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Title: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: jmevz on September 03, 2013, 01:41:13 AM Hi All,
I think I read that KNCs chips are capable of 400 Mhs each, does this mean that our Mercury units will be expandable and will have 'limiters' on the hashing power when received? Or are they built with smaller chips etc... I'm guessing the units will all be expandable and we can just install additional chips? Cheers, J Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: tacoman71 on September 03, 2013, 01:49:08 AM Are you planning on buying one? Cause they're all sold out and KnCMiner discontinued that line as of today.
Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: jmevz on September 03, 2013, 03:03:18 AM Are you planning on buying one? Cause they're all sold out and KnCMiner discontinued that line as of today. Hey, I've already purchased. Hoping for some unpaid orders to show though. How about yourself? Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: miahallen on September 03, 2013, 05:34:05 AM KnCMiner offered three different versions of the same case:
The Mercury has a single ASIC board and chip capable of 100GH/s The Saturn has two ASIC boards and chips each capable of 100GH/s (200GH/s total) The Jupiter has four ASIC boards and chips each capable of 100GH/s (400GH/s total) If you have a Mercury and want to upgrade it, you'll need to buy three more boards and three more ASIC chips from KnC. If you plan to do this in the future, I'd suggest that you buy a powerful enough PSU now to handle the future expansion (850W+). Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: ixoxo on September 03, 2013, 07:55:38 AM I actually got my hands on a Mercury before it was discontinued.
KNC confirmed in a mail to me that they will start selling upgrade kits as soon as they've started to catch up with the demand of new machines. I'm thinking of selling my mercury, is it possible to do here in the newbie section? What does it take until I can post in the trade section? Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: jmevz on September 03, 2013, 08:49:24 AM I actually got my hands on a Mercury before it was discontinued. KNC confirmed in a mail to me that they will start selling upgrade kits as soon as they've started to catch up with the demand of new machines. I'm thinking of selling my mercury, is it possible to do here in the newbie section? What does it take until I can post in the trade section? Yup, I ordered one too in August so we should have our machines by Oct 15th, shipped at least. 5 posts I thought? Not quite sure. How much are you hoping to get back on your Mercury when you sell it off? I doubt you would get much IMO after December comes around. I'll probably either keep mining, or utalise it for an alt. currency, or sell it like yourself, or upgrade it if feasible. Can't wait for their Gen. 2 machines. Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: jmevz on September 03, 2013, 08:57:36 AM Slightly off topic. What PSU's you all buying for your units? Brands in particular?
Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: ixoxo on September 03, 2013, 09:34:54 AM Slightly off topic. What PSU's you all buying for your units? Brands in particular? I will be running corsair 600w that I have 2 of lying in a drawer. Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: b!z on September 03, 2013, 11:01:49 AM Slightly off topic. What PSU's you all buying for your units? Brands in particular? any compatible PSU's should work fine, there is no point going after a specific one someone else has. Title: Re: KNC Mercury Expandable? Post by: jmevz on September 03, 2013, 12:21:09 PM Hey,
Yeah, just found/remembered I had two in a box, glad I kept a hold of them now. Kind of sad I gave away my other box of goodies. Now I'm just trying to figure out where I'm going to set it up. Probably out the back next to the other TV. May have to move them come winter time (fire place). I'm wondering how the KNC units will handle our 40*C days in summer? :) |