I live in a dorm that has untraceable power consumption and since I over pay for the low quality of it I'd like to have fun and tinker with Mining
Currently I have a GTX970 with I7 5280k....it hasnt been rebuilt since moving here. COuld I mine when not using it then keep it as my gaming computer when I want it?
If I was to invest in mining what would be a good set up taking into account energy efficiency is irrelevant...infact with winter coming may need the inefficent power plant to warm up my room
The most profitable miner when you have unlimited power isn't any GPU, but an ASIC. The Antminers will give you the quickest ROI if you can afford them.
And I'm not talking about Bitcoin, the D3 and L3 are amazing if you can get your hands on them.
But the most accessible would probably be the RX GPUs. Go for any Vega card you can find (not Frontier) or otherwise RX 500 series.
ROI on ASIC's go down a lot while GPUs tend to be more stable, so I wouldn't fully agree with that statement. That being said D3 with first delivery date would be awesome.