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March 30, 2013, 01:17:37 AM |
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Two weeks ago I didn't pay any attention to these cryptocurrencies. I only knew of them. Now I find myself buying a machine just for mining. It all started when I stumbled upon the "pictures of your mining rig" thread. I love computers and hardware and naturally the pictures in that thread inspired me. I would be happy to just break even. (That would need be around $200 profit, because the used parts are worth a lot too) For now I am just going to start with one 7950 and mine a mix of litecoins and bitcoins, but mostly litecoins. The last of my parts should arrive next week. I am excited. Anything important I need to know?
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March 30, 2013, 01:57:37 AM |
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I'm also thinking about building a mining rig. What manufacturer's 7950 did you end up buying? I'm looking in to picking up some AMD cards to put in a spare machine for this purpose.
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March 30, 2013, 03:23:55 AM |
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XFX. Got it cheap off newegg, thats why
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April 16, 2013, 07:33:31 PM |
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just purchased 4 x sapphire 7950 for $289 each on newegg
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April 16, 2013, 08:07:44 PM |
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I've got a 7950 myself, love it! ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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April 16, 2013, 08:13:16 PM |
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Do you plan make solo or connect to pool?
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April 16, 2013, 08:38:28 PM |
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Is it still possible to make any money from mining now ASICs are out? Including cost of power etc.
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April 16, 2013, 08:41:41 PM |
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Yeah, as long as the coin stays above 20-30ish USD depending on you power cost its profitable, no more bf3 my 7970 is producing coins ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) And if you believe it will hit 200 again you can keep mining no matter what.
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April 16, 2013, 09:11:30 PM |
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Nice! Best of luck! ... Hope the value rises ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
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April 16, 2013, 09:16:40 PM |
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You would be wanting to keep your rig on 24hrs a day to quicken reward time. Once the ASCI rigs come out from BFL the difficulty rise opn BTC mining will send a lot of people over to LTC so now is the best time to mine LTC so do it 24hrs.
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April 16, 2013, 10:00:38 PM |
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do BTC in a pool and with LTC you have the choice solo or with a pool. Gigabyte 3 fans ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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April 16, 2013, 10:06:05 PM |
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If BFL ever gets their production going smoothly then you will never see ROI (IMO, based on what I have read) - and the fact that ASICMINER will start producing units as well....but hey dont do it for the profit.
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April 16, 2013, 10:07:36 PM |
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If BFL ever gets their production going smoothly then you will never see ROI (IMO, based on what I have read) - and the fact that ASICMINER will start producing units as well....but hey dont do it for the profit.
Litecoins *could* still provide an ROI, it just depends on how many people switch over to it (and switch over successfully... I tried 4 litecoin miners and they all crashed for me!)
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