Topic: Announcing GekkoScience's new USB stick miner, the aptly-named NewPac - page 12. (Read 27870 times)

Tracking was given to me for my purchase of two

Hey guys, I've resolved the shopping cart issues a couple of you were having. Please contact me directly if you are still having issues. Newpacs still in stock

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damn it.. ill have to get 8. or 10... looks like i know what my bonus is going for now

Would love to buy some

But I can not get an account registered on Asicpuppy for some reason... Or add to cart.

CrazyGuy, can you help? And do you ship to Skandinavia/Europe?

I know it may too soon but have you (Sidehack) or VH had a chance to see if the "overt asicboost" can be utilized?


Also CrazyGuy, I Can not get an account registered on Asicpuppy for some reason as you have the only NewPacs available on your website.

I ordered 2 of them.  Should arrive soon.

I will post a review when i get them.

Aww yeah more usb mining porn.

They look nice.


Good luck selling them.

I guess I need one or two just cause I have a compac and some two pacs.

following...

Great! I am looking forward to the NewPac Stickminer. I have enjoyed using the 2Pac. Thanks for your hard work!

Available for purchase via ASICPuppy.com
New orders shipping this week!

Started a new thread for NewPac technical discussion and support:  
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gekkoscience-newpac-terminus-r606-bm1387-official-support-thread-5053833

The code base is the same, and compatible with all version of GekkoScience stick miners.

Here are some readings off of my portapow monitor for efficiency*.  

*fan uses power but not included

Dope. 

Looking great and robust, as always.

Looking good there!

So, I've been working in secret the last few months on a new stickminer to replace the venerable old 2Pac.

It's not as good as I would like - certainly less fancy, but we have to remember that the GekkoScience design philosophy is "Simple, Durable, Reliable".



This new stick, the NewPac (so named because it's quite obviously just a newer version of the 2Pac, which was itself just a two-chip Compac) features a pair of Bitmain BM1387 chips and a stock clock setting of 100MHz for 23GH. The chips are pretty bad at thermal runaway which means 100-125MHz is a practical top-end for passive cooling, though with moderate airflow they'll run 200MHz (45GH) at under 5W on stock voltage.

I have seen these sticks pushed to 90GH, which makes them roughly hashrate-equivalent to my Terminus R808 pod miner but from about one fifth the power draw. It's theoretically possible to overclock to 130GH but this will require a strong hub and possibly custom cooling. I have not tested past 90GH. Every stick is tested at 45GH before shipping.

VH's new Gekko cgminer driver is able to detect and recover from the same kind of issues which would have caused a "ZOMBIE" condition on the 2Pac, meaning increased reliability and less attention to maintain long-term operation. The stick is dimensionally identical to the 2Pac, so any custom hardware designed for one will work for the other. And of course it's got BLINKY LIGHTS!

For the time being, I have no plans to run direct sales. I have more projects on my plate for the next six months than I have time for (including bigger and better non-industrial miners), so we'll be operating entirely with resellers - specifically CrazyGuy (https://asicpuppy.com/magentoPuppy/) and 419 Mining (https://www.419mining.com/) to start.