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Title: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: ranochigo on March 25, 2020, 04:27:08 PM
I'm looking for cheap and quiet ASIC miners to keep as a hobby in my apartment. They must be relatively quiet, the hash rate doesn't really matter all that much.


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: favebook on March 25, 2020, 04:34:53 PM
I think there is a thread where they explained how you can make yourself one that is quiet but doesn't hash a lot since you use only 1 out of 3 hashboards.
If you are willing to cover the cost I can make you one out of V9 (if I figure out how to control it's fan speed since that is the main source of noise, but I do not think it will be hard).


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: philipma1957 on March 25, 2020, 05:26:59 PM
yeah an s9 doing 1 board  can be very quiet.

does 3-4 th pulls  300-350 watts

I have a thread on how to build
and someone riffed on my idea and has a thread on a better design

I also did some testing with a m10 and 2 boards.

set to low.


lastly there is a guy here selling a 2 board s15 which may be exactly what you want but you will need to supply 220 volt not 120 volt.



https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5232832.0

if you have 220 volt power his 2 board s15  set to low may be quiet enough for you


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: offordscott on March 25, 2020, 06:37:35 PM
I have 3 used Z9 Mini. Contact me on Telegram: @offordscott (https://t.me/offordscott)


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: vickersja on March 25, 2020, 08:18:28 PM
In terms of 110v, fully functional, and quiet, there are 2 options that come to mind.

Antminer R4
Antminer S7-LN

I run both in my house on 110v. 


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: MoparMiningLLC on March 25, 2020, 09:46:58 PM
there are also the Apollo from FutureBit for Scrypt and the Terminus R606 from GekkoScience for SHA256


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: bittawm on March 27, 2020, 03:05:03 AM
i know you said asic but hashaltcoin mini+ FPGA i have available for 130usd inc shipping


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: ranochigo on March 27, 2020, 03:11:39 PM
The power in my area supplies 230V power. I've been looking around recently but I couldn't find anyone selling Antminer R4 or else that would be a pretty nice machine to have.


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: MoparMiningLLC on March 27, 2020, 03:18:06 PM
The power in my area supplies 230V power. I've been looking around recently but I couldn't find anyone selling Antminer R4 or else that would be a pretty nice machine to have.

there are a few R4 on eBay - little high priced in my opinion but that is for each buyer to decide.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC1.A0.H0.Xantminer+R4.TRS0&_nkw=antminer+R4&_sacat=0


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: vickersja on March 27, 2020, 03:55:08 PM
The power in my area supplies 230V power. I've been looking around recently but I couldn't find anyone selling Antminer R4 or else that would be a pretty nice machine to have.

there are a few R4 on eBay - little high priced in my opinion but that is for each buyer to decide.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC1.A0.H0.Xantminer+R4.TRS0&_nkw=antminer+R4&_sacat=0

I got both of mine from eBay.  Pretty happy with purchase.


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: peonminer on March 28, 2020, 07:15:30 PM
i know you said asic but hashaltcoin mini+ FPGA i have available for 130usd inc shipping

How old is the unit? Any issues with it? Will you take PayPal?


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: minerbobbert on April 01, 2020, 04:30:09 AM
Check out Gekkoscience stuff (forum user Sidehack).

Best for hobby mining.


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: LightZ on April 09, 2020, 02:48:33 PM
I got a r606 that I bought right before I went on a trip(now stuck in china, covid19)
If you're interested lmk, I'll have my brother ship it.


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: MoparMiningLLC on April 09, 2020, 03:01:27 PM
I got a r606 that I bought right before I went on a trip(now stuck in china, covid19)
If you're interested lmk, I'll have my brother ship it.

what is the price you are selling it for? if he doesnt want it, I might be interested.


Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: LightZ on April 09, 2020, 03:13:05 PM

what is the price you are selling it for? if he doesnt want it, I might be interested.

BEST OFFER, shipping not included



Title: Re: Looking for cheap and quiet ASIC
Post by: MoparMiningLLC on August 10, 2021, 05:58:33 PM

what is the price you are selling it for? if he doesnt want it, I might be interested.

BEST OFFER, shipping not included



200-250? I haven't paid more than that for any of the 4 others I have at this point and even at that range these are likely to never ROI but fun to have for hobby miners and for playing the lottery

if you have a different price in mind, let me know.