HELP!!! i have chips.

[collingiusti]

I have a bunch of Avalon Asic chips laying around here. Is there anything i can buy online to put them in and get them mining? and where and what do i need to buy?

[dogie]

Are we talking 6 or 6000?

[collingiusti]

i have 80 of them

[collingiusti]

is there like a usb board i can buy somewhere to put them in?

[fasmax]

is there like a usb board i can buy somewhere to put them in?

What's the part number?

[awgilyas]

Technobit.eu Check them out

[collingiusti]

avalon
a3256-q48

What does this mean? A guy gave me them when i bought his miner at a garage sale.

[collingiusti]

Technobit.eu Check them out

Dont like their price for shipping. much too much.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/avalon-chip-assembly-complete-production-DIY-production-information/1046756021.html
What about that?

[Cheshyr]

avalon
a3256-q48

What does this mean? A guy gave me them when i bought his miner at a garage sale.

The guy gave you between 80 and 120GHs in raw chips.  You'll need to find a board to support them, and someone to asemble them.  Alternatively, you can sell the chip, although they're not worth a ton.  With the miner you purchased from him...  did you check to make sure the chips were populated?

The aliexpress link looks pretty sketchy to me. 

[collingiusti]

avalon
a3256-q48

What does this mean? A guy gave me them when i bought his miner at a garage sale.

The guy gave you between 80 and 120GHs in raw chips.  You'll need to find a board to support them, and someone to asemble them.  Alternatively, you can sell the chip, although they're not worth a ton.  With the miner you purchased from him...  did you check to make sure the chips were populated?

The aliexpress link looks pretty sketchy to me. 

I buy from the site all the time. If your order does not come you get your money back so im not too worried about that. The miner a bought is a 120 GH/s avalon and its working fine.

[collingiusti]

avalon
a3256-q48

What does this mean? A guy gave me them when i bought his miner at a garage sale.

The guy gave you between 80 and 120GHs in raw chips.  You'll need to find a board to support them, and someone to asemble them.  Alternatively, you can sell the chip, although they're not worth a ton.  With the miner you purchased from him...  did you check to make sure the chips were populated?

The aliexpress link looks pretty sketchy to me. 

I buy from the site all the time. If your order does not come you get your money back so im not too worried about that. The miner a bought is a 120 GH/s avalon and its working fine.

What would you say that chips are worth alone?

[Cheshyr]

What would you say that chips are worth alone?

The A3256 Avalon variant is 282MHs per chip, so 80 of those is actually only 22GHs.  I thought these were the A3255 which are 1.2-1.6GHs each.  The chips you have sell for about $30 USD for batches of 80.

[collingiusti]

What would you say that chips are worth alone?

The A3256 Avalon variant is 282MHs per chip, so 80 of those is actually only 22GHs.  I thought these were the A3255 which are 1.2-1.6GHs each.  The chips you have sell for about $30 USD for batches of 80.

hahahah not even worth my time. thats why they were free.

[southerngentuk]

Technobit.eu Check them out

Dont like their price for shipping. much too much.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/avalon-chip-assembly-complete-production-DIY-production-information/1046756021.html
What about that?

Don't worry about paying for shipping @technobit they still haven't shipped mine after 3 months.

stick them in the auction section or post them to me ( i'll pay 0.02 btc to cover the postage snail mail )

I may just build a couple of k16's for fun.

[Cheshyr]

What would you say that chips are worth alone?

The A3256 Avalon variant is 282MHs per chip, so 80 of those is actually only 22GHs.  I thought these were the A3255 which are 1.2-1.6GHs each.  The chips you have sell for about $30 USD for batches of 80.

hahahah not even worth my time. thats why they were free.

Actually, I may be incorrect there; I'm finding conflicting prices.  They may be worth more than that.  I woudl recommend you do your own pricing research, so I don't accidentally lead you astray.

The hash rate is so low, though, that I'm not certain they're worth mounting either way.  When you can pick up 2.7GHs chips for $5 (Bitfury is shipping again in Feb), I'm not sure you'll get more than $0.30 - $0.50 per chip.

Anyway, if you choose to build it, do the math on the cost of having the chips assembled first.  If you're gonna sell them, I'd be willing to pick them up as a novelty, and it sounds like southerngentuk is interested as well. 

[U1TRA_L0RD]

I pretty sure you can get a FPGA board and solder them onto the board. BUT I don't know if you have soldering skills, Otherwise, Its a waste of time.

[collingiusti]

I pretty sure you can get a FPGA board and solder them onto the board. BUT I don't know if you have soldering skills, Otherwise, Its a waste of time.

Hahaha soldering skills. Im a full time welder.

[U1TRA_L0RD]

I pretty sure you can get a FPGA board and solder them onto the board. BUT I don't know if you have soldering skills, Otherwise, Its a waste of time.

Hahaha soldering skills. Im a full time welder.

Then you can do it! haha, Do you have a FPGA board?

[collingiusti]

I pretty sure you can get a FPGA board and solder them onto the board. BUT I don't know if you have soldering skills, Otherwise, Its a waste of time.

Hahaha soldering skills. Im a full time welder.

Then you can do it! haha, Do you have a FPGA board?

lol not yet ill get one in the future when i get my 3 months off.

[U1TRA_L0RD]

I pretty sure you can get a FPGA board and solder them onto the board. BUT I don't know if you have soldering skills, Otherwise, Its a waste of time.

Hahaha soldering skills. Im a full time welder.

Then you can do it! haha, Do you have a FPGA board?

lol not yet ill get one in the future when i get my 3 months off.

lol, So what now, You going to sell them? It seems like a waste of good chips to eat....