Not trying to cause any problems or anything, but what is the reason to buy these units at this price? Are those interested more getting these for a hobby without concern for if they make back the investment, or am I wrong to think that at these prices, there is no way these will ROI? Just wondering the logic behind it. I was interested in getting one (or a few) but I did the math, and it doesn't make sense. Perhaps my math is wrong. Are these at least in some way profitable? Thanks!
If you are like me and are running AM sticks as I type these are great to buy. I have 100 AM sticks running as I type.
(I mine Between 75 and 100 sticks). I sell AM sticks on ebay low margin not greedy.
If I buy 10 of these and they hash at 2gh that is about 10 x 6 = 60 AM sticks. But only 30-35 watts vs 175 -200 watts.
It Also allows me to sell off the Am sticks on ebay. At a low price. Say I sell a 10 AM stick set on ebay for 210 usd which would be the lowest price on ebay.
I would clear around 190 usd = about 1.5 btc add in .3 btc and I have 2 sticks hashing at 4gh-4.5gh.
out of pocket for me would be .3btc and essentially trading in the AM sticks.
So for .3btc my hash jumps from 3.3gh to 4.5gh and my power drops from around 35 watts to 10 watts. And $0 money for a hub.
If you have a stick farm these sticks are really good.
I sold this yesterday on ebay at the time it sold it was the best price for 10 sticks of AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=151124310694 down the road I would sell these on ebay at low margin allowing others to upgrade the Am sticks they purchased. They can also use the older am sticks to teach friends and family about mining. For btc to keep working mining need to grow at the small end user level... 10 million small miners would be nice 50 million small miners better yet.