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Board Beginners & Help
Re: Is it worth it?
by
nmat
on 30/07/2011, 00:49:30 UTC
In my humble opinion, anything that requires more than 2/3 months to pay the initial investment is not worth it. Difficulty is increasing which will extend those 8 months indefinitely.

Also: the 7000 series should be out soon and your hardware will become outdated.

PS: here's a calculator that estimates difficulty to help you with your choice: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26751.0