Avalon 4 mini 25G-30G @12W Home /office miner Discussion Thread

[ITOP]

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Hi All ,
Avalon just present the Engineering test machine of their latest Home/office miner Aavalon 4 mini
it get lower W/G compare with antimer U3 , we will see how stable it is when it opening to sale,
We have not got the price information right now .

Here are specs and some pictures
Avalon4 A3222 Bitcion mining ASIC
manufacturer:Avalon
chip:TSMC 28mm  QFN56-8×8 , 0.5mm pitch
Hashrate:SHA-256 , 25GHS@400MHz
power: 0.4-0.6W/G
Dimension: 163mm x 66mm x97mm
Weight: 780g

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[Xian01]

Very strange product to release at this point in time.

[Rabinovitch]

Very strange price they want to charge for it.

0.4-0.6W/G

Judging by the specs at their website it will be around 0.4 W/G but not 0.6. Have you any detailed specs that could explain 0.6 value?

Very strange product to release at this point in time.

I would like to buy several units for a reasonable price. 30 USD for each of, for example, 5 units in one parcel + 50-60 USD for shipping. For fun and for office use. 

[TheRealSteve]

cybtc have a review with more details (pics, specs, chrome app interface) up: http://www.cybtc.com/article-1880-1.html

[Subw]

That's not mini, that is micro. Who needs 30gh toy miner?

[QuintLeo]

78GH at it's high setting.

 But unless they price it under $40 WITH shipping, forget ever managing to ROI it unless you're on free electric. Perhaps $50 if you have 3c/KWH or cheaper electric.

 Very late to the game with that generation of chip.

[philipma1957]

78GH at it's high setting.

 But unless they price it under $40 WITH shipping, forget ever managing to ROI it unless you're on free electric. Perhaps $50 if you have 3c/KWH or cheaper electric.

 Very late to the game with that generation of chip.

these are for free power situations.

 A dorm
 An office
 A hotel room.

I read the review and they are a bit too loud  51db.

use chrome and google translate:

http://www.cybtc.com/article-1880-1.html

[philipma1957]

78GH at it's high setting.

 But unless they price it under $40 WITH shipping, forget ever managing to ROI it unless you're on free electric. Perhaps $50 if you have 3c/KWH or cheaper electric.

 Very late to the game with that generation of chip.

these are for free power situations.

 A dorm
 An office
 A hotel room.

I read the review and they are a bit too loud  51db.

use chrome and google translate:

http://www.cybtc.com/article-1880-1.html

I advise against office mining though, I wouldn't risk my job over mining and being accused of stealing electricity when IT calls your boss about unusual activity.

 12 watts on low 30 watts on high.

 this is meant as a lotto type device.

Not the same as running a few avalon 4.1's

My argument would be I like the white noise it makes I rather hear that then a radio. 

But I do agree too many of these will cause an issue.

[Tigggger]

78GH at it's high setting.

 But unless they price it under $40 WITH shipping, forget ever managing to ROI it unless you're on free electric. Perhaps $50 if you have 3c/KWH or cheaper electric.

 Very late to the game with that generation of chip.

Avalon, delivering hardware 6 months after the competition and massively overpriced since their very first machine.

Buy 500 of them and you get them for the bargain price $235 + shipping each.

I expect that once the OP has added on his profit margin and shipping they'll be $300 yeah sign me up why would I want an S5 for the same amount lol

[Blockhunter]

I'd have to say this is more geared around alt coins?

[TheRealSteve]

I'd have to say this is more geared around alt coins?

Try finding a Bitcoin mining-compatible altcoin that's worth the bother that can't also already be merge-mined (like namecoin).  No Bitcoin mining gear is built around altcoins specifically, and hardware that is built for altcoins is incompatible with mining Bitcoin (e.g. scrypt hardware for litecoin/dogecoin)

[Blockhunter]

I'd have to say this is more geared around alt coins?

Try finding a Bitcoin mining-compatible altcoin that's worth the bother that can't also already be merge-mined (like namecoin).  No Bitcoin mining gear is built around altcoins specifically, and hardware that is built for altcoins is incompatible with mining Bitcoin (e.g. scrypt hardware for litecoin/dogecoin)

I agree with you completely but still wonder why the effort for another overpriced toy really.
I can't see a hec of a lot of sales to make production effort worthwhile :/

[QuintLeo]

The only alt coins worth mining, IME, are Scrypt, X11, and POSSIBLY SHA256 merge-minable coins like Namecoin. Everything else has way too small of a market to be worth wasting time on IME.


 At $200+, I see there being NO market for this thing except for folks that like expen$$$ive toys to play with.

[jekecoin]

anyone know the price of this miner?

[Finksy]

All I can say is this is typical of Avalon.

[Tigggger]

anyone know the price of this miner?

Yes, see my post about 5 up ^^^

[philipma1957]

anyone know the price of this miner?

they seem to be 235 each if you order 500 of them.

basically insanely overpriced.

I tried to do a group buy but price is too high


read this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1114143.0

[jekecoin]

anyone know the price of this miner?

they seem to be 235 each if you order 500 of them.

basically insanely overpriced.

I tried to do a group buy but price is too high


read this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1114143.0

That is too much for a toy

[philipma1957]

anyone know the price of this miner?

they seem to be 235 each if you order 500 of them.

basically insanely overpriced.

I tried to do a group buy but price is too high


read this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1114143.0

That is too much for a toy

yeah it is just too much to pay for it.

[wh00per]

I don't buy toys in 500+ numbers

Packaged as they are, it's way better than a chili board, where I had a ton of wires and  a PC running the mining software. I previously bought chili at 0.75 BTC from MrTeal. Given the current date/time .. these are 2 years late and way more expensive for the controller and casing they come with..