Just wanted to chime in and say that the current price listed for the 2.4Th/s nTek miner is set high right now because we are currently working out some details for the production cost. We are getting the latest prototype PCB's back this week and will be able to better test the cooling system. Worst case scenario we will need to use liquid cooling on the top of each A1 chip.
Based on further testing we may likely find that liquid cooling is not needed on the top of each A1 chip. Also our engineering team is working on a new design based on liquid cooled copper heat pipes and aluminum heatsinks adapted to the top of each A1 chip. Over the next week we will have a much better idea of the price to add the liquid cooling to our current modular heatsink design.
Wouldn't it make more sense to wait until you have an idea of how much it will cost you to build one of these before you advertise a price?
We have been building the nTek miners now since January and have gone through multiple board iterations.
The expected
Cost and Shipping Timeframes for delivery have now been updated on the product pages.
http://ntekcomputers.com/products/1ths-asic-bitcoin-miner-1000ghhttp://ntekcomputers.com/collections/bitcoin-asic-miners/products/ntek-2-4th-s-28nm-asic-bitcoin-miner-3-200gh-s-in-turbo-modePlease understand that these are conservative shipping timeframes. We are very close to having the 1.2Th/s miners ready to ship and the 2.4Th/s miners are two two of the same nTek 28nm ASIC modules. Same design and form 4U chassis form facter but with 80 A1 chips instead of 40.
We wanted to show what we are working on so we made the immediate announcement of the full (dual modules) 80 chip miner. Prices will of course be adjusted in the future as we streamline production and to also stay competitive with the market.
The current prices posted are based on the high quality of design and craftsmanship that has gone into our product. We are striving to set ourselves aside from others in the Bitcoin mining hardware industry. This is why we offer the following:
-Higher Quality Products
-Safe Credit Card Sales (protected with a 100% money back refund guarantee)
-Refunds to anyone who asks
-nTek ROI agreement (see our blog for details)
we are paying back the LMT (lost mining time) for our early customers from the first batch from the time their order was expected to the time it is delivered. BTC compensated based on difficulty rate per day and we are covering the electricity cost so each customer that did not take a refund is getting more BTC than previously expected.
We can also offer a partial (down payment) option of 40% paid at the time of order and the remaining 60% due when the units ship.
Please feel free to ask any questions or express any further concerns. nTek Computers appreciates your positive feedback.
Sincerely,
nTek Computers