cost_of_folding_on_personal_hardware.ods : Sandbox Multiple Systems
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Cost Estimates** of Folding for CureCoin (by Hardware Profile Dec 2015)
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Avg PPD/Coin over num of years6,677
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cost per kwh$0.12US Average 2015
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num of years4.0CureCoin started in 2014, the next block halving is in 2018
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Hourly Rate$22.00Based on US median salary for System Admin
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CC Cloud Cost/Week$92.00Based on estimates from https://cloudfolding.curecoin.net/
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AWS Cloud Cost/Week *CPU (spot)$67.20
Based on Spot Instance Price estimates of c3.8xlarge Ubuntu from https://aws.amazon.com/ US East N. Virginia Dec 2015
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AWS Cloud Cost/Week GPU (spot)$16.80
Based on Spot Instance Price estimates of g2.2xlarge Ubuntu from https://aws.amazon.com/ US East N. Virginia Dec 2015
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AWS Cloud Cost/Week *CPU (ded)$167.13
Based on Reserved Instance estimates of c3.8xlarge Ubuntu from https://aws.amazon.com/ US East N. Virginia Dec 2015
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AWS Cloud Cost/Week GPU (ded)$66.88
Based on Reserved Instance estimates of g2.2xlarge Ubuntu from https://aws.amazon.com/ US East N. Virginia Dec 2015
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1. Dedicated Laptop NaCl (Quad CPU Only)
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$0.00gpu1 (video card)365days
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$0.00gpu2 (video card)4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu3 (video card)$22.00your hourly rate
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$572.00maintanance 15min every 2 weeks at hourly rateNA
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$750.00CPU / MOBO / Memory / OS / Case (Lenovo T430 i5)24hours/day$57.82
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$80.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)55watts
PS3EdOlkkola recommends 80 PLUS Silver/Gold PS for stability
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$240.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$1,209.40
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$1,642.00Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$231.26total electricity cost$1,723.58
Total cost over num of years (including your time)
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$207.50Value of Equipment at the end of num of years$0.16electricity per day
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$1,434.50total cost minus depreciated equipment (which can be sold)$0.01electricity per hour
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3000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.28
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.39
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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0.45daily coin output$1.84
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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655.95coins over num of years$2.63
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.05
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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$0.03
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2. Dedicated iMac / PC Advanced Client (Quad *CPU Only)
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$0.00gpu1 (video card)365days
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$0.00gpu2 (video card)4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu3 (video card)$22.00hourly rate
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$572.00maintanance 15min every 2 weeks at hourly rateNA
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$1,100.00*CPU / MOBO / Memory / OS / Case (Avg)24hours/day$194.47
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$80.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)185watts
PS3EdOlkkola recommends 80 PLUS Silver/Gold PS for stability
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$240.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$2,291.83
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$1,992.00Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$777.89total electricity cost$2,669.36
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$295.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years$0.53electricity per day
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$1,697.00total cost minus depreciated equipment (which can be sold)$0.02electricity per hour
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16000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.10
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.11
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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2.40daily coin output$0.66
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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3498.39coins over num of years$0.76
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.08
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$0.07
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3. Single GPU + Quad *CPU
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$350.00(GTX 970) 240,000 PPD (est), 3494 GFLOPS, 145W TDP365days
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$0.00gpu2 (video card)4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu3 (video card)$22.00hourly rate
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$1,144.00maintanance 30min every 2 weeks at hourly rateNA
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$950.00*CPU / MOBO / Memory / OS / Case24hours/day$289.08
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$160.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)275watts
PS3EdOlkkola recommends 80 PLUS Silver/Gold PS for stability
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$240.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$3,069.48
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$2,844.00Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$1,156.32total electricity cost$3,924.40
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$365.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years$0.79electricity per day
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$2,479.00total cost minus depreciated equipment (which can be sold)$0.03electricity per hour
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250000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.01
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.01
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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37.44daily coin output$0.06
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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54662.40coins over num of years$0.07
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.11
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$0.09
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4. Dual GPU + Quad *CPU
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$350.00gpu1 (GTX 970) 240,000 PPD (est), 3494 GFLOPS, 145W TDP365days
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$350.00gpu1 (GTX 970) 240,000 PPD (est), 3494 GFLOPS, 145W TDP4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu3 (video card)$22.00hourly rate
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$1,144.00maintanance 30min every 2 weeks at hourly rateNA
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$950.00*CPU / MOBO / Memory / OS / Case24hours/day$441.50
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$160.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)420watts
PS3EdOlkkola recommends 80 PLUS Silver/Gold PS for stability
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$240.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$4,246.52
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$3,194.00Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$1,766.02total electricity cost$4,949.02
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$452.50Value of Equipment at the end of num of years$1.21electricity per day
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$2,741.50total cost minus depreciated equipment (which can be sold)$0.05electricity per hour
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510000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.01
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.01
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76.38daily coin output$0.04
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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111511.30coins over num of years$0.04
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.14
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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5. Triple GPU + Quad *CPU
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$350.00gpu1 (GTX 970) 240,000 PPD (est), 3494 GFLOPS, 145W TDP365days
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$350.00gpu1 (GTX 970) 240,000 PPD (est), 3494 GFLOPS, 145W TDP4.0num of years
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$350.00gpu1 (GTX 970) 240,000 PPD (est), 3494 GFLOPS, 145W TDP$22.00hourly rate
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$1,532.96maintanance 40min every 2 weeks at hourly rateNA
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$950.00*CPU / MOBO / Memory / OS / Case24hours/day$620.21
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$160.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)590watts
PS3EdOlkkola recommends 80 PLUS Silver/Gold PS for stability
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$240.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$5,581.25
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$3,932.96Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$2,480.83total electricity cost$6,494.00
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$540.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years$1.70electricity per day
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$3,392.96total cost minus depreciated equipment (which can be sold)$0.07electricity per hour
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760000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.01
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.01
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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113.82daily coin output$0.03
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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166173.70coins over num of years$0.04
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.19
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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6. Single HI-END GPU + Quad *CPU
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$650.00gpu1(GTX 980) 350,000 PPD (est) 5632 GFLOPS 250W TDP365days
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$0.00na4.0num of years
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$0.00na$22.00hourly rate
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$1,144.00maintanance 30min every 2 weeks at hourly rateNA
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$950.00*CPU / MOBO / Memory / OS / Case24hours/day$367.92
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$160.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)350watts
PS3EdOlkkola recommends 80 PLUS Silver/Gold PS for stability
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$240.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$3,767.52
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$3,144.00Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$1,471.68total electricity cost$4,543.60
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$440.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years$1.01electricity per day
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$2,704.00total cost minus depreciated equipment (which can be sold)$0.04electricity per hour
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360000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.01
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.01
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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53.91daily coin output$0.05
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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78713.86coins over num of years$0.06
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.13
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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7. HI-END *CPU Only 32 Core
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$0.00gpu1 (na)365days
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$0.00gpu2 (na)4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu3 (na)$22.00hourly rate
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$0.00gpu4 (na)
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$2,288.00maintanance 1 hour every 2 weeks at hourly rateNA
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$9,699.00*CPU / MOBO / Memory / OS / Case24hours/day$551.88
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$250.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)525watts
PS3EdOlkkola recommends 80 PLUS Silver/Gold PS for stability
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$240.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$11,013.03
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$12,477.00Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$2,207.52total electricity cost$12,749.15
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$2,487.25Value of Equipment at the end of num of years$1.51electricity per day
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$9,989.75total cost minus depreciated equipment (which can be sold)$0.06electricity per hour$9,005.00
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120000.00Best Estimate PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.1
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.1
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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17.97daily coin output$0.42
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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26237.95coins over num of years$0.49
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.36
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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$0.31
total cost per hour (Excluding your time)
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8. HI-END CureCoin Cloud
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$0.00gpu1 (GTX 980) 350,000 PPD (est), 5632 GFLOPS365days
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$0.00gpu2 (GTX 980) 350,000 PPD (est), 5632 GFLOPS4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu3 (GTX 980) 350,000 PPD (est), 5632 GFLOPS$22.00hourly rate
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$0.00gpu4 (GTX 980) 350,000 PPD (est), 5632 GFLOPS
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$0.00maintanance NANA
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$19,136.00Lease *CPU / MOBO / Memory / Storage over "num of years"24hours/day$0.00
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$0.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)0watts
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$0.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$19,136.00
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$19,136.00Total cost of hardware plus maintenance over num of years$0.00total electricity cost$19,136.00
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$0.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years (NA - Leased)electricity per day
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$19,136.00total Lease cost$0.00electricity per hour
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1400000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.01
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.01
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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209.66daily coin output$0.06
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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306109.44coins over num of years$0.06
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.55
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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$0.55
total cost per hour (Excluding your time)
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9. AWS Cloud GPU Spot Price g2.2xlarge
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$0.00gpu1 (GTX 680) 85,000 PPD (est), 2257 GFLOPS †365days
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$0.00na4.0num of years
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$0.00na$22.00hourly rate
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$4,576.00maintanance 1 hour every 1 week at hourly rateNA
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$3,494.40Lease *CPU / MOBO / Memory / Storage over "num of years"24hours/day$42.05
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$0.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)40watts
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$0.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$3,662.59
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$8,070.40Total cost of hardware lease + maintenance over num of years$168.19total electricity cost$8,238.59
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$0.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years (NA - Leased)electricity per day
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$8,070.40Total Cost$0.12electricity per hour
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90000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.03
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.06
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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13.48daily coin output$0.19
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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19678.46coins over num of years$0.42
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.24
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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$0.10
total cost per hour (Excluding your time)
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10. AWS Cloud *CPU Large Spot Price c3.8xlarge
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$0.00gpu na365days
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$0.00gpu na4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu na$22.00hourly rate
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$0.00gpu na
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$4,576.00maintanance 1 hour every 1 week at hourly rateNA
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$13,977.60Lease *CPU / MOBO / Memory / Storage over "num of years"24hours/day$42.05
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$0.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc) (NA - Leased)40watts
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$0.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years (NA - Leased)$0.12cost per kwh$14,145.79
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$18,553.60Total cost of hardware lease + maintenance over num of years$168.19total electricity cost$18,721.79
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$0.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years (NA - Leased)electricity per day
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$18,553.60Total Cost$0.12electricity per hour
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60000.00Best Estimate PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.16
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.21
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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8.99daily coin output$1.08
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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13118.98coins over num of years$1.43
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.53
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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$0.40
total cost per hour (Excluding your time)
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11. AWS Cloud GPU Reserved Instance g2.2xlarge
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$0.00gpu1 (GTX 760) 85,000 PPD (est), 2257 GFLOPS365days
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$0.00na4.0num of years
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$0.00na$22.00hourly rate
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$0.00na
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$1,144.00maintanance 30min every 2 weeks at "hourly rate"NA
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$13,912.00Lease *CPU / MOBO / Memory / Storage over "num of years"24hours/day$21.02
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$0.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)20watts
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$0.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$13,996.10
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$15,056.00Total cost of hardware lease + maintenance over num of years$84.10total electricity cost$15,140.10
Total cost over num of years (including your time)
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$0.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years (NA - Leased)electricity per day
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$15,056.00Total Cost$0.06electricity per hour
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90000.00Average PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.11
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.12
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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13.48daily coin output$0.71
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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19678.46coins over num of years$0.77
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$0.43
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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$0.40
total cost per hour (Excluding your time)
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12. AWS Cloud *CPU Large Reserved Instance c3.8xlarge
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$0.00gpu na365days
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$0.00gpu na4.0num of years
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$0.00gpu na$22.00hourly rate
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$0.00gpu na
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$1,144.00maintanance 30min every 2 weeks at "hourly rate"NA
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$34,764.00Lease *CPU / MOBO / Memory / Storage over "num of years"24hours/day$21.02
Add'l AC Cooling (3 months/year over num of years)
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$0.00Power Supply addl maint. (ie disk, mem, etc)20watts
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$0.00Broadband using $5/month * 12 * num of years$0.12cost per kwh$34,848.10
Total cost over num of years (excluding your time)
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$35,908.00Total cost of hardware lease + maintenance over num of years$84.10total electricity cost$35,992.10
Total cost over num of years (including your time)
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$0.00Value of Equipment at the end of num of years (NA - Leased)electricity per day
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$35,908.00Total Cost$0.06electricity per hour
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60000.00Best Estimate PPD (all *CPU / GPUs combined)$0.40
cost per 1000 PPD (excluding your time)
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6677.35points per coin (est)$0.41
cost per 1000 PPD (Including your time)
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8.99daily coin output$2.66
cost per coin over num of years (excluding your time)
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13118.98coins over num of years$2.74
cost per coin over num of years (including your time)
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$1.03
total cost per hour (Including your time)
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$0.99
total cost per hour (Excluding your time)
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* Using CPU Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad Core 77W Max Power Usage
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** DISCLAIMER: The numbers used in this calculator are estimates! The approximate costs of each preset machine
are based on Newegg and MicroCenter prices as of Dec 2015, assuming a low-mid level CPU from either AMD or Intel with as many (or more) cores as
video cards, an appropriate PSU upgrade to support the cards, 4-8 GB RAM, and a low-end, low-capacity SSD. It
includes the cost of a basic Windows OS.
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† Part of nVidia Grid K520
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†† All fiat estimates in USD ($)
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