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Title: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: drewh on May 12, 2013, 08:28:18 AM I’m thinking about getting into mining and I’d like to start slow and gain some experience with mining on custom hardware - my eventual goal is a medium sized ASIC rig - but I’d like to gain some experience while I’m waiting for hardware.
Anyone got a used FPGA rig they can let go of? Suggestions on good/cheap new (FPGA) rigs? Thanks in advance, drewh Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: 0xFE on May 24, 2013, 09:12:08 AM Probably one of the best FPGA boards you can get nowadays is Lancelot (dual Xilinx Spartan 6). Available at https://www.cardreaderfactory.com/shop/lancelot.html, but currently out of stock due to high demand.
Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: forum2005 on June 04, 2013, 07:39:13 PM I’m thinking about getting into mining and I’d like to start slow and gain some experience with mining on custom hardware - my eventual goal is a medium sized ASIC rig - but I’d like to gain some experience while I’m waiting for hardware. Anyone got a used FPGA rig they can let go of? Suggestions on good/cheap new (FPGA) rigs? Thanks in advance, drewh I've this board http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1106670630/mojo-digital-design-for-the-hobbyist (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1106670630/mojo-digital-design-for-the-hobbyist), but programming FPGA is quite complicated.... Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: lazac on June 04, 2013, 08:15:51 PM i am planning to play with this one:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/AES-S6MB-LX9.htm around 5-10Mh/s so it is only for playing.. Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: skrazy on June 04, 2013, 08:17:01 PM I’m thinking about getting into mining and I’d like to start slow and gain some experience with mining on custom hardware - my eventual goal is a medium sized ASIC rig - but I’d like to gain some experience while I’m waiting for hardware. Anyone got a used FPGA rig they can let go of? Suggestions on good/cheap new (FPGA) rigs? Thanks in advance, drewh I've this board http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1106670630/mojo-digital-design-for-the-hobbyist, but programming FPGA is quite complicated.... Worth while beyond a toy? Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: J35st3r on June 04, 2013, 08:29:44 PM The fpgaminer thread is the place to go if you want to play with these development boards https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9047.0
The cheaper ones are little more than toys (fun toys though) ... 5MHash/s on the LX9, 10MHash/sec on the DE0-Nano (though it can be pushed to 35MHash/sec if you hack the power supply), but neither will give a positive ROI. Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: rumbitla on June 04, 2013, 08:30:56 PM What is the strongest FPGA right now which is deliverable?
Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: J35st3r on June 04, 2013, 08:45:12 PM What is the strongest FPGA right now which is deliverable? The hype about ASICs last year pretty much killed the market for FPGAs, everybody went and preordered ASICs so the custom FPGA boards dropped off the market, also helped by the fact that Avalon (Lancelot by ngzhang) and BFL were the major suppliers of FPGA at the time and dropped their FPGA products. It just did not make sense to buy them at $10 to the BTC when ASIC was promised so very soon. Fast forward to $100 plus BTC and just a trickle of ASIC and If you can't get a Lancelot or Enterpoint. then perhaps one of the (expensive) Kintex dev boards they are talking about on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9047.0 but I can't vouch for the ROI. The custom hardware thread is a good place to look, but its mostly ASIC these days https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=76.0 Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: StableCoin on June 04, 2013, 09:33:01 PM Not worth it mate, ASIC or bust.
Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: Bitweasil on June 04, 2013, 09:36:32 PM I have both ModMiner Quads and some ztex clones for sale. My email is easy enough to find if you cannot PM me.
I take PayPal and credit cards as well. Title: Re: Need cheap FPGA rig. Post by: J35st3r on June 04, 2013, 09:37:26 PM Not worth it mate, ASIC or bust. Agreed, but IMHO it will be "ASIC and bust" for most of the punters. |