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Quote from: styleshifter on May 14, 2020, 02:51:54 PM

You need a GPU for ETH and an ASIC for LTC.

Maybe just start with your normal computer.
Add a GPU like AMD RX 5600XT or RX 5700 or NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super or RTX 2060 Super.

The Futurebit Apollo can mine LTC.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4974036.0

Then you need a wallet to store ETH and LTC.

For mining software, pools & calculators you can have a look at the app in my signature Wink

Take one of the biggest mining pools like ethermine.org for ETH and litecoinpool.org for LTC.

Thanks styles - really useful info. With regards to pool fees for ETH, what are we approximately looking at?

Whattomine has now pool fees and exchanges info at the bottom. You can have a look for ETH here: https://whattomine.com/coins/151-eth-ethash

great, thanks rikuu. With some regards to some of the GPU's mentioned above for ETH ^ what would the average power consumption (in watts) be if one was using a pc tower? I know usually wattage is usually outlined on miner spec

A home miner paying regular price for kWh, using a PC with a single GPU in it probably won't be making any money. A single GPU is around 150W-200W at the wall (depending on the GPU), and the rest of the PC adds around 50W on top of that.
Professional GPU miners uses PCs with 6+ GPUs so the added power is minimum, not to mention that their electricity prices are really good (doesn't make sense otherwise).