ASIC Scrypt Miners

[zack5104]

I was wondering how anyone feels about the new asic scrypt miners, or if anyone even has one.  Apparently then can do Litecoin, probably Feathercoin, possibly Mintcoin, and perhaps even UTC among others (I know UTC is supposed to be ASIC resistant, but itd be interesting to try it anyways).

For those of us using laptops, with obviously low hashrates, this introduces an alternative to the building of a rig within a milkcrate concept.  Simply plug it into your USB port, give it a power supply and youre off and running.

Prices vary.  I nearly bought one for 350 and discovered I could get one for 250.  It claims to deliver 300kh/s at 7 watts draw.  For the price, either 350 or 250/unit, its basically in line with what you would spend on a headless drone in a milkcrate running a similar hash. 
Benefits are 7 watts vs some thousand watts.
Cons are if everything goes down the tubes, you still have useful video cards.  While with the "ASIC Miners" you gotta pile of useless transistors.


Any thoughts, issues, concerns?  Anyone have one of these asic scrypt miners?  If so, what have been your experiences with it.  Would love to hear from the pool of thought here on the continuing technological advances we see within the mining ecosystem.

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[Minerist]

As for now - the only advantage is less heat and less power consumption. And if shit hits the fan you won't be able to sell them as 'gpu's for gaming kids.

[MiningSensei]

They are overpriced like hell.  Wait some time until all of the yuppies finish buying and then they will be forced to lower price or provide a better product for the same price.

[bitciondad]

Dexceldesigns are selling sweet miners

http://dexceldesigns.co.uk/ 90 MHS CHEAP CHEAP

[allang696]

Dexceldesigns are selling sweet miners

http://dexceldesigns.co.uk/ 90 MHS CHEAP CHEAP

BE WARY OF THIS SITE - DO NOT BUY. GET CONFIRMATION FROM ALPHA-T FIRST

[JohnnyDaMitch]

It seems clear now that the Gridseeds are going to have a pretty limited lifespan with Alpha and KnC coming at much, much better Kh/$. What I would do if I was buying mining gear now would be to pick up used GPU equipment on the cheap (there are probably sellers since prices have been falling) and mine ASIC resistant n-factor coins, chiefly VTC, but you have also EXE, EMU, SPA, some others. Or some other algorithms maybe: darkcoin, skein, etc.