Quote from: ruplikminer on March 15, 2018, 05:46:20 PM

Thanks for the advices. It's very interesting about the Halong
When it's supposed to be released? Price? I really want to gain experience with ASICS and, after reading a lot of posts on bct, it's now the time to get one and practice. Just i don't want to spend too much money on my first ASICS. Getting the money back that I will spend to buy it would be quite important. Profit not so much. This is more a "test".

That's why I was looking at the a3.

My budget for this test is about 2k.

I am open to suggestions

Thanks!

For testing? Buy something cheap on ebay, like an S5 (which is, still, the perfect intro miner IMO; you can mod it to run super quietly and use it as a space heater, it runs at 550Wish so you don't need a dedicated circuit for it, and it still occasionally turns a profit depending on the price of BTC (though admittedly it's been a couple months now since that was the case)). But still, you can earn a bit of BTC or BCH while helping warm your bedroom, and learn about ASIC mining at the same time...

Or if you want to dump all $2K in: the S9 is your best buy IMO. Not the best daily payout, but BTC is a stable place to be earning/holding, and it has consistently earned at a relatively predictable rate (though it's been around long enough, my only concern with buying now would be a more efficient miner hitting the market). The L3+ is also a decent buy, but it being the first Scrypt miner from BM, I do kind of expect them to release a new model before too long, so maybe not your best buy right now. The rest of what Bitmain offers is lucky to break even based on current returns and coin values, so the rest are a gamble IMO. The D3 is an unquestionable no, and depending on what all the new batches of miners do to SIA, the A3 is unlikely to be worth it. The X3 is a joke, and while the V line might not be terrible per machine (the power consumption is ridiculous though), having to batch buy makes it useless for me, though you can find single machines on ebay now. I wouldn't expect to profit much from a V9, but if you get it for cheap enough you should be able to recoup on it (but again, if you have the cash just go S9, it is more profitable and far more energy efficient)...