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It is now $96 with free shipment to all of the 50 states in the usa.
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This is the item in the review. http://www.itopshop.net/pcie-1x-to-16x-pcie-riser-with-6pin-power-connector-version-6-p-303.htmlhttp://www.ebay.com/itm/272456808280?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649I reviewed his pcie cables in the summer. They work well I gave a good review and I am still using them as I type with some s9's at the solar array. So he came up with 6 pin risers for you gpu cards. He mailed me one for review. I got the envelope along with some amazon packages and due to holidays 3 or 4 reviews I did not remember this particular item. I looked at it and thought when did I buy this and who did I buy it from? 59 years old and losing my mind  So I plugged it into a rig and it worked great. ran it for a week or so. I then sold a nice psu to generalt he said do you have a link for risers. He knew I had a 6 pin one So I said to him I will toss in the six pin pcie riser so he is now using it and I never did a real review! So ITOP shoots me a pm and asks me did I ever get it. I say to myself I am a freaking moron. So the review is the gear works I used it for 1 week-2 weeks and now generalt is using it. I will pm generalt to ask him to post here. the photo is from the ebay link. I did not use the hdd to pcie adapter. I used a pcie direct to the riser  I made an offer for 6 pack on ebay. |
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I just installed a fresh Windows 10 2016 LTSB Enterprise with my own key. Copied, the miner binariese back to the panda miner. Everything is working great now since 7 days. So no worry to reinstall the machine it will work again without any special modification  Now its time to switch to the linux version and see what I can do there with it  By the way, I'm mining monero and got a stable hashrate from 5970 h/s. sgminer can go higher than 6khs but that on Linux.... 6400 @ 880 watt stable as a rock over here..  Waiting patiently for a linux holding coin for you. |
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Will mark it down from 100 to $99 It is Sunday 910 pm
On Monday the 9th at 910 pm it goes to $98 with shipping to all 50 states.
Now $98
On tues the 10 at 910 pm it goes to $97 with free shipping to any of the 50 states in the usa.
it is now 97$
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I like them not sure is they can carry a 0.80 amp max load. For 12 bucks I will order them now. They could make the miner much quieter. When my pandaminer does zec the heatsinks are only about 40c I think I'm reading that as they have 47 ohm resisters in line - which is gonna drop those Deltas to 3 volts or so *if* I'm correct and the fans won't turn at all a that low a voltage. Might be 4.7 ohm though - the listing is VERY unclear - which would be a fairly small voltage and speed drop but the resistor better be a lot bigger than it looks like (at LEAST a 2 watt and even that would probably be very marginal at best, 5 watt would be better for some safety from overload and overheat). I can measure the ohms and put in a more ballsy resister. I like that I get 10 pieces. As for what volts work on the fan 6-7 volts is minimum here are lots of 4.7 ohm 2 watts http://www.digikey.com/products/en/resistors/through-hole-resistors/53? |
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Thanks to theyankeswin I am picking up this power cable to lower fan speeds
Item List:
Item Description
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9SIA27C3GN8656 PC Fan 3 Pins Noise Speed Reduce Resistor Cable Wire Lead 5 Pcs
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$5.96
$11.92
Payment Summary: Payment Term: PaypalSubtotal: $11.92Tax: $0.82Gift Wrap: $0.00Shipping and Handling: $0.00EggPoints:$0.00Total Amount: $12.74
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Well any mining has to take into consideration initial cost and running cost. Bitmain hopes you are stupid and don't consider both. Fact. So yes if you factor both in and find that one setup comes up with a better result, then indeed that makes sense. There's of course the issue of miner lifetime - so you'd have to read around about the average reliability of an S7 vs an S9. It would seem that 10% failure rate is somewhere in the ball park of what to expect on a typical miner - but YMMV. Also of course don't forget that difficulty increases That really doesn't factor much into what you are comparing, but often people look at the long term and don't factor in difficulty changes at all. If your power is cheap under 4 cents a kwatt the s-7 is the way to go. If your power is 7-9 cents the s9 could be better. The worst problem for the s9 is break downs. I have some spare parts on hand for my s9s' 2 controllers a link for the s7 controller if you buy the s-7 https://bitmainwarranty.com/shop/products/us/s7-control-pcb/a fan link for you https://bitmainwarranty.com/shop/products/us/fan_s7/ |
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Thats true. I'd take it at 60$ shipped atm (2-3 months ROI) but it's probably not that of an attractive offer since i'm in Canada. And i imagine someone in the US will take it at 75$ shipped.
Yeah I will let it keep Sinking till someone gets it. @ everyone it is supposed to be a fun thread. Chill out everybody please. |
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Ok I just set up an account on there so hopefully the images will be view able now This is the main homepage screen when the unit powers itself of, it may be worth mentioning that I can access the main homepage but any of the other tabs aren't reachable  This is the firmware version, it has been upgraded to the latest firmware released by antminer  This shows the status page, as you can see the temps are within operating range, the second, or atleast Im assuming is the second or rear fan, is spinning higher then I would like too see it run at, but with the newest firmware you no longer control over the speeds or power settings  Also thank you for being patient with me this should help and that means you did not shrink your images with auto feature to 1600 by 1200 or less on imgur I redid the bottom one. The fans are weird 2600 and 4900 are too far apart. the rest is good. what is your psu running this miner? It could be good and the psu may just be shit so it powers down after 2-3 hours  |
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I like them not sure is they can carry a 0.80 amp max load. For 12 bucks I will order them now. They could make the miner much quieter. When my pandaminer does zec the heatsinks are only about 40c |
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PM me when you are ready to sell some mobos+gpus , I will compare the cost (including oversea shipping) to check if it's better than local offers ! (pretty high actually).
Maybe due to translation, lack of knowledge and number of page in his thread, I didn't get exactly what sidehack is going to offer. Is he trying to build somethig better than antminer S9 ? or only small things ?
his bitfury will be 1th at 100 watts maybe in Feb. So if you want 100th he may not be what you want. But if you want 10th-25th he could be good for you. His gear will be able to over and under clock plus over and under volt. Translation : speed it up to the max more hash less efficient ---------- say .13 watts a gh slow it down less hash more efficient ---------------------- say .08 watts a gh I will send a pm today. |
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With Claymore if you have watchdogs causing crashes you sometimes have to turn down the intensity. You will also see this at times if you have overclocked GPU's. But since you have not modified the ROM's yet I would try turning down the intensity.
claymore 9.3 at 6 intensity is pretty much flawless for zec the dip was when I switched to eth which crashes  here is the panda on eth it crashes in 1 to 2 hours  oh I just got me an uncle  |
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Of course I have a mix of gear not the above.
I would love to have 6 panda miners with three IBM 2980 psus.
That would be the cleanest smallest way to run 48 gpus
Do you really think the panda miner is such a good deal ? Ok it's a clean setup, but It seems expensive, and harder to sell in the end. (only to miners, not to gamers) My circumstances are different then most. I have the solar array deal. My power costs allow for running the pandas with the rx 480s until rx 680s come out. So when the rx 580s show in JUNE -AUG I won't need to replace the rx 480s. I would get 1 extra generation to use them. The solar array could do 72 amps max. So that could be : 6 pandaminers 4 s9's 5 avalon 7's would keep me and buysolar diverse. I made my math, I can get more hashes with less money if I build my own rigs instead of using Pandaminers. (and I don't even considered in the maths the fact that Pandaminer will arrive with shipping cost and customs fees..) The solar array should not change the results ! with real GPUs (actual 470/480s), you should ROI faster and still be able to sell the gear later , no matter if this is 580s time or 680s time ! Did I miss something ? Yes in my case I have power 3x 30 amp 240 volt circuits or 72 amps. but the area in the barn for mining is not huge. So fitting pandaminers is easy compared to fitting rigs. see photo at the bottom I wrote that signature with the idea to get donations to sidehack's projects so to be clear: the whole kit and kaboodle the twopacs with antminer chips and the bitfury work in feb. I can do 2 racks in the solar array so for me the pandaminers would be better. BTW I most likely won't do it due to all the gpus I have and the multiple rigs. As it is I would need to sell a lot of gear to switch to panda miners. And people don't buy fast in market place I no longer sell on ebay as buyers have become really bad. The card below is a good deal and will only get better yet no one has purchased it. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1734829.0I am going to sell multiple mobos and gpus to get more pandaminers here is my 24 card rack with gpus. it would become a 48 card rack with pandaminers 6 four card rigs = 24 cards 6 psus 6 eth cables an 8 port dvi switcher 1 key board 1 mouse  or 6 pandaminers = 48 cards 3 ibm 2980 psus 6 eth cables an 8 port dvi switcher 1 key board 1 mouse  |
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Thank you, citronick!
I think restarts can be also related to overheating GPUs or other components of miner.
Yeah thread got sidetracked a lot with the windows 10 enterprise LTSB issues. plus the possible linux replacement. The gpus don't overheat. The heatsinks are huge the fans are powerful. The gpus have a custom bios that has been flashed to them. They are undervolted to .975 which is not stock. My unit is using an Evga 1600 g2 I did test the oem psu. I get about 1.6 to 1.7 h for zec at 1030 watts with the evga 1600g2------using claymore 9.3 that I installed I get about 1.6 to 1.7 h for zec at 1065 watts with the oem psu. Eth crashes the drivers crash from 1 to 2 hours I did not test any other coins My garage is 85 to 95 f The gear is fine the software is not. I have yet to get into the bios. at citronick did you get into the bios? if so what key did you use. Fellow miner Tradewiz shared with me that he used "del" key upon boot up. This was the first thing that I did when I got the unit but was not successful. Could you do the test -- maybe give it a few tries with the DEL key. As soon as you get into the BIOS, changing the boot sequence should make the USB port handle bootable images. I did the delete key no go I did the F1 key no go I did the F2 key no go I did the F6 key no go I did the F10 key no go. So I am waiting for software from Eliovp I did figure a way to make the gear get activated. Use a kms key for windows 10 enterprise from microsoft pages then buy a windows 10 enterprise key. there are legit sellers of windows 10 enterprise keys but I can not find a legit seller of windows 10 enterprise LTSB key. |
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In four months you start to pay us to take it right?
I don't have enough psu's to run what I already have :/
cute I like that. no as I mentioned in the thread the card is paid for and that if I sold it at 20 bucks I would make 2 -4 dollars.' So If it does not sell after it drops to 20 bucks I won't sell it. My price is under that of ebay prices. Plus it drops tonight or does it sell first  I also have more gpus and some mobos to sell, but one at a time. I am mining at a profit and am not in a rush. The weather is cold so the gear keeps house warm. |
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Of course I have a mix of gear not the above.
I would love to have 6 panda miners with three IBM 2980 psus.
That would be the cleanest smallest way to run 48 gpus
Do you really think the panda miner is such a good deal ? Ok it's a clean setup, but It seems expensive, and harder to sell in the end. (only to miners, not to gamers) My circumstances are different then most. I have the solar array deal. My power costs allow for running the pandas with the rx 480s until rx 680s come out. So when the rx 580s show in JUNE -AUG I won't need to replace the rx 480s. I would get 1 extra generation to use them. The solar array could do 72 amps max. So that could be : 6 pandaminers 4 s9's 5 avalon 7's would keep me and buysolar diverse. |
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Thank you, citronick!
I think restarts can be also related to overheating GPUs or other components of miner.
Yeah thread got sidetracked a lot with the windows 10 enterprise LTSB issues. plus the possible linux replacement. The gpus don't overheat. The heatsinks are huge the fans are powerful. The gpus have a custom bios that has been flashed to them. They are undervolted to .975 which is not stock. My unit is using an Evga 1600 g2 I did test the oem psu. I get about 1.6 to 1.7 h for zec at 1030 watts with the evga 1600g2------using claymore 9.3 that I installed I get about 1.6 to 1.7 h for zec at 1065 watts with the oem psu. Eth crashes the drivers crash from 1 to 2 hours I did not test any other coins My garage is 85 to 95 f The gear is fine the software is not. I have yet to get into the bios. at citronick did you get into the bios? if so what key did you use. |
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So, i didn't end up pulling the trigger on those 2 x 550w PSUs. It was going to cost $140 for 1100w vs the 1200w single unit, which yes, now costs $180 but has been as low as $160 recently and $120 a little longer out. I just didn't want to hassle with a 2-PSU setup for what would probably be a nominal savings. So... still on the lookout for a good deal on a 1200w unit, I found this Rosewill Capstone G Series at NewEgg for $100 after $10 rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182361&cm_re=rosewill_1200w-_-17-182-361-_-ProductThis at least appears to be very similar to the Quark Plat Series, with the exception of course of the 2% difference in power efficiency, but was wondering if anyone on this thread had used this series (in any wattage). In addition, the Capstone seems to be semi-modular, but with only the 24-pin connector permanently connected, so probably no issue there. Otherwise, seems to have the same # of cables/connectors as the Quark. This still puts me 1 molex cable short, but hopefully can find a work-around for that. If i do my math right, the incremental electricity cost for Gold vs Plat is only $2/month, so ROI wise, this would be a no-brainer vs the $180 (or even $160) Quark version. But, wondering if there are any other differences that I am not catching. IMHO, it's not worth "saving pennies" on PSUs, because your entire investment, ie. mobo, gpus, ram, cpu, etc., could be harmed in many ways due to a sub-standard PSU. Be careful on so called Platinum PSU selling at "attractive" pricing -- there are too many scams out there. Standardizing on a good PSU brand will save you power bill, stability of rigs, consolidated warranty to some extent, etc, over time. The more expensive PSUs, esp Platinum ones from EVGA, Corsair, Rosewill are well above 100 for Gold or 200 bucks for Platinums, for a reason - its simply using quality & better components resulting good performance and efficient power consumption for the rigs. I standardized on EVGAs because of the build and reputation, and also the 10-year warranty. To save on overall rig costs, find a reliable and cost-efficient supplier of RAM and GPUs instead, because these items are bought in multiple quantities therefore the savings realised are much meaningful. To go even further, study the supply chain for the RAMs and GPUs, and buy direct from distributor if you are buying in bulk, rather than buying from Newegg or Amazon. Mostly true. Except for rose will as they are directly linked to newegg. And with rose will the quark psu has been a real good psu for me. Buying seasonic two or three at a time or evga two or three at a time is what a lot of home builders do. For me. I max at 6kwatts if the weather is cold. So 12 x 750 watt or 12 x 850 watt psus works for me. If I was to go 12 biostar rigs with four Msi rx 470 gpus I would want either 12 evga plats or 12 rose will 850 plats. Of course I have a mix of gear not the above. I would love to have 6 panda miners with three IBM 2980 psus. That would be the cleanest smallest way to run 48 gpus |
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