Topic: Interest in a GPU Group Buy? (Read 5890 times)

270 (non-X) = $180 = 490 kh/s = 2.72 kh/s per dollar
7950 = $300 = 750 kh/s = 2.5 kh/s per dollar

Of course, you'd need more of the 270s to get the same overall hashrate than the 7950s; more risers, more motherboards. Also don't forget about power consumption, additional PSUs.

The 270s run nicely on 5 or 6 card rigs on only 1 1000~1050 watt PSU.

Note, scrypt ASIC in initial $/KHs investment moved very close to GPUs. Given much lower Watt/KHs ASIC is about to kill GPUs.

I was able to source 50 7950's today at $300 each + tax and shipping to ca. I would like to move on this asap if anyone is interested please pm me for more details. I would like buyers looking to get 10+ to make it a litte more simple.

Hi im'm interested

please pm me  info & prices

Interested.  Can't wait for more info

I'd be interested in buying many 270Xs , if they are the right price (less than 200$) and delivered to UAE .
i have access to electricity as cheap as 1.5cents/kwh , and i have over 300 amps of 220V .
we've already bought 50x 290 + 60 7950 , i guess 270 is a good bang for the buck !.

Less than $200 USD (about 180 USD) for Sapphire R9 270s.

Nice one man, do let us all know what they reply. If they're legit perhaps we can organize a group buy for those beasts.

The 7990 would be the best card to get until they come out with a dual chip R9 290x...  But I haven't seen any anywhere but eBay and a few small e-tailers and at insane prices every time I looked.  The Ali Baba link looks sketchy at best.  Only non-reversible payments and no feedback or Ali Baba site inspection.  Have you tried contacting them to get a price? 

I contacted one of them with this message:
"Hi,


I'm interested in buying several Radeon 7990 video cards and am in contact with many other people that would be interested in buying several more each.  I don't have a full count on quantity yet but would be surprised if it's less than 30 if the price is right and would be very interested in getting your price quotes and brands you are offering.  If you have different price points for different quantities please give me a list and we'll try to get as many orders as possible.  Also interested in what kind of payment terms you will accept.  Many of the people involved have been scammed out of money buying items that never shipped so we are an understandably nervous bunch and would need some way of secure payment, possibly an escrow service or American Express card payment to assure that we are not sending our hard earned money out without the guarantee that we will get what we ordered.  "

We'll see what happens.


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Everything I have read here on this forum has shown it to be about 50/50 for legit and scam.
People seem happy with the buyer protection but it can be slow to recover their money.
Also a big chunk of advice is to check the sellers feedback and such.
It does look too good to be true but not sure.

Anyone in the mood to get in touch and check if any of these listings are legit http://www.alibaba.com/products/F0/radeon_7990.html seems too good to be true but who knows.

I'm pretty new to mining, but I have a few R9 290s that seem to be good bang for the buck miners if you can get them at a reasonable price.  The 290x is a bit faster thought so if we can get those it would give us the biggest bang per PCI slot.  The way to figure it is figure how much hashing power you expect per dollar on the card with a slight weighting toward the higher power cards because you can only get so many in each PC.  So with lower power cards you cost per killahash goes up due to the need for more PCs and thus more electricity to run them.  My head hurts too much to do the math at the moment, but it's really all about the price of the card.  Whatever card gives the most bang for the buck is the one I'm sure we could all agree on.

I'm currently running 3 290xs, 2 290s I got on deals, a 7970 I got on a deal, and my 3 old 6970s and a5870. I'll have to add another mining PC if I add many more cards, ?I already have to run a heavy duty power cord to the bedroom I keep my miners in because I blow the breaker if I don't. The Sapphire Tri-X 290Xs are outstanding because they have an excellent cooler on them that is fairly quiet. (It stays about 20 degrees cooler than my other 290x without much noise at all)  They are great if you mine on your main working PC since you can stand to be in the same room with them.  They also overclock well, but I've found that you don't always get more hashing by raising the clock, sometimes you get less, seems you have to find the right combo of GPU clock and Memory clock, but I'm still experimenting there.  I just got the cards earlier this week. They are very long though and won't fit in older cases, but since most of us will have to run on risers to get any air to them that isn't a huge deal.  The reference design coolers on the 290s suck.  The temps are always near 95c and they sound like a hair dryer.  Happily I have those in my basement that I hardly ever go down to.   

I've read that the 280xs are good bang for the buck miners too, but I don't have one of those yet.

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$337 is what I was told. I stopped by today because I was going to buy them but she was already closed and Ill have to wait till Monday.
I cant imagine that a retail store would carry an item that they make a $10 mark up on when the product costs over $300 but Im not in the electronics business so I cant say for sure. When I have to pay out a vendor or use my credit at a distributor I expect to make at least 12% when dealing in wholesale. Especially if I have to house the products, once again I dont deal with electronics for a living I deal with shit (literally).

Also I was not trying to make a tun on this I am simply trying get some deals here and pass them along to the community. I do just fine at my day job this is just a hobby for me. Thats why I was trying to start small here and keep it simple so that it does not consume to much of my time. If that becomes the case then I will simply pass on the opportunity but I would still like to explore the option before giving up.

Not so sure about that...the exact same vid cards I bought before Christmas have increased in price by 40% so someone is taking some cream.

With that being said, I am getting enough LTC to convert to 1BTC in about 6 weeks with 3 x R9 280X's.  $1500 of ASIC gear does about the same thing.

I am thinking that the reason a group buy may not work is because there is no motivation to sell these cards any cheaper...they are worth what they are worth.

The margins on this hardware are non-existent, no matter the volume. Good luck with whatever you go forward with, but I would be willing to bet a few coins that it is a waste of time and effort.

You probably didn't bother to ask on the price on those 7 7950's did you? Bet it's over $350-400 bucks. If you order 100, if they were even available, I'd bet you'd save less than $10 ea.

So today I stopped in to talk to my local computer shop and spoke to them about contacting their wholesale source on parts. The owner is a customer of mine and we have done some great business in in the past. She was not aware of what mining was in the slightest, after a brief expiation she sounded genuinely interested in helping our cause.  She told me that she would contact her wholesale distributors and inquire about getting a bulk discount. I suggested she look into 280x's and 7950's (she found me 7 7950's instantly) to see what the minimum order would be to get a break in price per unit.

What I would like to know for ya'll is what cards specifically I should ask her for and what the acceptable price per unit would be for everyone.  I told her that I would take at the minimum of 50 cards at first to try and see if I can make this work. This means that I would be putting up a huge part of my capital to make this happen and honestly I cant cover the whole order (if she finds the cards at all) and that I would have to move on this asap.

I think we should try to agree on one specific card to order to make it the least complicated as possible.  Keep in mind this lady had no idea what I was talking about when I told her I wanted to mine with a GPU.

I am open to suggestions on how to move forward with this project and would love to make it happen. I am going to try to convince her to open a bitpay account so if this does move forward we can pay her in btc and she can pay the wholesaler. I would love some input for ya'll on this so I can do my best to make this happen for all of us.

Cheap R9 290s please.

I too am interested if we can get a deal.  I would be interested in R9 280X's or R9 290's

Woodser

Certainly wouldn't hurt!

We are all stuck until Chinese New Year is over.  I think they start coming back to work after the 6th of February.

Whats up? We going to roll on this idea or what? Im in for quite a few if we can get decent  prices. Do I need to contact retailers about wholesale prices through my company?

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HAH!  No wonder I am not getting any responses about another order with my PCIe riser peoples... forgot about CNY.

Thanks for the heads up on Microcenter.  There is one in Dallas I will have to check out

Microcenter is always a great place.

We're still on hiatus until the workers get back to the factories from CNY. I hope to have updates shortly thereafter.

Damn man good deal!  I tried scouring the local smaller computer stores around here last month but they were all sold out of anything worth a damn.  Might have to see if they replenished their stock before placing my next Newegg order.

Local computer stores. I just bought 4 from one (and depleted his stocks). But there's a bunch more where they came from. So I have on order a few more, just have to wait a bit.

Where are you getting them for under $200?!

I was thinking about using those in a couple rigs I am about to build, but that was when Newegg had a $30 rebate and I could have got them for $179 (after rebate)

Now I only see them for $219 so I decided on using the 280x instead.

I want a few dozen Sapphire 270 Dual-X. Take note, 270, not 270X. I can currently get it below 200 USD, so if your price is significantly lower than that (including shipping) then I'll order from you a few dozen of those GPUs.

I'd definitely be interested if the price is right and the delivery time is decent.  I need another card for my mining rig and people are asking for outrageous prices on the secondary market...

Interested here as well.

I agree, I just want a couple decent priced GPU's I don't need a whole rig.
He has not a bad deal just not what we are looking for.

No it's not. You're selling complete mining rigs and shares for the same. I'd rather just get decent pricing on GPUs. Your choice of hardware setup for the rigs is not up to par with my standards. I'd never use smoke master nor Roswell ripple master nor unpowered ribbon risers.

Here a GPU group buy

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/2800-khs-litecoin-mining-rig-915-shares-available-428573

I've got big deal for ltc miner, I will open a group soon

Yeah at $250 for 280x Newegg will take  1000 off your hands Even if it's $350 it will be competitive.

I'd be interested.  Like everybody else though, will depend on the card and the price.



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In.

In too.

Yes interested.
Dont mind free and slow shipping. But price of cards need to be ~100 less than the market price

Im also very interested.  But what would you do, buy them all an than ressel it to us or just set the price and we buy it? Im not very familiar with group buying things. :/

I already got 100 riser cables now I just need the hundred cards 

250 for a high end card I'd be in for 100. That would be a killer price right now for at least a 280x

all really interested....why don't any hero member make a group buy for GPU?and let's mining all together! 

interested as well in three - five cards

interested. if the price is $250 per high end card, I am in for 10 cards.

Discussing for now. I am working with some leads in China on obtaining a large number of GPUs. If it works, I'll list a new GB with links/info/price/specs if it went well.

but it is a group buy or just discussing?

Count me in yo.

anyone can get a good quote for some GPU? if yes pm me I'm really interested to buy...

Any new updates on this group buy?  I'm interested as well.

what about open a group buy? I will participate! I think litecoins will take off this year.. when ltc will be over 60$ with a radeon 7970 or 7990 will be really profitable mining.. I think price will take off suddenly.

Interested (R9 280X-290). International shipping (I'm in Italy)?

Would love to see any more updates if possible.

interested

Working with some people in Shenzhen to make it a reality..

interested as well!

Count me in as well!! Can't get enough GPU power

I'd be interested too let me know how you get on, thanks!!

Hi,

Im interested.

Count me for 60 - 100 GPU 280x.

Thanks

Any updates in the year 2014?

Sure why not!

Interested and intrigued.

If you could ship them to the UK (obviously for an extra fee), I would be interested.

I'm also interested depending on final price and specs.  I have a couple computers that need video cards so getting some that can also mine would be sweet.  I too can recommend Ben as my son and I have both purchased from BuyAHash in the past.  Good prices and fast delivery, although I do only live about 30 mins away, was satisfied with his service.

Great Idea let's get the show on the road!  I have never seen price gouging like this before it is effing ridiculous!  Does anyone have Four 7990's they can sell me in the meantime?  Or I can trade you some ASIC gear for them!

Thanks for the update!  Definitely looking forward to hearing more info when you receive it.

Working on getting quotes now from a few additional places. My first round of factory-direct E-mails seemingly died off. I imagine most factories are about at 100%, so I'm working on a few other places to do a GB from.

Please keep me informed

Interested as well.

Interested. PM ME pls

depends on what cards, but i would be interested

Interested. Any update?

I'm curious too on the price and ETA.  Def. watching this thread...

If you could get cards at good prices I'd be in for a lot. It's funny how hard it is to buy gpus right now!

Oddly, I'm interested in a couple as... GPU's..... LTC has made buying a AMD card for desktop usage impossible.

Pair of something like 290 / 290X's?

I would be interested in some.

I think GPU mining is taking off again..there is simply nothing out there right now.

Interested

I'd be interested.  If you need help running the group buy, I would be glad to assist you.  These things can be tedious.

Also interested!

I would be interested in this as well depending on details and price. Keep us informed!

Definitely very interested, looking to build a scrypt rig...

Interested, but like everyone else, devil is in the details.

Count me interested as well!  Thanks!

For those that don't know Benny, I just want to say that he is very professional and can absolutely be trusted with this sort of thing.  I'm a shareholder in BAH and his handling of the closing of LitecoinGlobal was perfect.  He kept shareholders informed every step of the way and I'm sure that is exactly how he will handle this GB.

Im interested but delivery time is going to be critical for me.

If between now and early Jan Im in for ~$500US or 0.5BTC, if late Jan Id be in for $2,000US or 2.0BTC.

If the buy isnt setup and expecting shipment by end of january Id just order from an Etailer at normal price.

I am interested depending on delivery time.

I highly doubt you can get the cards. I say this as a guy working for a major business with tax ID numbers and now resale licenses, and I was talking to major distributors like two weeks before the latest bubble, LTC was still like $4. Newegg does not have a $50 markup on a GPU, more like $10 at the most. Most distributors couldn't get stock, like 60 cards of stock, and this was all before the bubble! The prices I was getting on 280x cards (only ASUS could deliver, with the massive Direct-CU 3 wide heatsink for $320 something. Sapphire would not commit to anything, and MSI was not responding. This was through several distributors, ASI distribution, D&H, Ingram, and a few others.

Check my past posts, but more importantly the timestamps if you doubt me.

Add me to the interested list.

I'd also be interested if the price/delivery is right

I would be interested in this also.  When you have more information, please let me know.

I am interested too many people contacting me trying to buy LTC miners.

I agree completely.

I would be interested and yes I agree with aznatama, there are even differences in the same product from the same manufacturer.

Example: The infamous PowerColor 7870 Tahiti LE there are two different memory modules used, Hynix and Elpida. I have found the Hynix is normally on an older SN card and is good for 415 to 425 kh, the Elpida is 370 to 390.

Depends on how fast delivery will be.  With dedicated scrypt machines coming out soon (hopefully), gpu mining may not be viable unless rigs are up and running very quickly.

Specs of the card would need to be figured out as well, since certain cards do much better than others due to mfg specific implementations that are beyond the scope of the reference design.

Hi guys,

Ben from BuyAHash.com

I am curious about this, as I've been in talks with a few people. Stores are mostly sold out of GPUs, or there are limits on what you can buy. I may have a way to purchase cards direct from the factory. The cards wouldn't be labeled nor have official warranties, but they are from OEM manufacturers like MSI, Sapphire, and the like.

The idea would be to maybe go in and purchase 500 - 1000 to negotiate a favorable price. I am not sure what the actual costs are going to be, but they'd be below NewEgg prices, but wouldn't include the AMD promo cards. My estimate (and please do not quote me) would be about $250 + S&H per GPU in the US. Payments would be via crypto and credit cards.

Would this be something that BitcoinTalk users would be interested in?