machine itself.
Houcinovic
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- Aug 7, 2014
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use it for renting GPU in the cloud marketplace for running ml models
çağlar şahin
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- Aug 25, 2018
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I would not treat the PC itself as a passive income machine. With that hardware, the better angle is using it to support a service you actively sell.
Mining is usually a bad first choice unless your electricity is very cheap. Renting GPU can work, but you still need to calculate uptime, power, wear, and support time.
Practical options I would compare:
1. Local AI/render box for your own content or automation work
2. Video editing / batch rendering for client jobs
3. Local dev/test server for AI or scraping projects
4. Game/server hosting only if you can sell and support it
5. GPU rental only after checking net profit after power cost
The key question is not "can it run 24/7?" but "what service can I sell that this PC makes faster or cheaper?" If there is no customer or workflow attached, it usually becomes electricity cost with extra steps.
Mining is usually a bad first choice unless your electricity is very cheap. Renting GPU can work, but you still need to calculate uptime, power, wear, and support time.
Practical options I would compare:
1. Local AI/render box for your own content or automation work
2. Video editing / batch rendering for client jobs
3. Local dev/test server for AI or scraping projects
4. Game/server hosting only if you can sell and support it
5. GPU rental only after checking net profit after power cost
The key question is not "can it run 24/7?" but "what service can I sell that this PC makes faster or cheaper?" If there is no customer or workflow attached, it usually becomes electricity cost with extra steps.
LOQ Marketing Agency
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think even if you had a way to make money, you wouldn't need to ask. Instead, think about leveraging its value; if you no longer use it, you could rent it out or sell it and invest in something else. That would be more suitable.
TKV AGENCY
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You’ll find it very hard to make money with just a computer alone. Instead, put in the actual work and use the computer merely as a tool to generate income that will be far more effective, my friend.
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Crypto mining
GPU mining isn’t as profitable as it used to be. With an RTX 4070 SUPER, you might earn only a few cents to around $0.20–$0.50 per day depending on the coin, market conditions, and your electricity cost. In many cases, the electricity bill can easily cancel out most of the earnings.
For example:
My opinion: Unless you have very cheap electricity or free power, I wouldn’t keep this PC running only for mining. It’s probably better to use the GPU for AI workloads, renting, or other projects where it can generate more value.
GPU mining isn’t as profitable as it used to be. With an RTX 4070 SUPER, you might earn only a few cents to around $0.20–$0.50 per day depending on the coin, market conditions, and your electricity cost. In many cases, the electricity bill can easily cancel out most of the earnings.
For example:
- GPU power usage: around 200W
- Running 24/7: roughly 144 kWh per month
- If your electricity rate is around $0.15/kWh, that’s about $22/month just for power
My opinion: Unless you have very cheap electricity or free power, I wouldn’t keep this PC running only for mining. It’s probably better to use the GPU for AI workloads, renting, or other projects where it can generate more value.
Abdul Ahads
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- Apr 10, 2026
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With your Ryzen 7 5800X and RTX 4070 SUPER, the best option is renting your GPU for AI workloads through platforms like Vast.ai or TensorDock. Crypto mining is usually less profitable unless electricity is very cheap. Avoid keeping the PC running without paid jobs, as electricity costs can quickly outweigh earnings.
In which country this PC in?
Electrolytes
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Step 1: take a picture of your pc
Step 2: go to facebook marketplace or ebay
Step 3: Post it and sell it.
Step 4: find a job.
Step 2: go to facebook marketplace or ebay
Step 3: Post it and sell it.
Step 4: find a job.
nellythornmusic
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- Mar 31, 2020
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Wow here so many employers i though almost everyone here running online buisness ... anway to answer your question rent it since it has a GPU. you can create a headless server and start renting to multiple however i would not renting instead i would run AI myself and do the productivity currently i have more than 10 agentic bot which helps my buisness on collecting leads , desinging , promoting etc so if you have skills the best bet is use it youself or you can rent out runpod is a good place i guess
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If your electricity costs are effectively zero (like living in co-op where they charge a flat rate for utilities to all residents), and you have a bunch of old, unused PCs, there is still a role for mining. E.g., 8 PCs running 24/7 and each mining .50/day could generate $4 daily, or $120/month (total, $1440 a year). It's not 'dominate the world' money, but it could provide you with a source of passive cash to defray costs for whatever online project you're actively doing.
FistFullOfCash
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- Apr 15, 2019
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You have a fast machine, don't let anyone tell you different. With automated software for servers you can run "bots" and automations. Host websites, produce a email server - MailinaBox (ISP willing) and much more. I started buying contact form software and now I have a trove of tools. Many though do not require upfront $ since they are no-cost like FusionPBX/Incredible PBX 2026 which I'm going to hop aboard and try. There's bots for everything for the most part though you want one(s) that work for the method(s) you are going for. Platforms can shutdown the effectiveness of a bot fast, so you may want to go with something less dependent on one platform. RPA bots like RoboCorp can handle tasks in the way of processes. Since its 64GB RAM you could do more than other machines. I had a 8GB VPS and it ran $80/MO, that adds up.