Quote from: mike678 on September 07, 2011, 03:58:06 PM

Quote from: SgtSpike on September 07, 2011, 03:42:59 PM

1. Not everyone has 4 cards in each computer. I have a couple of rigs that I am running with only 1 card in each of them, simply because that is all the motherboards will support (and I don't want to mess with trying to get a 1x slot working).

Any miner should look at all the facts before they step blindly into mining. If you decided having a rig with 1 card in it was a good idea that was your mistake. All of my rigs have 4+ cards in them to make the most out of the electricity I'm using from the mobo, hdd, cpu ect.

Quote from: SgtSpike on September 07, 2011, 03:42:59 PM

2. Not everyone has a basement. I don't. Actually, there's very few homes in Oregon that DO have a basement.

Quote from: mike678 on September 07, 2011, 03:21:02 PM

If a basement is not an option

Quote from: SgtSpike on September 07, 2011, 03:42:59 PM

3. Yes, I could open the window, but I don't want to. I'd rather use A/C, because I get very uncomfortable in temperatures above 73F or so. I also have pretty horrible allergies depending on what plants/trees/grasses are letting off their pollen.

That's a choice you made that doesn't mean you cant do it. You cant complain that electricity is high and choose not to do what you can to lower it. Either suck it up and open a window or don't complain because your electricity bill is higher.

God you're dense.

We're discussing how much it costs each individual to mine, not how much you COULD mine for. If we go that route, you may as well bring FPGA's into the equation. You COULD mine a whole heck of a lot cheaper with those.

For ME it costs ME $200 of electricity to generate 30 bitcoins. I've already explained why, and you can't argue with me. It is what it is. That's how much it costs. I'm not complaining, as you seem to imply, I am simply stating the true facts of my situation.

I'll stand with you when you say that it doesn't cost every miner $200 to mine 30 BTC, but I won't say that it doesn't cost any miner $200 BTC to mine 30 BTC, which you seem to be trying to imply.