Desktop sitting at home, what is the best way to make use of it and make money

[jadedice]

Hello everyone,

Sorry for my noobiness, I just learnt about bitcoin, and I have been reading around and so excited to join this forum!  I have a rig at home (AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor and an ATI 5770 graphics card ) that I occasionally use for cad, but I was wondering if I could use it to mine bitcoin.  I don't pay for electricity where I stay so that should not be an issue.

What would be the best way to mine bitcoin?  Should I mine other alternatives like Litecoin or something else?

Thanks,

Jade

[vm1990]

if electricity is free then its worth doing the best way is doing a bit of research around the forums find a nice easy guide you can follow or look at mining.bitcoin.cz and follow there help guids

[jadedice]

Thanks!

What gives the best rate of return based on time given my hardware configuration?  Bitcoin,  Litecoin or something else?

[Welsh]

You can check how much profit you would earn online, theres a mining calculator which saves a lot of head work. However I think mining bitcoin with that hardware will be unprofitable, I could be wrong.

Bitcoin mining calculator: http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/

[vm1990]

go with either bitcoin or litecoin theyll both make a little bit of money but dont expect to get rich anytime soon you might have a fair graphics card but you along way off what miners use if i where you id use guiminer as its pretty simple to set up and run. to find it google it and lfor the link going back to this forum

youll make around 0.05 bitcoins a day and maybe 3or4 litecoins

[jadedice]

Thanks, what is the current price for litecoins?  Which allow me to make more in the long run?

[avulhop]

dustcoin.com/mining

[nebulus]

Sell it at coingig.com

[Luno]

Throw it out the window at an old lady. Get a million views on YouTube, Earn $20.000 in adds.

[inter5]

Throw it out the window at an old lady. Get a million views on YouTube, Earn $20.000 in adds.

If only you could mine youtube views...