Title: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: goggles1200 on January 13, 2014, 03:09:26 PM It seems like that either one of these devices is the best choice for a none preorder, with decent hashing power, but the big question which one is better?
Avalons: (2.4BTC or 2100$) 1000W PSU to run 2 boards Loud enough to be a pain 44 lb (20 kg) case Antminer: (2.6BTC) Destroy a PSU power cord Has anyone heard any other bad things about either one of these devices? Lets start a healthy debate. Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: jleefly on January 13, 2014, 03:37:54 PM Antminer has less power consumption so many people seem to prefer antminer.
However if you really think about the life expectancy of miners, it is only about 6months not because of the product quality but due to the difficulty raise. If you calculate the actual electricity cost difference for the 6months, it is not that much than you think so this brings to the point that important thing is the the price difference. It is of course depending on the electricity cost of your location. The above example price of Avalon at 2.4Btc and antminer at 2.6btc, it's 0.2 price difference and the electricity cost difference for 6months would exceeds 0.2 btc at current rate so i vote for antminer. But the avalon price is going down and there're some sellers at 2.1~2.2btc eventhough i'm not sure if the resellers are legit. If the price difference is more than 0.4~5 then i would choose avalon. You also need to consider the delivery time on both products and there're more avalon resellers so you would have better chance to purchase avalon from existing stock for fast delivery. In this case, it may be better to purchase avalon in stock and start mining faster. Avalon seems easier to fix by just replacing parts but don't count on me on this because i only run several avalons and haven't received my antminer order yet. In overall, both products are good choice now until tera hash miners launch in the market at decent price i think. Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: viriat0 on January 13, 2014, 03:50:44 PM Antminer wins :) friendly power consumption!
Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: Xian01 on January 13, 2014, 03:51:47 PM Antminer: (2.6BTC) Destroy a PSU power cord Newer models have 6-pin PCIe connectors, negating the need to roll your own cable. Power consumption is half of the Avalon product. Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: GenTarkin on January 13, 2014, 03:51:53 PM where is it for 2.6? cuz bitmain website has it at 2.65btc
Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: rammy2k2 on January 13, 2014, 03:52:23 PM antminers are way better
Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: goggles1200 on January 13, 2014, 04:19:00 PM where is it for 2.6? cuz bitmain website has it at 2.65btc I misquoted the price that was my bad. Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: goggles1200 on January 13, 2014, 04:21:24 PM Antminer has less power consumption so many people seem to prefer antminer. However if you really think about the life expectancy of miners, it is only about 6months not because of the product quality but due to the difficulty raise. If you calculate the actual electricity cost difference for the 6months, it is not that much than you think so this brings to the point that important thing is the the price difference. It is of course depending on the electricity cost of your location. The above example price of Avalon at 2.4Btc and antminer at 2.6btc, it's 0.2 price difference and the electricity cost difference for 6months would exceeds 0.2 btc at current rate so i vote for antminer. But the avalon price is going down and there're some sellers at 2.1~2.2btc eventhough i'm not sure if the resellers are legit. If the price difference is more than 0.4~5 then i would choose avalon. You also need to consider the delivery time on both products and there're more avalon resellers so you would have better chance to purchase avalon from existing stock for fast delivery. In this case, it may be better to purchase avalon in stock and start mining faster. Avalon seems easier to fix by just replacing parts but don't count on me on this because i only run several avalons and haven't received my antminer order yet. In overall, both products are good choice now until tera hash miners launch in the market at decent price i think. Well the difference in the price is a something to look at as well, but avalons can be bought through wire transfer or paypal which for a guy like me that doesn't have a whole BTC yet, it makes it a little more inviting. But yes, I can agree the massive difference is power consumption is something to look at. These products are all just stepping stones until the better rigs come out. Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: turtle83 on January 14, 2014, 06:36:31 AM These products are all just stepping stones until the better rigs come out. The devices shipping now will always be stepping stones. Most people would need to shut down their antminers around july (unless BTC price goes up big time). Maybe july/aug for jupiter... These hashfast, new knc, etc r highly unlikely to survive well into 2015... Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: novymivo on January 14, 2014, 03:11:42 PM Ant is a winner. The seller sushi is a top guy, never fail
Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: studio1one on January 14, 2014, 05:13:05 PM There are several things to consider.
1. power use 2. hashing power 3. price So you need to do the full sum. BTC mined over useful life - cost of purchase - power use. I have been running several of both of these types of boxes. Antminer draws around 360W out of the wall and Avalon draws around 870W out of the wall. Avalon runs at a steady 25GH/s faster than an Antminer so over 3 months, which is probably the useful life of these machines I get the following working on BTC@900 USD Antminer Hardware break even 56 days Net profit first time frame 1482.40 USD Coins per 24h at these conditions 0.0517 BTC Power cost per 24h 1.26 USD Revenue per day 46.54 USD Less power costs 45.28 USD System efficiency 525.71 MH/s/W Mining Factor 100 at the end of the time frame 0.02 USD/24h@100MHash/s Average Mining Factor 100 0.02 USD/24h@100MHash/s Power cost per time frame 115.05 USD Revenue per time frame 3997.46 USD Less power costs 3882.40 USD Avalon Hardware break even 44 days Net profit first time frame 2116.41 USD Coins per 24h at these conditions 0.0582 BTC Power cost per 24h 3.07 USD Revenue per day 52.36 USD Less power costs 49.28 USD System efficiency 242.39 MH/s/W Mining Factor 100 at the end of the time frame 0.02 USD/24h@100MHash/s Average Mining Factor 100 0.02 USD/24h@100MHash/s Power cost per time frame 280.73 USD Revenue per time frame 4497.14 USD Less power costs 4216.41 USD of course trying to predict the future is hard because of difficulty and prices but at present the maths suggests that Avalon is a better investment than Antminer My mining expreience agrees Title: Re: Avalon 200GH vs Antminer 180-200-ish Post by: TehoM on January 15, 2014, 01:31:45 AM AntMiner takes Avalon all day everyday.
I am thinking of grabbing 10 of them. 8) |