I'm holding out, long term. Over the next few months I'll stick 10 or so BTC into a paper wallet and leave it for a good 10+ years.

Long term, Bitcoin will either fail or boom... If the latter happens and it becomes more popular with a limited supply of BTC in circulation then it's inevitable that the price will rise long term. When it's $10,000 per BTC I'll dig out the old paper wallet and buy an island somewhere 

Most mainstream consumer goods are manufactured cheaply in China. I don't see your point?

Thanks all for the responses.

It got to the point where I was leaving the windows wide open all day/night which isn't a wise idea considering I live in a town house (fire regulations meaning the windows can't be restricted and so anybody from outside can pull them wide open). This was even with outdoor temperatures of 5-10 degrees celcius through the day.

I bought a mobile air con unit for $400, it's vented straight towards the mining setup and has dropped the room temp from a staggering 30 odd degrees down to a nice 18 degrees. I just need to drill through the wall to properly vent the AC unit and then I can close the windows and the neighbours can stop worrying about the noise coming from my front office room as I'm sure they think I'm some kind of cannabis grower 

They're now hashing at 4.72Th/s and 52/50/49 temps and fan speed set at 50%. With the door closed it's pretty quiet, you can just about hear it from the bedroom and other rooms but nothing at all that's remotely distracting.

Great!

Hi all,

I'm new to the forums, so I guess a hello is in order. I've been a long time browser but have always found the answers I'm looking for without having to repeat questions that have already been asked, however......

I've just got my hands on a few S7's, first impressions are fantastic. The hash rates for something that size are incredible, the noise is quite something else though. Fortunately I got divorced a few years back and so don't have anybody to moan about the noise.

ANYWAY, being concious of the neighbours and the heat being generated in the room, I'm curious as to what temperatures your S7's are running at? The ambient temperature in the room is currently about 24c (the bonus being I've not used the heating once this year), with the frequency at 600 the boards are sitting around 55c according to the UI and having only had experience of my s4's which never went above 50c I'm curious as to what temperatures you're getting at the stock frequency and what the ambient temperatures are.

Last summer I had my mobile air conditioning unit keeping the room cool (around 21c) but I'm now concious that these are blasting out some serious heat. I obviously want to run at stock frequency but I also want longevity out of the hardware.

The Antminer website just says that they operate in ambient temperatures of 0c-40c. Other posts on the older chipsets say 60 is a safe limit, others push theirs to 70, what are your experiences?

.... and if this has already been asked just slap me but I have searched and all I can find is recommended ambient temperatures which aren't really useful.

Cheers