Hello everyone. Ive decided to delve into the world of bitcoin/litecoin mining but there are a few things that i'm still unclear about.
I mainly want to do this as a project and i'm familiar with building my own PCs etc, but also making a profitable return would be nice.
Currently i am mining at hascows with a xfx 6850 @ 275 KHash/s with cgminer OC 975MHz 1020 mem OC @ 45C temps.
I plan on buying new hardware, either to mine bitcoins or mine litecoins, but i'm a little weary. According to this calculator:
http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/ with the following parameters...
Bitcoin difficulty - 2,621,404,453
Bitcoins per Block (BTC/block) - 25.00
Conversion rate (USD/BTC) - 782.38
Hash rate - 1TH/s
Electricity rate (USD/kWh) - 0.11kWh
Power consumption (W) - 1000
Time frame (months) - 1
Cost of mining hardware (USD) - 0
Profitability decline per year - 0.61
I stand to make per month:Power cost per 24h - 2.64 USD
Revenue per day - 150.10 USD
Less power costs - 147.46 USD
System efficiency - 1000.00 MH/s/W
Power cost per time frame - 80.36 USD
Revenue per time frame - 4475.82 USD
Less power costs - 4395.47 USD
Are these calculators accurate to some degree? meaning, if i were to fork over the cash right now to wither build or buy a 1TH/s ASIC miner, i could expect returns like the above? For some reason i feel like i'm missing something, because it seems like it would be too easy.
Thank you in advance. As i am new to this scene, any and all comments/help/advice would be much appreciated.
If i'm going to be spending money in build my own miner, i'd just like a push in the right direction on what i can expect as far as returns (meaning can i trust these online calculators), issues i may encounter, maybe hardware that i should avoid.
Again...thanks for your help.