Ordering it was a pleasant experience. I ordered my miner early on April 16th using paypal to pay and it arrived on the 18th. The box had a few ding's from its journey from China to the Midwest in the US. But to my surprise the miner looked perfect, they had used proper packing to keep the miner perfectly centered in its box.
After receiving it I did open it up to check cables and make sure everything looked good before plugging in. You will see a 1200 Watt power supply in there. Some very nice and big heat sinks that with the two fans help keep it cool.
You will see the the inside of the beast in the picture above. It was very clean inside. I could not help myself but to take a backup of the SD card in the Raspberry Pi. Upon taking a closer look i was very happy to see I got the English image thank you pcfli! And I was happy to see a quality SD card in it a Sandisk Ultra.
You will also get a few accessories with the Dragon. A EU plug and a Ethernet cable. You are able to use your standard power supply with US plug's instead of the EU plug provided.
One of the best tips before turning on your Dragon miner is to make sure your router is using IP's from 192.168.1.X . If you do this setup should be very easy. Let it set for a minute or two and eventually you will see the LCD screen show a IP address. After that point you should be able to connect to it over your standard web browser. It's setup was very easy and did not take long. The English image did help with this.
Below we will take a few looks at the miner from different angles.
Front Angle - Can see the LCD that allows you to see IP address, Temperatures, and average mining speed
Side Angle
Top Angle
Back Angle
Now we have covered the looks and insides lets talk about performance. First off I like to see on power usage using my trusty Kill A Watt. It turns out it uses around 1100 Watts, it goes up and down some but stays in that general area. With my power cost's its very profitable at this rate, but it varies for everyone depending on your power charges.
Also arguably one of the biggest factors what speed is it getting. For this I have used BTC Guild for my testing. Over the past three days it has done just as promised it normally hoovers just a tad above 1 TH. I have a 72 hour graph below. I was pleased and impressed with its results.
As my overall conclusions it did amazing. It had very fast shipping, faster than I expected by days. Setup was easy compared to other types of devices I have used, this all in one Dragon is a great Bitcoin miner. The heat seems very good with the heat sinks and fans, no heat problems. From payment to mining was a great expirence. Feel free to ask any question's and I am happy to answer if i can. Easy payment, delivery, and use. I don't think you can ask for more then that.
