should I dump $3,000 into litecoins

[juji]

One balanced rig is the best way to have 50% profit instead of powerful miners could generate a lot of electric consumption

It depends about the hardware, if you use Unix with nice 19 mode it should save CPU processing power.

[skrizach]

One balanced rig is the best way to have 50% profit instead of powerful miners could generate a lot of electric consumption

It depends about the hardware, if you use Unix with nice 19 mode it should save CPU processing power.

mining is done with GPU power not CPU power, so mitigating the CPU consumption is a non-issue

[juji]

Yeah, CPU is the past because GPU doubles than CPU.

There a best thing to invest https://products.butterflylabs.com/5...oin-miner.html they say you can get lower electric bill and less high temp, so you can get warranty. This is 2013.

It generates 20 hashes per second, power uses between 600 and 700 watts and it's connected via USB.

If you want to buy this, so you can't get shipping to your home, but it takes 2 or more months to ship.