Quote from: Cormoran on August 30, 2017, 05:01:58 PM

Quote from: DarrenJC on August 29, 2017, 08:24:47 PM

Ok, first off. I'm new, been reading site all over the web for the last week regarding mining. Trying to learn as much as possible to avoid daft questions here.

So I don't have the money to go out and buy a 10 GPU mining rig or 2 or 3 ASIC miners, but i wanna mine. The general idea and concept of cryptocurrency fascinates me.

From the information I've seen online so far, I know already that even leaving my home PC's on 24/7 will result in nothing (3 PC's and a laptop).

So, my options?

Please, You guys know a lot more about this stuff than a noob like me. Would be great if somebody could point me in the right direction to get my foot on the first step of the ladder. I'm absolutely not ruling out the future possibility of GPU/ASIC rigs in the future.

Fire away on some advice please.... thanks in advance.

Not sure you're going to find any way to efficiently mine bitcoin itself without ASICs being involved somehow; I'm not sure if cloud mining allows for that and what kind of profit rates to expect. Other than that, your best bet might be to use your GPU or even your CPU to mine something ASIC-resistant like Ethereum or Monero, though of course that discussion doesn't entirely belong in the Bitcoin mining forum. Any coin that has ASICs developed for it will be inefficient to mine with anything else; trying to mine bitcoin with a GPU is like throwing your money at the power company and asking them to burn it for you because you can't be bothered spending it, though.

Please dont laugh too hard...

But my Gfx card is an Nvidia Gtx 260 and my CPU is an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600