Quote from: cpengr on September 28, 2013, 10:29:07 PM

Quote from: r3animation on September 28, 2013, 10:22:47 PM

Quote from: hoss on September 28, 2013, 10:17:17 PM

I hate to keep being Debbie Downer but I am confused as to why some of you don't seem to understand the current situation. As of right now, even if you got the chips for free, electricity for free, SB shipped the boards for FREE, you WOULD NOT make ROI. In fact if someone came up to me TODAY with a fully functional (as in 4.5GH with no hardware errors) K16 board and asked $80 for it - I would not buy it at this point.

Again - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah7ZJVoobFY7dDRGQk1kdmJmaUJwZENKZUdNejJlWEE#gid=0

Realistically if you start mining today, a K16 might produce 0.5BTC before it hits electricity/reward break point.

Erm, if everything was free, your investment was $0 therefore ROI is at $0. Everything you mine would be profit.

Not "everything". In his hypothetical scenario, chips, electricity, and shipping are free. I infer that means the assembly and boards themselves are not.

Ok gotcha.

I still haven't got my refund from SB.