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Topic: Antminer S3 upgrade kit???? - page 2. (Read 4788 times)

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August 16, 2014, 01:03:24 AM
#13
The upgrade kit is only good if it can deliver immediately or soon. 1 month is really too long. Better to just buy S3..
hero member
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August 15, 2014, 08:44:42 PM
#12
GPUs have a life beyond mining.  Even 7950's are still very good GPUs.  ASICs become useless.
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August 15, 2014, 07:23:45 PM
#11
They state that the kit is NONREFUNDABLE AFTER PURCHASE.  Why?  What are they hiding?  The fact they they are a nonreputable company who only wants your money?  They take your money, and say thank you and screw off now and never call us again?

DO NOT BUY AN ASIC!  I keep telling you idiots and you never learn!!!

Bitmaintech have always delivered. This upgrade kit is hash boards and fixings to diy your S1 chassis to S3 like performance. Probably non refundable because potential for damage quite high when diy'ing the bits and bobs together.
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August 15, 2014, 03:19:35 PM
#10
They state that the kit is NONREFUNDABLE AFTER PURCHASE.  Why?  What are they hiding?  The fact they they are a nonreputable company who only wants your money?  They take your money, and say thank you and screw off now and never call us again?

DO NOT BUY AN ASIC!  I keep telling you idiots and you never learn!!!
Lol yeah....but GPUs are not making anything right now right?
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August 15, 2014, 03:00:15 PM
#9
They state that the kit is NONREFUNDABLE AFTER PURCHASE.  Why?  What are they hiding?  The fact they they are a nonreputable company who only wants your money?  They take your money, and say thank you and screw off now and never call us again?

DO NOT BUY AN ASIC!  I keep telling you idiots and you never learn!!!
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August 14, 2014, 07:20:09 PM
#8
not worth it.
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August 14, 2014, 05:34:18 PM
#7
I'm just curious to see who's gonna get the https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=0002014081313175081722f1GeUO063F
upgrade kit  Huh

The difficulty is going up so fast.... might just underclock my S1.....  Opinions?
I already sold off my S1s and upgraded with S3s directly, so I won't be purchasing the upgrade kits.  I'm glad I did, 9/20 is a long ways off.

One thing I'd like to add here is that the upgrade kit really doesn't make sense.  Here's why:

Your S1 is already getting you 180GH/s (or 200GH/s if you've over clocked it).  The upgrade kit effectively turns your S1 into an S3.  You gain 273GH/s - 304GH/s (base clocks to both over clocked).  So, is ~275GH/s worth 0.46BTC (by the way, the MOQ on the upgrade kits is 2, so you're looking at 0.92BTC).

It is much more efficient per watt too.......
That goes without saying... the S1 is 2W per GH/s, the S3 (and the upgraded S1) are 0.78W per GH/s.  I think my main point was that with a ship date of 9/20, neither the S1 or the S3 make a lot of sense.  I got in with the early batches (1, 4, 5), so by the time the S3+ comes out, my S3s will have been mining for a couple months.

Yeah....the early adopters won out, and the later batches have too small of a discount to win.
legendary
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Mine at Jonny's Pool
August 14, 2014, 05:32:57 PM
#6
I'm just curious to see who's gonna get the https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=0002014081313175081722f1GeUO063F
upgrade kit  Huh

The difficulty is going up so fast.... might just underclock my S1.....  Opinions?
I already sold off my S1s and upgraded with S3s directly, so I won't be purchasing the upgrade kits.  I'm glad I did, 9/20 is a long ways off.

One thing I'd like to add here is that the upgrade kit really doesn't make sense.  Here's why:

Your S1 is already getting you 180GH/s (or 200GH/s if you've over clocked it).  The upgrade kit effectively turns your S1 into an S3.  You gain 273GH/s - 304GH/s (base clocks to both over clocked).  So, is ~275GH/s worth 0.46BTC (by the way, the MOQ on the upgrade kits is 2, so you're looking at 0.92BTC).

It is much more efficient per watt too.......
That goes without saying... the S1 is 2W per GH/s, the S3 (and the upgraded S1) are 0.78W per GH/s.  I think my main point was that with a ship date of 9/20, neither the S1 or the S3 make a lot of sense.  I got in with the early batches (1, 4, 5), so by the time the S3+ comes out, my S3s will have been mining for a couple months.
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August 14, 2014, 04:12:57 PM
#5
I'm just curious to see who's gonna get the https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=0002014081313175081722f1GeUO063F
upgrade kit  Huh

The difficulty is going up so fast.... might just underclock my S1.....  Opinions?
I already sold off my S1s and upgraded with S3s directly, so I won't be purchasing the upgrade kits.  I'm glad I did, 9/20 is a long ways off.

One thing I'd like to add here is that the upgrade kit really doesn't make sense.  Here's why:

Your S1 is already getting you 180GH/s (or 200GH/s if you've over clocked it).  The upgrade kit effectively turns your S1 into an S3.  You gain 273GH/s - 304GH/s (base clocks to both over clocked).  So, is ~275GH/s worth 0.46BTC (by the way, the MOQ on the upgrade kits is 2, so you're looking at 0.92BTC).

It is much more efficient per watt too.......
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Merit: 10
August 14, 2014, 04:11:41 PM
#4
None of Bitmain product offerings make sense considering the difficulty will be up 50% (1.25x1.25?) by Sept 20 ship date.  The S3 upgrade is basically saving you a little money by reusing the shell from the S1.  It would make more sense to sell the S1 and just buy a S3+ but even that is way overpriced for Sept 20 ship date.

Bitmain doing preorders Oh God

September 20 is so long away and difficulty is going up exponentially....I agree.  Not worth it
hero member
Activity: 873
Merit: 1007
August 14, 2014, 04:08:30 PM
#3
None of Bitmain product offerings make sense considering the difficulty will be up 50% (1.25x1.25?) by Sept 20 ship date.  The S3 upgrade is basically saving you a little money by reusing the shell from the S1.  It would make more sense to sell the S1 and just buy a S3+ but even that is way overpriced for Sept 20 ship date.

Bitmain doing preorders Oh God
legendary
Activity: 1344
Merit: 1024
Mine at Jonny's Pool
August 14, 2014, 11:19:53 AM
#2
I'm just curious to see who's gonna get the https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=0002014081313175081722f1GeUO063F
upgrade kit  Huh

The difficulty is going up so fast.... might just underclock my S1.....  Opinions?
I already sold off my S1s and upgraded with S3s directly, so I won't be purchasing the upgrade kits.  I'm glad I did, 9/20 is a long ways off.

One thing I'd like to add here is that the upgrade kit really doesn't make sense.  Here's why:

Your S1 is already getting you 180GH/s (or 200GH/s if you've over clocked it).  The upgrade kit effectively turns your S1 into an S3.  You gain 273GH/s - 304GH/s (base clocks to both over clocked).  So, is ~275GH/s worth 0.46BTC (by the way, the MOQ on the upgrade kits is 2, so you're looking at 0.92BTC).
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Activity: 87
Merit: 10
August 14, 2014, 10:45:54 AM
#1
I'm just curious to see who's gonna get the https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=0002014081313175081722f1GeUO063F
upgrade kit  Huh

The difficulty is going up so fast.... might just underclock my S1.....  Opinions?
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