I have intel with NVIDIA and what is easiest cheapest way to start mining?

[Beans]

Block erupters are a waste. You need to invest a descent amount of money for btc mining at this point. If you want to ltc mine you need to spend about $1000 or more. Get 4x 7950's and the correct parts to run them. Maybe just build yourself a gaming pc that can mine as well. That way when you don't break even you at least have a cheap gaming rig.

What? That even worse.

Maybe if your power rates are really high. I only pay 2 cents a kwh, so I'm doing just fine.

I recently built a quad 7970 gaming rig, no way in hell I'd be able to cover it's costs, though at 5.4¢. Even at 2¢ I don't see it.

You should be able to. A roi in less then a year is pretty good. Only about 1 in 5 of my video cards still work properly after a couple years of mining though. I wouldn't count on being able to sell them later on.

[Oldgamer]

Only about 1 in 5 of my video cards still work properly after a couple years of mining though. I wouldn't count on being able to sell them later on.

Beans,
sorry, to ask here, but what actually happened to your video cards: fans problems or you burned them? If burned, what average mining temperature was? 

[Beans]

Only about 1 in 5 of my video cards still work properly after a couple years of mining though. I wouldn't count on being able to sell them later on.

Beans,
sorry, to ask here, but what actually happened to your video cards: fans problems or you burned them? If burned, what average mining temperature was?  

A few just don't work, but a lot can still mine btc but don't work for anything else really. A few number of the cards will still mine ltc. I'm pretty sure the vrm, memory is the most common failure. It's hard to tell anything is wrong until you run some benchmarks one card at a time.

I try to run them in the low 60's if possible. If you run them at 70-80 it doesn't take long before the cards are just not stable anymore.

If anyone needs some half functional 5970's, 5870's I have plenty.