ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread - page 221.

dropt

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Quote from: San1ty on March 14, 2014, 10:26:12 AM

Hmm...

1) Big Box
2) 1000W PSU for a 1000W Draw... Explosion in 3,2,1...
3) Pricy... 4BTC would have been a way better price
4) Still 55 nm chips

A bit disappointed. I wish bitmain stayed online to answer a couple of questions, especially on the PSU front.

1) I'm fairly certain that box is larger than 4U. I doubt it's the production case, however I could be wrong.

2) Interested to see the actual numbers.

3) 4BTC? 5 S1's cost ~4.96BTC, have less chips and no PSU. This ain't a charity.

4) This is no surprise. I'd guess the next model (S3?) Will have a smaller process node.

Pcpoet

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Cryptocurrency Rules man!

Too pricey. Cry

makngeerwork

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???

Agreed, shipped without a psu price would be nice, possibly in the future.

San1ty

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Hmm...

1) Big Box
2) 1000W PSU for a 1000W Draw... Explosion in 3,2,1...
3) Pricy... 4BTC would have been a way better price
4) Still 55 nm chips

A bit disappointed. I wish bitmain stayed online to answer a couple of questions, especially on the PSU front.

goggles1200

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I hope the finished product is that big silver box of hashing. .5 BTC of that price is probably for shipping and handling as that looks to be a big mama jama! We are getting to the days where Antminer S1s are the new USB Asic.

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Quote from: CroverNo on March 14, 2014, 10:20:51 AM

Quote from: bobsag3 on March 14, 2014, 09:50:26 AM

Had the pleasure of seeing the prototype, its shiny

EDIT:

SUPER SECRET S2 PICTURE, NOW WITH EXTRA Tshirts

Very disappointed with the design, looks like those horrid other miners.

Expected a nice design :/

Its only a prototype, most likely put together to hold it together in a very short amount of time.

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Be A Digital Miner

Quote from: dropt on March 14, 2014, 10:04:13 AM

Quote from: GenTarkin on March 14, 2014, 10:01:13 AM

p
I wonder how low the clocks have to be dropped to reach the target voltage to stay at 1W/GH....
if its half the speed to meet 1W/GH, then each machine will have around 640 chips in it...
Which means S1 could be sold for half the price they are asking now. Based on chip density.
I wonder how easily the S2 will be oc'able ... knowing that its chips will be severely undervolted.

Ssshhhhhh!

If underclocked it is already pulling 1000W, you would need to add a PSU. I do not see how they will run without
a 1200W PSU if they really draw 1000W.

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Quote from: bobsag3 on March 14, 2014, 09:50:26 AM

Had the pleasure of seeing the prototype, its shiny

EDIT:

SUPER SECRET S2 PICTURE, NOW WITH EXTRA Tshirts

Very disappointed with the design, looks like those horrid other miners.

Expected a nice design :/

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Quote from: GenTarkin on March 14, 2014, 10:04:34 AM

Quote from: ChuckBuck on March 14, 2014, 10:02:55 AM

Man, I was hoping something a little more lower price wise for the S2.

At nearly $4k or over 6 BTC won't ever ROI. Cry

Yeahp, only a significant increase in BTC price will allow the BTC amount to come low enough. Why BITMAIN decided to peg prices to USD is beyond me....

you could have five S1's for cheaper, and have them hashing away well before 1st april.
or buy a neptune preorder off some goon on ebay, it'd still be cheaper.

don't know how bitmain have evaluated the pricing here but this, is way too expensive and I tend to agree, it'll never ROI.

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assuming this is the same design as the S1:

if this unit has 640 chips (20 boards) vs. S1 64 chips (2 boards). Theoretically you could overclock this to 2TH.
you need to take into account that the S1 has some nice heatsinks on it. The S2 might be able to get away with no heat sinks or extremely small heatsinks dissipating 1000W over 20 boards.
That's only 50W per board. If you go and start overclocking, you'll

1 - Need to install a bigger PSU
2 - Need to install bigger heat sinks

Neither of which would fit in the existing 4U S2 case.

More info from Bitmain would make the purchasing decision easier.

Keep in mind, I have nothing against Bitmain, and in fact I'm a very satisfied customer having ordered quite a bit from them, multiple times. I'm not a big fan of keep wraps on products when they already exist and teasing everyone, hoping to generate interest. Especially with all the crap from BFL, HashFast, etc. You got something, let's see it, and let the product sell itself.

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No as repair unit

You pay a little or zero taxes
I know that

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Quote from: jelin1984 on March 14, 2014, 10:15:12 AM

Yes can ship as repair PC unit with value 70 dollars for customs reason?

Yea, cause customs will never see it coming, that giant box from bitmaintech...

jelin1984

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Yes can ship as repair PC unit with value 70 dollars for customs reason?

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GIF by SOCIFI

Custom value for European people ?

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Anger is a gift.

I expected better...

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Quote from: ChuckBuck on March 14, 2014, 10:02:55 AM

Man, I was hoping something a little more lower price wise for the S2.

At nearly $4k or over 6 BTC won't ever ROI. Cry

Yeahp, only a significant increase in BTC price will allow the BTC amount to come low enough. Why BITMAIN decided to peg prices to USD is beyond me....

dropt

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Quote from: GenTarkin on March 14, 2014, 10:01:13 AM

p
I wonder how low the clocks have to be dropped to reach the target voltage to stay at 1W/GH....
if its half the speed to meet 1W/GH, then each machine will have around 640 chips in it...

Which means S1 could be sold for half the price they are asking now. Based on chip density.

I wonder how easily the S2 will be oc'able ... knowing that its chips will be severely undervolted.

Ssshhhhhh!

ChuckBuck

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better everyday ♥

Man, I was hoping something a little more lower price wise for the S2.

At nearly $4k or over 6 BTC won't ever ROI. Cry

jelin1984

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If undrervolt my s1 how many watt per gh will be have?

GenTarkin

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I wonder how low the clocks have to be dropped to reach the target voltage to stay at 1W/GH....
if its half the speed to meet 1W/GH, then each machine will have around 640 chips in it...

Which means S1 could be sold for half the price they are asking now. Based on chip density.

I wonder how easily the S2 will be oc'able ... knowing that its chips will be severely undervolted.

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