I've tried everything, but couldn't find any profitable method to mining that I could do using my gaming desktop, because I pay for my own electricity. I even used the application that automatically mines the most traded currency of the hour.
Luckily, I didn't buy the system specifically for mining since I am a gamer and I had it for gaming purposes.
I did cpu and gpu mining and tried around 10 different currencies.
However, I did hear that Tekcoin is the most profitable, but didn't know how to mine it.
It ain't easy. Try Nicehash. It ,akes it easy.
Or look for Luke Jr. BFG miner, not sure if hes doing other coins now but he was great for bitcoin when I mined.