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Hey,

Ninth UK only group buy.

Its for the Block Erupters Blades (new) and the Cubes.

Previous group buys

8, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=297320.0
7, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=293236.0
6, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=285765.0
5, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=272566.0
4, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=268583.0
3, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=263871.0
2, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=255670.0
1, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=246927.0

Thank you to everyone who participated in those group buys and yxt.

https://i.imgur.com/nvg5hevl.jpg?1

Cube Pricing Structure [in stock]

Cube: 0.59 BTC
Speed: 30Gh/s Guaranteed (Overclockable to 38gh/s)
The current shipping & handling price is: 0.08 BTC (may change, so check before paying)

If you want 2 cubes or more please check with me first as you will need to add extra for shipping costs.

For example:
for 1 units; (1*0.59) + 0.08 = 0.67 BTC
for 2 units; (2*0.59) + 0.08 = 1.26 BTC

Payment Instructions

Please only send a payment from an address you can sign from.

The payment address is: 1GHE6vSbeSsREeCMeZs1DarJBGiPES2VLi

Once a payment has been made, send me the following details in a private message:

Full name, Address (+postalcode), Email, Phone number, Transaction ID, Amount sent, Units, Refund Address (just in case)

And then paste your transaction ID in the thread so everyone can see whats going on.

• Have no bitcoins? http://www.localbitcoins.com (http://www.localbitcoins.com/?ch=173j) is one of the fastest and easiest ways to buy some!
• Stuck in newbie mode, and can't make a post or PM? Follow the instructions above and email the details to OutCast3k{at}gmail.com along with your bitcointalk username

Delivery/Shipping information

They will be shipped by special delivery, for the next working day, will be insured & need to be signed for.

I will aim to ship the miners on the day I receive them, as long as the delivery is before 3:30 PM.

Collection is also fine (I'm near the Dartford Tunnel)

Payment list

user / quantity / item / status

------ shipment 0 ------ [sent]
Guyver 4 blade paid
*Private* 5 blade paid
italoarmstrong 1 blade paid
mijanur 3 blade paid
*Private* 1 blade paid
------ shipment 1 ------ [sent]
figroll 1 cubes paid
italoarmstrong 3 cubes paid
wedgy2k 1 cubes paid
mijanur 3 cubes paid
RaTTuS 2 cubes paid
Stinky_Pete 1 cubes paid
brijoco 2 cubes paid
jml 1 cubes paid
IYFTech 1 cubes paid
------ shipment 2 ------ [sent]
HellDiverUK 1 cubes paid
qwertyasdfg 1 cubes paid
bitwhizz 6 cubes paid
crhys 1 cubes paid
bog1111 1 cubes paid
mijanur 3 cubes paid
gh2k 1 cubes paid
zeuzzz 1 cubes paid
------ shipment 3 ------ [sent]
Sicks3144 1 cubes paid
aluam 1 cubes paid
crhys 6 cubes paid
italoarmstrong 2 cubes paid
wedgy2k 1 cubes paid
champsak 1 cubes paid
gh2k 1 cubes paid
s1lverbox 2 cubes paid
big kid 1 cubes paid
figroll 1 cubes paid
------ shipment 4 ------
Franky4fingrz 1 cubes paid
wavez 2 cubes paid


Accepting Orders!
Limited quantity of cubes in stock!!!

put me down for 1 of the cube pls

put me down for 2 :D (cubes that is)

2 cubes please, depending on price

whats the power usage on the cubes?

I think i read somewhere it was 150w

I am just hoping they com in under 1.5 BTC as that is all I have atm

me 1.5 is good max, but i doubt it for some reason, the blades are 1.1, rough sum , multiply by three put in a slight discount itll maybe be around 2.5 to 3btc

It was advertised a few weeks ago that the cubes would cost 1.99btc but that was before the increase in bitcoins value

Going from the listing on a Chinese market site, the price may possibly be around 1btc



They have already sold over 70 cubes on that site

ok but the 10gh blade is 1.1, they will squeeze us out here in the west

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181259528345

Bit more info

Hi i asm after 50 of the cubes
i can offer 1.3 btc each cash on collection


thanks
Paul

I'll do a tentative maybe on a Cube, price dependent.

Those cubes/boxes, are they actually shipping from china merchants?

No, I'll be getting it from the EU reseller, YXT - when he has them in stock.

Put me down for 2 cubes at the moment please.
Thanks

Hi OutCast,

Put me down for one of those little cubes, I will transfer the btc just before the order goes in (by bits are tied up in CEX at the moment (sounds painful))

Thanks

Hi Outcast3k, price dependent but please put me down for 3

Hi, put me down for 35 depending on price of course.

Photos of the cube miner from a UK seller on eBay

https://i.imgur.com/RMbu9kO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/sjygBTW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IJRqoRw.jpg

@CroverNo01 next time, make sure the images are bigger :P /s lol

Looks quite nice though

You can buy them direct from China now! They also consume 360W

Cheers sorry for large images

how?

keep this thread on topic, please :)

Sorry, just wondering if you are selling the power supplies as well as seen they need to be certain Amp or will blow the boards

I'm unsure about this right now, I'm still waiting for clarification on the finer details from YXT, once I know for sure (should be a day or two) I will update the original post.

looking at the pictures seems you will have to use your own psu with two pci-e 6 pin

outcast put me down for one depending on price

interested in one cube too.

For PSU, I'm thinking something like the Corsair CX750 will be ideal if you're running 2x Cubes.  They have decent thick cables, and two pairs of 6-pin plugs.  They also don't mind running at heavy load at 12v only - other older supplies freak if they're asked to supply 12v with no load on the 5v/3.3v lines.

I run 2x Blades and several 12v supplied USB hubs, 5x fans, and an OpenWRT router (soon to be replaced by a RPi) off my CX750, and it's been perfect for months.  The CX750 replaces a Zalman 1000W unit that couldn't run 1x Blade because of the lack of load on the 5v line.

I'd like 2 cubes, please.
Payment to follow closer to order time (CEX, she be a harsh mistress).

Do I need to use a fuse in the socket on the units in the photos? If so, it looks like a mini blade fuse, but how many amps?

Hi OC3

Can you put me down for 2 cubes (dependant on price) please

10 cubes please :)

I think its gna be 1.99btc

Cube me twice my man - depending on price of course  ;D

resellers are putting it at 1.99BTC , despite the fact it could only ever mine about 2.00-2.25BTC

if you got it today.

Yup that wouldn't leave much room for profit - but wait and see...

guys you all know were based in the UK. the price we will get it at will be greater than 1.99 btc due to vat charges

We won't have to pay VAT because our order will ship from Germany.

How strict are you on the "UK only" part?
I mean, Holland is just across the sea... that's close enough isn't it? :)

well yxt will have to pay vat on them and in turn those costs will be passed onto us.
its been the same with all uk group buys. you will see international group buy prices have always been low.
example the blades are going for say 0.65 yxt sells them at 0.79btc

so don't keep your hopes up for a 1.99btc price

Don't forget my 2 OC - I don't see me listed buddy  ;)

Ill take 2 cubes

Quoting myself yay.

Anyway, if you don't want to ship it, we could discuss a pickup. I love england, so might as well make a trip out of it

Heh :) I don't mind if you want to come and visit, but! the person I will get them from (YXT) will likely ship to Holland for you, if he cant, I don't mind.

Take a look at the Blue Fury group buys, ours was cheaper than all the others.

I will keep thinking positive thoughts

americans are shipping cubes tommorow 1.75btc

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=334747.new#new

But he is not shipping to europe

itll be yxt for us

http://abload.de/img/cube1aacwh.jpg

more pics here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=335440.msg3600475#msg3600475


@OutCast3k
your blade prices are out of date

EU and UK get short end of the stick again

We need our own products especially u.k. where are way behind.

there is only one other resell with units in hand, afaik
so not too bad this time

best would be to fundraise own asics with a mining cooperative

yxt, hijacking Outcast's group buy with your own offers is pretty slack

The original post has been updated so that the blade price has been dropped, to be inline with yxts store.

I've been told I will have some cubes reserved in the next shipment, sorry I couldn't get any this time around guys :( I did try!

@Zammo

a) in the linked topic are many new technical infos/pics
b) to inform you guys that I cant deliver units to OutCast3k, atm
c) I can't even deliver direct customers, so doing an auction is the most transparent way to deal with the situation, imho
d) he can delete my post at any time

Write me down please for 2 units (depending on price)
We'll discuss sending to NL or me picking them up later when the final price and arrival date are here

no probs

Blades and backplanes are in stock :)

The price that the suppliers in china are now selling for is ridiculous, I managed to buy a fair bit before the price jump now they are sitting up at $720 before shipping and that's wholesale.

Seems to be that there is a real shortage of these been made.

OK - Third time lucky. TWO CUBES PLEASE OC (depending on price)  :D

Nearly $500 for a BTC is probably helping, lots of people thinking it's worth staying (or getting in to) mining again.  I was ready to sell up, but I'm going to keep at it for a while.

:D was basically waiting for a price from yxt before I bothered to update the cube listing any further, but i'll list you anyway :)

No word on this then?  ??? 

I saw his auction went wrong - don't think he sold any for what he wanted....

I think YXT was hoping that people would go all out crazy bidding on the cubes. But people here get more and more aware of prices and alternatives (in terms of suppliers and other hardware) so I think nobody placed a bid for his asking price, only below.

There where a couple of bids at 2BTC but most where way below

i will take 2 depends of price.

Is it me or has XYT gone very quite about these?
He did not post back in his auction and we still have no idea on price or delivery time.

Canery has already sold a lot of these in the US but the EU offical distrbutor just tells us nothing

yxt need to get his finger out of his ass and get these sorted.  CloverNo01 is importing direct from China in 3 days or so.  US have them already.  Asia has them already.

Come on yxt, get it sorted!

Also, why the donald-duck are Blades over DOUBLE the price that Canary is selling them for in the US?   ???

I've asked yxt for an update, both for blades and cubes. Still waiting to hear back

My wild guess is that he was hoping for people to bid like 3BTC each for them. Then his little auction went bad and people only placed reasonable bids so he's not selling them (how mature). He probably has them running at home now and he's making some BTC and will sell them in some time when he thinks the time is right. Until then he's just going to stay silent.
Purely speculating/guessing here, no proof at all.

Nail, head, hit, you.  Rearrange in to common phrase, and you've got it.

The Cubes, at current BTC prices, should be no more than 1BTC delivered.  Blades, as we see from Canary, no more than 0.3BTC delivered.

I would love a Cube, or two more Blades, but I'm not paying yxt's prices.  No way.  I'd buy them today if they were going for the prices Canary is selling at.  Just a shame shipping from the US is so much.

Wait....so nobody got a cube in yxt's auction that he posted here? He just closed it & kept stum?

I made what I thought was a reasonable offer, one of the higher bids actually, but I've also not heard a dicky bird since.....even after I asked him what was going on in the thread.

Better check those cube new arrivals when they come OC - about 10 of them might well be used....... ;)

Good morning OutCast3k!

Please reserve 1 backplane for me.

Thanks in advance!

a)
There is no need to comment bids under the minimum bid.
I only post if I have something to say ;) So yeah I am no PR guy

cubes batch1 sold out already

b)
Was there ever any complaint from somebody received unsealed units from me?
But to say it clearly. There is no reason why I should not mine with equipment that I have paid for.
I do no GB with bonded capital/coins.
If I feel like it I can flush down the units to the toilet  ;D

c)
I hope the next bigger cube batch arrives here soon  :)
Price will be lowered significant. But exact price is set (taking into account the market situation then) when they are here in stock and ready
for 24h shipping

d)
blades and usb are sold out (EOL) and wil not come again (with gen1 chips) afaik
OutCast3k will post a new price for the remaining baldes he has in stock soon

@pjcltd why are you spamming my thread with your items you have for sale... Bit rude, no? You didn't even ask.

Well thank god for self moderated, threads, post deleted

So are you getting USB's with gen2 chips? ;)

My bad
It will not happen again

I hope asicminer will produce them

ftfy :)

In future drop me a pm instead and I can probably help, or at very least act as escrow if you needed one.

Was this the first advertisement of the all new Outcast super secure escrow service? ;)

Updated the blade and the shipping prices. :D

4 blades ordered

txid

I'm going to order a Blade as soon as I get my BTC gathered together, should be a few days.  Please reserve one for me Oc3K. :)

all blades have been sold

Any more word on the Cubes? 

YXT tells me he has ordered a large shipment of cubes, and he thinks its been shipped but he is still waiting for a tracking number from friedcat (which seems to happen all the time).

Any idea on price?

outcast have these been shipped thanks

Yes - shipped yours and everyone else's blades earlier today, should be with you tomorrow by 1PM.

Will PM a tracking number shortly.

Sorry, no - not yet.

ec5fc90424a8c73f6faccdf2fc7a489b18e18cc58a64b9266363eeac32d07ea4-000

1 or 2 cubes if cheap please

thanks outcast blades received  ;D

good to hear :D

Cube price yet?  ???

Starting to think the EU aren't ever going to get these, or they'll be like the Blades that were 'OMG expensive' until they basically became pointless and then the price came down.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very pleased with my two V1 Blades.  But the Cube needs to be around 1BTC to be worth the bother...

Excuse me while I get back to tweaking my horrendously overpriced Jalapeno I just received today...  ::)

The right price for me is 1BTC.  :D

lol

@novymivo post your ads in your own thread please.

Why do people keep trying to hijack my thread with their own sales? lmao

@HellDiverUK, I'll ask YXT for another update. lol

OutCast3k i don't want to hijack your thread.
Big apologises.
Kind regards
novymivo

OC, could you reserve 1 CUBE for me as well pls.

thanks..

I will post, if I have news....

I received the last 5-10 parcels without any tracking# from asicminer.
But I wrote them yesterday that I need some infos for you guys...

Register my interest depending on the cube price. Is this from ASICMiner?

yes

Hi again Outcast, seeing as you did so well for me on the last GB, please put me down for 2 cubes 4 cubes depending on price

Hi,  I an interested in 2 cubes subject to price and lead time.

Can anyone recommend a suitable power supply for these cubes?

For the first part of my 2nd order I now have a DHL tracking#
The rest of the order will be shipped today (according to asicminer)

That's cool.  You MUST have some idea on price now then?

O.O It's the Borg. This is how they begin.

Put me down for 1 cube Depending on price

Could you put me down for one of these cubes too depending on price!

1 cube if the price is right :)

Pretty sure the waiting list for the Cubes is up to date, although with it being dependent on price I'm not sure it matters too much right now.

Blades still out of stock?

You missed me:

Think you missed me from the list!

would you accept fiat for the cube?

Sorry, I can't no. It'll be too much of a pain to get it back into bitcoin quickly enough to pay my supplier (YXT)

umm 2 cube depending on price

Good news everybody!

I can now accept orders for the Cubes, see the original post for a price list.

I'm expecting to receive the first shipment, by next week at the very latest, probably sooner, depends on what the post is like, so get your orders in asap!

Pass on this one thanks anyway

2 cubes please.

I'm in for 1 cube, will round up the BTC tomorrow.

Thanks for the opportunity.

2 cubes please ... will take a few days to get the coins together ...

definitely want 2 cubes then :) payment for both is in the below TX's

91e1a00d9315127a67d13557ee6545bf243a52c3c54153d4978b7fbbfe6b9cd6

5faf025f98c6efa228cf7e5affbe4f74a632b02df19e0e9d727e195cd89df38e

1 Cube please
Transaction ID: f018bee0ed9d5435e603f7af3a9c006a73046769a010c889c1fc21fbb03e8f09
Thanks

Hi OC3
1 cube please (Hopefully have the BTC for the 2nd one soon.......)
1df0551c1c13c2ab39cab61b7d6d9a4376992ee4a8280d7f97dae125e4200e6a

Cheers

OC3k, you're a kidder.  You typed "1.20BTC".   ???  Really, what's the real price?  Go on, stop with the messing about.  We want to know the real price.

@HellDiverUK, Its no typo, heh. I don't set the prices...

To everyone else who paid last night, I will add you to the paid list, and confirm I received the payment via PM, very shortly :)

2x
https://blockchain.info/tx/848a99dbea80d6a6a8c76f96fea7940c3d7d5e48e2162b38e91a0a0de3d9fc8a

1 Cube

1.265 BTC sent
Transaction ID: e923908567f7ffc07a6bc9cabdea4807b44b3f591f29af6a9105ea9c0d1c4206

O3K - when do you need to know by? Think im gonna be in.

I need to know pretty soon :) they will be with us next week.

Transaction ID:   21168872474c1540a2a5247951aa4ac49b8683aad65b5f5b6efe3a48df17955e

Please advise once receipt confirmed.

received/confirmed :)

Reserve me one cube please.

I will gather the bitcoins needed to make payment tonight or tomorrow.

I'm expecting a shipment sometime early next week for the cubes ordered and paid for so far. There should be another shipment following closely behind it for anyone else who orders, but I don't have a date or tracking number for that yet (yxt is still waiting on that next shipment).

Waiting for wallet confirmations - will be sending you payment for 1 cube within the next hour or so. I'll see if I can scrape together enough for the second cube asap dude...... ;D

Ta muchly.

Payment sent for 1 cube

971030e8397211fea8f8107eb5880c4ee4dbc5006f2721c9ad9c2275a0960822

Thanks!

I gotta sync my wallet more often, took bloody ages...... :D

Anyways, PM sent with the usual details.

TxID:  15fc5b200c6888626b58794b0068672e73007a8332a8e7ce6f6020aa90638dde

More to follow I hope.

Thanks again for a top notch stress free service OC - you're the dude. Dude  ;D

Peace.

Put me down for one of these things please OC3k.  I have some BTC herding to do, so I'll be able to pay you later on today or tomorrow.

Thanks. :)

TX ID: b5c41ecb0675c4336583e409fb955e9b0f412df2cc664cb958b0ee405dfecb2e-000

1 Cube ordered.  ;D

Can you confirm OC that if we havent ordered now that we wont be in for receiving the order next week?

What you said is correct, any orders since my last post (re-quoted below) will not be included in the shipment I'm expecting to receive, this coming monday/tuesday, those that order after that point will be included in the second shipment which hopefully will follow soon.


I will add that, if you pay for a cube today at the current price and I'm later informed there is a price change before the units have been shipped to myself, I will refund you the difference.

2 units please for pickup:

https://blockchain.info/tx/6173875e5cab6da65c71eff412881a7e783b9a988fb51aa0f460285aff036982

Please reserve me one cube.

https://blockchain.info/tx/6a3444081ef24f22d6e56d38aa51d1a7d32b116ee4bdac5944f66296f738da12

One unit paid for, any issues, let me know!

https://blockchain.info/tx/759da836ce66cf0ef05007feb64ae6bcf2a13c5b9709893de65da88fc2840237

PM sent - One Cube :-)

Will pay within a few days. Just gathering btc.

Please reserve me 1x Cube - payment to follow soon.

Thanks.

is there a price for block eruptors on this thread, or is it all cube?  :P
sorry if i missed it, maybe im getting old...

I'll be buying one of these the next few days, need to wait for btc-e to unlock all my alto curencies so I can convert them into BTC

Block eruptors are discontinued.

darn, thanks Quin

confirmed :)

Just a small update.

The cubes from this group buy are split into multiple shipments. The first shipment was sent last week for the first group of people (and is due to be delivered to myself today) the second shipment is being sent to me today for everyone else, so it shouldn't be too far behind :)

Whoop!  Time to clear a bit of a space in my 'mining corner' for the Cube, then?   ;D

1x Cube, txid 4e6f2d5d26bc95fbf27153015fef0ce2f3cb551fee54001ab9b9a3719005e02d

PM sent

ty

Going for a single cube, txid cb3dcdb4f9791e76ed2482ec007dbb2f954e41d0040a6036b48c58dfbcea7bbb-000

Thanks!

Hey everyone!

The first shipment just arrived, I don't think there is going to be enough time to get to the post office today, but I will try...

Will report back shortly.

*Edit* I've only just finished packing everything up, there is no chance I'll be able to get to the post office in time night, so will send them first thing tomorrow morning.

Cool. :)  I'm excited, and I'm not even in this shipment.  ;D

So hopefully by Friday they should be delivered then?

Going by the post, probably not - took 7 days for something on Special Delivery from Amazon to arrive here...  ::)

All the cubes from the first shipment have been sent today, and should be with everyone tomorrow by 1PM.

To see your position see my original post.

1 cube ordered (059c5689e46d4bfa92b5180f0d6b47a087eabe74df3d1ce46135c830805320dd)

Evening All,

Can anyone recommend a reliable but reasonably priced PSU to power one of these devices?

Corsair cx750M powers two cubes
they also have a 1000w+ that powers 4 Cubes, (http://www.corsair.com/en/power-supply-units/ax-series-power-supply-units.html (http://www.corsair.com/en/power-supply-units/ax-series-power-supply-units.html))


http://geeknation.com/Content/Blogs/09_2012/doctor_who_the_power_of_three_cubes.jpg

someones got his cube..

CX750 is a bit cheaper, as it's not modular.  I'm running a pair of Blades, two Jalapenos off my CX750.  My Cube will also be running off it.  I think it was about £45 from Scan.  It's been solid as a rock, and doesn't mind not having a load on the 5v, which is a problem for a lot of other PSUs.

Great stuff OC - thanks for all your work again!!   ;D

Is there a rough ETA on the second batch? Just I'll need to make sure me or someone else is in to collect and sign. RM special delivery are usually really good at getting it to you the next day.

1 x cube received this morning just after 8am :)

Many thanks OC.

figroll

@zeuzzz, the second shipment is in transit to me, as soon as I can be sure of what day I will receive them then I will let you and everyone else know.


@figroll, good to hear :D

HI,

2X Cubes received 12:30ish.  Quick delivery.  Many Thanks.

:)

both cubes received [about 11:00] and hashing...
now to find out why my chosen PSU is not want to play ball ....
[and also to reorganise my proxies]

On the subject of proxies; is there any reason why running a proxy on a VPS (elsewhere on t'internet, to be clear) would be a bad idea? I like the idea of running it on my Linode and just pointing miners at it, rather than individually managing each one.

Stupid PSU - does not want to work via the paperclip method

grrr
[one of these http://www.scan.co.uk/products/950w-powercool-pc-950auba-80-eff-80-plus-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v22-psu ] which I had handy

but running now

Cube arrived early!!  Took me a while to get the proxy working properly, but it's now hashing away like a good'un  ;D

Many thanks for sorting me out my man - respect given & trust left  ;)

Peace & tokes  8)

A LOT of PSUs freak if there's no load on the 5V.  Connect a fan to the 5V and you might find it works OK.

I had that problem with my old PSU (A Zalman 1000W).  The Corsair CX750 works fine without a 5V load.

Hi OC3

Cube arrived yesterday thank you.
I followed Dogies guide to set it up https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=352658.0
and HellDiverUK's gem of info to use my RasPi as the proxy


Cheers

Glad to be of help. :)

Note to everyone, by default the stratum proxy seems to run on port 8332, cubes by default try to connect to the port 8333, so remember to change one of them.

I've had a couple of people contact me struggling to work that out, so I hope it helps someone else.

Any update on the 2nd batch ETA?

Looks like its out for delivery, so I should receive them today \;D/

As long as I receive them by 3:30-4:00pm, I should just about, have time to send them all today.

C'mooooon surprise extra units.

There are extra units included in shipment 3 (which will be delivered next week), if anyone orders today they should (as long as the postman doesnt screw up) still be delivered in time for christmas :)

EPIC!

 ;D

OC - Is it too late to add another Cube to my order ?

tx id = https://blockchain.info/tx/25337190ffcc81fbd02f0e1769662963904271802b297488f0de973fe2b5b2c6

I added another 0.09 for delivery just in case it goes out in two parcels.

Thanks again

Rhys

To the guys who have their Cubes already - how loud is the fan in the Cube? 

My mining rig lives behind the sofa in the living room, so I don't want too much noise.  Is the fan temp controlled, or does it just run flat out all the time like the BFL fans?

Unfortunately all the cubes from shipment 2 (which is due to arrive today) have been sold.

I can only add you to shipment 3 now, which will arrive next week.

If this is a problem, let me know and I can refund you, but you should still have it in time for Christmas.

Hi, Thats not a problem, My first cube was in batch 2 so at least that should get shipped (fingers crossed), will probably have a few more orders over the weekend or Monday :-)

Thanks

not very load at all - though I have it sat in a noisy room anyway...
not tried O/C yet though

Thanks. :)

I hope by the lack of posting by OC3k, he's out at the Post Office sending the 2nd batch. :)

Sorry guys, it arrived later than I would have liked. Tried to head off to the post office anyway after a mad rush, got stuck in traffic and by the time I got there they was closing up :(  just sitting outside on the phone now .... *sigh*

I think everyone is waiting for you to say *only kidding got them all delivered*  lol

I wish I was gong to say that, after the effort I just put in :( Will do them tomorrow morning now :(

Sorry to ask a further question RE: bfgminer stratum @ HellDiverUK

I've looked every where and cannot find the info regarding switches for the BFGminer proxy (On mine peon) but iv'e seen reference to --rt and --nm (midstate data) and --q ??

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=352658.msg3937690#msg3937690

1 off whizz kids posts on the Eligius pool thread he says --nm is a must for blades / cubes?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=23768.msg3867872#msg3867872

Thanks in advance

Is it Okay if I come and collect mine off you tomorrow?

If so, you have my details, drop me a message when you can!

no probs

The --nm and --rt stuff is for Slush's stratum_proxy.exe - it's got nothing to do with bfgminer. 

My MinePeon command is:

/opt/minepeon/bin/bfgminer -S all --http-port 8330 -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf

Assuming you've done a git pull to get MinePeon's version of bfgminer up to 3.8.0


Then all you do is set the Pi's IP address in the server section of the Blade's config, port, and put in a unique username and password on each Blade - it doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's not the same as any other Blade you're going to use.

If it's all working within a few minutes you should see a PXY device appear on the MinePeon screen.

Simples. :)

Excellent thank you  ;D

all of shipment 2 have been sent :)

Another 2 paid for ;)

Another 1 for me please
9e8dd603a8db231ccf671f1eb33ef94c762dba295494677e0f856cd28d90988e

I received the cube the other day and I realise that there are 8 chips marked with an "X". I assume these are faulty? Overclocking is not used. Anyone with the same problem?

EDIT:

Solved: It is a power problem with my existing FPGA's  :(

Hey mate,

An "X" does indicate a faulty chip, does restarting the cube help at all? can you send me a screen shot of the web interface.


*Edit* Awesome, good to hear you've solved it.

I found that cycling the power from On to Off does eliminate the half row of X's marked as bad. What I realised is that the same set of chips was not affected and other chips would be affected. As I decommissioned my FPGA's that use more power just to check to see if it isn't the ASIC cube, it seems to be working OK.

I think it is the case that the PSU is not delivering enough amperage to cover all devices but I will confirm as I monitor it overnight.

1 Cube please.
6ca275ecdb888199581eacbc9f8f9a88eb767f065cb99ed037ca808505c5ada5

1 More Cube please :-)

https://blockchain.info/tx/96d28718524df0da373f81f544be24a2a3b05705f7210d27f4661a12bb04499d

Hi,

I have two cubes, overclocked, on an RM850 and they are working well for the most part.
Unfortunately, they have both melted the green plastic fuses overnight.

Before simply replacing the fuses. can anyone help with the following ...
1.   What is the correct rating for the fuses when a cube is overclocked?
2.   Should the green plastic melt?   (rather than the fuse simply pop!)
3.   As I can't find a fuse rated above 30 Amp do I have to stop overclocking?
4.   Am I missing something important?

Regards

1. Should be OK at 30A
2. I've seen it, it's not ideal though for obvious reasons.
3. They're normal automotive fuses, so are available up to 40A.  Green is 30A, Blue-Green is 35A, Orange is 40A.  Anything above 40A you go to Maxi fuses, which won't fit the Cube.
4. Nope. :)

Ordered a copious supply of 30A and 40A fuses!   ;-)

That is not normal,
as it happened to both cube I would suggest to check your PSU first

I'm fascinated to know how you think the PSU could make the fuse melt?

1 more cube: d6680f58b48c2940d0f05895c8acb0005390eba2283603adee8ddc9356e0197c

anymore cubes left? I would like to get one from reliable source like yourselve but can u deliver before end of December?
if answer is yes please reserve one and once.I'm back home coins will fly to you. i want to pick up this so no postage is needed, can u advice whats your handling fee?

Yes still some available.

YXT sent the next shipment of cubes to me, last week. So they should be here this week which means you will receive them before Christmas :)

If you're collecting just send the 1.20 btc.

All the best.

Not had the top off either cube yet but wondering if there is something that gets very hot, close to the fuse socket, between the fuse and power sockets.  A heat sink perhaps?  It was that side of the fuse plastic that was in worst condition.

Will have 30A and 40A replacement fuses on hand soon so will experiment.  May also have urge to have a look inside.

Either way, if I find anything, I will update here.

PS.   Anyone have a pointer to pics of naked cube?
If not, and I do get my screwdriver out, I will take lots of pics!

Any chance of a tracking number for my Cube please OC3k?  Nothing appeared today.

Hey mate,

I didn't make it in time to the post office Friday :( so ended up posting them Saturday morning, I was told you'll receive them Tuesday by 1pm.

I will send over the tracking number in a minute anyway

Ah, no problems, I thought it would be here today, but if it#s not due until tomorrow that#s no problems. :)

I did send first one:  9a20756a77a875c69c1652d6953f8168ae
311cd8db46fc81c38a3e8ba10dd83c

I did send one more : f8b13195bde447b20b66b2d07e3d8df22968ee0ed505883d4191aba1cceb2fb7

So please update me with one more.

received/confirmed :)

just got my pci e sockets burned last week.. uploading pictures later on. after hearing some clicks clicks then the whole cube seemed not to work. tried to interchange blades to another of my cubes but no luck.

hope nothing worst than me has happend to you guys. take extra care with your miners, i mean your cubes...

Payment sent for 1 x Cube

Transaction ID- c6f49d06b1b860f40f559f2f3db1c9a60494329ec67788eb919b574ae9270d36

Thanks.

Got my first cube this morning. I have chips 81-88 not working. (half the bottom bank are x's)

Is there anything I can do about this? My PSU has plenty of power (750w, 55A on 12v) and they're the same in low and high clock modes.

I've found that some of the "mini blades" inside the cubes sometimes come loose in transit, they're not held in place well enough for a bumpy journey. So if you can, open it up (carefully) and make sure the mini blades inside of the cube are properly seated and then let me know how you get on.

Got a 'You were out, sucks to be you' card from Royal Mail today, so seems the Cube has arrived.  Will collect it later. :)

Those cards are the worst :(

Especially when I passed the post van on the way home.  5 minutes earlier I would have been at home...  ::)

Hi OC,

Received the first cube today, nice packaging :-)

Here is two additional orders for 2 cubes each, I split them as I know you can only deliver 2 at a time (are they too heavy for you ? ;-))

First tx - 2.49btc https://blockchain.info/tx/1e5f6f616e746797d419ca054e4a43ab67df797671ee913e6a01faf95dc0dd53

Second tx - 2.49btc https://blockchain.info/tx/0917b8b2fd790b31881e9ff8fd861ab44c73ab93e93041741add868035e55d89

Thanks

Rhys

Hi OC,

Payment sent for 1 x Cube.

Transaction ID: https://blockchain.info/tx/efe8153b04703528127dc90a34d2e816bafe6cc8cb9eee3bcb81f770e8384747 (https://blockchain.info/tx/efe8153b04703528127dc90a34d2e816bafe6cc8cb9eee3bcb81f770e8384747)

Many thanks,

figroll

No, looks like a dud blade. I've opened it up and re-seated all the blades. I also swapped the blade positions round and the eight 'x's have moved to a different line, so it's definitely the blade and not the controller.

Hi,

Is there a guestimate for shipment 4 delivery?

Sorry about that gh2k, I've asked yxt what the procedure is in this situation - will be in touch when I know.

When I have a better Idea I'll post, but I'm not sure right now. sorry.

Thanks. It's not the end of the world... It's still working at over 30Gh/s in high clock mode

Well got my Cube up and running.  Eventually.  

Seems it doesn't like proxying through my OpenWRT router, works OK through MinePeon on the Pi.  Seem to go SICK every time I try High speed mode, too.  Which means power cycling it, because otherwise it sticks with all Xs.

Edit: I think it's a power issue, the cube is pulling more than 30A, because my bench supply won't power it.  Running the other two Blades and a Jalapeno should be possible with 75A on the 12V, but apparently something is going on...

More investigation required...

Sorry LOL

is there any further news on shipment 3 please?

Shipment 3 should be here tomorrow, going on the tracking info :D

TY  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cube received this morning, just after 8am - thank you very much! Running just short of 32Gh/s on Low.

It's already been said, but a couple of the cards had come loose slightly. Also, just about every heat-sink screw had to be tightened, although no screws had fallen out.

Nobody should be putting power onto the units until they have first checked them. It might take 10 mins, but it's worth it.

https://i.imgur.com/mlc0GK2.png

Mine seems to be running now OK off an old Dell PSU. Still needs a cold restart after changing any settings.  It also still dies on High, but I think that's a limitation of the PSU which only has 18A per rail. More PSU investigation required.

Also noticed the cube works better on Slush's proxy than off BFG' one which is opposite to the V1 Blades I have.

Damnit, DHL(?), get Shipment #3 into OC's paws!

They have just arrived, I'm trying to get it all packed up before I ship them off, fast running out of time though, they *may* get sent tomorrow if I cant make it to the post office in time.

 :'( Best of luck.

Sorry guys, I did try, but I got caught up by the damn traffic yet again :( will send shipment 3 first thing tomorrow morning.

You should set a delivery deadline, shipment to you will be re-posted if received before x:xx pm.

really appreciate your efforts, but please don't rush in the traffic, would hate to see you have a traffic collision.

Hey mate,

My cut off time is in the original post, and is 3:30pm and it was after this they arrived but I thought I might just be able to make it, unfortunately with the christmas traffic I didn't.

All the best

Having taken over an hour to get home (normally 20 mins) thanks to frigging JLS, I sympathise!

What about pick up? When and where i can pop in for my 2 cubes?
Tomorrow im on bike so should be easy for me. let me know whats going on.

Hi,

ive been looking at power supplies for these cubes.

A decent PSU is a bit expensive. im using the Corsair Cx750M £68. its upto the job for 2x non overclock cubes and its quite.

I have been told i can use the PSU on my Asic power backplane PSU. which is a1000watts.

Backplane psu is £24...pcie extension cables £1-3.
use PCie extention cables from the screw headers on the backplane to your Cube.

i will confirm on the weekend if it works.

You're lucky.  My CX750 doesn't power one Cube.

my ones the module version maybe it makes a difference
but once i have them wired to the asic backplane i wont be using the cx750m
plus its cheaper to buy a backplane with psu then by a pc psu..

Can I just ask why we in the UK seem to be getting ripped off again?

There is a group buy in the states for 0.89 each cube which includes free priority insured shipping. Now I know VAT has to be paid but 0.89 x 20% comes to 1.068.
Import duty may be a problem but 0.89 to 1.2 is about 35% which seems a lot.

You're obviously new around here. Welcome. I don't set the price, nor can I afford to give away free shipping, the U.S group buys have ONLY JUST lowered their prices to 0.89, as of a couple of days ago it was 1 BTC, if you order at the official EU resellers site, its more than 1.2 BTC. Europe always lags behind in terms of price for mining hardware. Finally the import duty into the US is 3% compared to Europes 20%.

If you can do it cheaper, be my guest, or point us in the right direction.

Just to let everyone know, shipment 3 has been sent out today and should be with with everyone tomorrow by 1PM.

Cheers OC, good service as ever.

I was not saying the problem was you OC but more zxy. From what I have read you make your profit semi-transparent. I do feel though, from reading threads, that there was a big delay in items getting into Europe (Or they were coming and being sold) and that the price is always high. if you say the 0.89 the guy is making 0.09 per cube, (0.8 + 20%) (should be less but easier) +20% comes to 1.15. so yes I still say high prices. and worst of all we pay them and say can we have more please.
Look at the price blades went down to.

Great news, looking forward to getting it.

Also would a 300w power supply be sufficient to power one cube (overclocking)? as I see in the tutorial it says:

200w no overclock
280w overclocked

Thanks.

are you still doing more batches?

Doubt it.  I have a 30A @12V bench supply, and it won't power a Cube at all, it just freaks out with overload.  30A is 360W.

I'm running my Cube of an old Dell PSU which does a maximum of 18A per rail (so it's giving out 36A/432W to the Cube) and it won't run at High speed.  Runs OK at Low.

I don't know who was smoking what when they came up with that 200W figure, because it's pure fantasy.

Brilliant - thank you, just bribing my son to stay in until 1pm......

They just magically started working! Woo :-)

I'm running mine with a CX750 in high clock mode with no issues at all. It has 55A on the 12v rail which should be more than enough for one even overclocked. 2 in low clock mode should *maybe* be possible but pushing it. Your PSU might be a dud?

Maybe.  It's also running two Blades and two Jalapenos.  It's been running fine for 3 months.  To be fair, I didn't play with it much, and just took the Cube to work and fired it up on another PSU.

I'm bringing it and the spare PSU home tomorrow, so I'll have more of a chance to play. :)

Received, hashing, no dud chips to be seen :)

any chance of a price drop as these now sell for 0.75 from sonicboom?

I know that he is USA only but its a big price differance

You probably need to pm yxt about that. AFAIK, OC just mirrors his price and slaps his handling fee on top. Unless you want a lower postage and packing price, there's not much OC can do.

next round should be cheaper, but atm I am out of stock  :'(

Bloody son didn't stay in  >:( (I'm obviously the worst parent ever if he does not understand the way of BTC)
I have the postie card of disappointment through the door, so i'll go and join the long XMAS POST OFFICE collection queues tomorrow
But as always arrives when OC3 says its going to,
Thank you

sweet got it today. running on a corsair cx500 psu

I got my 2 cubes, and i did made quick setup.
I have corsair 750cx and my cubes running below 30Gh/s on high clock.
Any ideas?
I suspect to small PSU.
But cannot be shure.
Anyone else have same issue with corsair?

Same issue here with corsair. test 1 cube on its own see if it runs overclocked..

Corsair ax1200i runs two cubes oc and two non overclock. maybes its the 12v rail and gold or bronze spec makes a difference.

with a pool or local stratum proxy? try 2nd

Running 1 cube with a proxy and a Corsair CX750M - works as expected in both low and high clock modes.

New cube up and running, Thank you OC3.
After joining a rainy, long queue outside the postoffice this morning @ 6.55 lol

Side note
Had to dismantle and assemble this one as there were 2 heatsink screws in the bottom of the box and the cards were not lined in their grooves (Flapping about) Took 10 mins and all good now.

I may even try HelldiverUK's fan upgrade.

When will you have shipment 4 and hopefully new price please?

Thanks again

I use netbook as back up for proxy, but as first i used stratum.undersiders.com
I did check today and one cube is very unstable:
https://i.imgur.com/kDfJ6vP.png

One cube is on high and one on low clock at this moment.
But all night one cube on high clocks dosnt keep up with other.

https://i.imgur.com/3YtJ3Cz.png

After an afternoon of troubleshooting, I'm confident that one Blade in my Cube is faulty.   With 5 Blades fitted it's running fine off my CX750.  The faulty Blade prevents the Cube booting up when it's plugged in on it's own, so I'm pretty sure it's the suspect.

Just waiting on yxt to get me a replacement Blade sorted...


I've also found that the Cube seems MUCH happier when proxying through Slush's proxy, rather than through BFGMiner.  The V1 Blades are the opposite.  I've not got the Blades proxied through BFG and the Cube through Slush's proxy (both running on the same machine).

Got my cube Friday thanks OC!

Only just had chance to plug it in and play, got a worrying large spark from inside when first powering on using a corsair 750 power supply, but have it all setup now and reporting 48Ghs at BTC Guild on high mode but in the web interface of the cube it reads 30Ghs.

Looking good so far anyway.

Thanks.

And now another Blade is showing half X's.  Another PSU on order.  ::)  Mining at an awesome 27GH in High.   :-\

Hi OC,

Any ideas on stock timescale for Round 4 and if the price will be adjusted ?

I have btc to add another 2 or 3 cubes, just wanted to know more info before placing another order.

Thanks

Good question. I will watch this and will buy another cube or two.

Mine isn't running at all well with my CX750 either.

I've ordered a cheap OCZ 600W and I'll see how it goes - I had great service from really ultra-cheap 500W OCZ when I was running lots of GPUs.

I have over 20 Cubes running on the CX750 in overclock mode with no issues.  In fact, they are all running in a 3 Cube, 2 PSU configuration in overclock.  I doubt the PSU is to blame.

I have run into issues with CPU/network bandwidth throttling hashrate, but this was with 10+ Cubes on one RaspPi/PoE router. 

Well, guess what?  It was the CX750.  :P

Cube runs perfectly on the OCZ 600W.  Just a few hashes shy of 38GH for the last 8-9 hours.  I've also discovered the Cubes work better though Slush's proxy than through BFG's proxy.  

The PSU I bought is as follows:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GLFD54/ - £54.99

WAY cheaper than the Corsair, and it works. :D

The CX750 is back to it's normal job of powering my two Blades, 2 Jalapenos, USB hub, fans and various USB miners.

Maybe u got a dud.  The ones I bought at Fry's for $60 work great!   ;D

Yeah, it must be a dud.  That's why it's running all the other stuff with no issues at all.  ::)   The Cube didn't work with 2 other PSUs as well - a Dell 875W unit and an old transformer-based 30A 12V regulated PSU.

You got everything working now, right?

More or less, the Cube craps out after about 20-24 hours, but a quick hard reboot gets it going again.  I've been mostly away over Christmas, so haven't had a chance to have any more time with the Cube to figure out it's idiosyncrasies.  I'm going to split the load of it between the two supplies I have and see if it stabilises things. :)

I did sorted mine cx750 problem...apart that wasnt psu fault.
Simple proxy issue. When i used wifi on laptop to supply work(proxy) for cubes and HTC phone was connected and wifi was on on it all was working below 30Gh/s.
Once laptop is connected to wifi without HTC in the network cubes hashing easily 32-38Gh/s both on same psu.
Temp is on average 40 celsius.

Any one else issue with 2 cubes on one psu?

No joke I had this problem with the HTC phone for weeks and weeks and thought it was so weird every time my girl came over everything crashed I was like maybe they don't like her hahaha but I set up a VLAN for her WIFI only and now not a single problem.

HTC phones use some of the ports that the Proxy uses.

I don't own a HTC phone, only a Nexus 4.

Besides, what you're saying doesn't make any sense, unless the HTC phone is broadcasting on 8332.  Why would a phone be broadcasting?   ???

Dont know. But since my xl is wifi off i have steady 32-35Gh/s on both cubes.
Once htc is on and wifi i shared between laptop and phone, cubes starting jump with hashpower.

In my case i was sceptic about psu, but eventually everything works like should be once mobile phone have wifi turned off.

Just like to say another happy customer here, had it for ~2 weeks and have been up and running ever since I got it pretty much, just working out a few coding and mining software issues, the hardware is top notch :) Thanks Outcast.

Good to hear :)

Howdy, are there still cubes up for grabs and if so are the prices on 1st page still valid? ta ;D

Hey gjgjg,

I'm waiting to hear from YXT to find out if he has any stock left, if he does I'll let everyone know on this thread.

check your mail  ;)

ready to ship on tuesday, as monday is a public holiday in my part of germany

Thanks Yxt.

Updated the original post with the new prices everybody!

Hi OC,

New prices are very welcome, thanks for sorting that, looking to place another order Mon-Tue.

Finally setup my own miners here at the office and I noticed that some of the chips are dead, half a card on one cube and half a card on another + 1 chip on another card, (17chips between 2 cubes).

At what level are these warranted ?  is there a swap out procedure for dead half cards, or does the whole card have to be dead ?

Can we buy cards individually to replace these half dead ones ?

Thanks (sorry about all the questions)

PS.  Do you know if the manufacturers will offer upgrade cards at some point in the future ?  would be nice to purchase individual cards with faster chips to slowly increase hash rates.

Hey,

Sorry to hear that.

I've got a replacement card here, but.. drop me a PM and we'll discuss getting it sent out to you.

Regarding the upgrades of cards - I have no idea, it is a very nice suggestion you make but I cant say if it will happen in the near future or not.

have tried to powercylce the cube?

have tried to powercylce the cube?



Hi,

All I have done so far is to dismantle and check the tightness of the screws (4 were a little loose), replaced the cards and re-assembled, haven't tried a factory reset yet.

Would a factory reset have any effect ?   can the cube electronics disable chips via software if certain criteria are exceeded (heat, voltage (hi-low) etc) ?

Thanks


PS  Love the construction of these devices, really nice.

crhys, It'll be the PSU. 

I had the same problem, the Cube basically killed the PSU I was using (an old Dell PSU with 18A per rail).  Everything ran fine initially, but the Cube started to fail in the same manner you're describing, until it stopped working totally. 

Changed the PSU and everything started working again perfectly.  Now running off a PSU with dual 25A rails.

I have one cube that won't go into high clock mode for an extended period. (This is the one which had a half-dead card initially that magically started working after some time)

If I put it into high clock mode, it works for a short time and then dies (all rows X X X X X X X X)

The web interface still works, but rebooting via that doesn't have any effect, even after putting it back into low clock mode. I have to power-cycle it manually.

I have another cube that has been working fine in high clock mode. They're in the same physical area so temps will be the same. They also both use identical corsair 750w PSUs. I've swapped the PSUs over, and I still see the same results.

Just unlucky?

Thanks for the info HellDriverUK, I am running the two cubes on a Corsair CX750, probably just on the edge of what's possible with that PSU.

Have heard that the CX750 can run well with 2 psu running 3 cubes (1.5 cubes each), will configure it like this soon.

There's something with these Cubes and the CX750.  Lots of folks have them working perfectly with this PSU, and others like me can't get the Cube to work for shit with the CX750.  It's frustrating.

My Cube ran perfectly at High for a week on the OCZ 600W PSU, but it locks up on High.  Works OK on Low, though.  I need to rewire a bit to get the Cube running off both 12V rails on the OCZ.

Can't say I'm very pleased with the Cube - it's a fussy fecker.  Not like the old Blades which have been rock solid.

The CX750 does seem to keep getting mentioned as failing to work properly with the cube, I'm not sure why though, you'd think it would work fine...

my cubes ran just fine on a CX750 on low... but as soon as I put them into High, they'd run at like 55GH/s for about 30 seconds and then reboot into Low... Really weird.

I think it's the most easily-available high-spec PSU in the UK which may be why there are so many reports. You don't hear the negative ones. As I said, I've tried swapping the PSUs over between my cubes, but it's still the same cube that has the problems. Sill, it's called overclocking -- it's not guaranteed to work in all cases I guess. Anyway, since the 4 dud chips came back online, the hashrate is not far off what it was like in high clock mode when they were broken.

ALSO: I may be stupid but I just worked out that you can slot the cases together! That is so awesome. I want to buy another 50 now and build bizarre lego-like mining structures out of them! (If only I could afford it... ;))

I love that you can easily stack them together also

Price dropped to 0.86 btc!

See the original post for more information :)

Got my Cube rewired last week - it's now running on the OCZ 600W PSU using both 12V rails (using a 8-pin ATX to 6-pin PCI-E).  It's got a 6 day uptime at just a shade over 38GH.  Working perfectly.

Good to hear! :)

Any cubes in stock now?

Sorry seemed to have missed this. No - I don't have any in stock this second, but would expect them in at the end of this week coming, if you place your order today.

I'd like fast shipping so will wait 'till you actually have them in stock :D

There is a small shipment being sent tomorrow.

Can I order 2.
Will send payment if you can confirm they'll be available. Thanks.

Hey waves,

Can confirm that 2+ are available, send the payment and let me know your details.


Edit: there is more if anyone else wants them :)

Hi OC,

Don't get me wrong dude, you do a sterling job my man, but I see other GB's doing these for BTC0.4 - I know they're not UK ones & we have to pay ridiculous taxes etc, etc - but double the price seems a bit tough to swallow eh? Will the price be changing shortly to reflect this?

Peace & kudos  ;D

Hey mate,

As you know, I don't set the prices... I'll drop yxt a message though and find out if theres been a price change that I missed.

Cubes in stock

New price is 0.59 btc