If you are not a professional choose GPU, its much more easy and safer.
If you buy asic you should do it in firs 2 weeks, because the complexity will quickly increase when new ones are released. And the second reason is that they are not reliable and often break, unlike the GPU cards.
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Depends on what crypto you are aiming to mine. If you are aiming for bitcoin. Then use ASIC miner. It is way too fast than GPU miner. Bitcoin mining with GPU these days are not recommended since it's more slower solving blocks than ASIC. Also i don't know if GPU still supports mining Bitcoin. And if it is, i don't think it's profitable. But compare to GPU. GPU can mine more different coins than ASIC. ASIC miner can only mine sha256 crypto like Joulecoin, Namecoin, Bytecoin, Devcoin, Terracoin, Unicoin etc. GPU miner almost supports all altcoins in the market.
If i were to buy a mining rig. I will buy GPU miner. Because it's flexible ane you can able to mine good coins like Ethereum. Also it's more silent than ASIC. You can mine indoor with GPU unlike ASIC that is too loud. You need to find a proper place to store and make sure to store it in a cool place.
If i were to buy a mining rig. I will buy GPU miner. Because it's flexible ane you can able to mine good coins like Ethereum. Also it's more silent than ASIC. You can mine indoor with GPU unlike ASIC that is too loud. You need to find a proper place to store and make sure to store it in a cool place.
ASIC all day. You can get ASIC for SHA256, Scrypt, and X11, so why even play with GPU?
X11 is probably the most profitable these days and a D3+ will spit coin all over the place.
-Fred
X11 is probably the most profitable these days and a D3+ will spit coin all over the place.
-Fred
I've been pondering about this (given I have the chance to do both of it which is not gonna happen in the near future) and after a careful thought, I would say that I will pick GPU. With GPU, you can mine a very wide array of coins that are not well-known and this could provide you good profit if their prices suddenly soar. I'm also a gamer so these GPUs will be used by me even if I'm not using them to mine. ASICs are powerful, we can't deny that but their usage is very limited only, that is to mine a certain type of coins. Quick advice, take consider your personal preference on the matter. It would make making your decision so much easier.
Definitely GPUs. It allows you to be more flexible by being able to switch between mining different coins. Also, if ever you quit mining, you can sell your used GPUs because chances are they're still usable. You cant use ASICs to do gaming and other stuff whereas you can if you buy GPUs instead.
I would go with the GPU approach as you can switch to any profitable coin if the current one you're mining is already not.
GPU for sure, best way to mining
Several GPUis is better. ASICs are narrowly specialized. GPU farm you can configure for any coin which is more beneficial
Hey guys,
I've recently got interested in bitcoin (I started doing it AGES ago when it was new and fresh but sadly i gave up on it and now i'm kicking myself.) ATM I'm running Nicehash, as I've only got my little laptop.
After the boss finally got a power bill from the black hole she calls a filing system, i worked out that my little hobby is still profitable on several levels.
Basically I'm coming into some money shortly and I'm looking at taking the next step up with my hobby, but am tossing around with if i should make a GPU rig or an ASIC.
I LOVE the Nicehash program and i think there was another one called Multiminer as well (Would run more than one GPU), but the raw power of the ASIC.
If you had 3k what would you do? ASIC or GPU rig? (Would try look at/consider a noise proof case and running water cooling on the cards to dull out some noise and use it as a Media server/Torrent box)
I've recently got interested in bitcoin (I started doing it AGES ago when it was new and fresh but sadly i gave up on it and now i'm kicking myself.) ATM I'm running Nicehash, as I've only got my little laptop.
After the boss finally got a power bill from the black hole she calls a filing system, i worked out that my little hobby is still profitable on several levels.
Basically I'm coming into some money shortly and I'm looking at taking the next step up with my hobby, but am tossing around with if i should make a GPU rig or an ASIC.
I LOVE the Nicehash program and i think there was another one called Multiminer as well (Would run more than one GPU), but the raw power of the ASIC.
If you had 3k what would you do? ASIC or GPU rig? (Would try look at/consider a noise proof case and running water cooling on the cards to dull out some noise and use it as a Media server/Torrent box)
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