No point in mining without the right equipment. It just isn't profitable anymore. However, there are cloud mining option which are quite cheap.
I wonder if its better just to work out how much electricity your rig would use each day and just purchase altcoins with the same amount each day or save up for a week and purchase BTC each week especially as the BTC USD price is low at the moment. You can then keep that BTC or perhaps trade it for the coins you like. You will probably get more back with your money than mining directly, plus you wont have all that noise or heat to worry about.
Or think about looking at a service where you can buy chunks of hashpower, LTC Gear, Genesis Mining and GAW Miners Hashlets come to mind.
Just a thought anyway
Ian
