i think he is smart for this setup, while the block erupters are effeciant, they can only do one thing sha256, while his computer can do many things( other coins/games) and he can sell it if he wanted. I already see block erupters going for $40 on the net so i think it would be hard to sell after you are done using them.
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That's exactly the way I thought about this "mining adventure".
Started to read about mining bitcoins something like 3 weeks ago. I also looked at these topic for group buy chips and PCB. But it looked quite risky regarding the difficulty rising up and not guaranted shipping delay. And more risky as these buying groups are often from USA or AUS.
Then I rade about Litecoin and other alt-currencies. I liked that mining scrypt was GPU-based and ASIC-proof (for the moment...).
If mining do not satisfy me, I will sell one HD7950 and PSY, buy a better CPU and smaller PSU and it will be a gaming rig!
I bought some second hand stuff :
- MB: Gigabyte 970A-DS3
- PSU: UCP 1100 watts 80+
- GPU: HIS 6950 IceQ X
- Few more stuff like screws, risers and RAM.
I regret for the HIS GPU as I immediately bought brand new 3x HD7950 (I'm currently selling it on Ebay but it seems I will loose around 40€ on it :/ ).
The whole rig cost me 800€ (around 1000$).
And soon more 190€ for the last HD7950.
Following my calculation, I can easily sell all my current stuff for 500€. So the risks are quite small.
I'm also thinking about buying some USB Erupters but it will be only on second hand market and to fill my USB ports.
