Quote from: IainKay on July 22, 2015, 08:05:11 PM

Quote from: amelen on July 16, 2015, 04:31:03 PM

Quote from: QuintLeo on July 16, 2015, 04:23:37 PM

Perhaps they're building "next gen" machines and using them to replace S5s in their cloud operations, then turning around and selling the used S5s as "new"?

Hmmmmm - where have we heard THAT sort of thing *cough KNC cough* before?

They never claimed the hashnest S5's are new, so that can very well be the case. They have probably been selling used units in hashnest for a while, but as long as there are no issues of them breaking, etc.. I guess it doesn't really hurt anyone.

As long as its a discounted price and not marketed as new I have to agree.

No doubt the chips lifespan will be reduced having been run professionally 24/7 so I would hope very discounted prices.

The "having been run professionally 24/7" is better than run sometimes for the same period because the cool down and warm up are more likely to see damage than steady running.