A cooled spectral sensitive osc is in my opinion a far easier camera to control and you'll get consistant year round temperature on the ccd. This combined with pc/mac laptop control would send me looking for a decent 2nd hand SBIG/Atik/QHY or known brand.
I ran a 2nd hand 3 y/o SBIG st8300c for a year and was overall very pleased with it. Most AP's trade up when the're ready and so look after their stuff. It's a small community so we tend to look after one another and do the right thing when we sell.
The build quality of SBIG is reknown.
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