Quote from: BitMaxz on May 13, 2022, 03:36:50 PM

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Not a good choice because Apollo can pull 200w while Compac F is around 9w. So Apollo consumes more power than the USB stick not a good choice for a 9 cents rate unless he doesn't care about the power consumption.
For clarification, if you have 10 Compac F you can also get 3th/s with around 90w which consumes less power than Apollo.

I just want to add this calculator below with a breakeven analysis to estimate the ROI of your unit.

- https://www.mycryptobuddy.com/bitcoinminingcalculator

Those are operational costs, buying an Apollo would be much cheaper and simpler to run than 10 Compac Fs.

You can in theory(it's sold out) buy 3 Compac Fs for $699.99

Note that individual Compac Fs are being sold right now at $359.90 and to be able to get 300GH/s you also need to buy special rare USB hubs that provide at least 2.4A per port, a power supply for each hub, and fans.

But let's assume an individual price of $233.33 based on only buying those packs of 3 miners. That means to get 10 Compac Fs you will need to pay about $2.3k.

In comparison, one Apollo BTC costs $499.90:

Also, it's hard to make a fair comparison because you can change the power settings on both devices.

These are real numbers that I've measured myself:

For the Compac F, to be able to run at 300GH/s you need to provide 2.4A in the USB port. At 5V that's 12W.

The Apollo can run at different power settings, I'm running mine in a silent setting, so it's producing about 2.1TH/s at 120W.

That's exactly 7 Compac F to match the hash rate of the Apollo.

It's still cheaper and simpler per TH/s to get the Apollo:

1 Apollo BTC: $499.99

7 Compac F: $1,633.31

You can buy 3 Apollos for that price!