Mine with old desktop?

[biggNY]

Also you have to calculate your profit on Nicehash calculator or on Whattomine. I don't recommend you to buy old computers and hardware not only for bad efficiency but also because of the lack of reliability. It is only choice if you like to repair and wish to gain some experience.

That is exactly what I try to do. To pretty much get my feet wet utilizing my (very) old desktop, only to upgrade GPU and power supply. So pretty much try it for as cheap as it gets. Thanks for the mentioned resources will definitely check them out.

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Hey, thanks for your reply. Jut one quick question. Actually two. What do you mean when you say quality should be my main priority (something like that the power supply is stable?)? Can you refer good and reliable power supply brand? Maybe from your own experience. Thanks 🙏

Stability? maybe yes, but it's quite hard to tell unless you can get a free sample to test.
But the brand is the best criteria on how to find a good powersupply.

Personally, my not-for-mining rig which has a single comparable GPU and mostly operating 24/7 uses 450W Evga PSU.
Based on your build, this should be sufficient and cheap as well: EVGA 450 B1 except if you're not planning to upgrade in the future.
For a tight budget, that's a good pick.

But do not expect any profit from a single GPU rig, you can start mining JFF & experience.
You can use the rig for something else anyways.

[rolleth.io]

"Today, I'm still mining with GPUs."

Same.

[leowonderful]

If you want to save a bit of money, it is also possible to just get a PicoPSU powering all your components besides the GPU (and even an entire PC if your computer's low wattage). Here's an example listing from eBay.

By buying a PicoPSU, you can buy a straight server PSU with a breakout board with just 6-pin connectors and you can save compared to a larger ATX PSU that's more expensive and probably going to have more capacity than you'll ever for powering just board components (if you're going for a server+ATX setup). They save space and are real neat gadgets to have even besides that- I have a tiny HTPC build in my house that I power with a PicoPSU, and as a result of that I didn't have to get a special smaller and more expensive form factor PSU just to fit the case I had on hand.

[biggNY]

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Hey, thanks for your reply. Jut one quick question. Actually two. What do you mean when you say quality should be my main priority (something like that the power supply is stable?)? Can you refer good and reliable power supply brand? Maybe from your own experience. Thanks 🙏

Stability? maybe yes, but it's quite hard to tell unless you can get a free sample to test.
But the brand is the best criteria on how to find a good powersupply.

Personally, my not-for-mining rig which has a single comparable GPU and mostly operating 24/7 uses 450W Evga PSU.
Based on your build, this should be sufficient and cheap as well: EVGA 450 B1 except if you're not planning to upgrade in the future.
For a tight budget, that's a good pick.

But do not expect any profit from a single GPU rig, you can start mining JFF & experience.
You can use the rig for something else anyways.

This is perfect exactly this kind of advice I was hoping for- something from own experience that you could suggest as reliable. I checked on amazon, my local version is .de they don’t have the 450w version of B1, but have 500W one. That cost just a bit over €50. Thanks a lot for this suggestion. It saves me a lot of money (at leat for me it is lot of money). 👍
For beginning I will try to mine coins of projects with strong community support that are in the beginning stages with hope that price will rise in future. Might be able to get a bit more out of that card like this (if I am lucky) 😅

[biggNY]

If you want to save a bit of money, it is also possible to just get a PicoPSU powering all your components besides the GPU (and even an entire PC if your computer's low wattage). Here's an example listing from eBay.

By buying a PicoPSU, you can buy a straight server PSU with a breakout board with just 6-pin connectors and you can save compared to a larger ATX PSU that's more expensive and probably going to have more capacity than you'll ever for powering just board components (if you're going for a server+ATX setup). They save space and are real neat gadgets to have even besides that- I have a tiny HTPC build in my house that I power with a PicoPSU, and as a result of that I didn't have to get a special smaller and more expensive form factor PSU just to fit the case I had on hand.

Great suggestion, I never heard of PicoPSU, will research  this further, it looks to be very interesting solution and also cheap one.  I learned something new today thanks to your suggestion. That’s why I love this community, for people with wealth of experience and the will to share it with others. Thank you 👍

[Privatoria]

In such a case I’d recommend you to buy good power supply with at least Gold certificate (better Platinum or Titanium) and GeForce GTX1060 6 Gb or Radeon RX570/580. They are almost universal GPUs.

[Dzeronimo]

I don't want to discourage you, but with only one GPU almost everything that you earn will go to the electricity bill. Believe me, I know because I'm using my desktop to mine when I'm not playing games on it. With the current prices my "profit" is around 10 USD per month.