Just purchased a ModMiner QUAD...

[battmann]

I just bought a ModMiner QUAD from www.btcfpga.com and was wondering what flavor of linux will be best suited for running this miner?

Any help is appreciated!
-battmann

[EngMan]

I had a lot of luck running mine on Ubuntu 12.04. I did have to compile it for that though. There should be how-to's out there on the MMQ wiki or somewhere on here.

[shibaji]

Is there a point buying these now ? It is hard to break even in any reasonable time frame.

[battmann]

I had a lot of luck running mine on Ubuntu 12.04. I did have to compile it for that though. There should be how-to's out there on the MMQ wiki or somewhere on here.

Would you be willing to part with your precompiled piece of equipment? or maybe an x6500?

[Renaud]

Regarding the ModMiner QUAD I wonder if I will buy 2 or buy 3x HD 7970 GPU.

The Hash rate is similar (1600 kH/s for ModMiner QUAD against 1800 kH/s for GPUs).
Cost is $2400 for 2 ModMiner QUAD against $1800 for the complete GPU solution (including motherboard, ...)
Energy consumption would be 80W for  2 ModMiner QUAD and 1000W for the GPUs.

But you need a PC to run the ModMiner QUAD?!

What your thoughts?

[BBQKorv]

Regarding the ModMiner QUAD I wonder if I will buy 2 or buy 3x HD 7970 GPU.

The Hash rate is similar (1600 kH/s for ModMiner QUAD against 1800 kH/s for GPUs).
Cost is $2400 for 2 ModMiner QUAD against $1800 for the complete GPU solution (including motherboard, ...)
Energy consumption would be 80W for  2 ModMiner QUAD and 1000W for the GPUs.

But you need a PC to run the ModMiner QUAD?!

What your thoughts?

Do they sell LTC FPGAs already? 

[torusJKL]

I just bought a ModMiner QUAD from www.btcfpga.com and was wondering what flavor of linux will be best suited for running this miner?

Any help is appreciated!
-battmann

Ubuntu would do the job.
It's easy to setup and stable.

If you want a turnkey solution:
I can recommend Minepeon.
I'm running it on a $35 RaspberryPi B using bfgminer which supports the ModMiner.

[actudoran]

I haven't been able to make contact with btcfpga ... so I didn't buy without speaking to someone first ...
tell me what they said about delivery times please.

[seldon]

What happened to http://www.btcfpga.com/ ? I'm redirected to some funny IT-store site

[mezzomix]

Tom, the owner is btcfpga and basic is a scammer. He sold pre-paid hardware that he never delivered and did not refund the payments.

[marra]

heheh, scam as hell!

check this out, 30" apple screen for $100

http://modminerquadstore.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_28&product_id=42

[JonSnow]

Tom, the owner is btcfpga and basic is a scammer. He sold pre-paid hardware that he never delivered and did not refund the payments.

I was under the impression that he was indeed issuing refunds.  There's a whole thread where people are talking about having received refunds. 

[Zendata]

heheh, scam as hell!

check this out, 30" apple screen for $100

http://modminerquadstore.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_28&product_id=42

Product not found.

[rttnpig]]

heheh, scam as hell!

check this out, 30" apple screen for $100

http://modminerquadstore.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_28&product_id=42

Product not found.

Seems like he bought the template and is working on the site.

http://modminerquadstore.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59

[JonSnow]

heheh, scam as hell!

check this out, 30" apple screen for $100

http://modminerquadstore.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_28&product_id=42

Product not found.

Seems like he bought the template and is working on the site.

http://modminerquadstore.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59

Yeah, I think battmann mentioned to me elsewhere that the guy is changing servers or something.

[JonSnow]

Well, it has been over a week since Tom said he sent my 2nd replacement card and I still haven't received it or had any luck getting the miner to actually mine.  Tom also hasn't responded since Wednesday.    This is getting frustrating.