Just came in like 20 min ago 4/5/2017!  Review is incoming very soon!  Here is a few pics to wet the whistle

4/5/17
At first glance it looks pretty decent.  A little big basically 4U at 6.5 Inches tall.  If you pop the cover off be careful because the edges are sharp and will cut the hell out of you.  Kind of like the old days with those atx cases you would leave your DNA in all the time.  After it running for 6 hours its doing 230mhs out of the box on ETH at 1180 Watts.  Seems quieter even though it is about 70db at a meter away.  Its more of a deep hum instead of a high pitch squeal like the B1.  

It's well packaged like usual.  Open it up and everything is secure.  I wish it had 4 fans on each side but it might be enough.  It boots up like a champ, you might have an issue with HDMI connection, I had to use HDMI to DVI plug on my monitor to see it in POST mode so I could go in and change the power setting.  Once in desktop its in ENGLISH! That's a damn good start considering the pain of trying to load it on the B1.  you can modify the pool and wallet and it will mine like a champ.  I recommend Claymores 9 because it don't take 93 years now to load cards.  It has Teamviewer loaded already withe the code on the side.  Change your PW.  I personally like VNC so I uninstall it and use VNC.  

It's a pretty decent box and a pretty good price if you are fortunate to be able to get one.  I think the big farms are buying them as soon as they come available.

Eliovp is working on some roms so we will test that as well.  All in all, pretty happy with it.

It's basic, does exactly what it says and honestly better than the B1.  

4/7/17
*** WARNING ***
The shipped bios on the first shipment of pandas to me and heliox seem unstable.  Out of 20 i was getting about 5-7  crash within hours of being turned on.  With heliox bios they have been running for 24 hours no crashes.  I think panda is coming out with a release or they already addressed it and new ones have it.  They will send it to me and I will post it on this review for a link to download.  Sorry can not post heliox bios as that is his and he is not free  
*** UPDATE ***
They sent me a new bios right away and I am testing it to make sure it is more stable.  Then I will post it.
Confirmed it's a little better rom here is the link it is zipped with the rom and instructions direct from panda in them.  There is no virus attached but if you don't trust me then don't download it.  http://zeus.iron-vault.com/bct/pandab3bios.zip



TON O PANDAS
I'll have some fun tonight!



OPEN BOX
Well packaged as usual



COVER OFF


CARD
Basic card with 1 HDMI port
RX470 4G



FAN
fans seem adequate I will put my velometer on it tomorrow
 


BOARD
Looks basic and solid with 8 full slots the cards fit very snug and dont move.



DIMENSIONS




INSIDE (Between the fans) DIMENSIONS


BIRDSEYE VIEW NO CARDS
name says it all



Memory & Hard Drive



Motherboard Back



Case No MB



Video Card Front



Video Card Back



PANDA Broken APART
Panda in pieces.  I'll take board completely out tomorrow.



REAL FREAKIN BUMMER
DAMN sucks we cant put a full size card in it  




SORRY SO DIRTY BUT GETTING THEM UP IN A HURRY
My setup, I plan on putting 4 per shelf but i was busy getting as many as I could up and running

they actually said it was made for a Chinese man so hope it fits!  It was XL but was like a Mens small.  I look like a stuffed sausage in it.  It fits though!  NO I WILL NOT POST A PICTURE!  haha

I got a shirt last week!   

i have built hundreds of miners none of the H81 have I had to change.

I use windows 10 pro on them and never had an issue either.  I'm  sure home works too but i have never used it.

I think both bro =)

yeah but when you have more than 3-4 KVM's become a bit expensive

pro btc board can boot without dummy but you have to set the internal video card on as primary on the bios.  it sucks though bad.  I use dummys

i run a bunch of 6 card 470 8gb custom fw from eliovp i avg about 950w on eth and 172 mh

put them somewhere no one screws with them.  Everyone knows that even if my machine was on fire to leave them alone.

I'm a dude brah!   

checkout yuns post i think he had it all listed out.

When I build, I build in Aluminum so I take a day sometimes 2 and cut all the metal then make the holes and stuff.  To make 20 frames it will take me about 2 days all done to my standards anyway.  Then assembly is easy but yeah it sucks still.

I bought this last year and omg it made life fookin easy!  STILL HATE FRAME BUILDING THOUGH! 

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200663435_200663435?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Metal%20Fabrication%20%3E%20Band%20Saws%20%2B%20Accessories&utm_campaign=Jet&utm_content=54377&gclid=Cj0KEQjwwoLHBRDD0beVheu3lt0BEiQAvU4CKlbYbqFHPDrUzql0rkncxZkCjMsIDYjAUUlw26oQKmgaAhlq8P8HAQ

 

nothing but ETH baby.  for now anyway hehe  my power cost is .068 kwh and locked in for 2 years

yeah there are 8 pcie slots.  The pictures are not fake they are confirmed.  Spoke to panda myself.

Electrical, ventilation, everything is ready.  I have 6 B1 as well so i'll do a comparison the day or two after they arrive.  Day one is setting them up  

Trying to get to 100 miners...  getting close after this shipment hehe!

I have just paid my $ to get my 28 pandas in.  I suspect they ship this week.  Well I hope so anyway!

$ tells the secret.   

ya    Damn i hate building frames...

they wont be cheap.  most miners will buy them asap.  I for one just ordered 120 more 8gb because new ones will be awhile and I dont wanna wait just in case!

set it back to normal like you took them out of the box.  if they work and pretty sure they will, then you problem is your over clock.  do one at a time.  Like one every 12 hours or so.

yes its like getting a stripped reference model without the plastic and fans.