So, I've recently moved and my new location has free electricity. This made me think about mining (that and the recent spike in btc price). Problem is, I've never mined before (only been selling/buying), so I've little idea about what to look for. If anyone is up for giving a little guidance about what to buy, it would be much appreciated 
Preferably I'm looking for a one-click buy option, but am willing to invest more time/work in it if needed. I'm not looking for something super powerful (dunno if 1 block/month is asking much
).
Oh, and also, heard some about ASIC, have anyone tried anything from butterflylabs? or, in other words, would this be a good buy http://products.butterflylabs.com/homepage/4-5gh-bitcoin-miner.html ?
TL;DR power consumption is of no concern, need help on finding a mining rig.
Preferably I'm looking for a one-click buy option, but am willing to invest more time/work in it if needed. I'm not looking for something super powerful (dunno if 1 block/month is asking much
).Oh, and also, heard some about ASIC, have anyone tried anything from butterflylabs? or, in other words, would this be a good buy http://products.butterflylabs.com/homepage/4-5gh-bitcoin-miner.html ?
TL;DR power consumption is of no concern, need help on finding a mining rig.
forget about ASIC as it's not generally available yet.
If you know how to build a computer, buy a motherboard with 4/5 PCI Express slots, buy a cheap processor Senprom or similar, buy a nice PSU 1000/1100W, buy a cheap case (if you want to have a clean setup), buy one stick of RAM 2/4GB will do, and buy three Radeons 7970, you don't even need a HDD nor a DVD Drive... just install linux, setup the AMD Drivers and use CGMiner or something like that.
with about $1100 in investment you should be able to get abour 2000Mhash/s and collect about 7 BTC/m at current difficulty.
that's almost $200... If you like free money, then buy another rig, but watch out because someone's power bill will increase considerably.
Good luck!
