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!