so does everyone pretty much say i could expect to make around $50 in USD's worth of bitcoins? electricity is what it is, i'll assume it will be a loss, but just in terms of what it can generate conservativeliy what do you guys think?
also is this all i need? should i get anything along with this machine like fan etc...?
At current diff, with current block reward and with current BTC price, it'll make you about $45 on average (not including power costs or initial cost to purchase).
Since the diff might rise, the blocks will halve and the price fluctuates, you might need 2 S5's just to be sure. If you want an other option, use the link i gave in my previous post to compare this with other hardware.