will this be fine to start out?

[jmattsen]

a couple years ago when i was like 15 i built my self a gaming computer out of boredom. it was pretty top of the line, somhow i ran out of money half way through the project due to grossley underestimating the cost but i ended up getting some finantial support from the pops. it was getting slow and filled with porn viruses by the harddrive fried so i just went up and got a laptop. now im wondering if this setup will be acceptable for mining, attleast to start up and get in the grove of things before dropping $400 on some new GPUs. i would replace the darddrive with a $40 referbished SSD from newegg and run linux.

Motherboard- asus M2N32-SLI deluxe
http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/M2N32SLI_DeluxeWireless_Edition/

XFX GeForce 8800GT videocard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150264

i forget exactley what CPU but i have been told its not so important in mining. same with RAM but it also has a 600w power supply i put in it and a bigass fan

would this be worth even trying to set up or should i just give up now?

edit:also adding some water cooling and testing how far i can take the overclocking crossed my mind

[John (John K.)]

Give up now. You'll make less then a cent daily, and that's supposing that the difficulty does not rise.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

[lassdas]

It'll work, but it's not really worth it.
With a 8800GT you'll end up somewhere in the 20MH/s range, mining a whopping 0.0023BTC per day, or ~$2.5 per month at current difficulty/price.

Nice to try it out, have fun and learn how it works, but you'll probably earn more by visiting a few free-BTC-sites each day without mining at all.

[jmattsen]

well would it work as a base to start to build on or would i end up having to replace the motherboard and stuff later. as long as i get it up and working im fine with eventually buying a pair of used GPUs but i dont want to end up buying another $2000 computer

[Oldsport]

well would it work as a base to start to build on or would i end up having to replace the motherboard and stuff later. as long as i get it up and working im fine with eventually buying a pair of used GPUs but i dont want to end up buying another $2000 computer

Don't even try mining, you're late to that party. I'd suggest buying in now, while the price is still on the rise or crossing your fingers praying for a crash so that you can buy in.

[ABitBack]

Look out for a crash or a dip and buy. I mean it dipped to $33 from $49! Crazy.

[eveisk]

Give up now. You'll make less then a cent daily, and that's supposing that the difficulty does not rise.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

I gave up when i found that my laptop was making 0.01 btc a month