I'm looking for a profitable miner to run at home, I'm willing to pay the electricity and keep the rest of the BTC so it has to have relatively good profitability.
Antminer S5 is the most cost effective miner at present. With a power draw of less than 600 watts at the wall anyone can use one at home. You would not want it in your living room or bedroom due to fan noise though.
Unless you already have a suitable power supply you could just buy an Antminer S5 converted to hashrate at Hashnest for $390. That way if you got tired of mining you could sell your GH immediately on the Hashnest market.
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