I current own a laptop with a P150HM case. My specs are listed below:
Central Processing Unit: i7-2820 QM
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics Processing Unit: AMD 6990M
I also own an NZXT cooling pad.
My question is- Does it make sense mining on this laptop?
I read that it there may be problems with cooling in a laptop, and I don't want to run the risk of frying my hardware. I lowered my core-clock using MSI afterburner to the minimum, which lowers my hash-rate by half. Whereas before I was getting approximately 220 MH/s, now I'm receiving a rate of about 110 MH/s. However, now my GPU is running at an average of 80 degrees, versus the 96 degrees before.
So, should I continue with the current settings, or do you think I should stop mining completely on this laptop?
Also, I live in an extremely cold country. The temperatures are current under -20 degrees centigrade. Do you think leaving my computer in the room with an open window would be beneficial or detrimental to my computers life-span?
Just like you, I mined bitcoins for a few straight days on my laptop out of my curiosity of how mining works. My laptop's gpu is ATI 5870m and got about 145-150MH/s. I let it sit on my NZXT LX Cryo to lower its temps and I only operated it in around 22-24oC ambient temp. If that's your primary machine, I don't recommend you use that for long-term mining as long exposure to heat would one way or another accelerate your machine's wear level then eventually something on it would break down.
I tried to mine bitcoins on my gaming laptop for around 180-200 hours straight and I just got around
BTC0.3. Definitely not worth to do mining when laptop wear and electricity is considered.
Raspberry Pi + ASIC(if it exists)/GPU is still a winning combination for bitcoin mining IMHO.