MXRider
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April 24, 2012, 03:36:37 PM |
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Comments needed about my possible cooling system.
I install aftermarket Northbridge heat sinks to 1.15y FPGAs. As far as I understand, every Northbridge heat sink fits there or are there some differences with the mounting holes? How much pressure can the FPGA take? Can I use a heat sink that weighs 150g?
I use 1850rpm Gentle Typhoon fans to blow cold air to the heat sinks. FPGAs are placed in line inside of wooden tunnel so the air flows through the heat sinks.
Pros? Cons?
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BR0KK
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April 24, 2012, 04:13:41 PM |
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Why switching to new fans? I did ist because I wanted to save some height. Im switching back to the included heatssinks and use them passive.
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MXRider
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April 24, 2012, 04:29:25 PM |
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I'm not going to change the fans. I won't even use the 40mm fans. I'm just applying new heat sinks and using 120mm fan for 4 or 5 FPGAs. I can sketch a picture if that helps.
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tgmarks
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April 24, 2012, 04:45:13 PM |
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I didn't even notice the 1.15y came out. Gotta start subscribing to this.
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BR0KK
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April 24, 2012, 05:45:39 PM |
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I'll take the the fan of the coolers off and use the sink as passive My setup will be built into a IKEA Helmer locker.
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April 24, 2012, 05:58:39 PM |
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No, just mine. And I can only do that because I have access to a manufacturing facility and components (and I am very motivated to build my own mining cluster). I hate you so much The hash rates are very impressive. It looks like i lost a bit of speed by changing my fans. Great product.
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antirack
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April 24, 2012, 09:38:05 PM Last edit: April 24, 2012, 09:50:42 PM by antirack |
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Antirack: The 10port USB hubs your using in your photo (the blue one). Have you had any problems with them at all from a reliability standpoint?
So far no problem. But they are cheap and low quality, I'd keep a few spares handy. They cost very little retail here in Hong Kong (I've seen them for $1.5 from a company in China). They do have a good form factor for a cluster in my opinion. However, I have once or twice, when I touched the USB port on a running board (not the USB hub), had communication issues with that board. I am not sure if that's because of the hub or my electrical wiring (current flow) or just because of my prototypes. I am going to test this with an alternative USB hub now that you mention it. Did you have any problems or just asking because you are looking for hubs?
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BR0KK
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April 24, 2012, 10:47:59 PM |
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However, I have once or twice, when I touched the USB port on a running board (not the USB hub), had communication issues with that board. I am not sure if that's because of the hub or my electrical wiring (current flow) or just because of my prototypes. I am going to test this with an alternative USB hub now that you mention it. Have these com errors to on a 7 port hub from trust (cheap brand) once in a while. But most times all 5 work flawless with it:) (it could be the hub, my cables, my mac mini witch has a known problem with usb devices or some random event i cause while touching the stuff on my desk?)
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gyverlb
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April 24, 2012, 11:03:02 PM |
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- If I understand correctly from the original post the price goes down with volume cross-customers. Is there a page with the current applicable price or recent orders by date so that we can know at which price we will be buying ?
Re-reading the original post, I think I didn't understand correctly, it seems that the rebate apply customer by customer. Damn the 25-49 range unit price was looking good, but I probably won't purchase more than 10 in the foreseeable future :-(
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Ruu \o/
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April 25, 2012, 06:45:21 AM |
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First cgminer release (2.3.4) with limited ztex support for 1.15x is out.
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Developer/maintainer for cgminer, ckpool/ckproxy, and the -ck kernel 2% Fee Solo mining at solo.ckpool.org -ck
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April 25, 2012, 04:38:35 PM |
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- If I understand correctly from the original post the price goes down with volume cross-customers. Is there a page with the current applicable price or recent orders by date so that we can know at which price we will be buying ?
The volume discount is per customer. - Which miners do support the 1.15y today and which others are working on its support ?
BTCMiner: http://www.ztex.de/btcminer
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gyverlb
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April 25, 2012, 05:31:44 PM |
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- If I understand correctly from the original post the price goes down with volume cross-customers. Is there a page with the current applicable price or recent orders by date so that we can know at which price we will be buying ?
The volume discount is per customer. - Which miners do support the 1.15y today and which others are working on its support ?
BTCMiner: http://www.ztex.de/btcminerThanks for the reply, I've PM'ed Chefnet for a quad already.
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April 25, 2012, 07:10:51 PM |
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hallo, bin bald besitzer eines sigle boards von ztex (1.15x) jetzt habe ich mir folgende veränderungen überlegt. tausch des kühler durch folgendes modell: http://www.amazon.de/EKL-Alpenf%C3%B6hn-Chipsatz-K%C3%BChler-Kupfer/dp/B00169FM8E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335380596&sr=8-2ist ein northbridge kühler aus kupfer ziel ist es das board ohne lüfter zu betreiben. sollte allerdings sich herausstellen, dass ein lüfter notwendig ist, würde ich einen langsam drehenden 12cm lüfter einsetzen. was mich allerdings auf folgende überlegung bringt. sollte das tachosignal des lüfters irgendwie ausgewertet werden, und die werte sich auf den 4x4 lüfter beziehen, dann könnte es sein, dass die niedrigeren werte des langsam drehenden lüfters zu problemen führen, oder ? lese gern eure meinungen hierzu bzw. ztex wissen hierzu...
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bitscoins
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April 25, 2012, 07:18:41 PM |
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How many decibel standard fan on ztex, and how many fan of probabilly 120mm?
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TheSeven
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April 25, 2012, 07:23:52 PM |
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This board cannot be powered via USB.
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pazor
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April 25, 2012, 07:26:42 PM |
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ztex (JET Xilence Northbridge Cooler) -> 17 - 19 db(A) @ 4500rpm
BeQuiet SilentWings 2 -> 15,7 dBA @ 1500rpm
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April 25, 2012, 08:01:11 PM |
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hallo, bin bald besitzer eines sigle boards von ztex (1.15x) jetzt habe ich mir folgende veränderungen überlegt. tausch des kühler durch folgendes modell: http://www.amazon.de/EKL-Alpenf%C3%B6hn-Chipsatz-K%C3%BChler-Kupfer/dp/B00169FM8E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335380596&sr=8-2ist ein northbridge kühler aus kupfer ziel ist es das board ohne lüfter zu betreiben. sollte allerdings sich herausstellen, dass ein lüfter notwendig ist, würde ich einen langsam drehenden 12cm lüfter einsetzen. was mich allerdings auf folgende überlegung bringt. sollte das tachosignal des lüfters irgendwie ausgewertet werden, und die werte sich auf den 4x4 lüfter beziehen, dann könnte es sein, dass die niedrigeren werte des langsam drehenden lüfters zu problemen führen, oder ? lese gern eure meinungen hierzu bzw. ztex wissen hierzu... I would not use the board without a fan. You lose hashrate and generate much heat for nothing. The heatsink looks good. Take a 92mm silent wing (i'm a be quiet fanboi ) and blow the heatsink. 120mm is overkill for one board alone. Not sure how much power you can draw from the fan connector. But it should be no problem to solder or crimp the fan cables to the 12V line of the power supply. There is no RPM signal as far as i know. The fans run 100% all the time.
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bitscoins
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April 25, 2012, 08:47:26 PM |
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ztex (JET Xilence Northbridge Cooler) -> 17 - 19 db(A) @ 4500rpm
BeQuiet SilentWings 2 -> 15,7 dBA @ 1500rpm
The difference is very low... 17-19 Db acceptable... Power consumption?
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BR0KK
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April 25, 2012, 09:17:24 PM |
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I'll post when my Board arrives
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pazor
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April 25, 2012, 09:21:26 PM |
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jet xilince -> 0.72 W
silent wing 2 -> 2,4 W
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