# Mining on laptop with 4GB RAM

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-on-laptop-with-4gb-ram/18323>\
**Category:** Mining Support\
**Created:** [June 29, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-on-laptop-with-4gb-ram/18323 "2017-06-29T18:21:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Marcin95777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Marcin95777](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Marcin95777)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-on-laptop-with-4gb-ram/18323/1 "2017-06-29T18:21:54Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to mine on a laptop comp, that has 4GB RAM? would it be possible to later transfer balance from t-address to z-address?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@Blue](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Blue)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-on-laptop-with-4gb-ram/18323/2 "2017-06-29T18:29:21Z")

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It is possible yes. Profitable not really. You might be using more electricity to mine than the CPU mine. But check some stats about CPU mining to see if it is profitable.

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**Author:** ![kdskamal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/kdskamal/32/5471_2.png) [@kdskamal](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/kdskamal)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-on-laptop-with-4gb-ram/18323/3 "2017-06-30T13:34:18Z")

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GPU is the best way to mine. 4GB RAM is enough. In fact, I am using 2x GTX 1060 on a desktop with 4GB RAM. There is very little RAM usage when the miner is running.

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**Author:** ![CassieGriffin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/cassiegriffin/32/10950_2.png) [@CassieGriffin](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/CassieGriffin)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-on-laptop-with-4gb-ram/18323/4 "2018-09-26T17:08:20Z")

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Yes It is possible if you use Icloud service for mining becuase it need more RAM