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legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
March 31, 2015, 11:26:49 AM
#39
Look at some of the other current tech SP20, S5, Avalon 4.1 etc.

You can run with a underclock if you want quiet.  But I would personally never order from BFL.

SP20s you'll need to get 2nd hand from other forum users, you'll find listings here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=75.0
Avalon4s you can get from ehash.com
S5s from bitmaintech.com

how are those avalon 4s miners?

Finally got to start testing one of the Avalon 4's out.  They are VERY quiet.  It if first miner I have put in my bedroom for fun as I test it.

No other miner I have comes close to it on it's low noise output.

Ya but what is the BTC output vs. what you paid?

Let us be real.

I went from cash to btc then buying.   I enjoy playing with all miners. It's a hobby I try to make it profitable but there are no guarantees in mining.  I enjoy testing them and sharing my results.  No matter what it won't be as bad as my A2 was.  That was hardest miner I ever had on making ROI.  Either way I make sure  I have fun along the way.
hero member
Activity: 924
Merit: 1000
March 31, 2015, 10:56:29 AM
#38
Look at some of the other current tech SP20, S5, Avalon 4.1 etc.

You can run with a underclock if you want quiet.  But I would personally never order from BFL.

SP20s you'll need to get 2nd hand from other forum users, you'll find listings here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=75.0
Avalon4s you can get from ehash.com
S5s from bitmaintech.com

how are those avalon 4s miners?

Finally got to start testing one of the Avalon 4's out.  They are VERY quiet.  It if first miner I have put in my bedroom for fun as I test it.

No other miner I have comes close to it on it's low noise output.

Ya but what is the BTC output vs. what you paid?

Let us be real.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
March 31, 2015, 10:26:30 AM
#37
Look at some of the other current tech SP20, S5, Avalon 4.1 etc.

You can run with a underclock if you want quiet.  But I would personally never order from BFL.

SP20s you'll need to get 2nd hand from other forum users, you'll find listings here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=75.0
Avalon4s you can get from ehash.com
S5s from bitmaintech.com

how are those avalon 4s miners?

Finally got to start testing one of the Avalon 4's out.  They are VERY quiet.  It if first miner I have put in my bedroom for fun as I test it.

No other miner I have comes close to it on it's low noise output.
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
Hi
March 29, 2015, 07:00:01 PM
#36
What is that thing? Is it like a mini data center?

Nonononono... A mini portable data center...  Grin

How cool is that thing?

PS. It's actually called a Windows Azure Server Container.

I am assuming it is like a air conditioned room that filters the air to keep out dust. I would be pretty cool for a small scale farm.

Yes it does everything a data center does just is deploy able.  There is a company that makes them for BTC gear i believe their showcase one was done with SP gear.  But it was a neat idea drop it where cheap electricity is and it would mine.   Only problem was the one that made the BTC one had quite the premium for their container.


Yea that is pretty cool I guess the only issue would be expansion if you wanted to grow your farm you might not be able to connect more crates to use so of the features of the first one for more miners.
hero member
Activity: 956
Merit: 1001
March 29, 2015, 01:58:12 PM
#35
Hi,

I want to get the monarch cards .... blah blah blah..

You lost me at "monarch"
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1012
March 29, 2015, 01:02:34 PM
#34
Here's one. I believe there were two outfits doing similar things but I think the other one actually has discussion in this thread.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/mining-container-by-polivka-gmbh-948523

Thank you. A bit off topic, but this looks amazing!
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1859
Curmudgeonly hardware guy
March 29, 2015, 12:56:32 PM
#33
Here's one. I believe there were two outfits doing similar things but I think the other one actually has discussion in this thread.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/mining-container-by-polivka-gmbh-948523
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1012
March 29, 2015, 12:54:52 PM
#32
I find a solution for watercolled s5 on a other topic, so I order couple of S5 rom bitmain.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/modify-s5-antminer-to-watercooling-929437


thanks all for your help

Objective accomplished, achievement unlocked Grin


And about that Azure container... looks good!
And I can't find anything about the ASIC container...
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
March 29, 2015, 12:43:51 PM
#31
What is that thing? Is it like a mini data center?

Nonononono... A mini portable data center...  Grin

How cool is that thing?

PS. It's actually called a Windows Azure Server Container.

I am assuming it is like a air conditioned room that filters the air to keep out dust. I would be pretty cool for a small scale farm.

Yes it does everything a data center does just is deploy able.  There is a company that makes them for BTC gear i believe their showcase one was done with SP gear.  But it was a neat idea drop it where cheap electricity is and it would mine.   Only problem was the one that made the BTC one had quite the premium for their container.
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
Hi
March 29, 2015, 11:24:03 AM
#30
What is that thing? Is it like a mini data center?

Nonononono... A mini portable data center...  Grin

How cool is that thing?

PS. It's actually called a Windows Azure Server Container.

I am assuming it is like a air conditioned room that filters the air to keep out dust. I would be pretty cool for a small scale farm.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
March 29, 2015, 10:32:01 AM
#29
I find a solution for watercolled s5 on a other topic, so I order couple of S5 rom bitmain.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/modify-s5-antminer-to-watercooling-929437


thanks all for your help

If you get a pump from syscooling I highly suggest buying a different brand and keep it on hand as a replacement.  If you look over in C1 thread you will see that syscooling pumps don't get much love since they seem to have some troubles.

I'm glad you did not pick BFL though.
legendary
Activity: 2744
Merit: 1193
I don't believe in denial.
March 29, 2015, 07:04:04 AM
#28
VERY happy you ain't buyin BFL crap!!!!  Grin

Hear, hear!
legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 1001
March 29, 2015, 06:48:57 AM
#27
VERY happy you ain't buyin BFL crap!!!!  Grin

full member
Activity: 312
Merit: 111
March 29, 2015, 06:16:59 AM
#26
I find a solution for watercolled s5 on a other topic, so I order couple of S5 rom bitmain.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/modify-s5-antminer-to-watercooling-929437


thanks all for your help
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
March 28, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
#25
What is that thing? Is it like a mini data center?

Nonononono... A mini portable data center...  Grin

How cool is that thing?

PS. It's actually called a Windows Azure Server Container.

There is a company on here that does sell containers for using as asic data centers.  But it was extremely expensive if I remember right.
legendary
Activity: 2744
Merit: 1193
I don't believe in denial.
March 28, 2015, 05:56:34 PM
#24
What is that thing? Is it like a mini data center?

Nonononono... A mini portable data center...  Grin

How cool is that thing?

PS. It's actually called a Windows Azure Server Container.
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
Hi
March 28, 2015, 05:55:27 PM
#23
What is that thing? Is it like a mini data center?
legendary
Activity: 2744
Merit: 1193
I don't believe in denial.
March 28, 2015, 05:53:50 PM
#22
[...] The place I want to do mining is very dusty. 3 fans of my S4 are now death after 3 weeks!!! and I am pretty sure that the S4 is also probably death. I cant get to it right now but I can see the dust and the death fans on the remote cam [...]

Your problem isn't with the miners, it's with the environment. You should start thinking: "network container"...

legendary
Activity: 1652
Merit: 1067
Christian Antkow
March 28, 2015, 05:24:41 PM
#21
Friends don't let friends buy Butterfly Labs products.
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
Hi
March 28, 2015, 05:20:17 PM
#20
If you water cool your boards with custom water cooling you might be able to get a better bang for you buck if you are cooling enough boards. Because you will only need one pump and a couple of rads and a water block for each board and have them all in one water cooling loop, you might even save power because you wont have a pump on each board.
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