Topic: Avalon A7 announced - page 62. (Read 147640 times)

Nope... no raspi or controller. Just get the controller you think?


Snow_Dragon, they let you do direct bank transfer? I thought it had to be BTC except for 50+ unit orders. I'd rather do the bank transfer and avoid the charges from buying the BTC.

you will have to adjust to their current prices but here
im in Georgia, USA


From last month  

Product   Total
AvalonMiner 741 × 1   $714.00
AvalonMiner Controller × 1   $60.00
Subtotal:   $774.00
Shipping:   $49.71 via FedEx
Payment method:   Direct Bank Transfer
Total:   $823.71

Don't think it does. In any case, when I ordered mine it was free-shipping FedEx International Economy. Sooo... Left HK a few days ago, literally spent 2 days in Taiwan, checked a couple hours ago and FedEx says is Japan...

Unless you have a spare Raspi around to use, don't forget to get a controller. If you do have a RasPi - canaan has a link to their How To burn an image to SD card for it.

220v power is by far best way to do things right.

As for Bitmain's alt miners, flip a (crypto) coin. You'll get arguments from both sides and of course from those like Phillipma who do both BTC and altcoin mining w/GPU's.

So I'm sold on the 741s and will hopefully grab some today. Two or Three, but want to keep it under that $2500 limit. Does the shipping cost cut into the $2500 limit?

Also, Bitmain very cruelly announced that they're going to release another batch of L3+ as well. Right now it would be worth it to own an L3+, but will it be worth it in 2-3 months when I actually get mine in?

Do you think I should focus on just the 741s and wait for the successor to the L3+ to be released, or go ahead and get both types to diversify the mining?

Simple question  but complex answer.
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If you buy  from bitmain the next s-9 comes in Nov

if you buy from canaan the next 741 comes in Sept.  so time delivered   avalon 741 wins

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s-9 = 1350  for 13500 hash

741 = 850 for     7.5000 hash  plus  add 100 for rasp pi  but it does many avalon's

so $ per hash is close   slight edge  for  bitmain
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power cost

 s-9 say  .11 or .12 watts a gh
741 say  .15 or .16 watts a gh

bitmain is a clear cut winner
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maintainence

the s-9  gets dusty big time and must be cleaned of dust  every 90 to 120 days
the avalon 741  dust not get dusty  and you can wait  9 months to clean it
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gear dying

the s-9's die off 1 of 10 each year is common
the avalon 741's  don't die much   1 of 20  each year seems rare.
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as a long term owner of both  with a dusty place to mine  but cheap power I favor the avalon 741  but  I will continue to grow and get some of each.

Don't sweat, take a deep breath, call fedex and give them your SSN. It should be released from customs same day. Been there done that.

If you can get an S9 at retail prices, it'll hash faster for a little more price. Since they're constantly sold out and marked up, this is a better deal.

You only need to pay VAT for the miners, so it depends on your country's VAT percentage.
In Finland we have VAT 24%, which is really nice.  ""

is this miner better than Antminer S9? I mean quality price what is your opinion??

Anyone from the EU knows how much the fees will be for 3 pieces? 3k order so I think around 20% --> 600? 

Sales starts @ 4:00 in the morning (CEST UTC+2) in my time, it sucks a bit but lets hope they are not sold out within the first few hours. 

Yea, let us know how much it comes out too. I'm guessing you just give your SSN or EIN and quickly bring them home.

150 would be the lowest fee


500 would be top fee.

I am guessing. The higher fee would be sales tax from your state.

Which may not be charged,  the 150 is getting charged.

You need to call fedex please let us know what they tell.

Yea...so I order 6 units...came to right under 5K....sucks!!!

Well... that is... extremely inconvenient.

Thank you for sending the update.

Thats good, this will be my first purchase from canaan however ive watched the site most of this year, they normally take awhile to post up that they are out. I think they do well with their stock.

Hopefully they will have enough to purchase some next week, i plan on doing 1 this week and 2-3 next wednesday (Due to the week of waiting on BTC to credit to account from USD).

that would be 10 pm  august 30th       eastern  standard time


about 22 hours from now.

Depend on the state, some are very liberal and like to tax you to death, others are relaxed. I know someone personally who bought 30k or mining equipment and didn't pay a penny more than $100 in import taxes. Overall, much cheaper than VAT over in Europe...

Canaan.io fixed their site to reflect the actual date and time miners will be for sale again. August 31 @ 10:00 AM

Damn, I feel bad for you guys in the US. Now I know why there are less and less mining going on Stateside. wtf is an internet sales tax? They got that now too? how much do you guys have to pay for import duty if it is more than 50 units?

Holy shit

Can you give me an idea of what the taxes & fees might be on 3 or 4? Are we talking obscene increase or just $100-$200?