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Title: S5 vs S7 Post by: BitMainBuyer on June 07, 2015, 04:05:46 PM Hi Folks,
I'm thinking of shelling out for an S5, but knowing that the S7 will be announced/released next month makes me hesitant.. Would it be sensible to wait, knowing that the S7 could be a more attractive buy, or maybe the S5 could very likely drop in price... Then again, it might take months before S7's are shipped, and they might also cost multiple's of the current S5 etc. and therefore it would be best to just get an S5 now.. Appreciate any thoughts! Title: Re: S5 vs S7 Post by: philipma1957 on June 07, 2015, 04:09:49 PM S5's are costly wait for an s7
or buy an s-3 and solo mine with it on ck's pool https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.0 you can run ⅔ of an s-3 on regular pools and ⅓ on the solo pool https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.msg11554601#msg11554601 I argue to do this because an s-3 is under 100 usd and an s-5 is almost 400 neither one should make a profit unless your power is under 5 cents a kwatt. With one you are out 400 with the other you are out 100. Title: Re: S5 vs S7 Post by: BitMainBuyer on June 07, 2015, 04:23:42 PM S5's are costly wait for an s7 Thanks for your reply.or buy an s-3 and solo mine with it on ck's pool https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.0 you can run ⅔ of an s-3 on regular pools and ⅓ on the solo pool https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.msg11554601#msg11554601 I argue to do this because an s-3 is under 100 usd and an s-5 is almost 400 neither one should make a profit unless your power is under 5 cents a kwatt. With one you are out 400 with the other you are out 100. Would the S5 not be better value than the S3? Yes it's 4 times cheaper, but it's also 4 times less powerful etc. Interesting idea with the solo/regular pools. I'll probably do something like that. Regarding profit, I worked out that running an S5 at $0.08 - $0.10 / kWh would be easily profitable... Also, does anyone know anything about the S7? If it's something that could end up costing $1000+ I probably wouldn't be interested. Title: Re: S5 vs S7 Post by: philipma1957 on June 08, 2015, 01:31:28 AM S5's are costly wait for an s7 Thanks for your reply.or buy an s-3 and solo mine with it on ck's pool https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.0 you can run ⅔ of an s-3 on regular pools and ⅓ on the solo pool https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.msg11554601#msg11554601 I argue to do this because an s-3 is under 100 usd and an s-5 is almost 400 neither one should make a profit unless your power is under 5 cents a kwatt. With one you are out 400 with the other you are out 100. Would the S5 not be better value than the S3? Yes it's 4 times cheaper, but it's also 4 times less powerful etc. Interesting idea with the solo/regular pools. I'll probably do something like that. Regarding profit, I worked out that running an S5 at $0.08 - $0.10 / kWh would be easily profitable... Also, does anyone know anything about the S7? If it's something that could end up costing $1000+ I probably wouldn't be interested. Do as you please. But I will tell you buying the s-5 will lose money if the s-7 comes out in 1 month. Now if the s-7 does not come out maybe the s-5 can make a profit at 8 cents an hour. below is an s-5 at 8 cents an kwatt 2% diff jumps it make under 20 bucks. in 481 days. and I left out the blocks cutting in half from 25 to 12.5 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/673/xK3JYB.png Title: Re: S5 vs S7 Post by: jeannemadrigal2 on June 08, 2015, 04:42:27 AM There is no release date yet for the s7, but I would wait to pull the trigger anyway. I think your best bet, depending on your electricity cost, is to look into undervolt s3. That might be better than s5, but if your electricity is not too expensive then maybe the s5 is better. best of luck, I hope oyu make some money ;)
Title: Re: S5 vs S7 Post by: edgar on September 08, 2015, 09:44:59 AM Is there no dedicated S7 thread?
Title: Re: S5 vs S7 Post by: jonnybravo0311 on September 08, 2015, 02:58:37 PM There are indeed; however, when this thread was started, the S7 was nothing more than rumors. Try here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1165628.0 for the hardware thread.
Title: Re: S5 vs S7 Post by: edgar on September 09, 2015, 06:02:12 AM thx. found a few yesterday.
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