ANTMINER S7 is available at bitmaintech.com with 4.86TH/s, 0.25J/GH

[adaseb]

Maybe they are selling all of their S7 from their hosting centre and mining Ethereum instead.

[alienesb]

Maybe they are selling all of their S7 from their hosting centre and mining Ethereum instead.

No matter how many times you say this it won't make it true.

[cosmicwave]

I've learned so much from spending the the past few days reading this thread! The culture here is awesome. Keep it up!    I'm looking forward to buying my first ASIC ever with bitmain's S7 batch 15, especially now that they are so much more affordable. I would be so excited if I could even get back 75% of what I put into the hardware. It's really the knowledge I gain and being apart of the mining culture that's priceless to me.

[nhando]

I've learned so much from spending the the past few days reading this thread! The culture here is awesome. Keep it up!    I'm looking forward to buying my first ASIC ever with bitmain's S7 batch 15, especially now that they are so much more affordable. I would be so excited if I could even get back 75% of what I put into the hardware. It's really the knowledge I gain and being apart of the mining culture that's priceless to me.

At $482 after the coupon, it's really hard not to ROI unless you buy super expensive PSU and have crazy high electric rate.

[aarons6]

I've learned so much from spending the the past few days reading this thread! The culture here is awesome. Keep it up!    I'm looking forward to buying my first ASIC ever with bitmain's S7 batch 15, especially now that they are so much more affordable. I would be so excited if I could even get back 75% of what I put into the hardware. It's really the knowledge I gain and being apart of the mining culture that's priceless to me.

At $482 after the coupon, it's really hard not to ROI unless you buy super expensive PSU and have crazy high electric rate.

dont forget you only have about 100 days till the halving.. so maybe not.

[adaseb]

So why offer a $100 coupon and not just make the price $100 less?

Psychological reasons? Where if you have the coupon you think its an opportunity?

[cosmicwave]

I've learned so much from spending the the past few days reading this thread! The culture here is awesome. Keep it up!    I'm looking forward to buying my first ASIC ever with bitmain's S7 batch 15, especially now that they are so much more affordable. I would be so excited if I could even get back 75% of what I put into the hardware. It's really the knowledge I gain and being apart of the mining culture that's priceless to me.

At $482 after the coupon, it's really hard not to ROI unless you buy super expensive PSU and have crazy high electric rate.

dont forget you only have about 100 days till the halving.. so maybe not.

I'll have to buy the EVGA 1600W Gold PSU to take care of my S7, that will hurt my bank a little unfortunately lol. :*(  I'm in college right now so I'm one of the few fortunate people blessed with free electricity. I might as well have a miner running on the side to recoup back some of my tuition fees. Hehe >  Given my situation, I'm not too worried about the long term repercussions of the halving. I was going to invest some money into buying bitcoin directly, but the alternative (mining) seems to be so much more fun and better in the long term.

[adaseb]

I've learned so much from spending the the past few days reading this thread! The culture here is awesome. Keep it up!    I'm looking forward to buying my first ASIC ever with bitmain's S7 batch 15, especially now that they are so much more affordable. I would be so excited if I could even get back 75% of what I put into the hardware. It's really the knowledge I gain and being apart of the mining culture that's priceless to me.

At $482 after the coupon, it's really hard not to ROI unless you buy super expensive PSU and have crazy high electric rate.

dont forget you only have about 100 days till the halving.. so maybe not.

I'll have to buy the EVGA 1600W Gold PSU to take care of my S7, that will hurt my bank a little unfortunately lol. :*(  I'm in college right now so I'm one of the few fortunate people blessed with free electricity. I might as well have a miner running on the side to recoup back some of my tuition fees. Hehe >  Given my situation, I'm not too worried about the long term repercussions of the halving. I was going to invest some money into buying bitcoin directly, but the alternative (mining) seems to be so much more fun and better in the long term.

You can't mine with a S7 if you live in a dorm because its too loud. Maybe get an A6 or S3

[cosmicwave]

So why offer a $100 coupon and not just make the price $100 less?

Psychological reasons? Where if you have the coupon you think its an opportunity?

I think it's pretty intelligent what Bitmain is doing.

1) The $100 coupons will drive up demand for the S7's they're trying to release. Demand is surely not what it once was with the halving coming up & increases in difficulty. I'm sure they have an efficient manufacturing process that's able to mass produce these machines. I think it's simply more profitable for them to drive up demand with incentives rather than to scale down their manufacturing process (especially in the long run). That's probably why the prices on the machines have been incrementally decreased with newer batches.

2) The coupons seem to be aimed directly at previous customers, it gives the illusion that Bitmain is giving back to their loyal customers and the mining community. From a PR stance, IF or when bitmain releases new products, previous customers who were satisfied will probably make a bulk of their orders.

3) Many people will purchase at MSRP and don't know about the coupons or wont bother trying to get them.

It would really suck if the next generation of miners are released a week or two after I place my order. It's not crazy to think they'll be released soon with diminishing demand/returns on their increasingly more primitive S7's.

[cosmicwave]

You can't mine with a S7 if you live in a dorm because its too loud. Maybe get an A6 or S3

I dunno, downgrading to a lower hashing rate for a greater premium doesn't really entice me heh. My "dorm" is also more like an apartment and I'm by myself so that's like +9999 points for the S7.    A little sound doesn't bother me tbh, especially when it yells "ching cha ching."

[adaseb]

You can't mine with a S7 if you live in a dorm because its too loud. Maybe get an A6 or S3

I dunno, downgrading to a lower hashing rate for a greater premium doesn't really entice me heh. My "dorm" is also more like an apartment and I'm by myself so that's like +9999 points for the S7.    A little sound doesn't bother me tbh, especially when it yells "ching cha ching."

Do you work/sleep in the same room as the miner?

[willi9974]

Hello Miner,

i have 2 Coupons (S7 Coupon 100 USD) and will sell it for 0,1 BTC for each.

If you will buy one or all send the BTC to my wallet and send me your Mail and Bitmaintech.com Account ID

My Address: 1Q8VghUJkNeFnaKy553b9buUWKxFYL579G

Best Regards,
Willi

[adaseb]

Hello Miner,

i have 2 Coupons (S7 Coupon 100 USD) and will sell it for 0,1 BTC for each.

If you will buy one or all send the BTC to my wallet and send me your Mail and Bitmaintech.com Account ID

My Address: 1Q8VghUJkNeFnaKy553b9buUWKxFYL579G

Best Regards,
Willi

LOL! People are giving these away for free or for 0.01 BTC.

[vortexz]

I am also selling S7 coupon:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1412911.0

[cosmicwave]

You can't mine with a S7 if you live in a dorm because its too loud. Maybe get an A6 or S3

I dunno, downgrading to a lower hashing rate for a greater premium doesn't really entice me heh. My "dorm" is also more like an apartment and I'm by myself so that's like +9999 points for the S7.    A little sound doesn't bother me tbh, especially when it yells "ching cha ching."

Do you work/sleep in the same room as the miner?

Yup. I can always throw it in the bathroom... although the machine probably wouldn't like my 1 hour steaming hot showers too much.  

#miningstruggles

[adaseb]

You can't mine with a S7 if you live in a dorm because its too loud. Maybe get an A6 or S3

I dunno, downgrading to a lower hashing rate for a greater premium doesn't really entice me heh. My "dorm" is also more like an apartment and I'm by myself so that's like +9999 points for the S7.    A little sound doesn't bother me tbh, especially when it yells "ching cha ching."

Do you work/sleep in the same room as the miner?

Yup. I can always throw it in the bathroom... although the machine probably wouldn't like my 1 hour steaming hot showers too much.  

#miningstruggles

Then this is probably not the miner for you. Trust me you won't be able to stand the noise. Try getting an A6 instead.

[AriesIV10]

ROI looks pretty good and with the $100 coupon and quick shipping even better.   

[cosmicwave]

Then this is probably not the miner for you. Trust me you won't be able to stand the noise. Try getting an A6 instead.

I looked up the decibel levels and it does seem that the S7 does make quite some noise. From what I gather it typically outputs about 60-70 dB, similar to a hairblower. Although that is quite some noise, I think I can tolerate it. I guess it can join the orchestra in my room along with my PC and huge AC running all day long.

This aside, the noise in the S7 comes from its fans right (that's the only moving part I can think of)? Could I not just replace the stock fans with quieter fans if noise was a concern?

[Real-Duke]

Yup. I can always throw it in the bathroom...

Little proof for what you can expect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_njnHrT9vHA
Turn it up!  

[philipma1957]

You can't mine with a S7 if you live in a dorm because its too loud. Maybe get an A6 or S3

I dunno, downgrading to a lower hashing rate for a greater premium doesn't really entice me heh. My "dorm" is also more like an apartment and I'm by myself so that's like +9999 points for the S7.    A little sound doesn't bother me tbh, especially when it yells "ching cha ching."

Do you work/sleep in the same room as the miner?

Yup. I can always throw it in the bathroom... although the machine probably wouldn't like my 1 hour steaming hot showers too much.  

#miningstruggles

buy it then lower the freq from 700 to 500  and lower the fans to 30- 35%

lastly put a piece of flex duct on it.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_481274-85334-MEA-1225-6___?productId=50401806&pl=1&Ntt=flex+duct

set the miner fully inside this duct about 1 foot from the opening.  punch/cut a hole in the duct so the power cables get inside .

you can then direct the tube to push the hot air out of the room via a window.