Intel's New Mining Chip Should Tempt Miners Away From Gaming GPUs

Intel’s new mining chip should tempt miners away from GPUs.

Their Bitcoin miner will come at half the cost of current market leaders.

They laid out plans to enter the cryptocurrency mining space last month.

Cryptocurrency mining is unwelcome in the gaming community.

People have used their gaming GPUs to rake in a little extra dollar.

Just to annoy gamers, people have been building mining rigs in the back of expensive cars.

Big companies have been catching on and this could be good for gamers.

The second-gen BMZ2 Bitcoin mining device looks like it's going to be one of the most efficient, and inexpensive bits of cryptocurrency mining kit ever to hit the market.

Its efficiency rating is 135TH/s with 26J/THs and chugs along at 3,510W.

Which puts it at 15% more efficient than its main competitor.

The Bitmain S19 comes in at just $5,625.

The Bitmain S19j Pro’s price tends to waver pretty wildly but often sells at around $10,455.