Topic: [Gauging Interest] Pre-built Scrypt (Litecoin) Miners: >1.2MH/s for $1400? - page 2. (Read 2825 times)
April 11, 2013, 09:31:08 PM
As well, system would come with all cables, and a (cheap) mouse+keyboard, only thing you would need to supply would be a monitor.
April 11, 2013, 08:02:40 PM
Interested to see if people would be interested in this.
Update: Updated to 64GB SSD Drive
What it is: Don't want the learning curve of litecoin mining, or mining in general? Don't like tinkering with GPUs for optimal hash rates?
Would you enjoy being able to buy a pre-built GPU mining machine that would be plug and play? Plug it in, boot it up, and you are ready to mine away?
Here's the idea:
$1400 would get you a machine guaranteed to churn out 1.2MH/s with scrypt mining.
Machines would come with no warranty, but would be tested in a 7-day mining session before shipping. (tests your unit for defects and offsets price a bit!)
The machines would run Windows, and would come with an easy setup program to get you mining in minutes.
They would run on 64GB SSDs with over-capacity PSUs for maximum reliability, and would have both Wi-Fi and Ethernet built in. They would come in roomy cases.
The nitty-gritty specs:
2x7950 GPUs
2 or 3 PCI-E motherboard
850W PSU
Intel Celeron G530 (comes with one core disabled for lower power consumption if you wish)
64GB SSD
8GB RAM
Windows 7 or Windows 8
Custom mining setup program (On first boot, it will guide you step-by-step through the setup of your miner, and will already be optimized for great hashrate)
Each unit could be bought for $1400 + shipping, and bulk orders (>3 machines) would receive a 10% discount. Extra bulk, looking at >10 machines (at which point you would probably want to
Make it Game option: +$300
With this option, your miner would double over as a gaming beast, packed with good SSDs, a good gaming processor, and more. This increases the resale value for this unit, and allows you to game while not mining, or mine while not gaming
.
With the "Make it Game option," an extra $300, you would get upgraded to a 120GB or more SSD, and a Gaming-quality CPU (i5-2500k). As well, the two 7950 cards would come automatically in crossfire, and additional configuration changes could be made for additional cost (extra SSD, >8GB RAM, etc.). As well, any free games that come with the purchase of your GPUs (Crysis 3 and Bioshock:Infinite) would come pre-installed. It could come with extra games installed and ready to go for an extra fee, for those of you with slow internet.
How long would shipping take?
I honestly have no idea, if it gets somewhat popular I would build machines in advance to get them on the road with the seven day testing before they even are ordered, in which case (unless backordered) units would be able to ship out within 2 days of an order, but when the service starts time from order to ship would probably average around 10 days, and the speed in which it got to the buyer would depend on what shipping plan they chose. Shipping *would* be fairly expensive, simply because of the weight of the item.
7 day testing?!?
Yes, the 7-day testing acts both to subsidize the price of the computer and to stress-test the hardware before shipping it out, to get rid of infancy failures. Not sure about this yet, but I may implement a system where for $40 extra those 7 testing days would be spent with your unit posted at your pool of choice.
Is this something people would be interested in?
Update: Updated to 64GB SSD Drive
What it is: Don't want the learning curve of litecoin mining, or mining in general? Don't like tinkering with GPUs for optimal hash rates?
Would you enjoy being able to buy a pre-built GPU mining machine that would be plug and play? Plug it in, boot it up, and you are ready to mine away?
Here's the idea:
$1400 would get you a machine guaranteed to churn out 1.2MH/s with scrypt mining.
Machines would come with no warranty, but would be tested in a 7-day mining session before shipping. (tests your unit for defects and offsets price a bit!)
The machines would run Windows, and would come with an easy setup program to get you mining in minutes.
They would run on 64GB SSDs with over-capacity PSUs for maximum reliability, and would have both Wi-Fi and Ethernet built in. They would come in roomy cases.
The nitty-gritty specs:
2x7950 GPUs
2 or 3 PCI-E motherboard
850W PSU
Intel Celeron G530 (comes with one core disabled for lower power consumption if you wish)
64GB SSD
8GB RAM
Windows 7 or Windows 8
Custom mining setup program (On first boot, it will guide you step-by-step through the setup of your miner, and will already be optimized for great hashrate)
Each unit could be bought for $1400 + shipping, and bulk orders (>3 machines) would receive a 10% discount. Extra bulk, looking at >10 machines (at which point you would probably want to
Make it Game option: +$300
With this option, your miner would double over as a gaming beast, packed with good SSDs, a good gaming processor, and more. This increases the resale value for this unit, and allows you to game while not mining, or mine while not gaming
. With the "Make it Game option," an extra $300, you would get upgraded to a 120GB or more SSD, and a Gaming-quality CPU (i5-2500k). As well, the two 7950 cards would come automatically in crossfire, and additional configuration changes could be made for additional cost (extra SSD, >8GB RAM, etc.). As well, any free games that come with the purchase of your GPUs (Crysis 3 and Bioshock:Infinite) would come pre-installed. It could come with extra games installed and ready to go for an extra fee, for those of you with slow internet.
How long would shipping take?
I honestly have no idea, if it gets somewhat popular I would build machines in advance to get them on the road with the seven day testing before they even are ordered, in which case (unless backordered) units would be able to ship out within 2 days of an order, but when the service starts time from order to ship would probably average around 10 days, and the speed in which it got to the buyer would depend on what shipping plan they chose. Shipping *would* be fairly expensive, simply because of the weight of the item.
7 day testing?!?
Yes, the 7-day testing acts both to subsidize the price of the computer and to stress-test the hardware before shipping it out, to get rid of infancy failures. Not sure about this yet, but I may implement a system where for $40 extra those 7 testing days would be spent with your unit posted at your pool of choice.
Is this something people would be interested in?
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