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0 pointspalish14y ago0 comments

Which miner did you buy? And how much did you pay for her?

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I bought an Acer gaming PC off ebay with an ATI HD5970 graphics card for 800€ - but the same offer was available for 700€, I just missed it.

It currently does ~580MHash/s and consumes about 300Watt - not too bad compared to other miners, it seems to me. Also, if it survives the mining, maybe I can one day use it as a gaming PC if mining becomes unprofitable.

I was lucky that a friend offered to host it in his cellar, though - would have been too noisy for my flat.

palishOP14y ago

So you made... Like, $3,000?

Awesome.

Tichy14y ago

Haven't sold all the BTC, but enough to recoup expenses+some.

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Tichy14y ago

I bought an Acer gaming PC off ebay with an ATI HD5970 graphics card for 800€ - but the same offer was available for 700€, I just missed it.

I was lucky that a friend offered to host it in his cellar, though - would have been too noisy for my flat.

palishOP14y ago

So you made... Like, $3,000?

Awesome.

Tichy14y ago

Haven't sold all the BTC, but enough to recoup expenses+some.

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