USB Powered Miner >300MH/s - page 4.

ranlo

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Quote from: koincollector on May 11, 2013, 08:21:54 AM

Quote from: Foamy on May 11, 2013, 06:23:27 AM

too expensive for only 300mh/s with asics coming out.

Yea might as well buy a half-descent GPU as at least you could use it for gaming or resell to gain some bucks back.
When ASIC's finally arrives i don't see why anyone would buy a USB miner except for maybe novelty purposes.

This is my thought as well, especially considering they'd have no use after. It's not like you can unplug them when they're obsolete and then use them for some other purpose.

enderbender

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Quote from: AzureEngineer on May 11, 2013, 10:53:21 AM

No reason to buy this. It only costs $100 less than a 7950, does 300 less mh/s, and has little to no resale value.

Why does this have no resale value? Do they get used up?

tempbtc

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To be honest... I'd like to get in on the group buys but I'm still stuck in the newbie level and can't post or contact those organizers. I built a GPU rig with 4 7970 but I would grab these USB sticks in a heart beat... then finally be able to remove the existing power-sucking-portable-heater-box out of my basement

.... hopefully my jalapenos arrive sooner rather than later... and then I'll kick these USB sticks along to a friend.

Khanage

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Quote from: QuiveringGibbage on May 13, 2013, 11:53:53 PM

Quote from: kano on May 13, 2013, 01:24:24 AM

My ASICMINER USB Erupter showed up about an hour ago.
Been playing with the Icarus timing settings still not quite got it right yet.

Obviously yes I'm getting around 300MH/s out of it.

Currently best settings are for anyone wondering while I sort it out:
--icarus-options 115200:2:1 --icarus-timing short

A pic or 2

Click for bigger
http://198.245.60.111/Pix/Erupter1.jpg.200.jpg

http://198.245.60.111/Pix/Erupter2.jpg.200.jpg

These are real and already being tested in Australia.

If you were in the market to upgrade your GPU miner(s), this is the only way to go if for immediate upgrade. Your alternative is paying 50BTC for an ASICMINER Blade Erupter (10GH/s).

QG

Who is supplying these in Australia ?

ik2013

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LTC uses scrypt which is NOT the same as SHA-256 which BTC uses. These will not work for LTC.

As to earning the BTC back, one unit will pay for itself in 161 days at current difficulty levels. According to the profit calculator @ bitcoinx these should consume around 1 cent of power a day (@ 15 cents a KW)...I'd like to see a GPU match that

Kennji

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Mine Litecoins.

Can these mine LTC?

boyohi

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its not worth it :\ it would take forever to get the BTC back

ik2013

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These could put a serious hurt on some alt coins...

I think everyone is missing the point about the power consumption too...it's only 2.5 watts per 300 Mhs guys..whats the power draw on these GPUs you keep spouting off about?

I will agree the price seems a bit extreme but none of us have any idea what went into developing these boards..is it so bad to seek a profit for your hard work? The work that went into developing these was surely harder than using one

QuiveringGibbage

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http://idontALT.com

Quote from: kano on May 13, 2013, 01:24:24 AM

My ASICMINER USB Erupter showed up about an hour ago.
Been playing with the Icarus timing settings still not quite got it right yet.

Obviously yes I'm getting around 300MH/s out of it.

Currently best settings are for anyone wondering while I sort it out:
--icarus-options 115200:2:1 --icarus-timing short

A pic or 2

Click for bigger

These are real and already being tested in Australia.

If you were in the market to upgrade your GPU miner(s), this is the only way to go if for immediate upgrade. Your alternative is paying 50BTC for an ASICMINER Blade Erupter (10GH/s).

QG

pyromaniac

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I'd buy it but the price is too expensive and comparable with GPUs with equal MHashes.

superresistant

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I really like the idea : USB, transportable, low consumption power.

If the price could go lower it would be a good investment.

Clonex

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I must agree, 2BTC i too overpriced.

zuerdemon

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I like the idea of low consumption USB miner. I will def order one after the price will go bit down later...

jundesirehd

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2Btc is too expensive..

Amph

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i make more profit selling two bitcoin than buying this

bad deal is bad

Sawtoothsquid

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Finally a use for my 25 port USB hub.

Artyom

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Looks nice, but if the price was less or more hashrate... Undecided

narf46

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$200 for 350Mh/s, seems legit. Just do some quick math -ok, makes almost 2 dollars a day. Sounds gr-Wait..

I noticed the value of mined work seemed to decline by ~10% over the last month. At least, according to the http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/ tool.

Bummer.

raze

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Agree with most of these posts, that's a pretty extreme price compared to the hashrate.

isaf00

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What if the price were to go down with the new batches

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