Good to know - SP10 is off the list now haha, S5 or if someone gets super nice something better haha. That is very good info, thanks!

Well I found a couple of SP10s for the $200ish - Few S5s rolling around here I've poked people about that are cheap enough that I can justify tagging up with some spare PSUs I have laying around from older high end gaming PCs that are retired haha so not overly concerned there.

Thank you though for the tips! Looks like I'm going to have to hunt down and message folks though cause no one seems overly interested in reaching out to me lol

Yeah either the S5 or Spondoolies sp10 were the 2 I was looking at primarily, but those are going to come in under budget and I'm not much for one going under budget haha.

So the S5s though are going to be near useless unless you're running free electricity then? Is there any kind of timeline on that, I understand difficulty goes up, but just want to make sure that my timeline of 3ish months to break even won't be disrupted too badly haha

Hey - been kicking around the idea of doing this for...well as long as I've heard of Bitcoins, but never pulled the trigger on anything. Boredom, curiosity and a few extra dollars laying around and I decided to pick up some "starter" stuffs.

Been doing my research on different miner rigs, costs, and whatnots so Basically looking for something in the 1.5 TH/s up to

Electricity is going to be free, so if you have a mess of older/cheaper units that are just hungry that may work for me. Sound is a mild issue, but not end of the world...quieter the better though.

Budget is ideally in the $200ish area to start, but if there is a hell of a deal that someone wants to give to a newb miner, I can reasonably part with $500ish without it hurting haha.

Located in Madison, WI (53713) for shipping purposes that may make some of the EU or Asia stuff fairly silly to buy haha

Thanks, and hope to be mining alongside you guys here soon!

If you want to PM me - looking to get an above average "starter" thing together haha. S5s were catching my eye but I also saw that you have those Neptunes which might intrigue me slightly.

Thanks!