Let's get right to it, after all time is of essence here.
Buy a used card
While It's true that a used card might have months of running time on it's core; if you go to eBay or Amazon or bhphotovedio you can still buy a good card with let's say a warranty of two years. Having a good warranty is almost as having insurance.Directly visit manufacturers websites
Sign up for notifications, as soon as they supply graphics cards to businesses like Best buy, Newegg etc.
Have your money ready because you want to buy as soon as they hit the digital shelves online. Thereby, increasing your chances of getting the best deal.Establish local-manufacturing connections
Your best bet should be getting hold of a Chinese maufaturer, someone who can send you bulk orders on good prices. Most manufacturers also allow you to order a sample batch. This practice has been going on for a long time, it's out there and that is how miners get a hold of great hashing power. For example a 3 thousand or a two thousand dollar batch could make roughly about 400M/Hs which is actually pretty good.
In order to get hold of a manufacturer your best bet right now should be sites like aliexpress, users can also use various other platforms for the same. However always be wary of deals that sound too good to be true.
Buy a gaming box
Gamers are not pleased as crypto miners find a new way of getting a new 1070 graphics card. I have seen people do just that instead of buying a graphics card for 800 dollars they simply get a gaming box for 699. Gaming box comes equipped with a graphics card, in some cases you can actually separate the two and use the graphics card for mining.Get graphics cards for cheap from offices
Yes! It's true private or family owned offices usually upgrade their systems, that means you can always contact them and buy their old cards for significantly less money. Some offices do not have the time to store old graphics they don't care! They are simply making too much money, and that's what you're going to take advantage of. Rarely or should I say occasionally you can just get their cards for no money at all then the only expence you have left is electricity.
There, I hope this information helped. Stay tuned for more posts and happy mining :)
Thank you for the information! Much appreciated!
In STEEM, the concept of mining is quite different from other cryptos. I found there are a lot of skills to learn. Along the way of my learning, I will share my findings in my blog. I hope it could be useful to other new steemians as well. Have a nice day :)
The main idea is to collect as many bitcoins possible as in the near future the block reward is expected to be halved. While steam might be a good platform there are many others ways to stay well ahead in the crypto race . I shall be covering all crypocurunncices and the easiest ways to buy them. Thank you for your support. Have a blessed day friends!
Looking forward to see your sharing soon. Btw, Steem is usually mined on Linux servers in the cloud. You may try to google Steem witness for more details. Have a nice day :)