Ok, I have to admit that Cointerra is starting to excite me now the way KNC and Bitfury did months ago.
And because I'm very late to this preorder, just how dumb would it be for me to order an April batch TerraMinerIV? Or if you still think it's a good idea, please tell me why.
I already have preorders for a Neptune and 2 Monarch 600's. And I feel like now might be a good time to add another miner to my collection before BTC crashes back to $130... "Panic Buying!" Lol.
its not for me to sway you one way or another. you need to make your own decisions. I'm just reporting what I've seen and heard from cointerra.
like you, I've ordered from multiple asic providers to spread my risk. i rate knc highly and i think you can't go wrong with them. cointerra is also good (and cheaper). I'm not so hot on bfl.
i personally think the neptunes will be wayy better than the monarchs. i think the idea of putting monarchs into a pc, like a graphics card isn't a good solution. they've left it to the user to figure out how to make the pc run in low power mode, and not suck down more wattage than the mining card itself will use. and how to cool a pc that has one or more multi hundred watt cards inside is a lot harder, with all the bits and bays and cables its got.. than a dedicated miner. i want to see how their cooling solution works out... as putting high powered cards into a pc each draw more than the pc.. right next to each other.. is a significant challenge to cool, and keep running. and if they decide to go down the liquid cooling route that hashfast and cointerra have gone down (which is the only option that makes sense as i honestly don't think they can air cool something like that at the performance they're expecting) then they're making the user jump through hoops. i mean, if you had to cram in 3 liquid cooling systems into the box, you'd need to buy a very big pc case that lets you mount three separate radiators, each with 120mm fans. and cooling radiators are bigger than the fans, so they don't always co-exist nicely next to each other. its going to be an awkward install for the customer, not to mention a high extra cost.
I'm not real high on the Monarchs either. The first order was a trade-up from an April Single and Jalapeno order. The second Monarch was a Black Friday 25% discount order. I was in a buying frenzy at that moment and it seemed like a good idea, lol.
During that buying frenzy, I also ordered a couple of 60GH Singles and won a forum auction for an AntMiner. Ironically the Singles are already hashing away but I'm still waiting for my AntMiner, lol.
As of this moment I don't have enough in my wallet for another Neptune but I do have enough for a Cointerra TerraminerIV, HashFast Sierra or BlackArrow Prospero X-3. HashFast just seem like the don't know what they are doing compared to Cointerra... the case design being the most obvious to me. And I have absolutely no faith that BlackArrow will deliver anything.
Or might it be best to hang onto the coins for now? I'm mining nearly one BTC per day at the current difficulty so I've been accumulating coins quite quickly by my standards. And with the recent high price of BTC, I get itchy and want to buy more gear whenever I can. This is just supposed to be a hobby for me but it's taking over my life, lol.
So, that's where I am.
chill 