<p>As mentioned almost any is able to mine coins - the question just arises about profitability.</p>

<p>There are some mining pools, that offer to switch the coin mined automatically depending on which coin is the most profitable at any point in time.</p>

<p>Examples of those pools are:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.multipool.us/" rel="nofollow">Multipool.us</a></li>
<li><a href="http://middlecoin.com/" rel="nofollow">Middlecoin.com</a></li>
</ul>

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2013-12-09T22:19:42.643Z
2013-12-09T22:19:42.643Z
Sirko
<p>Simply put all consumer grade computers "could" mine bitcoin and other altcoins, the question you're probably interested in is regarding profitabiltiy.</p>

<p>At this point in time people are still mining scrypt based altcoins with specially built machines with multiple high performance GPU's. Whether this is profitable depends on your circumstances for example power price per kW/h, the price of the coins you're mining and the cost of the rig you build/buy.</p>

<p>A good place to read about which coins are scrypt/SHA256 is <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_alternative_cryptocurrencies" rel="nofollow">List of alternative cryptocurrencies</a> and a good place to find out about price/market cap is <a href="http://coinmarketcap.com/" rel="nofollow">coinmarketcap.com</a>.</p>

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2013-12-09T22:02:33.413Z
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ryan.ralph
<p>If you have an AMD Radeon HD you can mine scrypt coins.  Nvidia GPUs aren't as good at mining.  There are also coins that are CPU only, but many of those have a difficulty that is too high, such as PTS, QRK and Primecoin.</p>

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2013-12-23T09:50:49.093Z
2013-12-23T09:50:49.093Z
kristianp
<p>I'm interested in mining and would like to know if there are any consumer grade computers available that can mine any of the alternative coins. If so, what computers and which coins do you think would work fairly well? </p>

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Can any current consumer grade computers mine any alt coins?
BTC-Doll
# Can any current consumer grade computers mine any alt coins?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-09)

I'm interested in mining and would like to know if there are any consumer grade computers available that can mine any of the alternative coins. If so, what computers and which coins do you think would work fairly well?

**Tags:** mining-profitability, altcoin


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-09. Score: 2

As mentioned almost any is able to mine coins - the question just arises about profitability.

There are some mining pools, that offer to switch the coin mined automatically depending on which coin is the most profitable at any point in time.

Examples of those pools are:

* [Multipool.us](https://www.multipool.us/)
* [Middlecoin.com](http://middlecoin.com/)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-12-09. Score: 1

Simply put all consumer grade computers "could" mine bitcoin and other altcoins, the question you're probably interested in is regarding profitabiltiy.

At this point in time people are still mining scrypt based altcoins with specially built machines with multiple high performance GPU's. Whether this is profitable depends on your circumstances for example power price per kW/h, the price of the coins you're mining and the cost of the rig you build/buy.

A good place to read about which coins are scrypt/SHA256 is [List of alternative cryptocurrencies](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_alternative_cryptocurrencies) and a good place to find out about price/market cap is [coinmarketcap.com](http://coinmarketcap.com/).


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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-12-23. Score: 0

If you have an AMD Radeon HD you can mine scrypt coins. Nvidia GPUs aren't as good at mining. There are also coins that are CPU only, but many of those have a difficulty that is too high, such as PTS, QRK and Primecoin.


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