Hi

I'm new to the world of bit mining hardware, and want a relatively decent miner for hobby.

Looking at geting ths Antminer S3 or S5.

If I buy from the Bitmain "Antminer S5 Batch 5", do I like wait until they meet a sell count threshold, or do they ship next business day?
https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Im skeptical about the S5 because I live in a room share in california where its warm in the summers, and apparently the S5 is NOISY. Is there a fan i can buy at frys to make this thing a whole lot less noisy (I think I could deal with heat generated)?


The alternative is buying an Antminer S3 on Ebay. Significantly less GH/s but im okay with this, as it will primarily be for hobby. And it doesn't seem to have the same noise issues as the S5? Insights are welcome

Thanks for all wisdom.