Perhaps I should have defined big
. I don't mean we're going to see giant 20% increases... those days are likely long over. By big, I meant we might see a few 8-10% increases. You're absolutely right about the price as well. They start selling these things at 4-5
BTC per TH, nobody's buying. I know I'm certainly not, considering I can get 1TH out of a couple S3s that are overclocked for well under 1
BTC. I'd have to run them for a long time to make up that 4
BTC difference from power usage.
Just for fun... Assume the S7 is 1TH/s at 230W and costs 5
BTC. Assume also that I can get two overclocked S3s that will also get me 1TH/s for 800W.
Both expect to mine 0.009543
BTC a day currently. At exchange of $225 (sure hope THAT goes back up), that's about $2.15 a day.
At $0.10 per kWh, the S7 will cost $.55 a day to run. The S3s will cost $1.92 a day. So, I make $1.37 a day more with the S7. To make up that 4
BTC cost difference, it'll take me 657 days.