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Title: Minimum break-even time for your rig? Post by: bitinterest on February 12, 2014, 04:19:36 PM Hey guys!
Still interested in buying ASIC miners even with the recent fall in bitcoin value? I'm just wondering: what would be the minimum break-even time that you would buy a bitcoin miner with? Title: Re: Minimum break-even time for your rig? Post by: ujka on February 12, 2014, 05:35:34 PM You mean maximum break-even time I would still be comfortable with? 3 months, and the hardware has to be in-stock, not pre-order.
Title: Re: Minimum break-even time for your rig? Post by: goggles1200 on February 12, 2014, 06:05:30 PM Depends on what you are willing to spend. Antminer S1 are 1.45BTC right now, in Slush's pool (which is having crappy luck), I get .006 per block and about .02 - .05 per day depending on luck. That will put me at about 1.5 months to hit even. I wouldn't go anything than a S1 right now. Price is too good to get anything else.
Title: Re: Minimum break-even time for your rig? Post by: Gator-hex on February 12, 2014, 09:52:49 PM Well it was was 1 month when I ordered it, 2 months when it arrived, and 3 months since the price crash! :'(
All the fun of the block chain! Probably cheaper to buy the coins right now than a miner. ::) Title: Re: Minimum break-even time for your rig? Post by: bitinterest on February 13, 2014, 09:01:31 AM You mean maximum break-even time I would still be comfortable with? 3 months, and the hardware has to be in-stock, not pre-order. Yeah maximum break-even time. Would you ask for a shorter break-even time for more expensive equipment? Depends on what you are willing to spend. Antminer S1 are 1.45BTC right now, in Slush's pool (which is having crappy luck), I get .006 per block and about .02 - .05 per day depending on luck. That will put me at about 1.5 months to hit even. I wouldn't go anything than a S1 right now. Price is too good to get anything else. Yeah at the current btc value, it's a nice price. I wonder why they aren't sold out though. Well it was was 1 month when I ordered it, 2 months when it arrived, and 3 months since the price crash! :'( All the fun of the block chain! Probably cheaper to buy the coins right now than a miner. ::) What did you order? Title: Re: Minimum break-even time for your rig? Post by: Gator-hex on February 13, 2014, 02:23:13 PM What did you order? 4.5 BTC = 6x Hex16B in late November, 1/6 came December, 5/6 arrived January, ROI = 2.25BTC so far, est. 0.05BTC per day (50 days more!). 5 BTC = 2x Hex8A1 in January, looks to be shipping on time, ROI = est. 0.1BTC per day (50 days+). I earned 8.8 BTC with graphics cards. My plan to reinvest BTC into ASICs to make more BTC, is er... hopefully going to break even one day! :D Todays $500 BTC price is very cheap compared to the cost of hardware to keep up with difficulty. You have to be crazy to be a miner! Some people lose huge fortunes pre-ordering miners! I know someone who started earlier than me with GPUs who could have been a $millionaire if he had just hung on to the BTC and sold at $1000+ instead of pre-ordering with BFL! I've never been in it for the $ though, I just want to help create a bank/debt free currency, I spend in BTC to change the world one bit at a time! :P Title: Re: Minimum break-even time for your rig? Post by: bitinterest on February 14, 2014, 12:47:20 PM What did you order? 4.5 BTC = 6x Hex16B in late November, 1/6 came December, 5/6 arrived January, ROI = 2.25BTC so far, est. 0.05BTC per day (50 days more!). 5 BTC = 2x Hex8A1 in January, looks to be shipping on time, ROI = est. 0.1BTC per day (50 days+). I earned 8.8 BTC with graphics cards. My plan to reinvest BTC into ASICs to make more BTC, is er... hopefully going to break even one day! :D Todays $500 BTC price is very cheap compared to the cost of hardware to keep up with difficulty. You have to be crazy to be a miner! Some people lose huge fortunes pre-ordering miners! I know someone who started earlier than me with GPUs who could have been a $millionaire if he had just hung on to the BTC and sold at $1000+ instead of pre-ordering with BFL! I've never been in it for the $ though, I just want to help create a bank/debt free currency, I spend in BTC to change the world one bit at a time! :P It's nice to hear people are not in it only for the money :) |