Quote from: cmanmatt on April 28, 2019, 09:34:05 PM

I'd like to see your calculation/thinking.

By my profit model turbo mode makes sense currently. But I am working with 5.4 cent electricity so that obviously will make a difference. Simple Cryptocompare shows $8.50/day for Turbo, $7.84/day for Normal, $6.24/day for Low Power mode. So Turbo currently makes the most profit. I have wondered if the extra wear and tear is worth it and for that extra 8% profit and maybe not.

As energy price goes up then it would flip to where normal would win out and then low power mode.

So your example clearly shows 66 cent benefit on turbo which means it needs to run for 3300 days (3300 x .66 = 2178.00) without breaking to reach a clear benefit for 1 unit.

You would risk running new unknown gear at this moment with zero knowledge of durability hoping that the 66 cent day profit will make it worth your while.

"at the moment with current coin prices" is the key point of my statement.

so in a month if no one has broken gear on turbo you have a base line. And you would lose about 20 bucks waiting for others to test the gear out.

or if prices spike hard and you make 32 a day vs 28 a day so turbo gains 4 dollars a day .

but you could be correct so you earn the 66 cents and never break the gear you win the bet. you earn more your way.

my guess is run it on normal for a month and re assess what to do.