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Quote from: Delarock on February 26, 2014, 11:33:13 AM

Here's an advanced level question:

I have two power supplies, 1000w and 1200w. Neither of them are great brands. The 1200w is running 2x Antminer right now. The 1000w has 3x PCIe 6pin. I would need 4x for 2 Antminers.

Can I run 1 PCIe from the 1200w and 1 from the 1000w to the same machine?

ant miners are 2 machines not one.

your answer is yes just turn the psu on that sends power to the board with the ethernet cable..

you can wait as long as you want to turn the power on to the board that does not have the ethernet cable.

to the op unless you have free power or very cheap power get a decent psu. I run 2 units off this machine

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=fractal+design+newton+1000+watt&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xfractal+design+newton++r3+1000&_nkw=fractal+design+newton++r3+1000&_sacat=0

power used is 720 watts low end gear you will use 820 watts for 2.

100 watts an hour 24/7/365 adds up to 876 k watts a year for 2 machines I realize this one runs 2 ants but you get the general idea. what does a k-watt cost you?

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Quote from: Delarock on February 26, 2014, 11:33:13 AM

Here's an advanced level question:

I have two power supplies, 1000w and 1200w. Neither of them are great brands. The 1200w is running 2x Antminer right now. The 1000w has 3x PCIe 6pin. I would need 4x for 2 Antminers.

Can I run 1 PCIe from the 1200w and 1 from the 1000w to the same machine?

Yes you can but to turn them on you need to power both PSU's at the same time (or close to it)

Quote from: davida on February 26, 2014, 10:24:29 AM

To be honest, I want next day delivery and certainly don't want to pay import taxes etc so I'm not going to order from USA.

So do you think that 500w psu won't give out enough power? or do u think it just isn't best to max out a power supply?

what about this 600w unit? would this be better for me?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/600w-Power-Supply-Unit-Silent-Quiet-ATX-PC-Computer-PSU-600-Watt-/330920294518?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item4d0c62f876

You don't have to order from the USA I was just giving examples, a Corsair CX600 should be able to be purchased in the UK.

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Quote from: davida on February 26, 2014, 10:24:29 AM

To be honest, I want next day delivery and certainly don't want to pay import taxes etc so I'm not going to order from USA.

So do you think that 500w psu won't give out enough power? or do u think it just isn't best to max out a power supply?

what about this 600w unit? would this be better for me?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/600w-Power-Supply-Unit-Silent-Quiet-ATX-PC-Computer-PSU-600-Watt-/330920294518?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item4d0c62f876

No that will be terrible, none of the no-name brands are good enough to power a miner.

Try this: http://www.ebuyer.com/514902-cooler-master-b-series-600w-86-efficiency-12v-single-rail-psu-rs600-acabd3-u1

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Quote from: Delarock on February 26, 2014, 11:33:13 AM

Here's an advanced level question:

I have two power supplies, 1000w and 1200w. Neither of them are great brands. The 1200w is running 2x Antminer right now. The 1000w has 3x PCIe 6pin. I would need 4x for 2 Antminers.

Can I run 1 PCIe from the 1200w and 1 from the 1000w to the same machine?

I couldn't say for sure with the ant but I have a cube running like this right now. It's two 600w supplies that are an off brand and by themselves will not power the cube but using one cable from each works perfectly.

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Here's an advanced level question:

I have two power supplies, 1000w and 1200w. Neither of them are great brands. The 1200w is running 2x Antminer right now. The 1000w has 3x PCIe 6pin. I would need 4x for 2 Antminers.

Can I run 1 PCIe from the 1200w and 1 from the 1000w to the same machine?

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The 12V rail specs are not shown(biggest determining factor). You need at least 450 Watts on the 12V rail. 500W is all the rails combined. While it may work, it is inadvisable to use such a small watt rated PSU. Also, buying some no named brand is not wise as the PSU will see much high loads than would be typical in a PC. Would you buy a new car and put oil named ACME that cost $0.50? I sure as hell wouldn't.

I would look for a popular name brand with at least 550W, 600W should really be the lowest. Plenty of people have had issue at normal clock rates with sub 600W PSU. Also, a PSU with a single 12V rail is best.

The whole theory on replacing a cheap PSU if it breaks is flawed. Whats cheaper, spending $80 once or $20 four times? Not to mention, you buy some junk PSU, you'll be lucky if it blows and doesn't fry the miner along with it. Another thing, all the potential downtime if the miner isn't fried, while waiting for a new PSU to come to ...oh wait only find out it's fired! How about the odds of a junk ebay PSU arriving DOA? In case I'm still not making sense, a quality PSU will more than pay for it self.

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To be honest, I want next day delivery and certainly don't want to pay import taxes etc so I'm not going to order from USA.

So do you think that 500w psu won't give out enough power? or do u think it just isn't best to max out a power supply?

what about this 600w unit? would this be better for me?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/600w-Power-Supply-Unit-Silent-Quiet-ATX-PC-Computer-PSU-600-Watt-/330920294518?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item4d0c62f876

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Quote from: davida on February 26, 2014, 10:00:31 AM

I have bought the antminer s1, just awaiting delivery now... I'd like it is someone can confirm to me or not will this power supply do the job....

it's 500w, the cheapest one on ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sumvision-500W-Quiet-Silent-ATX-PC-Power-Supply-Unit-PSU-500-Watt-with-SATA-/201043054980?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item2ecf199184

If not, can somebody recommend a similar one, I don't really want to spend close to £100 on a name brand, I'd rather buy a cheap one that can be cheaply replaced if it breaks ( which i agree would be more likely with a cheap unit)

I'd suggest going 600+ depending on brand you might get a day or two out of it if you go on the cheap side.

Here's a 750w that is capable of powering 2 S1's
https://minersource.net/products/dell-750w-psu-slash-adapter

The corsair CX600 will be good to power 1 S1
https://minersource.net/products/corsair-cx600-psu

We've used rosewill 750w they all blew up within a week or two, some thermaltake ones did as well.

Corsair's have treated us very well, and the dells have been treating us the best.

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I have bought the antminer s1, just awaiting delivery now... I'd like it is someone can confirm to me or not will this power supply do the job....

it's 500w, the cheapest one on ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sumvision-500W-Quiet-Silent-ATX-PC-Power-Supply-Unit-PSU-500-Watt-with-SATA-/201043054980?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item2ecf199184

If not, can somebody recommend a similar one, I don't really want to spend close to £100 on a name brand, I'd rather buy a cheap one that can be cheaply replaced if it breaks ( which i agree would be more likely with a cheap unit)

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