Quote from: jonnysomething on March 28, 2014, 08:25:41 AM

I look at mining as a hobby. It's fun.

If you have 4k to invest in a hobby with a .01% chance of you getting crazy rich, drop the cash and go for it.

If you're looking to make money, take that 4k and learn about day trading.

I'd recommend mining though, I think it's fun.

+1

Quote from: gondel on March 28, 2014, 08:33:50 AM

Quote from: Vesyz on March 27, 2014, 07:41:48 PM

Hi everyone!

I have massive problem. I read all forum about it but first...

I bought 2 x corsair 1000W + mobo + etc and i want to buy 6x 290. But i don't have still them because i was on holiday. Now when i came back i read i saw ASIC.... and that's a problem.

Ok the point is:

buy GPU and start mining? everything will cost me around 4000$ or sell everything and forget it? How do you think guys/girls?

And i forget: i don't pay for electricity.

Hello,
Mining can be fun, but addicting too

It is little like gambling...I n my opinion if you are not paying for electricity give it a try. Also from where you are getting this free electricity?

BR,

Gondel

Couldn't agree more! Very addictive when you see auto payouts arriving in wallet... BUT the Mine & Dump model driven by need to meet $/Kw and make profit against ever increasing Diff is killing the 'Golden Goose' and with CPU>GPU>ASIC it's all getting rather frustrating! With new scrypt coins launching daily the decision on what to mine and what coin might even get to an exchange becomes increasingly difficult.

OP - The answer may well be in your last sentence! - If you don't pay for electricity just go for it with the GPU - at least they can be resold whereas $/kw/khs ASIC benefit of ASIC doesn't apply with free power and they'll become expensive paperweights fairly quickly unless some newbie buys them from you later on...