New Miner S7 w/ raspberry pi

[pacman223]

Hello,

I am looking to get into mining bitcoin.

I have a raspberry pi 3 now.
Power is free
Data is $10 USD/GB
Looking to invest ~$700.

Would getting a S7 with a PSU be a good option or what setup do you guys recommend?

How hard is this to set up?

[fanatic26]

All bitmain miners come with their own controller. The only miner that would make use of that RPi is the Avalon 741

[NiHaoMike]

Since electricity is free, the key factor to look at is H/s/$. It used to be that S3 and S5 were in the sweet spot, but now I suspect S7 would probably be as well and would be a great choice if noise is not much of a problem. For a PSU, look no further than surplus server PSUs.

On your budget, you might be able to get two S7s, but I would recommend starting with one so you'll get some experience with mining before scaling up. Also don't overlook altcoin mining.

[pacman223]

Thanks guys.

What I did was order an s3+ and a PSU.  I want to get my feet wet, figure out how to run this and connect to a pool and get going.

I have the PSU now, the S3+ should arrive in a day or 2.

Noise is an issue, but I think it can be managed by keeping the unit in a sound dampening box.

I have a bitcoin wallet from bitaddress.org and set up an account with coinbase.com and gdax.com


I am 100% interested in mining altcoins, but want to learn with something simple and close to plug and play to start with.  I have been watching allot of videos and reading but still have allot to learn!



On another note, I want some excuse to use the raspberry Pi so I need to figure out what to do with that thing!

[NiHaoMike]

S3 should be very quiet. It was once popular for college students living in dorms.