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Topic: ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 234. (Read 710164 times)

legendary
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damn, they need to lower their prices !
full member
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Downsizing my mining operation a bit, anyone here interested in buying a Corsair 1200i Platinum Psu? Only about 3 months old and I have all the original packaging and cables. It can easily run 3 antminers. 0.5 Btc including shipping to any US address.  PM if interested.
newbie
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that's easy just over clock your miner to 225mhz it takes 30 seconds

anybody here tried S3 to work in 225mhz to work in 453GH/s?
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I've been running my S3 at 237.5 for days and the ave hash rate is 479.49 in last 24 hours, it went down for some reason for a few minutes was beeping, but that was after a couple days at that frequency. its been 24 hours and solid at that hash rate.
hero member
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I've calculated... The B8 price is not low enough for ROI in some hosting services.
hero member
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I bought S3 in B6.
0.66BTC =  $385.36
Cost shipment/Tax = $110... caused bitmain not pay cost for shipment, they are use COD.

after count using this calculator : bitcoinx.com/profit/

I'll not ROI..


Bitmaintech doesn't ship COD shipping is free, who did you buy from? Here is there official site: https://www.bitmaintech.com/product.htm

It was most likely the tax they were paying not COD.
hero member
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I bought S3 in B6.
0.66BTC =  $385.36
Cost shipment/Tax = $110... caused bitmain not pay cost for shipment, they are use COD.

after count using this calculator : bitcoinx.com/profit/

I'll not ROI..


Bitmaintech doesn't ship COD shipping is free, who did you buy from? Here is there official site: https://www.bitmaintech.com/product.htm
full member
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 Huh Huh Huh
 " It has been established and is almost not arguable that a single S3+ cannot ROI by itself. "

So your solution is to buy MORE, I'd like to see you math  Huh?!!!!

Bob
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I bought S3 in B6.
0.66BTC =  $385.36
Cost shipment/Tax = $110... caused bitmain not pay cost for shipment, they are use COD.

after count using this calculator : bitcoinx.com/profit/

I'll not ROI..
legendary
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How about an S3 to S3+ upgrade kit?

that's easy just over clock your miner to 225mhz it takes 30 seconds

anybody here tried S3 to work in 225mhz to work in 453GH/s?

if it produces ~440 at 218.75 stably with little HW errors (more than 24hr), than there is at least 90% chance that it will work at 225 and most likely (70-80%) 237.5 (based on my experience and posts of others).
full member
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How about an S3 to S3+ upgrade kit?

that's easy just over clock your miner to 225mhz it takes 30 seconds

anybody here tried S3 to work in 225mhz to work in 453GH/s?
newbie
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Moving away from the negative hopefully.... I have an ROI question that I cannot figure out how to calculate. As I have stated, I am able to set up miners, but not really smart about them.

I own 4.8Ths that is already ROI, including electrical costs. I have pre-ordered two S3+ to (hopefully) ship around Sept 20. They were paid for with 1.16BTC generated by my mini-farm after it reached ROI (free BTC). I calculate them as 450GHs each or 900GHs for the equation.

That will bring my mini-farm up to 5.7THs. It has been established and is almost not arguable that a single S3+ cannot ROI by itself.

My question: As an added component to an existing farm, is it possible for the additional benefit of two S3+'s to the already income-producing condition to 'ever' benefit by 1.16BTC? I don't understand how to calculate existing hashing power into the ROI equation.

Thank you for any assistance. I also would like to apologize to JPChrist. I agree that personal attacks do not benefit the community and I look forward to learning from his helpful posts.

-OCS

since your 4.8 TH farm has given back the investment, what they do now, is give you "free coins" (if they generate more, than what your electricity costs)

so, for everything you add to your farm, the only worries you have, is to deduct power costs and and then you can use the rest to make your ROI on your S3s go away faster, but remember to "save up in the bank" to be able to buy newer equipment, when your old equipment cant pay for the electricity alone anymore..

I started out with 3x Antminer S1s they have ROI and given me enough coins to buy the 2xS3s, now i have all 5 units hashing away, and i almost have enough to buy 3x upgrades for the old S1s...

FINALLY!!  Some sanity to this ROI stuff. I started out with USB Block Erupters, then to blades, the to S1s and now S3s. Each upgrade was paid for with BTC generated by the previous hardware (both from mining and reselling) The only "investment" I made was in the original bunch of Block Erupters and supporting equipment. That has long ago been paid back (I actually cashed out enough BTC to repay my initial cash outlay) Now my small farm of 10 S3s pay for their monthly electricity usage in 1 week of mining. Another thought on ROI...No company does ROI on every single piece of equipment they buy. It the money generated by ALL the equipment they are using to create their product against cost of ALL of the equipment minus salvage value or whatever is left on the depreciation.
legendary
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I thought buying direct they would ship much sooner but ordered batch 8 on Sunday still no shipping info.  Sounds like the same story others have stated....ugh!  They will ROI within 2.5 months as long as you ordered enough of them to beat the curve.  Bought mine at about $265 a piece, can't beat that.  Anyway home miners are almost nearly hobby now, most people don't have enough juice to power enough of them to run a true farm at home.


Batch 8 ships a month from now. Why would you expect shipping info now?

https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140813125800214NBU85kWt0672

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AntMiner S3+ for sales shipping starts on September 20th or earlier
hero member
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I thought buying direct they would ship much sooner but ordered batch 8 on Sunday still no shipping info.  Sounds like the same story others have stated....ugh!  They will ROI within 2.5 months as long as you ordered enough of them to beat the curve.  Bought mine at about $265 a piece, can't beat that.  Anyway home miners are almost nearly hobby now, most people don't have enough juice to power enough of them to run a true farm at home.
legendary
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I've already ROI'd my S1s. Everything from this point is profit until the cost of electricity is more than the BTC value. But it is also a hobby and I believe in BTC. I have friends that spend $400 a month on golf. Nobody ask them about their ROI.

or a pack of cigs - in NY at $9 a pack per day is $270 a month.   Huh

either way.....well said!

so what? you mean preordering S3+ is as dumb as smoking a pack of cigs a day? NO KIDDING Grin
sr. member
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I've already ROI'd my S1s. Everything from this point is profit until the cost of electricity is more than the BTC value. But it is also a hobby and I believe in BTC. I have friends that spend $400 a month on golf. Nobody ask them about their ROI.

or a pack of cigs - in NY at $9 a pack per day is $270 a month.   Huh

either way.....well said!
sr. member
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Found Lost beach - quiet now
I've already ROI'd my S1s. Everything from this point is profit until the cost of electricity is more than the BTC value. But it is also a hobby and I believe in BTC. I have friends that spend $400 a month on golf. Nobody ask them about their ROI.
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I have NO idea why people are buying batch 8, even with an overclock the units wont even return 50%.



I agree with most of what you say, but isnt the picture and example of a different unit?  Also you are using a .13 cost for electric.  For example I have .07 which would double my earnings.

Don't get me wrong I am a strong supporter that the current change of bitmain to preorders ( 20 plus days out which is an eternity in crypto world ), not lowering price ( like they have done in the past to help their customers have a chance at a 100% ROI ). no coupons for returning loyal customers etc is not a good change.

Just want to help people make the best decisions....

- Note - The Net hash has gone from 132 mil to over 195 mil in last 22 days.  It makes you wonder about the lack of supply from bitmain all of a sudden for next 30 days and yet some other company is bringing so much hashing power out?  Wonder if that new hashing power suddenly goes offline when the s3+ starts to ship or all those new s3+ units get added on top of that staggering 60 million network increase.  I think I would be more concerned if it came off the network slowly as we approach the Sept 20 date.   Giving conspiracy guys some very damaging ammo.

Just an FYI...just because your power cost is 50% less doesn't mean you will "double your earnings".
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How about an S3 to S3+ upgrade kit?

How much would you seriously be willing to pay to upgrade your miner, what, 20 Gh/s?
legendary
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How about an S3 to S3+ upgrade kit?

that's easy just over clock your miner to 225mhz it takes 30 seconds
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How about an S3 to S3+ upgrade kit?
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