ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[allcoinminer]

Why every newbie buy from bit main
You will never roi
Because diff go so up
Because of bit main hardware
So the only which is earn is bitmain no one else
You never roi your money you spent

Most order are not from newbie if you do a search in forum threads.
Somewhat Possible with S3 in btc terms else, At-least in Fiat terms. Miners are hobbyists too.
Difficulty increase substantially lower now. % of increase will be lower in the future too.
Bitmain hardwares are the most efficient J/G

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[oskuro]

Batch 2

Pay:1.48 BTC
Confirm:1.48 BTC   Paid
Shipped
Valid   2014-07-02 10:03:41.0

Yesssss!!!!!!  

Congrats!  Wish you a quick delivery

I also got the delivery info and am following the tracking, unfortunately the weekend seems to put a bit of a pause, so current delivery of my B1 order is now expected on Wednesday.

Cheers

Thanks !!I'm from Spain . If I have to pay something for customs I will tell you how much.  

[kabopar]

Why every newbie buy from bit main
You will never roi
Because diff go so up
Because of bit main hardware
So the only which is earn is bitmain no one else
You never roi your money you spent

I take this as a hobbie and it will roi.  Anyway what are you doing here if you hate bitmain? 

Most of my S1 Antminers did reach ROI. Bitmain miners have a very competitive cost/GH/sec as well as high reliability, no wonder that there was a massive response to the S3 launch. And yes, it is a hobby.

Cheers

[Stinky_Pete]

Batch 3 - label printed! 

[allcoinminer]

Batch 2

Pay:1.48 BTC
Confirm:1.48 BTC   Paid
Shipped
Valid   2014-07-02 10:03:41.0

Yesssss!!!!!!  

Congrats!  Wish you a quick delivery

I also got the delivery info and am following the tracking, unfortunately the weekend seems to put a bit of a pause, so current delivery of my B1 order is now expected on Wednesday.

Cheers

Thanks !!I'm from Spain . If I have to pay something for customs I will tell you how much.  

Simple the shipping declaration from bitmain is in dollar terms.
I found it is for some others at $900 to $950 for two miner pack.
If you want the exact rate contact bitmain at info@bitmaintech.com or use the PM of this forum.

[kabopar]

Batch 2

Pay:1.48 BTC
Confirm:1.48 BTC   Paid
Shipped
Valid   2014-07-02 10:03:41.0

Yesssss!!!!!!  

Congrats!  Wish you a quick delivery

I also got the delivery info and am following the tracking, unfortunately the weekend seems to put a bit of a pause, so current delivery of my B1 order is now expected on Wednesday.

Cheers

Thanks !!I'm from Spain . If I have to pay something for customs I will tell you how much.  

I'm from Australia, and fortunately the S3 comes just under the GST (similar to VAT) threshold for imports, so persons in Australia that have received their B1 order already paid no fees... no wonder it is called the 'lucky country'...)
Hopefully your customs fees are not too painful.

Cheers

[JennaK]

Here in Canada I would pay a small fortune in taxes.

[oskuro]

Yeah thanks.  I will request also invoice in eur

[Hunterbunter]

Batch 2

Pay:1.48 BTC
Confirm:1.48 BTC   Paid
Shipped
Valid   2014-07-02 10:03:41.0

Yesssss!!!!!!  

Congrats!  Wish you a quick delivery

I also got the delivery info and am following the tracking, unfortunately the weekend seems to put a bit of a pause, so current delivery of my B1 order is now expected on Wednesday.

Cheers

Thanks !!I'm from Spain . If I have to pay something for customs I will tell you how much.  

I'm from Australia, and fortunately the S3 comes just under the GST (similar to VAT) threshold for imports, so persons in Australia that have received their B1 order already paid no fees... no wonder it is called the 'lucky country'...)
Hopefully your customs fees are not too painful.

Cheers

It's ok, we more than make up for it in electricty costs

[Bitskint]

I hate UK taxes -- they even tax taxes lol

I think if you can not get the item in the UK - then it should not be taxed @ 20% !!


There you go Bitmain -- move a small set-up to UK and make some here -- we will buy more with the taxes we save

[faetos]

I got my shipping notification:

Ordered at 2014-07-04 03:37:33

Batch 3s should be up now. Bitmain, you are awesome!

[klondike_bar]

Here in Canada I would pay a small fortune in taxes.

about 13% (in ontario) - still less than most EU countries

if you have a business license/account, you an presumably import for only 5% taxes

[JennaK]

lol ^ I barely have .01 BTC :p

[R4v37]

Why every newbie buy from bit main
You will never roi
Because diff go so up
Because of bit main hardware
So the only which is earn is bitmain no one else
You never roi your money you spent

ROI or not, miners will never die
it is kinds of needs to do something about BTC
u tell me to invest? not rich enuf..
u tell me to watch only? dont buy coz wont ROI? GTFO
i dont recall that if i want to do something, i should follow others
i only trust my own guts

PRO TIP: afford what u can lose! Trust ur own Guts, DONT believe Troll!!! 

[Bitkoinzz]

BITMAIN WHEN WILL SALES OPEN AGAIN.............

[aigeezer]

Please don't keep quoting the troll, people. Just use the ignore button.

In case it isn't obvious, one trolling techique is just to tag-team - a second, third, or nth person quotes the original troll message and comments on it, thus keeping it visible and derailing a thread over time.

If you feel the need to respond to an obvious troll comment (I get it), it's probably better for everyone, yourself included, if you just put the person on ignore instead. After that, they can howl at the moon forever and it won't bother you again. Most sites don't have an ignore button, so troll-handling culture is different here. It works if you use it.

Ahem. S3 discussion? Where was I? My pool reports 450+ GH/s for each. The miner dashboards are reporting 425+ GH/s. This is after about 48 hours and seems stable. Temperatures are 40C or less, ambient is 26.2. Power is Seasonic 650-KM for now (lots of headroom). They connect to a Netgear GS-108 switch for now. All routine stuff.

I've just set the pool worker difficulty back down to 256 after a day or so at 512. Early indications are that it might produce better hash rates at the lower difficulty. Too soon to be sure.
 

[philipma1957]

Please don't keep quoting the troll, people. Just use the ignore button.

In case it isn't obvious, one trolling techique is just to tag-team - a second, third, or nth person quotes the original troll message and comments on it, thus keeping it visible and derailing a thread over time.

If you feel the need to respond to an obvious troll comment (I get it), it's probably better for everyone, yourself included, if you just put the person on ignore instead. After that, they can howl at the moon forever and it won't bother you again. Most sites don't have an ignore button, so troll-handling culture is different here. It works if you use it.

Ahem. S3 discussion? Where was I? My pool reports 450+ GH/s for each. The miner dashboards are reporting 425+ GH/s. This is after about 48 hours and seems stable. Temperatures are 40C or less, ambient is 26.2. Power is Seasonic 650-KM for now (lots of headroom). They connect to a Netgear GS-108 switch for now. All routine stuff.

I've just set the pool worker difficulty back down to 256 after a day or so at 512. Early indications are that it might produce better hash rates at the lower difficulty. Too soon to be sure.
 

  pretty much in agreement with all you just said.

 My 2 s-3's are set at 212.5 freq.
They use about 630 watts from a seasonic 1000 watt plat psu.
I need only 2 cables per s-3

My readings are:

429.82 gh  s-3 gui   432 gh  btc guild  26 errors for a 0.001%   error rate
428.59 gh  s-3 gui   445 gh  btc guild  14 errors for a 0.0005% error rate

My garage is getting a bit too warm as I have 1100 watts in gridseed blades running along with 630 watt in the s-3's

I move these s-3's to my friends office on monday..  We get power at 3 cents a k-watt in his office.

I will get 2 more with my coupon when batch 4 opens.

I am hoping batch 4 will allow for a real over clock.

To all  try to ssh in and run freq 212.5 if you gear does not over clock well.
Some of us have  good over clocking s-3s some do not.

My s-3's did not over clock well at 225 or 237 or 250.   

but both do very well at  212.  858 gh at 630 watts (plat psu) = .734 watts

[mrpark]

People who say anything about not meeting ROI are ignorant. How can you comment on ROI when you have no idea what the cost of bitcoin will be next week, next month, etc.

[cesarm]

I see some people are reaching the 440Ghs, other less and others are reaching 500ghs with OC.

If there any way to overcome or to lessen the "DC/DC module" issue impact ?

Maybe using heat sinks if the problem is overheating.

Anyone already researched this matter ?

[mrpark]

Why every newbie buy from bit main
You will never roi
Because diff go so up
Because of bit main hardware
So the only which is earn is bitmain no one else
You never roi your money you spent

ROI or not, miners will never die
it is kinds of needs to do something about BTC
u tell me to invest? not rich enuf..
u tell me to watch only? dont buy coz wont ROI? GTFO
i dont recall that if i want to do something, i should follow others
i only trust my own guts

PRO TIP: afford what u can lose! Trust ur own Guts, DONT believe Troll!!! 

Jelin, what is your recommendation the if A3 is not good enough. Please enlighten us with your wisdom!