My 2 cents...
Running 1 x B3-S3 at stock 440gh
2 x B10-S3 at 500gh
1 x B2-C1 at 1000gh - see pick above if u have x's in ur asics change the voltage to 0735 from 0725 (Came with new style cooling kit)
All things concerned beyond this point, If someone see's something wrong with what i'm doing please speak up as i have learnt a lot from mining from cpu to gpu to asic but there are some things that i might not have my head around so please take heed that im no pro...
All due care taken, No responsibility accepted
& i do have some questions to ask after & a pros & cons of what i think normal people should do...
Ok i run both my o/c B10-S3's at 500gh on 1200w solarstone power supplies (Overkill i know but its not easy to find power supplies with 4 or more pcie plugs) They run smooth as... No problems.
My B3-S3 & my B2-C1's run off 2 x corsair 1000rm's - These have 6 pcie connectors & are cheaper than the solarstones. I feed 4 x 6 pin pcie connectors to the first 2 blades & then i connect 4 x 6 pin pcie connectors from the other corsair 1000rm - The remaining spare 2 pcie sockets from each power supply go to a blade each on my B3-S3 - I make sure i turn on both power supplies at the same time to sync the blades - If u get any xxxx's on anything in this config i just restart the miners from within the software & this usually fixes the problem - So far no problems all running smooth.
Ok Pro's & Con's
Pro's take up smaller footprint than 2 units although the housing is slightly bigger.
Con's U need more area for the water cooling radiator.
No coolant came with system - brought from petrol station. $10 for 1lt used 750ml
Questions i have : Do i need to use 8 pcie connectors to run the C1? Or can i run it just with 4 meaning i can turn off one power supply?
What i would have done differently is just brought 3 x S3's and 2 corsair 1000rm's giving me 12 pcie connections & run those without any worry about cooling systems from failing, I can live with the noise, I just dont wanna stuff my miner cause of a pump failure (let alone downtime caused by failure)
Next move if nothing better on the market before hand is AntMiner S4 2TH/s @ 1400w which is almost the speed i'm doing now using only half the power consumption.
Overall my results have been great compared to everyone else here (I get a rough 2.5th out of the rig), I think in 25 pages only 5 people have posted with 1000gh on a C1... Not real good if u ask me.
The water cooling element to this is so they can sell 4 blades in a small container needing to ship one item instead of 2.. Its called cost cutting...
The only difference between the S3 & the C1 is the water block & pump. Power used is the same, noise is about the same, U need the same amount of pcie connections (And lets not forget there are only 2 people on the market who sell power supplies with 8 pcie connectors meaning u'll prob need 2 power supplies to run a C1) & last but not least the radiator fucks up the extra space u save.
My Suggestion - 3 x S3's and 2 corsair 1000rm's before u make the jump to the next category of miner. No Mess, No fuss.....
Side note - I usually buy my systems & chop & change thru my gear, I have never paid a cent for any of my gear, Its always been paid for with the coins i earnt & only since the beginning of this year it looked like the price had dropped on bitcoin so low that its almost not worth doing anymore, I made $300 profit after electricity on the last 3 months, Without switching off my S1's & changing to a C1 i would lose money on this quarter.
My house is so much cooler & quieter since i turned off my 2 x S1's
Oh btw FUCK BFL!!! RIPOFF CUNTS!!!! I would have brought an S4 by now....
