http://btc.blockr.io/charts


5/ 3/2015    140 blocks----------- that is -   2   since 1/2 were the last adjustment and 1/2 were this adjustment
5/ 4/2015    130 blocks----------  that is - 14
5/ 5/2015    154 blocks----------  that is +10
5/ 6/2015    157 blocks----------  that is +13
5/ 7/2015    148 blocks----------  that is +4
5/ 8/2015    143 blocks----------  that is -1
5/ 9/2015    140 blocks----------  that is -4
5/10/2015   122 blocks----------  that is -22
5/11/2015   147 blocks----------  that is +3
5/12/2015   154 blocks----------  that is +10
5/13/2015   170 blocks----------  that is +26!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5/14/2015   148 bocks-----------  that is +4

we are up about 25 blocks at the moment.

 we have made 1677  blocks   +25  means we should be at 1652

So we have a 'real number of (+1.51%)

with only 339 blocks left  we would need a 130 block day and a 130 block day back to back  to go just a little negative.

We have had 4 really good block days  since moms day.  I do think we go slow on Fri and Sat finishing up  close to 0 on Sun

only time will tell.

well I saw the photos of metal shavings in the psu. I left that alone only because the 15 s-1's and 20 s-3's I got  had 1 bad cap.  most likely it was knocked off when it was packed the s-1's had very tight  static bags which I think knocked off a few caps.

Either when packing the s-1's or pulling the s-1's out.

So for quality control on s-1's or s-3's 34/35 worked out of the box.   and of the working 34 every worked and when I sold them every buyer said they got working gear.


But back to 18 gauge wire.  I ran 23 gpus in 10 pc's from sept 2012 to june 2013.  all in my garage pulled 5kwatts or more pretty steady.  long term running 24/7/365 is hard on gear.  wires get soft. shit burns fans fail etc.

my garage is 22 by 24 about 500 square foot concrete slab 5 inches thick.  the entire slab got warm around 40 day into non stop mining  say oct 30 2012.  stayed warm the whole winter and when I sold off all the gear and switched to ASIC MINER usb sticks in June of 2013 the slab still felt warm for about a month.

Point is 18  gauge wire is "stupid cheap" or the polite way "penny wise pound foolish"

I would love to see some first adapters give a good long review on these .  attach it to the sp20 and see at what point the wires melt my guess is 1400gh would take a while to be an issue  but 1500gh to 1600gh and problems will happen.

shipping may kill me let me check

yeah they should  as this psu driving a pair of sp-20s'  can do 750 dc per sp20 which will melt the wires

I have seen a lot of psu stories about melted wires.

worse 1 sp20 maxed to 1600gh will use 1240 watts dc  which would surely melt 18 gauge wires.  so much easier to use 16 guage.


or as alh says a lite duty 18 gauge maybe 12 pcie connects


and a heavy duty 16 gauge maybe 8 pcie connects.

please listen to Meech in this case he is a real mench.  Op  do not chase this item. here is why it is too good to be true and if I built them I would not sell them I would mine.

No way it will be delivered even if it is real as it will just mine for the builders for months to come.

maybe  I have it.  have to check records.  

yes I do it was purchased feb 01 2014  from rakuten.com


 I got 2 of them at the time.  If you buy it I can send a copy of the receipt



I am pretty sure it is this one  let me check


https://www.visiontek.com/graphics-cards/visiontek-radeon-r9-280x-detail.html

yeah this is it, seems like it is under warranty lifetime.

Well antpool did 37 blocks yesterday out of 170   

they should do  23 blocks  and the networks should do 144

they were 14 over     the network was  26 over.

they are at 31 today with 3.5 hours to go.   

the network has done  131 blocks with  3.5 hours to go.

we are on pace for 165 blocks

antpool is on pace for  38 blocks

truly amazing numbers for them.

In 2 days time 3 days worth of blocks!

they have been super hot for a week.  and we are getting a solid   drift upwards in diff the last few days matches with antpool quite a bit.

yeah a lot of people use this thread for help.  With my summer rates kicking in I don't have much gear but I wanted to keep the thread open for people to use it.


I decided to keep it open and watch it more carefully  for abuse or apparent abuse from forum members.

Some where I said   2 s-5's at freq 375 would push at these 18 gauge wires.


the s-5 at freq 375 uses 1200 x  .52 = 624 watts  that is 162 watts per cable on the ac side  or 150.88 watts on the dc side

I will amend my statement


two  s-5's at freq 400 would push the 18 gauge wires beyond spec


1300 x .52  = 676 watts x .92 efficient =  169 watts per cable  or 155.48 watts on the dc side.

I have mined 24/7/365 for 3 years.

This psu should have 16 gauge cables.

That said  12 cables 1 power cord 1 year warranty at  155 shipped is not terrible.

Personally there are 4 sellers on bitcointalk

sidehack has server psu's

quakefiend has server psu's

the 2280watt one  is plat jabborwocky? sells it.


pmorici has a very good 1200 watt intel plat that I reviewed  this was 136 shipped for 1 with 4 16 gauge cables. 


I am not sure I need one from bitmaintech with only 18 gauge wires

 going to ship in just a bit.

sent a pm with label copy to you.  thanks again





 A shout out to showtimes on pricing of these thanks again!

not good but thanks for an honest answer.

if I buy this with 2 s-5's  I will be pushing the wires at freq 375 and higher.

btw 1 of these psu's and 2 s-5s is 911 usd with shipping

1 s4+ is 1071 usd with shipping

and please show me a delta server with a breakout board for 12 pcie connectors they said 12 pairs in the copy but I think they mean 12 connectors


.that does 1600 watts at 92% efficency

with a 1 year warranty  .

cost 155 usd.

My issues are not with price .

Quality control based on the post above yours .

and does it do 92% at 1500-1600 watts?

does it do 93.8% at 1200 watts?

last question is are the wires 16 gauge? 

I could see someone running 2 s-5's and this psu have issues if the wires are 18 gauge.

I made an offer to notlist3d  on this link

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1020826.msg11354705#msg11354705

I think he does not want them @ op I can ship them to you for about 30 dollars use one as a push and one as a pull.

If you are close to New Jersey zip code 07731 shipping is less maybe 20  for the 2 fans


I have 2 of these fans:

  I have 2 of these   I can send them for shipping only  maybe 30-35 bucks.  Helps me clean my garage.

these fans do 550 cfm each or 1100 cfm for 2




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-2-Comair-Rotron-Fans-Model-CLE2T2-used/221759409080?

with grills

 I bolded the exact set of reasons I am here supporting the thread.

good at least I am lucky for others.

okay send a pm to me.  let me know your zip code and your offer.

  do both I did exactly that.

http://btc.blockr.io/charts


5/ 3/2015    140 blocks----------- that is -   2   since about half were the last adjustment and half were this adjustment
5/ 4/2015    130 blocks----------  that is - 14
5/ 5/2015    154 blocks----------  that is +10
5/ 6/2015    157 blocks----------  that is +13
5/ 7/2015    148 blocks----------  that is +4
5/ 8/2015    143 blocks----------  that is -1
5/ 9/2015    140 blocks----------  that is -4
5/10/2015   122 blocks----------  that is -22
5/11/2015   147 blocks----------  that is +3
5/12/2015   154 blocks----------  that is +10
5/13/2015   170 blocks----------  that is +26!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


we are up about 21 blocks at the moment.

 we have made 1513  blocks   +21  means we should be at 1492

So we have a 'real number of (+1.41%)



Antpool is fire cracker smoking hot…  they made 37 blocks on the 13th!!!! normal for them is 23     they are 60% more then normal luck

look at the blocks for 5/13/2015

https://www.antpool.com/poolStats.htm   37 in 24 hours!  smoking hot 


opinions on wtf they are doing?

I am leaving the thread open.  I don't delete much from any thread I moderate.

 Most often I am deleting  people that curse and are particularly insulting.

A while back This thread has attracted attention from Miasma.  He appears to have an issue with sp-tech.  I let the posts go back and forth for a while hoping to have it resolve on its own.

As it does appear sp-tech did sell gear to him.  It also appears that 1 piece of gear has a issue.  So I let it go on and on and on.  My mistake.

Now that Miasma   has accused a regular member I had to step in.

Look up notlist3d he has been here a while and not caused a problem…..   He lives in the midwest not in Norway.

I myself have a copy villain  on this site.   I will need to say please don't accuse a person in this thread.  Other then me as it is my thread.   So far Miasma has not sent a pm to me explaining why he

called out notlist3d

myself on the left as I am a lefty.  my evil twin on the right. Notice my avatar is a cake .  Most important notice I have 1004 activity level.. Evil twin has 0