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Board Mining speculation
Re: 13 November Break Even Rates For: BitMain S9 / WhatsMiner M3 / Ebit E9
by
beltsniffer
on 14/11/2017, 20:11:43 UTC
I wouldn't run it at home, at least not long term. It would definitely be destined for my hosting facility. I would run it here at first to test it and see if I like it. It's pretty heavy on the power, so I'll run it from the dryer circuit. But I run very little gear full time at home, an R4 in my home office that's doubling as a space heater and Ebit E9 in the garage since they don't draw as much power and are on different circuits that keeps the garage warmer on the cold mornings. All of my other gear is hosted.

I'm not crazy about the efficiency. It's great for a 28nm miner, but doesn't really compete with the current 16nm gear. But I believe we have to support smaller manufacturers, or we are going to get stuck with more of the same from Bitmain. I am willing to buy and run one of these, even if I only break even on it. Though with my power rates it should ROI in less than 5 months.