17 Avalon photos - page 4. | Bitcointalksearch.org

crazyearner

legendary

Activity: 1820

Merit: 1001

Hi jonnyj Can you tell me if you where in Batch #1 or Batch #2 and location thx.

PuertoLibre

legendary

Activity: 1876

Merit: 1003

So each larger module is composed of 8 smaller modules?

I really do wonder what Gen 2 will bring. I had thought that the large modules were one solid piece....apparently they break down into even smaller ones....

Raoul Duke

legendary

Activity: 1358

Merit: 1002

Ok, now can you take those photos down until you watermark them?
Because I can guarantee if you leave them like they are they will end up on ebay on scam listings.

The community thanks you.

server

legendary

Activity: 892

Merit: 1002

1 BTC =1 BTC

Thanks man !

johnyj

legendary

Activity: 1988

Merit: 1012

Beyond Imagination

After days of communication with custom, finally they released the package and I managed to fetch the Avalon machine before weekend. I planned to order 2 units, but since that batch is so small and order system is crowded, I ordered just one. But now I know that some people ordered 10 or more, seems centralization is the destiny for everything Tongue

I opened the Avalon before I connected it, took some photos and admired ngzhang's artworks Cool

Chinese cable and wifi antenna are the only accessories

Well protected packaging

Machine feels solid and heavy

The case is very simple but smartly connected by 6 pieces of 3mm thick aluminum PLATE, the material Avalon used are quite generous, if not unnecessary

To my surprise, the overall finish of the machine, especially PCB board is much better than I expected, it is not only used for mining, it can also be used for decorating Grin

Many years ago my first batch of PCB production had much worse layout and components, but still sold for more than 200 dollars each. Consider that Avalon contains 3 large hashing unit and two routing board, many quality components, it worth the dollar spent from a hardware perspective

The protective plast and the IKEA-style conjunction

3 hashunit-v1. On left side of hashing unit, just after the fan, I observed lot's of dirt, it means unit has been thoroughly tested for days

WR703, the usb cable was fixed by the tape

Power routing module, this part and the data routing module on the left are crowded by lot's of wires, difficult to get a clear photo

The heatsink is directly mounted on the bottom plate, so bottom plate also works as part of the heatsink

The special 2x6 power connector and HDD cable, now my HDD cable in closet will have some use again, I think the hashing module can be re-arranged to improve cooling

A memory of PATA hard drive and 2xPCIE graphic card power supply

The backplane

The backplane connects 8 small hashing units together, part of my unit are full of thermal compound

Closely examine all the small hashing units, I can see that most of them have only 2-3 screws attached, I don't know if adding more will improve the cooling

Avalon Project by ngzhang Grin

Modulized power supply design proved how much power are required by each small unit

Compare to previous popular hashing unit

Now test running, when the fan speed is relatively low, noise is around 55-60 DB at a 50cm distance. Close the case won't improve the noise performance much, since the case is not isolated. Better open it to improve cooling. Anyway such noise is not suitable for putting in the bedroom

It is very interesting to see how these engineers cleverly utilized many existing PC technologys to reduce the custom design effort and accelerated the final delivery process

Now snow fall attacked Avalon

Topic: 17 Avalon photos - page 4. (Read 19385 times)