PS3 Mining

[markonegolf]

I've got two old PS3s laying about. Is there any coin that I could mine with these or is it simply not worth the electricity? Can they do CPU only coins, like Quark or Primecoin?

[scottii]

I've heard it's not worth it due to the tech being nvidia.  If you not going to use those ps3 anymore, I'd be happy to wrk out a trade.

[CaptainBeck]

https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison

If you mine scrypt with two PS3 this says you'll get about 38kh each. If you dont pay for power then every little bit adds up, otherwise probably not worth it apart from an exercise in trying stuff out.

[markonegolf]

Fair enough. They are both suffering from YLOD currently but I was going to take them apart and do the old motherboard in the oven trick. Has worked pretty well before.
I've got 2 R9 280x hashing at 780kh/s each and I'm just waiting for another motherboard for another two.
I have to pay for my electricity so the few extra kh/s on the PS3s wouldn't really be worth it.

[CaptainBeck]

Yeah, the PS3 arent worth if it then unless you want to be nerdy and learn some stuff.