idle mining

[Indian pc builder]

ok, not to brag (i overpayed for it by about 300 dollars), i have an rtx 3080ti in my system, now to make back the money i lost to the scalper, i want to use my gpu to mine idly in the background while it is not being used, can someone pls recommend the best software to do this and where i can get it?

[da na]

Scalp it to someone else for $100 more

Depends on what you want to mine. 

[Shimejii]

You have to consider electricity costs as well. Its honestly not a great idea to mine on a card you are going to actively use and if its just background mining its literally going to take you years before you reach anysort of value.

[tikker]

Get a miner and turn it on/off yourself, or get something like NiceHash. It depends on what you are after and which coin you want to mine.

[Killmails]

To expand on what @tikker said - if you want simple user experience most likely NiceHash is good. If you want to maximize your own share, a better option is to mine ETH on 2miners and be paid in btc (this way is more anonymous and the BTC/NANO will arrive to your own wallet, but requires you to setup the wallet, miner & overclocks yourself). If you want to add some more utility to the 2nd setup - you can check out the CryptoCom App and their Visa offering, allowing you to mine into that wallet and convert the BTC to your local fiat on a prepaid visa (if available).