Topic: How many S3 are you planning to buy? - page 2. (Read 3922 times)
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No ROI, no care.
I'll have three since I don't pay for electricity.
If you don't pay for electricity you would be better off buying S1's since they will be cheaper and efficiency doesn't matter to you.Only if you also have unlimited electricity. (PM me if you have free unlimited electricity, I have a deal for you!) You can fit 3 S1s on a 15 amp circuit, for only 600 GH/s. You could fit 3 S3s on the same circuit and get 1500 GH/s!
I'll have three since I don't pay for electricity.
If you don't pay for electricity you would be better off buying S1's since they will be cheaper and efficiency doesn't matter to you.I actually had an Antminer S1 but I ended up selling it after it made ROI because it was too loud. I'm hoping S3 will be more on the quieter side so that I can keep it in my apartment.
I'm thinking of buying at least two, maybe three.
I'll have three since I don't pay for electricity.
If you don't pay for electricity you would be better off buying S1's since they will be cheaper and efficiency doesn't matter to you.
I'll have three since I don't pay for electricity.
I won't be dirt cheap, it will be priced high on day 1 for all of the ballers, and when sales slow down, us poor folk will buy a few.
lets assume, this S3 wont ROI, would you still buy?
yeah I will get one at a minimum as I have a source of power at 3-4 cents a kwatt.
right now i am using about 560watts with 3 underclocked s-1's at that spot but I could pull them and run 1 or 2 of these.
I won't be dirt cheap, it will be priced high on day 1 for all of the ballers, and when sales slow down, us poor folk will buy a few.
lets assume, this S3 wont ROI, would you still buy?
I won't be dirt cheap, it will be priced high on day 1 for all of the ballers, and when sales slow down, us poor folk will buy a few.
IMo, 0.9-1.1 BTC is the fair price, considering that the miner will probably produce ~1.9BTC over its lifetime, minus ~$400 in power costs at $0.15/kwh.
The difficulty jumps have been tame lately but with KNC shipping another big batch there's a reason we jumped up about 50PH/s in 3 days. I'm guessing we're going to have double difficulty in just 1 month or faster. Unless they're dirt cheap I probably won't be picking up any.
It depends if anyone wants to buy all my old outdated mining equipment. LOL.
IMo, 0.9-1.1 BTC is the fair price, considering that the miner will probably produce ~1.9BTC over its lifetime, minus ~$400 in power costs at $0.15/kwh.
100 or so , they'll make it match , that part of the biz they are good at 
( i just disagree with the scaled repricing for the sake of resale , but if you hold them longer, near parity just less initial c flow in a shortened period )
( i just disagree with the scaled repricing for the sake of resale , but if you hold them longer, near parity just less initial c flow in a shortened period ) 
Sounds like Bitmain is dropping the s2 form factor AKA "The Last Batch" on their forum thread, so I will look elsewhere for a unit that can sit in a rack . The S2 was a GREAT product, I wish they would have stuck with the development of it ..
I am thinking the price of the S3 will be priced below the price per GH of the S2 and that is why they held up 1 week on releasing the S3 till they could get rid of all the S2 inventory.you think itll be lower lower than the $1.45/GH after coupon price or $1.85/GH before coupon price?
you still have to use a power supply for S3, so should be slightly less.
Sounds like Bitmain is dropping the s2 form factor AKA "The Last Batch" on their forum thread, so I will look elsewhere for a unit that can sit in a rack . The S2 was a GREAT product, I wish they would have stuck with the development of it ..
I am thinking the price of the S3 will be priced below the price per GH of the S2 and that is why they held up 1 week on releasing the S3 till they could get rid of all the S2 inventory.you think itll be lower lower than the $1.45/GH after coupon price or $1.85/GH before coupon price?
Sounds like Bitmain is dropping the s2 form factor AKA "The Last Batch" on their forum thread, so I will look elsewhere for a unit that can sit in a rack . The S2 was a GREAT product, I wish they would have stuck with the development of it ..
I am thinking the price of the S3 will be priced below the price per GH of the S2 and that is why they held up 1 week on releasing the S3 till they could get rid of all the S2 inventory.
Sounds like Bitmain is dropping the s2 form factor AKA "The Last Batch" on their forum thread, so I will look elsewhere for a unit that can sit in a rack . The S2 was a GREAT product, I wish they would have stuck with the development of it ..
With difficulty exploding like it is, they're gonna have to be blody cheap to make it worthwhile. I can't imagine paying more than .7BTC each
In reality, many miners would probably just look at their available wallet balance ( which should be climbing since the S1 went out of stock ), divide the available balance by how many S3's they can get, and deal with the PSU and customs costs when the S3s arrive in the country.....
I think at a certain point miners should stop spending every last bitcent on more HW and start saving what little BTC they can.
That's what I'm doing. I drained it while I was building up hashrate a little but I haven't added anything since the beginning of May. If the S3 is priced correctly I will buy a few but I'm not going to empty my wallet and start from scratch again...I like having a balance!
In reality, many miners would probably just look at their available wallet balance ( which should be climbing since the S1 went out of stock ), divide the available balance by how many S3's they can get, and deal with the PSU and customs costs when the S3s arrive in the country.....
I think at a certain point miners should stop spending every last bitcent on more HW and start saving what little BTC they can.
I have drawn a few conclusions that are close to yours.
I have also looked at some facts
1)the summer just started for me in New Jersey USA.
2)In the summer 2k watts are my max.
3)Right now I am at 710 watts. i have 5 blades 6 r-boxes a few fury sticks
4)I ordered 2 more blades so that makes 880 watts. if i get a s-3 i go to 1270 watts
so i may not order the s-3 at all
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