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Title: Only chip? No PSU? No refrigeration? Post by: LuxBellum on May 08, 2017, 03:22:21 PM http://www.ebay.com/itm/antminer-S5-557Gh-s-miner-Fitting-30-chip-PCB-28-NM-bitcoin-asic-miner-SHA256-/122441240803?hash=item1c821110e3:g:zSYAAOSw03lY7LSy
Its an Antminer S5 PCB When you buy this its clear that you need a power supply right? And a refrigeration system. Also, which cables are the ones to choose and it goes onto which PC port?? USB? USB3? PCI? Mini PCI for laptop? If it doesnt come with cables, refrigeration nor PSU... how to do it yourself? Title: Re: Only chip? No PSU? No refrigeration? Post by: HagssFIN on May 08, 2017, 03:28:28 PM You don't buy the PCB without heatsinks, control board, fan and everything. That's stupid.
Also thinking about refridgerator is stupid. Cooling is all about air circulation. Cool air in and hot air out. Find a whole miner plus PSU and then introduce yourself to the specific tutorial. See this S5 tutorial by user dogie for example http://www.dogiecoin.com/bitmain-antminer-s5.html Title: Re: Only chip? No PSU? No refrigeration? Post by: LuxBellum on May 08, 2017, 09:01:28 PM thank you very much, well if i buy the parts separately.. (as control board may be the hardest to find) and rejoin it myself will i save $? cables i can find out how to do, fan i can place some recycled fan and... heatsinks i can do them myself... so... if i ever happen to find a cheap S5 control board can i make my own DiY Ant S5?
thank you very much Title: Re: Only chip? No PSU? No refrigeration? Post by: HagssFIN on May 09, 2017, 03:20:32 AM No, you won't save any money by going down that road.
You should also see how much it costs for you to run the miner and then estimate if you can make ROI on any miner model by using Bitcoin mining calculators found online. You will need a lot of reading before you fully understand everything related to Bitcoin mining, but it is not rocket science. There are lots of information available online and here at the forum in existing threads. |