Hey all,

Ive always loved computer hardware, graphics cards specifically, and used to nerd out reading bench's and keeping up on upcoming release dates, pricing, gpu hierarchies etc, but Ive let that go.  The love is still there, but I feel like most of my knowledge is stuck back in 2004...

Recently found out about mining, which is a dream come true... To have a reason to care about graphics cards again, and to tweak settings chasing ultimate performance/stability, while actually making a little $$, sounds too good to be true... 

So for a guy like me is it a dream? or will it just be a nightmare?

So far I only have a laptop (I know, Ive read the threads, this thing is under warranty and about to be rma'd for other issues so I figure I can learn a little about mining with it before I do so).  It has a geforce 1650.

I have tried mining with:  Honey miner, Awesome miner, and nanominer (went with these after watching vids and doin some readin, still not sure if I should just go with something else like nicehash?)

So far my rig gets about 3.4Mhs, sometimes above 4.  I have read about people tweaking memory settings on other cards and achieving nice boosts while mining, but havent found much re: my 1650m

The main issues I keep running into at the start are things like, the miners dont like my wallet, or my gpu reads as 3.2gigs instead of the req 4gig for some miners/algorithms.  Also, I havent signed up for any sites/pools as I was trying to just find a basic way to get any return at all, to any wallet, with ease and little time.

After farming the 3 miners above, it appears I would need to run my current setup for a minimum 200+ days before I would be eligible to recieve even the minimum payout, is this normal? 

Basically, it feels like after a week of watching and learning and trying... that Im kinda spinning my wheels... I know a big problem is the laptop and cruddy gpu, but I feel I am being held back even moreso by my lack of understanding and knowledge of this whole thing (mining crypto).  Can anyone point me to a decent starting spot for someone in my position?  Ideally I am just trying to learn and have fun, but if I can find a way to get any actual return from mining, my wife will be on board with me buying a new gaming pc or 2, and maybe even a cheap asic miner to play around with... And that will lead to even more learning and fun!

So yeah, if anyone can point me in any good directions from here, it would be appreciated,

Jazy