Just gathering data, building a rig and not deciding whether to get some Bitcoin ASICS (which im assuming you can reconfigure to other sha coins) or do a scrypt rig. Thanks!
I mine both Scrypt (with GPU) and SHA-256 (with ASIC).
I would recommend you wait a couple of months and see if Alpha Technologies will actually deliver their new ASICs Scrypt mining rig, and if the specs hold up as promised. If they do it should be pretty profitable for a while at least, assuming you can get a hold of one.
If you are risk averse Scrypt is probably the way to go at the moment since you can always re-sell the gear and recover a substantial portion of your investment. ASIC's are useless for pretty much everything except mining.