I know I'm late to the party but with the recent jump in price, it seems like a no-brainer to try to mine. The problem I'm having is that I can't find hardware! Where are all the RX 470/480/570/580 cards?! They seem to be out of stock everywhere all the time.
I figured the motherboards would be easy to source but the best ones seem to be out of stock too!
Are miners eating up all this hardware? Where do you guys source your components? Newegg and Amazon seem like the obvious choices but they just don't have stock...
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That being said Ben8jam, you clearly have A LOT of research to do. You can mine with ANY mobo, cpu, gpu, psu, etc. Profitability will depend on how much you spend and how much power you consume.
If you scored 5 RX470's above the $200 MSRP then that is not actually a good thing as it impacts your profitability. Due to hash-rate decay it permanently impacts your profitability.
As for the GPUs, they were $179 from Amazon direct, no shipping no tax (tax free state). I also got 7 RX 570s for $199 so debating which will be best as seeing the non-Plus Nitro cards are a bit finikier. They're not in my hands yet, so all conjecture.
Besides jokes, yeah, you answered your own question.