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[lajz99]

Does anyone know where I can find those power cables that are posted in the photos above?  Link maybe?

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[wiredmine]

Hi guys are there any straight forward guides on getting these up and running with a pool? I've only had experience with LTE mining from a Radeon PC setup

Also would a 750w power supply run 2 of these or is a 1000w necessary? Someone mentioned a Corsair CX750 I assume that wouldn't run 2x though?

Cheers

[CrazyGuy]

Check out dogie's guide for setting up a blade, it's exactly the same from that standpoint. You could run 2 on low clock with a 750 with no issues. You could also run 2 on high clock but you would be going over 85% load so I'm not sure how long the PSU would last.

[herener]

I'm running two cubes with a 600w psu on each.  If i set them to high one will trip the psu off right away and the other takes a few hours but turns off as well.  I'm running them on low so I don't have to keep on top of them as much.

https://i.imgur.com/wnVqGgm.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/rQ7gK4S.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/kvFg5m7.jpg?1

-herener

[lajz99]

This one should be able to handle 2 running on high without any issues, correct?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EB7UIXM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I'm running two cubes with a 600w psu on each.  If i set them to high one will trip the psu off right away and the other takes a few hours but turns off as well.  I'm running them on low so I don't have to keep on top of them as much.
-herener

Questions...questions...
- Fans: Are they loud? Effective? Able to be replaced?
- Do you think it's possible to add a fan to pull air as well and hook it up to an exhaust for the hot air?

[herener]

It should.  I thought the 600's I got would be fine.  The two PCI express 6pin plugs get a bit warm so it might be tripping because the gauge of wire is to small.  If I get more cubes I'll try to get a PSU that has 6pin PCIe plugs on different rails.

-herener

[herener]

Questions...questions...
- Fans: Are they loud? Effective? Able to be replaced?
- Do you think it's possible to add a fan to pull air as well and hook it up to an exhaust for the hot air?

Fans are pretty quiet, looks like an easy replacement.  I had to reseat the boards inside the cubes because they got out of their top grooves in shipping.  The one fail is the stickers they put on the middle of the fans... those flew off 30 seconds after I started them up.

https://i.imgur.com/F0lrUvA.jpg?2

You could strap a fan to the exhaust side of the cube no issues but there is no room inside for anything.

-herener

[sidehack]

I'm gonna be working up and testing some modified server-grade power supplies for these that should run two at full clock, daisychainable so you can link several and they all power on from one switch (or ATX supply), hopefully cost-effective.
Also looking into pushing the overclock further. Good results so far.

If anyone's interested in either thing, I should have results next week. Not to threadjack, CrazyGuy, but folks were mentioning power supplies. And yes the stickers on the fans are garbage, but easily accessible. Also I received my order from this guy in two days, pretty great stuff. Much appreciated.

[CrazyGuy]

I'm gonna be working up and testing some modified server-grade power supplies for these that should run two at full clock, daisychainable so you can link several and they all power on from one switch (or ATX supply), hopefully cost-effective.
Also looking into pushing the overclock further. Good results so far.

If anyone's interested in either thing, I should have results next week. Not to threadjack, CrazyGuy, but folks were mentioning power supplies. And yes the stickers on the fans are garbage, but easily accessible. Also I received my order from this guy in two days, pretty great stuff. Much appreciated.

Please feel free to post your results or anything you find, I'm pretty excited to see what you do with the cube.

[sidehack]

No promises, but what I want to do is rebuild them so the "low" speed is 38GH and the "high" speed is around 43. Cooling is the only limitation for that to be possible, and I've already done some initial testing.

[torusJKL]

Check out dogie's guide for setting up a blade, it's exactly the same from that standpoint. You could run 2 on low clock with a 750 with no issues. You could also run 2 on high clock but you would be going over 85% load so I'm not sure how long the PSU would last.

What guide are you referring to?
Do you have a link?

Thanks

[mijanur]

Check out dogie's guide for setting up a blade, it's exactly the same from that standpoint. You could run 2 on low clock with a 750 with no issues. You could also run 2 on high clock but you would be going over 85% load so I'm not sure how long the PSU would last.

What guide are you referring to?
Do you have a link?

Thanks

if you highlight "dogie's guide for setting up a blade" and search google whats the first result you get??

[torusJKL]

if you highlight "dogie's guide for setting up a blade" and search google whats the first result you get??

I get this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205369.0

[wiredmine]

Thanks guys

@herener from the photos it looks like your using a bronze TR2 600W power supplies, I've not read good things on Thermaltake power supplies these days. Do you think that might be a reason for the cut outs your experiencing?

I'm thinking of getting a corsair Gold rated RM650 for each cube. money wise, it would be better using a single gold 850w but 1 of the cube's is split with a couple work makes and we'll be running from work so i CBF messing around with splitting electricity costs for my 2nd cube. I'd rather just run mine from home separately. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EB7UIXM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER)

Also just wondering do you need to use the paperclip trick to power on the PSUs? I assume so?

Cheers

[Kryptowner]

Yes,

There's no other way to turn on the PSU unless you have a motherboard.

[lajz99]

Yes,

There's no other way to turn on the PSU unless you have a motherboard.

Really?  Try google.

[Kryptowner]

I'm pretty sure. Just to be safe though, the first google search yields this:

http://www.overclock.net/t/96712/how-to-jump-start-a-power-supply-psu-test-a-power-supply-and-components , which describes the paperclip method in nice detail.

I'd like to know of other ways if you'd like to enlighten me.

[wiredmine]

I'm pretty sure. Just to be safe though, the first google search yields this:

http://www.overclock.net/t/96712/how-to-jump-start-a-power-supply-psu-test-a-power-supply-and-components , which describes the paperclip method in nice detail.

I'd like to know of other ways if you'd like to enlighten me.

I've only ever used the paper clip method

[herener]

@wiredmine  It could be, the wires from the psu's gets really hot.  If you look at the plugs its just bridged from one plug to the other.  If I get another set of cubes I wont be getting these psu's again.  I will most likely get a more expensive corsair maybe the cx750m  59$ on newegg after the rebate.  Those have a seperate set of wires for each pci express 6pin plug.

Also yea I bridged the green wire plug to a ground wire.  You can see the yellow wire loop in the picture on the left one.

-herener

[wiredmine]

@wiredmine  It could be, the wires from the psu's gets really hot.  If you look at the plugs its just bridged from one plug to the other.  If I get another set of cubes I wont be getting these psu's again.  I will most likely get a more expensive corsair maybe the cx750m  59$ on newegg after the rebate.  Those have a seperate set of wires for each pci express 6pin plug.

Also yea I bridged the green wire plug to a ground wire.  You can see the yellow wire loop in the picture on the left one.

-herener

Cool cheers