I really like the idea of this, but would like to see some more depth to it. Maybe have a rating scale per company on each question? It is pretty obvious everyone knows SP-Tech and Bitmain are the only good sellers, but it would be cool to see who does what better.
yeah I kind of want to do a 3 way comparison of :
Sp20
S-5
Avalon4.1
price
shipping cost
watt to gh on low
watt to gh on med
watt to gh on fast
firmware quality
warranty
ease of setup
Sound levels
case quality
ease to mod it.
I have the sp20's on hand
I have a s-5 on hand
I am trying to get an avalon 4.1 for demo so far I may be able to get one with a small discount
frankly I don't think a lot of people understand what the reviews take to do in terms of time. Imageshack charges me for the photos. This thread started a small feud with people picking sides. Not that sure if the effort is worth it anymore.
For example if I decide to review the avalon 4.1 I will need to spend about 1.6 coins( a discounted item) minimum for a piece of gear I don't need.
I would do this basically just to determine 3 things how loud is it on eco mode ?
what is the real power use on eco mode ?
what does it take to set it up ?
Right now no one has shown clear easy photos or reviews of this on our site. To be fair there are 2 reviews on from dogie and one from valkir. Neither review answers those questions in an acceptable manner so why should do it when I got a shit load of grief for running this thread?
Btc is in a funny spot right now and for the first time since I started in August of 2012 I have real doubts
due to the push towards data centers.
I can crunch numbers pretty well and I don't like what I see. Kind of asking myself do I want to be in a game where asic builders push towards cloud mining and the deals they offer are worse then me mining in house. My rates are 16 cents in the summer and 13 cents in the winter Winter adjusts to 10 cents with heat savings.
only lee's 500 s-5's hosted in china are cheap as my home in the winter. he is sold out and his new deal is going to reflect bitmaintech's price rise to 370 a unit.
When the two best real world things for me are coins drop to 170 usd or rise to 340 usd in the next week or two it has become discouraging.