Need cheap FPGA rig.

[drewh]

I’m thinking about getting into mining and I’d like to start slow and gain some experience with mining on custom hardware - my eventual goal is a medium sized ASIC rig - but I’d like to gain some experience while I’m waiting for hardware.

Anyone got a used FPGA rig they can let go of? Suggestions on good/cheap new (FPGA) rigs?

Thanks in advance,

drewh

[0xFE]

Probably one of the best FPGA boards you can get nowadays is Lancelot (dual Xilinx Spartan 6). Available at https://www.cardreaderfactory.com/shop/lancelot.html, but currently out of stock due to high demand.

[forum2005]

I’m thinking about getting into mining and I’d like to start slow and gain some experience with mining on custom hardware - my eventual goal is a medium sized ASIC rig - but I’d like to gain some experience while I’m waiting for hardware.

Anyone got a used FPGA rig they can let go of? Suggestions on good/cheap new (FPGA) rigs?

Thanks in advance,

drewh

I've this board http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1106670630/mojo-digital-design-for-the-hobbyist, but programming FPGA is quite complicated....

[lazac]

i am planning to play with this one:

http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/AES-S6MB-LX9.htm

around 5-10Mh/s so it is only for playing..

[skrazy]

I’m thinking about getting into mining and I’d like to start slow and gain some experience with mining on custom hardware - my eventual goal is a medium sized ASIC rig - but I’d like to gain some experience while I’m waiting for hardware.

Anyone got a used FPGA rig they can let go of? Suggestions on good/cheap new (FPGA) rigs?

Thanks in advance,

drewh

I've this board http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1106670630/mojo-digital-design-for-the-hobbyist, but programming FPGA is quite complicated....

Worth while beyond a toy?

[J35st3r]

The fpgaminer thread is the place to go if you want to play with these development boards https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9047.0

The cheaper ones are little more than toys (fun toys though) ... 5MHash/s on the LX9, 10MHash/sec on the DE0-Nano (though it can be pushed to 35MHash/sec if you hack the power supply), but neither will give a positive ROI.

[rumbitla]

What is the strongest FPGA right now which is deliverable?

[J35st3r]

What is the strongest FPGA right now which is deliverable?

The hype about ASICs last year pretty much killed the market for FPGAs, everybody went and preordered ASICs so the custom FPGA boards dropped off the market, also helped by the fact that Avalon (Lancelot by ngzhang)  and BFL were the major suppliers of FPGA at the time and dropped their FPGA products. It just did not make sense to buy them at $10 to the BTC when ASIC was promised so very soon. Fast forward to $100 plus BTC and just a trickle of ASIC and everybody newbies want in again.

If you can't get a Lancelot or Enterpoint. then perhaps one of the (expensive) Kintex dev boards they are talking about on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9047.0 but I can't vouch for the ROI.

The custom hardware thread is a good place to look, but its mostly ASIC these days https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=76.0

[StableCoin]

Not worth it mate, ASIC or bust.

[Bitweasil]

I have both ModMiner Quads and some ztex clones for sale. My email is easy enough to find if you cannot PM me.

I take PayPal and credit cards as well.

[J35st3r]

Not worth it mate, ASIC or bust.

Agreed, but IMHO it will be "ASIC and bust" for most of the punters.