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Computer hardware used to depreciate just fine on it's own, but now with hardware being purchased specifically for bitcoin mining, you can actually watch it depreciate on a weekly basis!  |
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CanaryInTheMine (OP)
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June 23, 2011, 04:27:23 PM |
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Computer hardware used to depreciate just fine on it's own, but now with hardware being purchased specifically for bitcoin mining, you can actually watch it depreciate on a weekly basis! it's certainly insane on many levels... LOL |
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jjiimm_64
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June 23, 2011, 04:30:21 PM |
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I dont see the draw for these... 2 5870's will give you the same/similar Mh for about 450 bucks
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wndrbr3d
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June 23, 2011, 04:35:12 PM |
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I dont see the draw for these... 2 5870's will give you the same/similar Mh for about 450 bucks
I'm thinking 6870's are the best buy at the moment. You can score them for $189 on sale and get ~300 Mhash/sec. |
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fcmatt
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June 23, 2011, 04:36:00 PM |
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I have a feeling that if i purchases 6990s instead of other cards.. i would mine with them for a while and
just when I wanted to sell them 7xxx would come out and the high end gamers would have no interest in
them especially if they blow them out of the water for a certain price point.
the cost per mh/s just does not make sense to me. but perhaps a spread sheet analysis now days might show
a different trend.
btw.. out of stock. lol.
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June 23, 2011, 04:37:56 PM |
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Sent you a gift thank you buddy.  |
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CanaryInTheMine (OP)
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June 23, 2011, 04:38:52 PM |
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That didn't last very long... BTW, thank you for you token of appreciation whoever you are!  |
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CanaryInTheMine (OP)
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June 23, 2011, 04:39:23 PM |
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Sent you a gift thank you buddy. Ah! it was you Thank you! |
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June 23, 2011, 04:41:48 PM |
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Out of stock, holy shit that was fast.
Edit: restocked.
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June 23, 2011, 04:48:05 PM |
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I have a feeling that if i purchases 6990s instead of other cards.. i would mine with them for a while and
just when I wanted to sell them 7xxx would come out and the high end gamers would have no interest in
them especially if they blow them out of the water for a certain price point.
the cost per mh/s just does not make sense to me. but perhaps a spread sheet analysis now days might show
a different trend.
btw.. out of stock. lol.
Dual gpu on a single PCB cards do not have a good resale value. MOST gamers just get 2 or 3 cards. I had to sell my 5970 for just $300 before the bitcoin craze took off. |
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June 23, 2011, 04:59:13 PM |
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I dont see the draw for these... 2 5870's will give you the same/similar Mh for about 450 bucks
I'm thinking 6870's are the best buy at the moment. You can score them for $189 on sale and get ~300 Mhash/sec. 5830s retail for $109 (when they are in stock, which, they aren't right now) and can get easily get 280+ MH/s. I'm actually selling a pair of brand new 5830s right now (never used, as I don't mine): http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=21252.0/shameless plug |
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June 23, 2011, 04:59:40 PM |
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Can someone explain to my why 6990's... from what I've read you can get about 700 mHash out of them which is no doubt a good rate but that's still $1.06 mHash, seems like there are cheaper options?
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CanaryInTheMine (OP)
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June 23, 2011, 05:01:18 PM |
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Can someone explain to my why 6990's... from what I've read you can get about 700 mHash out of them which is no doubt a good rate but that's still $1.06 mHash, seems like there are cheaper options?
the idea is that you can fit more GPUs into 1 rig. 1 card = 2 GPUs as opposed to 1 card=1GPU. |
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June 23, 2011, 05:04:00 PM |
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the idea is that you can fit more GPUs into 1 rig. 1 card = 2 GPUs as opposed to 1 card=1GPU.
That only makes sense if space is a premium cost. Otherwise, you could build a cheap mining hull for like $300 to slap another 3x video cards into. |
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June 23, 2011, 05:05:49 PM |
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5770's and the like are back in stock as well.
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fcmatt
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June 23, 2011, 05:33:37 PM |
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the idea is that you can fit more GPUs into 1 rig. 1 card = 2 GPUs as opposed to 1 card=1GPU.
That only makes sense if space is a premium cost. Otherwise, you could build a cheap mining hull for like $300 to slap another 3x video cards into. and that is exactly what people figured out.. and why 5830s were so darn popular. cheaper to stick in two 5830s on a cheap machine then to buy a MB/PSU/etc that can support more cards/power. |
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June 23, 2011, 06:50:23 PM |
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6990s are not worth it. Period.
They are noisy too -- go ahead and google it. I was tempted to buy one used for $600 from someone locally, then I found out they A) run hot and B) run loud.
Oh, and they have a lousy $/MH.
Unless there is a motherboard/PSU drought where you live, skip the 6990.
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June 23, 2011, 07:49:46 PM |
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check this out... newegg removed the products from my cart after not visiting the cart for half hour or so
MSI R6990-4PD4GD5 has been removed from shopping cart due to quantity limitation/insufficient stock. Some combo items might be affected by this.
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June 23, 2011, 08:28:29 PM |
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check this out... newegg removed the products from my cart after not visiting the cart for half hour or so
MSI R6990-4PD4GD5 has been removed from shopping cart due to quantity limitation/insufficient stock. Some combo items might be affected by this.
That's normal. Unless you hit "place order", the items aren't reserved for you. Unfortunately, a virtual shopping cart does not equal a real shopping cart.  |
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