Wouldn't ROI be extremely difficult with this device? For those thinking of preordering, I currently run an A2Terminator (which is 1000W power and 100MH unit.
This is roughly 3x the power. At most you will get 2 LTC/day (Assuming you are mining LTC)
Thats roughly 8$/day, the machine itself will jack your powerbill up by nearly 100-150$
Just throwing out estimations here but
2LTC/day for 30 days = 240$
150$ mining costs for electricity leaves roughly 90$ profit for one month.
roughly 3$/day.
These devices will take more than 2 years to ROI thats assuming the difficulty on the network stays the same as well as price. Which we all know will likely increase causing these devices to never come close to ROI.
I'm just trying to help anyone who might think this is a good idea to purchase 1.
These devices only have practical application somewhere with cheap electricity and en mass devices.
And still would be difficult to ROI.
I was in the first generation of scrypt asics that came out. Unless you have a massive mining operation, you will never ROI. Your better trading to make money vs mining (you can make more than 3$/day)
110 MH/s generates about 1 litecoin/day over most of the last year - $3-$5 a day depending on Litecoin price that day, usually close to $4 in recent months.
Cost FOR ME where I'm at now to run that A2 (1250 watts appx.) is a little over $1/day - and if I managed to get moved into one of the 2 "counties next door" that I'm PLANNING to eventually relocate into, that would drop to a bit UNDER $1/day.
ROI isn't difficult if price and difficulty stay stable - it's just a matter of months - but the introduction of the A4 is going to kick difficulty up quite a bit over time, making it quite a bit less likely that an A2 unit purchased NOW will ever achieve ROI unless the purchase price is very low.
I do NOT have a "massive" mining farm - if I DID have one, I could get into a much electric rate and wouldn't be inclined to move.
I ran my existing farm in a MOBILE HOME for most of a year before I moved to where I'm at now.
Do note that there are very very few places in the US that have a lower YEAR-ROUND NO GIMMICKS electric rate for small farms than where I am currently at - both of them are "next door" to the county I'm in.
Not sure where you're comming up with your numbers at - the electric isn't unreasonably *IF* you're paying 10-15 CENTS/KWH, but that mining amount hasn't been in the right ballpark for something like 2 years.
Trading to make more than $3/day on the amount that an A2 has commonly cost in recent months is VERY VERY iffy - and you have a significant chance of LOSING money. There is NO "safely" when trying to trade for profit.