Just to clarify I have 12 GPU cards. I do things for failover and redundancy because that is how I set up everything that handles potential income. It might be excessive but it is just a habit.
As far as ASIC goes, How many people do you know personally with ASIC rigs?
As far as my huge amount of memory, I will need that to run numerous instances. One thing I am just checking out is the possibility of adding nodes even if I could virtualize an ASIC chip. They have such low power useage and would take up low CPU and perhaps GPU cycles that if I can virtualize and ASIC instance , then maybe this rig would not be a waste of money.
My one test was a dismal failure at about 26600 Mh but I was testing on cracking phpBB3 hashes when I got that speed, so I will see for sure in a day or two.
Most likely this will be a bad investment though. I can face that but I am going to look for ways to "hedge" a potential loss.
No pictures yet. On the off chance this does work, I really don't want copycats with my rig chugging away at what could be my bitcoins. If it works I might be open to "leasing" as part of my hedge plan. Being that if it works, I lease instances as a hedge against BTC for dollars.