Quote from: Norm MacDonald on December 22, 2018, 03:26:34 PM

I'm finding brand new S9i 14 th in the states that I can physically pick up and avoid shipping altogether. $220.00 WITH PSU in original unopened box. Then I pop the ASICBoost Frimware upgrade on them and I can't believe how reliable smooth and efficient these units are. These are my favorite of all S9's to date. I'm sub .05 per Kwh so it's an easy call. I have absolutely no reason to even think about these new units. Not to mention, they haven't been running enough to get sense of their reliability. These things could very well turn out to be an RMA fest.

A LPM s9i does 13,700 at 1275watts on the wall that is 93 watts a th

some LPM s9i do 13,900 at 1250 watts on the wall that is 90 watt a th

I have been getting them with a psu for 250 usd.

my power deal is a 50 50 coin split so it is 6900 th for free so for me 6-7 month roi.

While I want the new gear it is still too much $$

So in effect bitmain has priced this too high for the USA unless the buyer is in the 6,7,8 cent power range.

Still a ton of offline hash power available. If you are USA based buying from new from bitmain vs buying from used from ebay is an easy choice.