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Topic: Newbie here, need some advice (Read 476 times)

newbie
Activity: 24
Merit: 0
December 10, 2013, 06:32:08 AM
#6
Ok, i understand its dependent on electricity costs. Im living in a dorm so electricity is no factor at all. An important factor for me is sleep, as i dont have dedicated mining equip and dont want to run my computer over night due to the noise. I want to buy some asic usb miner, whats a reasonable price for one?
newbie
Activity: 41
Merit: 0
December 10, 2013, 06:23:59 AM
#5
I built my mining rig from used videocards (2x 5870 , 2x 5970 , 2x6970 ) and 3 used motherboard with CPU , and got 3 used 850W PSU. Total cost was about $1000. Try to look after used parts.
And the hashing power for scrypt mining is about 2.5Mh/s (at the moment, without 1 5870 )
newbie
Activity: 5
Merit: 0
December 10, 2013, 06:12:30 AM
#4
you need to find a place with free electricity 1st.
sr. member
Activity: 294
Merit: 250
December 10, 2013, 06:08:11 AM
#3
As long as you make more money than you pay in electricity I'd say you make a profit. Of course though, you also need to reach minimum payout. So maybe 250-500 MHash/s?
DrG
legendary
Activity: 2086
Merit: 1035
December 10, 2013, 05:58:16 AM
#2
There is no minimum hashing power you need to make a profit.  The question is how cheap can you get hashing power.

Because the price ran up to $1200 last week everybody is selling mining eq for outrageous prices.  You will never turn a true profit unless somebody does you a favor and sells you some eq very cheaply or you steal it.

Wait until next May/June when the eq frenzies subsides.  Until then buy coins with fiat or trade your services directly for coin.
newbie
Activity: 24
Merit: 0
December 10, 2013, 05:50:49 AM
#1
Hi there,
im new to cryptocurrencies and want to ask what amount of hash power is needed today, to make at least a little profit with btc. And also i want to get out of newbie jail Wink

Thanks in adavance.
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