Hello folks.

I'm planning on buying some chips (which leads to my first question) and have them assembled for me on to "a board" (which leads to my second question).

At the moment, what "next-gen" chips are out there?  Avalon Gen 2 / Bitfury?  Can anyone recommend one over the other?

And as far as assembly, can anyone recommend a reputable company?

Thank you.

What I will say is that I've bought over 50 items (boards, circuits, sensors, etc.) from aliexpress in the last year and the items have always arrived here (eventually...shipping is slow as hell) and the items all worked.

Having said that, I've bought over 50 items...and never spent more than $15 on a single item.  Do I trust them for cheap sensors, breakouts and boards?  Yes.  Would I buy a Miner from them?  Not a chance in hell.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

no one?

Yeah it's a bunch of stuff but you can make a small enclosure and then mount the screen creatively.  Would be kind of cool.

http://www.adafruit.com/products/782

This could be a good one.  It has USB input/output.

Title says it all.  Just wondering if anyone has dealt with them before.

Thank you.

I'd like to reserve 3 shares.  What's the best way to go about this?

That is indeed true, but it doesn't answer my question.

The other night I was on the forums and found a link to an excellent site that had all mining hardware currently available (or soon to be available) on the market.  I cleared out my history yesterday and can't find it.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

GBBG is utter crap AND a scam AND a ponzi scheme.  But the majority of users on here already know that already.

Unfortunately I'll be out of town, hopefully someone can fill me in.

I registered a channel on freenode, #nycbtcgroup, so at least we have a common place to share stuff.  I'll be in there 24/7, just whisper me for ops when you get on.  If I'm away I'll get it done when I'm back

We can always change the channel name, just figured I'd use that one for now.

Do you guys want me to start a phpBB server or something similar?

Maybe in a week or so we could do a Hangout on google and then meet up after the holidays?

Absolutely.  Perhaps we could meet up after the holidays?

I'm in Manhattan, Gramercy Area.  I'm definitely interested.

If it looms too good to be true, more often than not it is .  Looks shady to me

I've been investing in BTC for about 18 months but only got in to mining recently in the last 3 months.  My best advice to any newbies out there looking to get in to mining, via hardware or cloud, is to research and calculate.  Keep up with all of the major Bitcoin publications, look at market trends and heed the advice of the senior members on here.  They are usually right 

It's been at least two weeks since I got a payout.  I don't expect I will :/