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I wrote this in May of last year. However given the recent rise of interest in Ethereum I figured I'd share it once again for any newcomers in the community.
The rise in price of Ethereum makes mining once again very profitable in the short run. Goodluck!
https://blog.simpleblend.net/building-an-ethereum-mining-rig/