ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[visdude]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

[JennaK]

You need 4 PCI E connectors though.

[MinersAnonymous]

Under my account I sent a message on bitmaintech.com and now my message options have disappeared, has this happened to anyone before? Please help, thank you!

Must be a change on the site.  The message options are gone for me too.  I had attempted to communicate with them via that method before, but it wasn't until I sent an email instead that I got anything back.

Okay so it is not just me. I am curious as what we do now because I seen the only options for support or shipping problems was through the messages section under accounts.

[snowboardbuddha]

Anyone else having issues with discarded shares? I hooked up my 2 new S3s yesterday and have 60k discarded vs 11k accepted as of this morning,

Also, One of the S3s does not show the fan speed but I can see it running. Is there an update for this?

3rd issue: One miner only mines at 415 GH/s. much lower than the advertised 440. Again, is there an update? The other one mines constant at 450 GH/s.


Thanks in advance.

Are these in stock clocks or you overclocked them? Which batch is this from?
Which Power Supply you are using and how many Antminer S3-s are connected in it?
Also post your Miner Status page here from both the S3s.
Also show your pool data by hiding the username and password.

They are stock clock from batch 5 running on 2 S3s on one Corsair RM 1000. The hash rate has come up but it's not too stable.
Any idea about discarded shares?
you can see in the second picture what I was saying about fan speed missing.
https://i.imgur.com/IoWXnAn.png
https://i.imgur.com/hcw6Oro.png

[MinersAnonymous]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

[philipma1957]

Anyone else having issues with discarded shares? I hooked up my 2 new S3s yesterday and have 60k discarded vs 11k accepted as of this morning,

Also, One of the S3s does not show the fan speed but I can see it running. Is there an update for this?

3rd issue: One miner only mines at 415 GH/s. much lower than the advertised 440. Again, is there an update? The other one mines constant at 450 GH/s.


Thanks in advance.

Are these in stock clocks or you overclocked them? Which batch is this from?
Which Power Supply you are using and how many Antminer S3-s are connected in it?
Also post your Miner Status page here from both the S3s.
Also show your pool data by hiding the username and password.

They are stock clock from batch 5 running on 2 S3s on one Corsair RM 1000. The hash rate has come up but it's not too stable.
Any idea about discarded shares?
you can see in the second picture what I was saying about fan speed missing.

the temps are decent so  other then the fan speed meter
 your miners are great  discarded shares are a meaningless stat.


the math for miner 1   hw/diffa + diffr + hw =  83/4965376+11776+83 or 83/4977235  = .000016675 x 100 = .00166 percent error rate.

accepted shares are 19396 on miner one

accepted shares are  19617 on miner two  close to the same for the same time   and the av gh = 440 and 438  which bears out to your accepted share number


the 5 second speeds are bs they move all over don't worry about them.

  for shits and giggles do the error rate for miner 2 

it will be about  .0333 percent  that is 99.67 good.       and 98.00 is pretty much passing.

[MinersAnonymous]

Anyone else having issues with discarded shares? I hooked up my 2 new S3s yesterday and have 60k discarded vs 11k accepted as of this morning,

Also, One of the S3s does not show the fan speed but I can see it running. Is there an update for this?

3rd issue: One miner only mines at 415 GH/s. much lower than the advertised 440. Again, is there an update? The other one mines constant at 450 GH/s.


Thanks in advance.

Are these in stock clocks or you overclocked them? Which batch is this from?
Which Power Supply you are using and how many Antminer S3-s are connected in it?
Also post your Miner Status page here from both the S3s.
Also show your pool data by hiding the username and password.

They are stock clock from batch 5 running on 2 S3s on one Corsair RM 1000. The hash rate has come up but it's not too stable.
Any idea about discarded shares?
you can see in the second picture what I was saying about fan speed missing.
https://i.imgur.com/IoWXnAn.png
https://i.imgur.com/hcw6Oro.png

the temps are decent so  other then the fan speed meter
 your miners are great  discarded shares are a meaningless stat.


the math for miner 1   hw/diffa + diffr + hw =  83/4965376+11776+83 or 83/4977235  = .000016675 x 100 = .00166 percent error rate.

accepted shares are 19396 on miner one

accepted shares are  19617 on miner two  close to the same for the same time   and the av gh = 440 and 438  which bears out to your accepted share number


the 5 second speeds are bs they move all over don't worry about them.

  for shits and giggles do the error rate for miner 2 

it will be about  .0333 percent  that is 99.67 good.       and 98.00 is pretty much passing.

That HW seems high! I have 1600 HW after 13 days of mining non stop. 452,000 shares accepted and 1600 HW. This is also with 250 frequency.

[visdude]

You need 4 PCI E connectors though.

Nope!  Again, please look here.

Though I don't plan on running them at 250M clock in the long term due to higher HW % (though still tolerable) and a much higher wattage, I rebooted them to 250M clock again about 3 hours ago so I could take a screenshot and post it here since I failed to do it in my post linked above.  I'll let it run and stabilize a bit more though before I take a screenshot.

[suchmoon]

That HW seems high! I have 1600 HW after 13 days of mining non stop. 452,000 shares accepted and 1600 HW. This is also with 250 frequency.

Amazing ability to reply quoting a huge post with pictures without even reading it. Accepted shares means nothing with respect to HW. You need to look at DiffA and DiffR AS EXPLAINED IN THE POST YOU QUOTED.

[dsheaffer]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

[philipma1957]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

 you want math here

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-1300G2-ATX12V-120-G2-1300-XR/dp/B00COIZTZM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407467214&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+1300


cost 188   rebate 20 = 168 for 3 s-3's   or 56 for 1 s-3.

I paid 155 for mine which was 51.66 an s-1.

10 year warranty.  you get 3 years.  you pay 29.99 for your first one then 49.99 and 49.99.

  your total cost 130 my total cost 168.  

 so after I am done with my s-1's I use it for my s-3's

 feb to july s-1's
I still have 9 plus years warranty.  These will be used for years to mine.  how long is your warranty?

 I use 1 power cord.   you use 3 power cords.  I get a quality psu trick switch which means if I burn up my house I can sue them.

you use  a paper clip good luck with that in  a court of law.

hey you want cx500's cool enjoy them.

you pull how much power to run at a 237 over clock ?

 I pull 365 watts and can run 3 s-3's if I want

 

[jpchrist]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

I am running an overclocked s3 on a cx500 right now. 14 days and its fine...so....

[dsheaffer]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

 you want math here

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-1300G2-ATX12V-120-G2-1300-XR/dp/B00COIZTZM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407467214&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+1300


cost 188   rebate 20 = 168 for 3 s-3's   or 56 for 1 s-3.

I paid 155 for mine which was 51.66 an s-1.

10 year warranty.  you get 3 years.  you pay 29.99 for your first one then 49.99 and 49.99.

  your total cost 130 my total cost 168.  

 so after I am done with my s-1's I use it for my s-3's

 feb to july s-1's
I still have 9 plus years warranty.  These will be used for years to mine.  how long is your warranty?

 I use 1 power cord.   you use 3 power cords.  I get a quality psu trick switch which means if I burn up my house I can sue them.

you use  a paper clip good luck with that in  a court of law.

hey you want cx500's cool enjoy them.

you pull how much power to run at a 237 over clock ?

 I pull 365 watts and can run 3 s-3's if I want

 

Thank you..that was an Amazingly stupid response without any math related to our very specific scenario...which is exactly what I expected.  

Miners need to have a Return on Investment ("ROI")  [apologies to any of you that have actual experience in finance - I realize this is a woefully bastardized definition of "ROI"] in about 80 - 90 days.  

Take your "buy" price for the hardware (including miner, PSU, cabling, switches, etc), subtract your expected "sell" price for some or all of the above, add the value of BTC you expect to produce (based on your estimate of change in difficulty and your estimate of the change in the exchange rate between BTC and your local currency over your the period you expect to mine) , subtract your energy cost, subtract whatever you think your time is worth; and you have a rough "ROI" estimate.  

Saying your PSU has a 10 year warranty is meaningless, unless your plan is to continue to use this PSU for 10+ years for the very specific purpose of mining.  I pay $29.99 for each CX500 because I have at least a minimal degree of intelligence and realize that these PSUs go on sale with the same $29.99 net cost every 3 or 4 weeks. So I buy one whenever they go on sale; get my rebate card; and use it.  Not exactly rocket science.  I can get 5.6 CX500s for every EVGA 1300 you have.

Oh, and as to your "court of law" / "paperclip" comment...you really are a moron...before spouting nonsense about what would or would not become a successful claim, do even a little bit of research...please???

[jpchrist]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

 you want math here

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-1300G2-ATX12V-120-G2-1300-XR/dp/B00COIZTZM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407467214&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+1300


cost 188   rebate 20 = 168 for 3 s-3's   or 56 for 1 s-3.

I paid 155 for mine which was 51.66 an s-1.

10 year warranty.  you get 3 years.  you pay 29.99 for your first one then 49.99 and 49.99.

  your total cost 130 my total cost 168.  

 so after I am done with my s-1's I use it for my s-3's

 feb to july s-1's
I still have 9 plus years warranty.  These will be used for years to mine.  how long is your warranty?

 I use 1 power cord.   you use 3 power cords.  I get a quality psu trick switch which means if I burn up my house I can sue them.

you use  a paper clip good luck with that in  a court of law.

hey you want cx500's cool enjoy them.

you pull how much power to run at a 237 over clock ?

 I pull 365 watts and can run 3 s-3's if I want

 

Wow, easily one of the worst posts here. You cant sue companies based outside the US...

[MinersAnonymous]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

Simple and plain. YES the cx500 will run an antminer stock.

Don't be ignorant and do your own research.
You are at 72% load on the cx500 and ~80% on the 12v rail. This power supply at 50% load is 86% efficient.
Better power supplies offer better all around features such as voltage regulation, ripple, and more efficient at certain loads.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-review-80-plus-bronze,3587-5.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Don't ask others to educate you, do your homework before you go spreading fud about stuff because you bought some crap for $50 and it works because you plugged it in.

[jpchrist]

So its Aug 8th now and my Batch 5 order still hasnt shipped! I have contacted bitmain and no response.  I can even still edit my order: Create Time: 2014-07-31 12:40:13.0

Considering that 1) bitmain raised their prices after batch 4 and 2) posted on this forum they were actually shipping early, I find this very concerning.  Now i know, that "eventually" ill get them but in this very competitive market everyday counts and as does the word of a trusted company.

So before i get all the "well if you dont like it..." comments, let me just say that all im doing is stating that in my case bitmain did not fulfill its promise.  I also know that I cant be the only one.  So just an FYI to you all.  Bitmain can/does miss its promise shipped dates so plan accordingly. Cheers.

[Lowell904]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

I am running an overclocked s3 on a cx500 right now. 14 days and its fine...so....

Same here, for about a week. Running fine but it pulls 450 watts at the wall. My other unit won't OC well but does 440 stock and 375 watts at the wall.

I hear the guy about the EVGAs. $56 per S3 is a good deal with the added efficiency and other extras. I only bought 2 S3s so I only spent $50 for each CX500. In hindsight it would have been nice to get 3 S3s and a EVGA 1300

[jpchrist]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

Simple and plain. YES the cx500 will run an antminer stock.

Don't be ignorant and do your own research.
You are at 72% load on the cx500 and ~80% on the 12v rail. This power supply at 50% load is 86% efficient.
Better power supplies offer better all around features such as voltage regulation, ripple, and more efficient at certain loads.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-review-80-plus-bronze,3587-5.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Don't ask others to educate you, do your homework before you go spreading fud about stuff because you bought some crap for $50 and it works because you plugged it in.

I ONLY use this to power my single S3:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjwx4yfBRCt2rrAs-P5vtkBEiQAOdFXbfyYxK8BNRjcG4HINOdFw3jsGBwqz5piwisbeBuPMD8aArEq8P8HAQ&Item=N82E16817139079&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817139079&ef_id=U54GbwAABJyCojXI:20140808042436:s

If i were to overclock i would need something more powerful like plugging it directly into the sun or.... To the sub basement!

[jpchrist]

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

Simple and plain. YES the cx500 will run an antminer stock.

Don't be ignorant and do your own research.
You are at 72% load on the cx500 and ~80% on the 12v rail. This power supply at 50% load is 86% efficient.
Better power supplies offer better all around features such as voltage regulation, ripple, and more efficient at certain loads.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-review-80-plus-bronze,3587-5.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Don't ask others to educate you, do your homework before you go spreading fud about stuff because you bought some crap for $50 and it works because you plugged it in.

I ONLY use this to power my single S3:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjwx4yfBRCt2rrAs-P5vtkBEiQAOdFXbfyYxK8BNRjcG4HINOdFw3jsGBwqz5piwisbeBuPMD8aArEq8P8HAQ&Item=N82E16817139079&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817139079&ef_id=U54GbwAABJyCojXI:20140808042436:s

If i were to overclock i would need something more powerful like plugging it directly into the sun or.... To the sub basement!

I heard the sun has a 5 billion year warranty.

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A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

I am running an overclocked s3 on a cx500 right now. 14 days and its fine...so....

It's more so about knowing what you are running for 14 days... It's cheap, the quality is cheap, and you got exactly what you paid for. People only care when they have problems as long as you know this from the jump then you won't be surprised if the unit dies on you or fries your miners.

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that?  Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple.  A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3)  The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

Simple and plain. YES the cx500 will run an antminer stock.

Don't be ignorant and do your own research.
You are at 72% load on the cx500 and ~80% on the 12v rail. This power supply at 50% load is 86% efficient.
Better power supplies offer better all around features such as voltage regulation, ripple, and more efficient at certain loads.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-review-80-plus-bronze,3587-5.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Don't ask others to educate you, do your homework before you go spreading fud about stuff because you bought some crap for $50 and it works because you plugged it in.

I ONLY use this to power my single S3:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjwx4yfBRCt2rrAs-P5vtkBEiQAOdFXbfyYxK8BNRjcG4HINOdFw3jsGBwqz5piwisbeBuPMD8aArEq8P8HAQ&Item=N82E16817139079&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817139079&ef_id=U54GbwAABJyCojXI:20140808042436:s

If i were to overclock i would need something more powerful like plugging it directly into the sun or.... To the sub basement!

Sorry but your sarcasm does not interest me. The fact you own a trash power supply and are making fun of a quality one, maybe that might be funny to you, but typically gamers/mainstream miners are clueless about hardware. Then again, majority of people are too.

As long as you are aware you own a trash psu, then that is fine. You do have to buy what you can afford, and spending $400 on a miner and being cheap on a power supply is hands down dumb. If you are too broke to spend the extra $20 on a better psu then you are doing it wrong.