Looking for the Most Affordable Bitcoin ASIC Miner

Exactly! You’d need broken ASICs with working chips to make it worthwhile. Otherwise, buying a ready-made one might be better.

Yep, that’s how it goes. Just find a broken machine and salvage the hash-board. It can be profitable, but a full working hash-board is also a good investment.

Saw a related thread about oneminers dot com being a scam. Some people are actually buying parts separately and assembling them. But it could get pricey depending on your location.

S21 ASIC parts are pricey now. But S19 parts are cheap. Can these run on 19th-gen chips? Might be interesting, but they’ll consume more power.

You’re right, those homemade miners won’t make you rich. But for learning and hands-on experience, they could be really cool. You can actually mine some Bitcoin, even if it’s just a few cents.