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January 29, 2014, 02:02:21 PM |
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Lies! You only have 9! ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) Looks nice though, how much noise / heat do they make?
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January 29, 2014, 02:26:28 PM |
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Lies! You only have 9! ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) Looks nice though, how much noise / heat do they make? gave one to my buddy. the noise is almost close to cpu fan's one. no heating obviously.
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January 29, 2014, 03:40:07 PM Last edit: January 29, 2014, 04:03:23 PM by redmonski |
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Hi xbitcoinx, I have 1 unit and I'm trying to run it with the cpu miner. However, I keep on getting "http request failed" error. I also don't have the controller. Sorry, would you mind sharing the steps? I followed the guideline sent by my seller as follows: minerd --freq=600 --gc3355=COM3 --url=http://www.coinotron.com:3334 --userpass=xxxxxx:xxxxxx Do I need a mining proxy? Thanks. [edit] Managed to work the rig with the WeMineLTC.com ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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January 29, 2014, 03:59:38 PM |
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Those are beautiful.
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January 29, 2014, 04:37:58 PM |
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Too bad they are so way overpriced, the chip maker is going to make a fortune mining on these. I wonder if some of the 100+ mhash users out there are actually gridseed farms.
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January 29, 2014, 04:43:00 PM |
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3MH per each unit at what price in Feb?
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January 29, 2014, 04:43:47 PM |
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Too bad they are so way overpriced, the chip maker is going to make a fortune mining on these. I wonder if some of the 100+ mhash users out there are actually gridseed farms.
Are they really though? ~3MH for $2,000. That's ~3 or 4 290X, mobo, ram, cpu, and PSUs. You'd pay around $2,000 for that, but you'd be using a boatload more power. I'm not saying it's wise to purchase, but I don't think they're that out of line.
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January 29, 2014, 04:51:23 PM |
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how much are these?
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January 29, 2014, 05:03:59 PM |
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GPU is still a cheaper option if you get a r9 280 at $350 that mines at 650 KH/s
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January 29, 2014, 05:08:31 PM |
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Where were they bought from? I would like to purchase 20 of them.
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January 29, 2014, 08:41:16 PM |
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GPU is still a cheaper option if you get a r9 280 at $350 that mines at 650 KH/s
So you need ~ 4 or 5 cards, $1,400(4) or $1,750(5). A mobo ~$125?, 2 PSUs = ~$180, Processor = ~30, Risers, ~25, Ram = ~25... Where are we at... ~$1,760 for a 4 card rig, or $2,110 for a 5 card rig (assume shipping was included...) Power wise, it's what, ~70W vs 1200W (4 Card) or ~1500W (5 card). To be honest I'm not sure which route is the better alternative. I'm going to guess that the prices were set to be approximately equivalent to the GPU counterpart and they're leveraging the massive decrease in power requirements as their benefit. Either way, people are going to buy these and the Scrypt GPU miners of today are going to be none-too-happy with the long-term outcome.
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January 29, 2014, 08:49:42 PM Last edit: January 29, 2014, 09:08:25 PM by Gator-hex |
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What's the point? If I was gonna spend $2000 on an ASIC I'd buy one that mines Bitcoin! ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) Litecoin will just die if it becomes ASIC only.
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January 29, 2014, 08:57:49 PM |
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January 29, 2014, 09:08:30 PM |
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I think that these are great for miners who have maxed out their electrical/cooling capacity or their spouses tolerance for gpu fan noise ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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January 29, 2014, 10:03:56 PM |
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Looks like that these are not fully stable at this point, one guy in that forum got 3 miners burned, out of the 10 he bought.
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January 29, 2014, 10:24:59 PM |
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Looks like that these are not fully stable at this point, one guy in that forum got 3 miners burned, out of the 10 he bought.
link please? whats the warranty on these things?
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January 29, 2014, 10:37:47 PM |
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Nice to see Gridchips out in the wild, though these miners are quite odd. They couldn't have made them any more difficult to scale neatly, a more traditional board would have been better. But I suppose these are also a beta run of Gridseed based machines. I'm sure there will be plenty more to follow once chips are broadly available.
By my analysis these are 19x more power efficient than a GPU, so for the up front price you are actually getting quite a savings on power use, and are much easier to scale up compared to hot, power hungry GPUs.
The fact that a cheaper GPU gives you better hash/$ is only half of the story you need to look at. Power efficiency, ease of management (time wasted on rig maintenance and setup), and ability to scale are are important factors as well.
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January 29, 2014, 10:39:57 PM |
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Good, keep the price high. We need to keep asics away from scrypt.
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January 29, 2014, 10:44:41 PM |
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The only reason I want it is because the room I have everything set up in (bitcoin & litecoin miners), its VERY hot in that room. It heats up the rest of the house, and I dont need heat in Miami. Also the heat from the GPUs heat up the bitcoin ASIC's WAY too much. I want something cooler, but I'm not going to be paying a premium for it. If I can get them at a good price, I'm right on board to buy 20 of them.
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