I would leave Asics for the wealthier bitcoiners. Your money is probably better off spent on food, crypto, fun, women, or whatever you like. I recommend any of this over buying an ASIC. You are better off in my opinion buying crypto and learning to make money trading it or simply holding it. If you must mine get a good video card and mine the newest coin you can find that has potential or something like digitalcoin that's a good earner with potential. Or your favorite coin or the coin you see value in. Or you can wait until you see a good opportunity to buy a cheap higher output machine.