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Topic: Antminer S5, Spondoolies SP20 or 3 x Antminer S3? - page 3. (Read 4566 times)

legendary
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the sp20  can do 470 watts at about 1000gh

gui settings around

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fan at 10 you are UK based so is your power .12 cents usd?   I guess that is 7 or 8 pence a kwatt.

alh
legendary
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One thing you may want to consider. While I don't own an S1, my understanding is that it's a pretty quiet miner. I think that is also true for the S3. It is most decidedly NOT true for the S5. I do own an SP20, and when pushed for speed, the fan is plenty loud. I am way down clocked for the summer, and it would fit your efficiency desires, it might still be a bit loud for your situation.

You might also want to consider an Avalon 4.1, which is only available on the used market.

I only mention the loudness, due to the reference on clothes drying.
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Very late to mining, do not know how I missed it, but 4 Days ago bought an ebay S1 for £30 and have been progressing rapidly up the learning curve.

So the S1 is great for learning but at 190 GH/S with 350W at the wall (1.8J/GH) it's a great way of loosing money. However unusually my Wife is happy as it's doing a great job of drying the washing.

So my objective is to have between 800 & 1000 GH/S at the lowest possible wattage. I will buy the hardware second hand and am happy to right off the hardawre cost, because if I wasn't doing this I would be spending money on something else :-)

I am considering the 3 options in the title, and am happy to spend time adjusting and modifying if that will improve the J/GH ratio My initial research shows the following.

Antminer S3 Underclocked & undervolted  x3 ebay price £260 - £300
0.68V, 150MHz, 310GH/S, 180W x 3 = 930GH/S, 930W = 0.6J /GH

Antminer S5 ebay price £300 - £350
0.51 J/GH  (Have seen 0.2 J/GH @ 9V mentioned but can it be done?)

Spondoolies SP20 ebay price £340 -£400
0.47 J/GH

So this is where I need some help. For me it's all about how low I can get the J/GH. I don't mind lot's of playing about or hardware modifications. I have something in mind for the S3 which will make the voltage full adjustable, but more on that if I go down that route.

So what I would like is any inputs you have on J/GH you have achieved on any of the above units and what settings or modifications you used to achieve them.?

Many Thanks

Rich
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