Thanks!  I didn't want to start cutting up wires without knowing what was what.

Interesting link about the orientation.  Mine are mounted vertically, but I'll fiddle with that.  Even if orientation does help other coolers seem to work well regardless of orientation, which in my book is crap. 

We certainly had a major luck streak today!

Four blocks in two and a half hours!  Booyah! 

Round     Block        Duration     Shares
38          172199      0:04:45      13,098
37          172198      0:52:49      118,498
36          172189      0:33:11      74,516
35          172183      1:01:34      143,499

I have a couple of these Gigabyte 5850 OC cards (which I hate - the cooler is crap):



Today one of the fans literally fell off.  The other one is not in much better shape.

I have two brand new fans of the exact same model (used in Asus DirectCU 5850's)

I'm trying to figure out the wiring.  It seems that the 4-wire PWM wiring is as follows:
Pin    Name    Color
1    GND          black
2    +12VDC     yellow
3    Sense       green
4    Control      blue

On the Asus fan, it has these four wires and a 4 pin connector.


On the Gigabyte card there are two fans in a master/slave configuration.


The slave appears to just have 12V DC (red not yellow) and a black ground wire.  The master appears to have ground (black), 12V DC (red), and a third wire.  Would that third wire be sense or control?  I'm guessing it's sense, which would be green on the Asus' 4-wire configuration




The other question is whether the Asus fan, which has all four wires, will work fine if that missing wire is not connected to the fan?  The Gigabyte connector is only a three pin.  I'm assuming it would work fine - similar to a 3 pin system fan on a 4 pin header.

Unfortunately not shipped.  These are quite heavy.  Normal UPS would be more than $40.  I can offer $25 for East coast, $20 for midwest, and $15 for west coast shipping.

I've been mining here since the beta.  It's been amazingly stable.  btcx has been very responsive to suggestions to improve the pool.  Plus, he's just a nice guy (which sadly can't be said about some other pool ops).

I give the pool 9 thumbs up!

Address sent.  Thanks!

I have quite a few of these (>20) HAF 932 cases. They have virtually no wear and come in their original box with all the accessories.  They're awesome cases, but I don't need this many.

Asking $89 each.

Features:
* Water cooling ready
* Multiple fans (red LED's)
* Tool-less design (e.g. drives go in sliding trays)
* USB 3.0 front ports
* Rated 5 eggs on NewEgg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Sent!

I'll give you 19 btc for the Asus 5850 with the broken fan shipped to rainy Seattle 

Looking to buy a few Semprons, preferably with a heatsink.

PM me or reply to the thread if you have one (several) available.

I've had a bunch of lindens sitting in my Second Life account (which I've used like three times ever).

Planned to use VirWoX to exchange but SL API always rejects my transactions - probably because I never use my account.

Reply here or PM me if you are looking to buy Lindens.

I know, you're like my wife.  You want MOARRRRR!  haha

Oh, it's on giga!!   

I'm definitely interested.  I'll shoot you a PM.

Also, can you post some pics?

Been watching this issue, but the thread is a bit tl;dr

If you mine without transactions, how much do you calculate someone is saving?

Another question that may have already been asked elsewhere is if it is possible to focus exclusively on transactions.  If mining rewards are going to keep halving, and transactions become the focus should people be thinking (maybe not anytime soon) converting from mining to transaction processing as a way to make money?

Hi everyone-

I recently bought a big mining farm and have some parts that I don't plan to use in my upgraded farm configuration.  Here's what I am selling.  All items will ship from the Seattle area and I can usually ship within a day after payment.  Prefer payment in BTC or MtGox code.

4 x MSI Radeon 6990 4GB GPU - New in box - $525 in btc
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127574



8 x OCZ ZX Series 850W single rail fully modular 850W 80plus Gold PSU - Like new - $100 in btc
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341044



10 x G.Skill 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR3 1333MHz CL8 RAM Kits - Like new - $19 in btc (free shipping)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231134



25 x Bitspower Dual/multi-PSU adapter - Like new - $15
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7137/bus-128/Bitspower_X-Station_Multi_PSU_Module_-_Blue_LED_BP-XSU-BL.html

Yeah, I would love to get one.

Check it out, they have one that can do 1 BILLION IOPS!
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/fusion-io-one-billion-iops-iodrive-duo-flash-storage-record/

Looking on ebay it looks like an 80GB version will set you back at least $1500.  So not realistic to start with, but could be a good option down the road

So you have four of those drives but then have it dangling like that??   

I'm not sure Tom's storage bench is the best gauge of measurement if I'm looking strictly at server IO, but it is definitely interesting.  Seems that you really need a 240GB drive to get into the top tier for Tom's - particularly one with the more expensive Toggle NAND.

Interesting to see that the Mushkin Chronos Deluxe is also in tier 3.  Might be closing in on a decision here....

I've been eyeing the Mushkin Chronos drive, so it's good to hear a recommendation for that.  Many people seem to like the Crucial drive, and the OCZ Max IOPS version seems impressive too.

I had totally forgotten about the PCIe-based SSDs. They are some screamers.  Even though they can be pricey, it might be cheaper to get one of those instead of a RAID of several SATA SSDs (though you would give up some reliability).