The noise is going to be an issue, anything with a fan, win time, will make noise. If this is going to be your first miner, go with the bitaxe with those "less noise fan".
It is the option with more freedom, in the way you could try solo mining, pool mining, etc wherever you want, the setup is super easy, plug and play, configure the pool and there you are.
You will learn a lot with it and then, the next step is to search for better choices (more hash power).
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Some of these products are claiming to be very quiet (< 40 Db). Do you think an Avalon Nano would be much louder than a Bitaxe?
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I don't own an Avalon Nano... but I am pretty sure that the "very quiet <40 Db" is when it's "new", 6 month into the future and let's try the noise again hahaha.
I am rotting for a bitaxe with a big chunk of metal to dissipate the heat, no moving parts, no noise, just heat.
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6 month into the future and let's try the noise again hahaha
I hadn't considered that. I'm still leaning nano, but the bitaxers are definitely pulling me their way.
If I went Bitaxe, should I jump into the deepend with the more powerful ones or start small?
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I think that bitaxe will be less powerful than nano even in the best version of it, but I value others thinks when buy a product, who build it, how is build, etc, and just only for that I went for a bitaxe, all open source, open hardware (not all, but it's something).
Maybe if it's your first time, the old bitaxe could be a good option, battle tested, no new software, simple logic (one chip), use for a little, configure pools, check noise, check configurations, change voltage values (if you want), test... and then move into the next new thing.
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