Antminer L3+ OVERCLOCKED !!! HOT !!! full review with LOTs of pics

[Globegains]

Hi miners!

This week some nice Scrypt mining ASIC machine landed on my doorstep! Antminer L3+ it is.
I wont repeat manufacturers full spec sheet, but just the key one:

Hash Rate: 504MH/s
Power Consumption: 800W

https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_1.jpg
https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_2.jpg


I won’t give you any advice about where and how to buy one of these, but I’m very eager to share my experience on how this machine performs.

My setup:

https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_10.jpg

Mining pool - AntPool.com SCRYPT
PSU: 1500 W Corsair AX1500i (overkill, but has nice performance reporting tool


Ambient temps in the room were 22C / 72F with ventilation to supply fresh air.

What i wanted to test:
inspect machine build quality;
test power consumption;
test overclocking potential;
find our best settings for long term mining.

Build Quality


I think it is a decent quality machine and keeping in mind this is not a show room item some minor quirks are to be ignored.

Let the pictures tell the story:

https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_3.jpg
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https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_5.jpg
https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_6.jpg
https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_7.jpg
https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_8.jpg
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Sound  

https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/AntMinerL3Plus_11.jpg

OMG! This unit is definitely not for residential facilities … the sound of fans on 100% will drive you nuts it’s over 80 db and is comparable to: average factory, freight train (at 15 meters); propeller plane flyover at 1000 ft (88 dB); diesel truck 40 mph at 50 ft (84 dB); diesel train at 45 mph at 100 ft (83 dB). Food blender (88 dB); milling machine (85 dB); garbage disposal (80 dB).

Even at 50% it is very loud. It has resonating sound that is very hard to bear for longer duration. It belongs to miner farms, so apartment miners keep that in mind

Placed on hard surface machine had some vibration because no rubber cushions are installed and it’s just bare aluminium at contact.

Power consumption and Overclocking potential

This is not a scientific review by any means, but you can get the point of what this machine is capable of.

Stock settings

Machine runs as advertised ~500 MH/s mining SCRYPT coins. ASIC Chips runs at 384MHz and from PSU pulls very reasonable ~730 W. Corsair PSU over Link app is reporting Power in (from the socket): 779W and Power out (to the miner): 736W with calculated efficiency 94%
All 8 PCIe power lines draw 9 -11 Amps.

https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/power_stock.png
https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/asic_stock.png

Why different Amps? because of ASIC chip quality. Some chips have less leak and perform better other draw more Amps.

Overclocking Antminer L3+ to 605 MH/s @ 462 Mhz @ 888 WATTs

It’s time to void that warranty ups I already void it by removing casing screws :/

Anyway I have performed some benchmarking with different chip frequency settings and observed power consumption, hash rates and temps.

Below is the table of different settings and results.

My goal was to achieve +20% hashing rate increase and I did that easily. 600+ MH/s was achieved increasing frequency to 462 Mhz (~+20% from stock settings) and machine pulled 888 WATTS from PSU (~+20% more power draw compared to stock speeds).

https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/power_overclocked.png
https://tweezers.tech/antminer_l3+/asic_overclocked.png

I have seen miners getting 600 MH/s @ 444Mhz, but pulling over 1kW from the socket. This is ASIC chip lottery and those results depend on ASIC quality.

I have contacted Antminer producer to get any advice on long term recommended settings or how far I can go the answer was very conservative - they don’t recommend overclocking, but suggested to observe chip temps. So keep them cool and your Anty L3+ shall be ok.

Anyway I’m very happy with results and all coins this machine will mine I will directed to the upcoming real business healthcare appointment booking ICO @ https://tweezers.tech this is very exciting ICO that !DISCLAIMER! I’m involved in. if you like this test i performed please visit our ICO site and maybe you will find it interesting and become part of our investor or team crowd!

Check out this table bellow. It shows very clearly that these bad boys ASIC chips scale very nice across all settings:

ASIC, Mhz	Power, W	Hash rate, MH/s
384 Mhz	740 W	502 MH/s
400 Mhz	760 W	523 MH/s
425 Mhz	n.a.	555 MH/s
444 Mhz	850 W	580 MH/s
450 Mhz	860 W	590 MH/s
462 Mhz	888 W	605 MH/s

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[NotFuzzyWarm]

Why does no one READ the very top thread in this section? 
You posted this in the Bitcoin section and that is an altcoin miner.
Betcha the mods move this to here where it belongs....

Other than that, well done.

[gauldicus]

Be very VERY  careful with any thoughts of an Overclock, mines already broke, I used 444 Mhz   850 W   580 MH/s and now its dead. I'm not sure how to proceed now since Bitmain will know i've OC'd it no doubt.

[Globegains]

pls tell us more what happened? did all cards died? do you have burned chips or what?
if you observe temps of asic chips i dont see problem overclocking.
i think other asic miner componenets are more at risk due increased temps because only chips have heatsinks. as well power supply must be decent.
anyway all chips and cards shouldn't die at once. if miner doesnt see any cards i would guess it's voltage regulator issue.

Be very VERY  careful with any thoughts of an Overclock, mines already broke, I used 444 Mhz   850 W   580 MH/s and now its dead. I'm not sure how to proceed now since Bitmain will know i've OC'd it no doubt.

[Hawker]

this looks like a very dangerous job, my friend! you can damage antminer l3+ because it looks like the temperature is above what it should be but it has been a beautiful post 

[BTC-BTC-BTC]

reposted to see the pictures.

Hi miners!

This week some nice Scrypt mining ASIC machine landed on my doorstep! Antminer L3+ it is.
I wont repeat manufacturers full spec sheet, but just the key one:

Hash Rate: 504MH/s
Power Consumption: 800W





I won’t give you any advice about where and how to buy one of these, but I’m very eager to share my experience on how this machine performs.

My setup:



Mining pool - AntPool.com SCRYPT
PSU: 1500 W Corsair AX1500i (overkill, but has nice performance reporting tool


Ambient temps in the room were 22C / 72F with ventilation to supply fresh air.

What i wanted to test:
inspect machine build quality;
test power consumption;
test overclocking potential;
find our best settings for long term mining.

Build Quality


I think it is a decent quality machine and keeping in mind this is not a show room item some minor quirks are to be ignored.

Let the pictures tell the story:










Sound  



OMG! This unit is definitely not for residential facilities … the sound of fans on 100% will drive you nuts it’s over 80 db and is comparable to: average factory, freight train (at 15 meters); propeller plane flyover at 1000 ft (88 dB); diesel truck 40 mph at 50 ft (84 dB); diesel train at 45 mph at 100 ft (83 dB). Food blender (88 dB); milling machine (85 dB); garbage disposal (80 dB).

Even at 50% it is very loud. It has resonating sound that is very hard to bear for longer duration. It belongs to miner farms, so apartment miners keep that in mind

Placed on hard surface machine had some vibration because no rubber cushions are installed and it’s just bare aluminium at contact.

Power consumption and Overclocking potential

This is not a scientific review by any means, but you can get the point of what this machine is capable of.

Stock settings

Machine runs as advertised ~500 MH/s mining SCRYPT coins. ASIC Chips runs at 384MHz and from PSU pulls very reasonable ~730 W. Corsair PSU over Link app is reporting Power in (from the socket): 779W and Power out (to the miner): 736W with calculated efficiency 94%
All 8 PCIe power lines draw 9 -11 Amps.




Why different Amps? because of ASIC chip quality. Some chips have less leak and perform better other draw more Amps.

Overclocking Antminer L3+ to 605 MH/s @ 462 Mhz @ 888 WATTs

It’s time to void that warranty ups I already void it by removing casing screws :/

Anyway I have performed some benchmarking with different chip frequency settings and observed power consumption, hash rates and temps.

Below is the table of different settings and results.

My goal was to achieve +20% hashing rate increase and I did that easily. 600+ MH/s was achieved increasing frequency to 462 Mhz (~+20% from stock settings) and machine pulled 888 WATTS from PSU (~+20% more power draw compared to stock speeds).




I have seen miners getting 600 MH/s @ 444Mhz, but pulling over 1kW from the socket. This is ASIC chip lottery and those results depend on ASIC quality.

I have contacted Antminer producer to get any advice on long term recommended settings or how far I can go the answer was very conservative - they don’t recommend overclocking, but suggested to observe chip temps. So keep them cool and your Anty L3+ shall be ok.

Anyway I’m very happy with results and all coins this machine will mine I will directed to the upcoming real business healthcare appointment booking ICO @ https://tweezers.tech this is very exciting ICO that !DISCLAIMER! I’m involved in. if you like this test i performed please visit our ICO site and maybe you will find it interesting and become part of our investor or team crowd!

Check out this table bellow. It shows very clearly that these bad boys ASIC chips scale very nice across all settings:

ASIC, Mhz	Power, W	Hash rate, MH/s
384 Mhz	740 W	502 MH/s
400 Mhz	760 W	523 MH/s
425 Mhz	n.a.	555 MH/s
444 Mhz	850 W	580 MH/s
450 Mhz	860 W	590 MH/s
462 Mhz	888 W	605 MH/s

[Globegains]

why do you think 60C is too high for Asic core? i think it is very ok temps. i would be concerned if temps go over 75C. the over all airflow is very high so you just need stable ambient temps to cool this miner. "tube" design is good idea for optimal airflow. what i do is lift the back of miner so hot air escapes better, but with such airflow this is overkill anyway

i think next what is worth trying is putting rig in special liquid so all components are cooled better.

this looks like a very dangerous job, my friend! you can damage antminer l3+ because it looks like the temperature is above what it should be but it has been a beautiful post 

[sil2222]

Per Bitmain support : Over clocking of antminer will void your warranty. Should at least wait until your warranty expires after 180 days otherwise its a big gamble.

[Globegains]

i think this miner will be worth very little after warranty expires. it makes good deal to gamble and get 20% more coins. crypto value is very risky by ifself so overclocking miner imo is no bigger risk. i doubt all asics will die at once anyway.

Per Bitmain support : Over clocking of antminer will void your warranty. Should at least wait until your warranty expires after 180 days otherwise its a big gamble.

[woogieboogie]

this looks like a very dangerous job, my friend! you can damage antminer l3+ because it looks like the temperature is above what it should be but it has been a beautiful post 

My L3+ chains run at 60c,61c,60c,61c at stock speeds with fan on auto.   51c if manually setting fan to 100%. 

[kchulani]

Thanks, this info was helpful, I have one question I have a PSU 1200W connected to my L3+ can this PSU handle the overclocking? I have a 110V power Outlet.

[deathblade6666]

Thanks, this info was helpful, I have one question I have a PSU 1200W connected to my L3+ can this PSU handle the overclocking? I have a 110V power Outlet.

I think you can if it's a good PSU, some of them can't really give the same continuous power as wrote on package.
Anyways, you can try to go up to 400M, it will draw a bit more but not more than 1000W, but be sure they are well cooled !

My antminers L3+ are running O/C at 462M with a power draw of 890-930W.
I use 1600W PSU from Aliexpress.

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[Els75]

Hi guys, I have few questions.

What represents the column HW in the Miner Status?
I see that after overclocking value in HW column changed for hash board (Chain#) 1 and 4.

What is your experience after month of L3+ works overclocked?
Is overclocking safe if the chip temps are OK?

[SejioSenkilos]

Hi guys, I have few questions.

What represents the column HW in the Miner Status?
I see that after overclocking value in HW column changed for hash board (Chain#) 1 and 4.

What is your experience after month of L3+ works overclocked?
Is overclocking safe if the chip temps are OK?

i have 3 miners and one overloked...if you make good air conditioning system everything will be fine)

[molitar]

I have 5 of these and tested 2 with watt meter.. 860 watts each not overclocked!  So I would say 2 out of 5 that is the typical wattage being used.  1765 Watts from the 2.

[Albortz]

I'm super conservative if it comes to OC. I would rather mine longer with the same machine than having to deal with repairs and other stuff for a short-term gain.

However, I just OC one of mine to test it. The info in here is really nice and helped me a lot. This way i don't need to click it up 10 times to see what output is going to be

[Grizy2033]

Any one know wath is the airflow in m3/h or CFM moved by originals ventilators? because 80dB is really louder.
But another ventilator with low r.pm but biger, something like 150mm or 170 to slow down the rpm and dB.

[nick408]

Any one know wath is the airflow in m3/h or CFM moved by originals ventilators? because 80dB is really louder.
But another ventilator with low r.pm but biger, something like 150mm or 170 to slow down the rpm and dB.

A majority of the noise is a by product of air flowing over the heat sinks creating turbulence. If they need say for example 250cfm flowing through the l3 to keep cool then it doesnt matter if its from a 24" fan or the stock fan. The same amount of air is going to flow through causing the same amount of noise. Now you might reduce it a little bit but not much.

Just my 2cents

[Grizy2033]

Any one know wath is the airflow in m3/h or CFM moved by originals ventilators? because 80dB is really louder.
But another ventilator with low r.pm but biger, something like 150mm or 170 to slow down the rpm and dB.

A majority of the noise is a by product of air flowing over the heat sinks creating turbulence. If they need say for example 250cfm flowing through the l3 to keep cool then it doesnt matter if its from a 24" fan or the stock fan. The same amount of air is going to flow through causing the same amount of noise. Now you might reduce it a little bit but not much.

Just my 2cents

I dont think the noise come from the airflow between heatsinks. Because is not whisper sound is like you say turbulance and this are made by the blade of the fan.

[KingWilly]

Do you have by any chance the config file of cgminer for your L3+ ?!

it is in /etc/config/cgminer
i'm looking for the "option freq" part

Thx..