Ars Technica has a BFL miner

[Tamerz]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/05/weve-got-a-butterfly-labs-bitcoin-miner-and-its-pretty-darn-fast/

[k9quaint]

50 watts, 80C.
Minteresting. I wonder how many chips are under that heat sink.

[yxt]

I really think they have a big cash flow problem!
Instead of sending to their first customers,
they send the devices to media -->  more preorders.

I would not be surprised if the system collapses soon

[PeZ]

50 watts, 80C.

6 month MTTF? Fan at "Hair Dryer" levels?

[Tamerz]

50 watts, 80C.
Minteresting. I wonder how many chips are under that heat sink.

Yeah, 80C with the fan at "hair-dryer" levels worries me. If this 5 GH/sec box is hair dryer loud, I am not going to be very thrilled with the noise of the 60 GH/sec and 30 GH/sec boxes I ordered for my one bedroom condo.

[JohnnyBrown]

Perfect. Noisy, running hot, and a larger power draw than posted. Could make a nice heater.

[ice_chill]

So instead of 1watt per Ghash it draws 10watts per Ghash ?

[ElectricMucus]

50 watts, 80C.
Minteresting. I wonder how many chips are under that heat sink.

1 in words: One
That's 10x the initially advertised power efficiency and 0.83x the initially advertised total hash rate.

So instead of 1watt per Ghash it draws 10watts per Ghash ?

exactly that

[JohnnyBrown]

So instead of 1watt per Ghash it draws 10watts per Ghash ?

Maybe the fan draws a few watts?

[ElectricMucus]

So instead of 1watt per Ghash it draws 10watts per Ghash ?

Maybe the fan draws a few watts?

Fans are in the order of 1-3 watts

[JohnnyBrown]

So instead of 1watt per Ghash it draws 10watts per Ghash ?

Maybe the fan draws a few watts?

Fans are in the order of 1-3 watts

Never mind, still quite unexpected though.