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February 19, 2014, 09:56:12 AM |
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Hi everybody,
I´m thinking to buy a rig with 6 Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC 4GB GDDR5 with an asrock h61-pro btc, Is a good moment to buy this?, or is best hope and buy a asic miner?, I don´t like the waiting time of this companies because I pay a lot of money and it´s possible the mining difficult up a lot of. Sorry for my english and thanks for the opinions.
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Sonny
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February 19, 2014, 10:23:06 AM |
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or is best hope and buy a asic miner?
If you are referring to those sha256 ASICs, I would suggest you not to buy them at all. It is very hard to get your investment back with bitcoin mining now. If you are referring to the new-coming scrypt ASICs, I guess it depends on how soon you can receive them... |
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February 19, 2014, 10:27:32 AM |
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Are you buying a GPU miner?
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February 19, 2014, 12:27:09 PM |
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or is best hope and buy a asic miner?
If you are referring to those sha256 ASICs, I would suggest you not to buy them at all. It is very hard to get your investment back with bitcoin mining now. If you are referring to the new-coming scrypt ASICs, I guess it depends on how soon you can receive them... of course in scrypt |
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February 19, 2014, 01:49:20 PM |
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it is good to buy the gpu rig.
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mamator (OP)
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February 19, 2014, 02:10:40 PM |
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Are you buying a GPU miner?
I´m thinking about it |
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Wendigo
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February 19, 2014, 09:04:44 PM |
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I saw 290x selling for 700-800$ on Amazon lol.
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Sheldor333
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February 19, 2014, 10:05:34 PM |
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I am currently saving to buy a GPU so I can mine some alt coins. Still think mining can be very profitable if you are smart and mine the right coin at the time.
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sakkosekk
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February 19, 2014, 10:45:40 PM |
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you should consider 280x, the 290x doesn't give you that much better performance.
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Gameroid
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February 19, 2014, 10:59:32 PM |
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You wouldn't make much profit you need mining rigs from now on to mine Bitcoin if you want to make a profit.
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quone17
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February 19, 2014, 11:00:44 PM |
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You could buy a GPU for mining if you were somehow getting "free" electricty, or you thought BTC price will climb at a very fast rate, soon. Otherwise you won't get your investment back.
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February 20, 2014, 12:04:58 AM |
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Just so you know out of the 290x series the Sapphire 290x Tri-X usually has Hynix mem chips and can reach hashrates over 900Kh/s and even close to 1000Kh/s, many other 290x brands such as the ASUS use Elpdia mem chips which wont go over 880Kh/s, however It's not guaranteed that you will get a Hynix chip card. The 290 is much much cheaper and will hash between 850 and 900Kh/s, my advice is go with the 290 not the 290x. I'm speaking from experience as I have them both and some 280x's too. Good luck  |
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February 20, 2014, 08:55:13 AM |
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Just so you know out of the 290x series the Sapphire 290x Tri-X usually has Hynix mem chips and can reach hashrates over 900Kh/s and even close to 1000Kh/s, many other 290x brands such as the ASUS use Elpdia mem chips which wont go over 880Kh/s, however It's not guaranteed that you will get a Hynix chip card. The 290 is much much cheaper and will hash between 850 and 900Kh/s, my advice is go with the 290 not the 290x. I'm speaking from experience as I have them both and some 280x's too. Good luck Lot of thanks for your answer, now I buy R9 290. |
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