Id be in for 100-200 units @ BTC0.3-0.4
But 1st Id like to see some actual pictures and some video.
Bitterdog: I am interested why you would buy 200 at 0.4 btc each? Are you going to mine with them?
200 at 2gh = 400gh
200 x 0.4 btc = 80 btc
80 btc x $140 USD = $11,200 for 400 gh
If you buy a KNC Saturn for 400gh it only costs $5,000.
I have no interest in mining with them. The profit is in the Hardware selling not the mining.
These appear to be using Bitfury chips. im guessing that 2GH/s is on the low conservative end. Im guessing more like 2.5GH/s - 2.7GH/s
Bitterdog - that is correct. We're on purpose limiting it to about 2GH for two reasons:
1) and that's the bigger one - power consumption. A standard USB2.0 port provides about 2.5W so with some losses in conversion and in the other components we're likely looking at max 2W for the BitFury chip. There are two possible solutions if you want to overclock the chip: USB3 provides almost twice as much power, or you can use a powered USB hub that provides more power (and some of the newer such hubs actually don't quite follow the USB2 limits and let you draw more)
2) heat issues: the higher the voltage and speed the more heat is produced. We're already considering adding a small heatsink, but overclocking it will likely require a bigger one.
ipxtreme - the main reason why I first started looking at a solution like this is - I wanted something small and simple (the KISS principle) - I don't want RasPI, external power supplies, or messy stuff like watercooling, etc. I wanted also something that would let me easily experiment with - if I wanted to overclock/underclock it, etc and something that won't cost me a fortune when I burn it. (because with experimenting that's not a matter of if but of when
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