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My friend needs a PC that can run all crypto major exchanges such as Binance, anyone got any ideas of some specifications?
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Whats a good trading PC to buy with a budget of 100$
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Most of the current PCs run about 1,000USD. At 100 bucks you are at the second hand shops dealing with machines that are far less than current.
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He's on a low budget just if you know any low specifications that can handle a crypto exchange let me know.
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While I do know of everyday laptops with about an i5 just from 1st to 2nd gen they run about about 300 on groupon.
Your budget is in the range of machines that would rarely be thought of for crypto exchange work.
That is, mostly the 99 buck CoreDuo machines you see on Groupon and thrift shops but you still need a display or such.
Frankly unless a family member helps you out I think you are dreaming.
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Let's hope they figure out the errors here.
Post was last edited on May 6, 2018 10:53 AM PDT
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...you run up on an EBay bargain computer, used. Look for dual core processor near 3 Ghz and at least 4GB RAM installed, and an HDD that is 500GB or larger. Reason on HDD size is anything smaller than 500GB is like too old and worn out already. You'll want at least USB2 ports on it. Preferably two video ports like VGA and DVI, but an HDMI port would be better and indicate a later manufacture motherboard too.
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You won't get a PC of that caliber for your price.
Read https://www.reddit.com/r/binance/comments/7qeou5/what_specs_does_a_pc_need_to_be_able_to_trade/ which flags Binance as a failure plus notes you may be able to do this on a smart phone.
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I suppose you can trade with any PC.
Visit the exchanges you want to use and see if they call out any minimum reqs.
With $100 to spend it's either e-bay or your local goodwill store.
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I'm afraid that with any old $100 PC, the costs of the electricity to run the crypto software will be higher than the earnings. Evaluate that after running it for 1 month.
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You might be better off with a old gen ipad or a android tablet. Its really hard to find a used laptop without any issues for that price. And if you do it would be single or dual core with very little ram. The constant price updating on those exchanges would prob render the laptop useless. Just don't do a market buy.
But also... how is your budget 100 dollars? your trading crypto? maybe time to find a new hobby.
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