Bitcoin Forum
April 25, 2024, 12:44:12 AM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.0 [Torrent]
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register More  
Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Mining > Hardware > Is this good for someone who's starting out bitcoin mining?
Pages: [1]
« previous topic next topic »
  Print  
Author Topic: Is this good for someone who's starting out bitcoin mining?  (Read 583 times)
JohnS2114 (OP)
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3
Merit: 0


View Profile
January 28, 2016, 07:45:12 AM
 #1
Hello,

I'm looking to start bitcoin mining and i have some questions:
1. is this a good bitcoin miner for someone just starting out http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-AntMiner-S3-453Gh-Digital/dp/B00LETT8VS/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1453966328&sr=1-5&keywords=Bitcoin+miner
2. and going on from the first question would i need  psu for the miner?
1714005852
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1714005852

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1714005852
1714005852
Reply with quote  #2
1714005852
Report to moderator
1714005852
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1714005852

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1714005852
1714005852
Reply with quote  #2
1714005852
Report to moderator
1714005852
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1714005852

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1714005852
1714005852
Reply with quote  #2
1714005852
Report to moderator
Be very wary of relying on JavaScript for security on crypto sites. The site can change the JavaScript at any time unless you take unusual precautions, and browsers are not generally known for their airtight security.
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
VirosaGITS
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1302
Merit: 1068



View Profile
January 28, 2016, 07:50:19 AM
 #2
Quote from: JohnS2114 on January 28, 2016, 07:45:12 AM
Hello,

I'm looking to start bitcoin mining and i have some questions:
1. is this a good bitcoin miner for someone just starting out http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-AntMiner-S3-453Gh-Digital/dp/B00LETT8VS/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1453966328&sr=1-5&keywords=Bitcoin+miner
2. and going on from the first question would i need  psu for the miner?

If you have very cheap electricity, sure. It is a good miner, its just showing age in term of efficiency. The price is also a bit steep, you can probably find better. And yes you would need a PSU.

An EVGA gold G2 750 would do two nicely.

                      ▄▄█████▄▄
                    ▐████████████▄
                   ▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██████▌
             █▄  ▄█▀           ▀▀█
              ▀▀▀███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄   █▄   ▄
               ▄▀▀         ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀▀▀
         ▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄ ▄▀▀▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄
         ████▒▒███    ████▒▒████▌    ▀█▄ ▀
███████▄ ███▒▒███      ██▒▒█████       ▀█▄
 ███████ ▀█▒▒████     ▄█▒▒█████▀         ▀█ ▄  ▄▄
  ██████  ▌▀▀█████▄▄▄███████▀▀            ███▄███▌
 █████████  █████▀▀█▀▀██████▌             ██████▀
 ▀█████████ ███▄  ███   ▐███▌ ▄██       ▄█████▀
     ▀▀    ▀▀███████████████▄▄████▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀▀
               ▀▀▀███▀▀▀      ██████▄
                               ▀▀▀▀▀

▄█████████████████████████████▄
███████████████████████████████
███████████████████████████████
███████████████████████████████
█████████▀▀█████████▀▀█████████
███████ ▄▀▀         ▀▀▄ ███████
██████                   ██████
█████▌     ▄▄     ▄▄     ▐█████
█████     ████   ████     █████
█████      ▀▀     ▀▀      █████
█████▄   ▀▄▄▄     ▄▄▄▀   ▄█████
████████▄▄▄█████████▄▄▄████████
███████████████████████████████
███████████████████████████████
███████████████████████████████
 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
█ █
█ █
█ █
█ █
█ █
JohnS2114 (OP)
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3
Merit: 0


View Profile
January 28, 2016, 07:54:05 AM
 #3
how many watts an hour would this particular miner use an hour?
mocacinno
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3374
Merit: 4917


https://merel.mobi => buy facemasks with BTC/LTC


View Profile WWW
January 28, 2016, 07:55:44 AM
 #4
Here's the website of the producer:

https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140630025130637RV8OhOwt06BC

It has all the specs you need Wink
█▀▀▀
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█▄▄▄
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
e
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
██████████████▄
████████████▄███
██▐███████▄█████▀
█████████▄████▀
███▐████▄███▀
████▐██████▀
█████▀█████
███████████▄
████████████▄
██▄█████▀█████▄
▄█████████▀█████▀
████████████▀██▀
████▀█████████▀		▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
c.h.
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
▀▀▀█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
▄▄▄█
▄██████▄▄▄
█████████████▄▄
███████████████
███████████████
███████████████
███████████████
███░░█████████
███▌▐█████████
█████████████
███████████▀
██████████▀
████████▀
░▀▀██▀▀
JohnS2114 (OP)
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3
Merit: 0


View Profile
January 28, 2016, 08:15:48 AM
 #5
also i forgot to ask how many bitcoins would i get a week with this as an estimate?
mocacinno
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3374
Merit: 4917


https://merel.mobi => buy facemasks with BTC/LTC


View Profile WWW
January 28, 2016, 08:30:13 AM
 #6
Quote from: JohnS2114 on January 28, 2016, 08:15:48 AM
also i forgot to ask how many bitcoins would i get a week with this as an estimate?

You can use this link to calculate:
http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/bitcoin-mining-calculator

It's best to fill in your power cost, mining fee, hardware price,... in order to get a full profitability estimate (based on the current network status... This estimate is in no way a promise of income, the price will change, the diff will rise, the blocks will halve,...
█▀▀▀
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█▄▄▄
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
e
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
██████████████▄
████████████▄███
██▐███████▄█████▀
█████████▄████▀
███▐████▄███▀
████▐██████▀
█████▀█████
███████████▄
████████████▄
██▄█████▀█████▄
▄█████████▀█████▀
████████████▀██▀
████▀█████████▀		▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
c.h.
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
▀▀▀█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
▄▄▄█
▄██████▄▄▄
█████████████▄▄
███████████████
███████████████
███████████████
███████████████
███░░█████████
███▌▐█████████
█████████████
███████████▀
██████████▀
████████▀
░▀▀██▀▀
SFR10
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 2982
Merit: 3409


Crypto Swap Exchange


View Profile WWW
January 28, 2016, 09:21:32 AM
 #7
Quote from: JohnS2114 on January 28, 2016, 07:45:12 AM
1. is this a good bitcoin miner for someone just starting out http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-AntMiner-S3-453Gh-Digital/dp/B00LETT8VS/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1453966328&sr=1-5&keywords=Bitcoin+miner
2. and going on from the first question would i need  psu for the miner?
1. Yes it is but perhaps you could head over the following section of this forum and even find a better deal (even if it means buying second hand as long as from a trusted person) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=75.0  It would be more than enough to help you to get a good taste of mining.

2. Yes it's a necessity.

Quote from: JohnS2114 on January 28, 2016, 08:15:48 AM
also i forgot to ask how many bitcoins would i get a week with this as an estimate?
Assuming the difficulty stays as the same (It doesn't), you would roughly be earning around $5 in a week.
█▀▀▀
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█▄▄▄
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
e
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
██████████████▄
████████████▄███
██▐███████▄█████▀
█████████▄████▀
███▐████▄███▀
████▐██████▀
█████▀█████
███████████▄
████████████▄
██▄█████▀█████▄
▄█████████▀█████▀
████████████▀██▀
████▀█████████▀		▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
c.h.
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
▀▀▀█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
█
▄▄▄█
▄██████▄▄▄
█████████████▄▄
███████████████
███████████████
███████████████
███████████████
███░░█████████
███▌▐█████████
█████████████
███████████▀
██████████▀
████████▀
░▀▀██▀▀
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Mining > Hardware > Is this good for someone who's starting out bitcoin mining?
 « previous topic next topic »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!