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April 01, 2015, 03:31:06 PM |
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I was recently given 20+ Butterfly Labs 500gh/s mini rigs (Bitforce 500), and I was wondering if they held any value?
They each have 2 1500 watt power supplies I could scrap and sell individually, but are the units as a whole worth anything, or are they too obsolete?
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Xian01
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April 01, 2015, 03:32:47 PM |
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Scrap heap. Obsolete hardware.
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philipma1957
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April 01, 2015, 03:34:07 PM |
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pull the psu's
pull the fans
the heatsinks have value.
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April 01, 2015, 03:36:07 PM |
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If you got free power run them, otherwise they are collectors item to put on the shelf or trash.
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Jackomighty (OP)
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April 01, 2015, 03:51:03 PM |
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pull the psu's
pull the fans
the heatsinks have value.
What would the heatsinks be worth? It looks like my best option is to scrap and get a few bucks from the metal shells |
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April 01, 2015, 03:53:59 PM |
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OMG 2300 watt for 500gh! Just keep the heatsink, the fans and power supply.  You could probably keep them for futur project. Some board are starting to be created and will need heatsink and powersupply. Check the board of sidehack! |
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April 01, 2015, 04:46:17 PM |
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I was recently given 20+ Butterfly Labs 500gh/s mini rigs (Bitforce 500), and I was wondering if they held any value?
They each have 2 1500 watt power supplies I could scrap and sell individually, but are the units as a whole worth anything, or are they too obsolete?
It's pretty amazing o many you found. But sadly I would say the PSU's have the most value. You might be able to sell a few on craigslist if you live in a big town, but you will not get rich off of these miners. And as far as running them at this point you will mine at a big loss. |
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April 01, 2015, 05:00:43 PM |
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That's quite a weight of PCBs right there. They might not have any hashing value, but they should have a reasonable scrap value to a specialist. They may even be able to pull board components off and reuse them.
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sidehack
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April 01, 2015, 05:05:35 PM |
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If you got two of them that work I'll buy 'em off you for the museum shelves.
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ncsupanda
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April 01, 2015, 08:18:49 PM |
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I'd like to get/buy one for the sake of research.
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quakefiend420
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April 01, 2015, 08:42:40 PM |
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Might be interested in a few of the PSUs depending on specs/configuration/price.
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philipma1957
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April 01, 2015, 09:05:18 PM |
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pull the psu's
pull the fans
the heatsinks have value.
What would the heatsinks be worth? It looks like my best option is to scrap and get a few bucks from the metal shells Aluminum is about 70 cents a pound http://www.metalprices.com/p/ScrapAluminumFreeChartcopper heatsinks are about 2.50 usd a pound |
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Jackomighty (OP)
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April 01, 2015, 10:13:18 PM |
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If you got two of them that work I'll buy 'em off you for the museum shelves.
All 20 units are in working condition, if anyone would like to contact me about purchasing anything feel free to text (816) 604-0408 |
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mrhelpful
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April 01, 2015, 10:22:35 PM |
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Heres what I would do, search if there is any that are selling any of these units on ebay 1st.
Take your chance on see how one listing goes, and at anytime even if they won you still can cancel the listing if you felt like it the price quote was no where near. Label it then as error on listing.
Make sure if you do list it, list in bulk like x3 units to see a better price reaction.
The next thing to do would be listen to the advice you got on gutting it out, eg: the psu`s which can be used you can use it for your own use for future miners or sell it.
From there you should get an idea what to do.
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el_rlee
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April 03, 2015, 06:56:15 PM |
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If you got two of them that work I'll buy 'em off you for the museum shelves.
All 20 units are in working condition, if anyone would like to contact me about purchasing anything feel free to text (816) 604-0408 Same here. Are this ASICS already? Would you ship to EU? Thanks. |
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Phoenix1969
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April 03, 2015, 07:02:26 PM |
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Sell the PSU's on Ebay... scrap the rest IMHO
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April 03, 2015, 07:04:04 PM |
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useless for the difficulty level to mine with them
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notlist3d
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April 03, 2015, 10:26:18 PM |
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If you got two of them that work I'll buy 'em off you for the museum shelves.
All 20 units are in working condition, if anyone would like to contact me about purchasing anything feel free to text REMOVED PHONE I suggest emailing him your phone number if you are not able to PM yet. I cant remember if you can PM or not at beginning. But I personally would not leave a phone number up. Also where are you located can i ask? |
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April 03, 2015, 10:30:01 PM |
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If you got two of them that work I'll buy 'em off you for the museum shelves.
All 20 units are in working condition, if anyone would like to contact me about purchasing anything feel free to text REMOVED PHONE I suggest emailing him your phone number if you are not able to PM yet. I cant remember if you can PM or not at beginning. But I personally would not leave a phone number up. Also where are you located can i ask? Were these ever profitable? Even back in Dec 2013 ? |
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April 04, 2015, 04:42:33 AM |
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Sell them for some a decent bit of money. There are people that collect BFL miners.
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