Re: Best mining GPU and CPU when Power Consumption is Free

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.

My budget would probably range $500 for a 1 year ROI to 5k for a 1 month ROI

Bittawm is actually selling D3s for $2500 each right now with shipping included (reputable member in the computer hardware goods section). Just be warned these things (as do pretty much all miners these days) sound about as loud or louder than vacuum cleaners and you can really hear em. Spending a hundred bucks or so can get you some decent soundproofing, Philipma has a YouTube channel where he documents making some Avalon miners quieter. They went down to 60-63db or so iirc but still a little bit loud.

56 db but op check with sidehack he can do s-7's with a downclock this stops the noise issue/

I will find a link

found it:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1842370.msg22967806#msg22967806