Mining DarkCoin, a beginners journey...

Am always hearing that buying is the way to go, but I, too, would like to hobby mine;
would you suggest the same hardware as originally posted, or something else?
 
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You might be able to get away with using Nvidia cards since they can be found for a bit cheaper, and the cudaminer is getting them to work quite well. The hardware in op though is a great beginner rig, and card prices have come down a bit, so it'll be a little bit more cost-effective. Please note that with the increased attention, difficulty is enormous and making ROI back is slim. Caveat Emptor. Other than that though it's a lot of fun, and teaches you a bit about pc's and problem solving issues that come up.
 
That's good news for me, since I am most familiar with ASUS mobos and Nvidia cards.
There are a lot of "pre-owned" scrypt mining hardware out there for sale as it seems everyone is abandoning scrypt mining for antminers and gridseeds, BWDIK.
Yes, ROI will not be favorable, and I agree it's all about the challenge and fun of learning about the mining world.
Another way of looking at it would be - it's the price of education :wink:
 
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OP what combined hash rate are you getting?

Thinking of building a rig. Currently my PC with HD7950 is getting 3.02Mhs and my cpu does about 0.50 mhs
 
Sounds like quite a bit of hashrate for a 7950! My r9's on old sgminer was getting about 2.6mh/s each. I've since stopped my miners however as I need to cut back on electricity over the summer months here.
 
Sorry its a 7970 OC 3GB I just doubled checked
MrMime said:
Sounds like quite a bit of hashrate for a 7950! My r9's on old sgminer was getting about 2.6mh/s each. I've since stopped my miners however as I need to cut back on electricity over the summer months here.
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