I think you all are crazy, for what it is worth.
You are giving up about twice the hashpower for only slight heatsink costs. Have you guys done the math? What projections have this course of action making more money (or, more likely, losing less money) than converting to chips? I suppose if Marto takes over a month in completing the boards?
it is not about giving a 3 or 4 thousand to double the hash. The time it takes is the issue. there are 765 shares about 100k in usd.
so for the sake of argument we all kick in 10 bucks and it is all the money needed. the hash jumps from 38 th to 60th .
if the gear uses 1 watt a hash and we wait 25 extra days we don't gain a thing.
bob gave us two choices both = you lose fiat on round 17. So why hand out more money and wait more time.
If we were told no delay the gear will be here in two days I think many would jump on it.
And even though the antminer s-3 is a bit worse then advertised it can do 450 gh at 340 watts. mine come on fri. 900 gh at 680 watts = .75 gh a watt
thousands will be mining by monday. why should we pay more money for gear that does not compete with that and it will be delayed if we pay.
I am not giving more money for this r17 not for a longer wait time for power hungry gear.