Thank you for the replies! Cloud mining is not an option as my motivation is the joy from building something and seeing it work. If I was going to invest I would probably buy Litecoin for the hell off it.

I have been googling hardware and the Gridseed 5 chip usb miners seem logical and have been used with a pi. I was hoping to buy a couple however there doesn't appear to be much on ebay in Australia. I think because of our electricity prices, currently 37c/kw and the warm environment, mining has not been popular and inturn limited 2nd equipment.
I have a holiday in Germany soon so perhaps its easier to buy there.

Hi guys,

I like the idea of crypto currency and thought it would be fun to try mining. I have been reading up on the more popular currencies, I.e BTC and litecoin. It seems mining for profit is pointless unless large scale and using specialised hardware, I would like to see at least some cents worth.
I have Mini itx size pc if any random coins still use gpu mining, otherwise I thought perhaps a Raspberry and usb miner like Antminer U3 etc.
Is there any coins that are not too difficult to mine and is not totally volatile? As stated I'm not looking to make profits, just experience budget mining and see something in a wallet and I would like it keep is small and quiet like a raspberry project etc.
Thank you