Graet, Thanks for clarification.  I didn't realize BFL had those kind of options.  I was only suggesting GPU mining as a way to get more familiar with things.  I stopped any real mining efforts with my 5850's several months ago.  Once the price went back over $7 the difficulty jumped backed up enough to make it unprofitable, but all those coins I mined when the price was down were worth it.

How much power is the 72 Ghash machine pulling?

The butterfly rigs are asic machines, but are thousands of dollars definitely not a small investment.   I would look for a used computer with a decent dual core processor and some kind of recent ATI video card.  You will want the motherboard to have pci express connectors, to hook in the video card.  Some good starter cards that you could find used would be 5770, 5830, 5850 varieties.  You will also want a decent power supply probably at least 600 watts.  I haven't mined much recently, but when I was two 5850 running 24/7 generated about .2 btc a day.

The mining forums will have a lot more info available so I would check them out.  I would run guiminer software if you are just getting started as well.

Bitinstant is the easiest way to buy.  If you can come up with any cash you can deposit at any number of locations and they will send money to an exchange where you can buy yourself or they will buy at the market rate and send it too any bitcoin address you specify.

Hope that helps.

Hello,

I would like to be whitelisted.  I've been a bitcoin speculator since early 2011.  Actually bought my first coins for 90 cents how lucky.  I've been a small time miner since last summer running two 5850s.  I've lurked on this forum for a long while, that's how I figured out mining.  I've used bitcoins to purchase a variety of products lately.  I also mined some alternate chains last year.  I've primarily mined at deepbit and btcguild.

Thanks!