I have been thinking...
One solution to my power problem, is to change slowly my machines for some usb asic crap...
If they cost $70 per stick for 330khash, 10 will do $700 (cost of a system) and do 3.3 mhash.
Ofc they are not that fast, but for me is a deal breaker.... 70W of power consuption and no heat or noise...
I might change all my rigs alltogheter...
They could really help on these hard times of low profitability... because they remove the killer element of the equation... (the power bill!).
What do you guy´s think?
And btw where can i get those gridseed usb sticks?
Best Regards,
LPC
The only Scrypt ASIC available now is Gridseed, and these cost $150-200 for 330 KH/s, not $70, and are not USB "sticks". There is a USB stick for ~$70 but it can do only ~60 KH/s.
interesting i saw those on ebay ,they do suposedly 70 KH/s for 59.99 or 5 of those for 300 can do 350 KH/s but 1 grid seed alone can do that for less so those are kinda of rip off if they ever got cheaper i guess it would be ok due to the low power consumption but they would have to be like half the price they currently are asking for.