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Topic: [CLOSED] SP20 - most efficient miner - ~0.5W/GH - 2 units min! (Read 22636 times)

legendary
Activity: 1540
Merit: 1001
Ok so there are 2.94 BTC to be donated. I was thinking of donating them like this:
- 1 BTC to the /r/millionairemakers winner (see: www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/comments/2q9ung/santa_is_real_thank_you_all_so_much_i_am_still_in/);
- 1 BTC to Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research (see: http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/join-teamhal-give100-wbitcoin-to-the-hal-finney-bitcoin-fund-for-als-research/);
- 0.5 BTC to ckolivas for cgminer and ckpool;
- 0.5 BTC to Armory.

Any complains/suggestions? 24 hours max.

I'd give a lot more to ck and kano.  Just about every piece of ASIC hardware out there uses cgminer.  That's for a reason.

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legendary
Activity: 3220
Merit: 1220
Not my BTC but they sound like good choices.
hero member
Activity: 918
Merit: 1002
Ok so there are 2.94 BTC to be donated. I was thinking of donating them like this:
- 1 BTC to the /r/millionairemakers winner (see: www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/comments/2q9ung/santa_is_real_thank_you_all_so_much_i_am_still_in/);
- 1 BTC to Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research (see: http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/join-teamhal-give100-wbitcoin-to-the-hal-finney-bitcoin-fund-for-als-research/);
- 0.5 BTC to ckolivas for cgminer and ckpool;
- 0.5 BTC to Armory.

Any complains/suggestions? 24 hours max.

I like it. Smiley

This looks good to me!
legendary
Activity: 1258
Merit: 1027
Ok so there are 2.94 BTC to be donated. I was thinking of donating them like this:
- 1 BTC to the /r/millionairemakers winner (see: www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/comments/2q9ung/santa_is_real_thank_you_all_so_much_i_am_still_in/);
- 1 BTC to Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research (see: http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/join-teamhal-give100-wbitcoin-to-the-hal-finney-bitcoin-fund-for-als-research/);
- 0.5 BTC to ckolivas for cgminer and ckpool;
- 0.5 BTC to Armory.

Any complains/suggestions? 24 hours max.

I like it. Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1007
Ok so there are 2.94 BTC to be donated. I was thinking of donating them like this:
- 1 BTC to the /r/millionairemakers winner (see: www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/comments/2q9ung/santa_is_real_thank_you_all_so_much_i_am_still_in/) ;
- 1 BTC to Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research (see: http://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/join-teamhal-give100-wbitcoin-to-the-hal-finney-bitcoin-fund-for-als-research/) ;
- 0.5 BTC to ckolivas for cgminer and ckpool;
- 0.5 BTC to Armory.

Any complains/suggestions? 24 hours max.
hero member
Activity: 918
Merit: 1002
Group buy finished now.

You can buy individually @ $595 + delivery or you can buy a pack of 3 @ $498 ea + free delivery.

Group Buy is CLOSED! Thank you everyone!

Thank you!
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1007
Group buy finished now.

You can buy individually @ $595 + delivery or you can buy a pack of 3 @ $498 ea + free delivery.

Group Buy is CLOSED! Thank you everyone!
legendary
Activity: 3220
Merit: 1220
How to buy this groupbouy ?
should I request to OP or just buy
from this link http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb ?

Group buy finished now.

You can buy individually @ $595 + delivery or you can buy a pack of 3 @ $498 ea + free delivery.
newbie
Activity: 50
Merit: 0
...

divide by 0.92 to get a more accurate at-the-wall

I haven't found the ~0.9 divisor to be accurate.  I used 0.9 to estimate running two SP20's off one EVGA 1600 G2.  The ASIC Stats page showed ~620W each—and they ran, though one took a few tries to boot.  Then I bought a Kill-A-Watt - and what I calculated (1240/0.9) to be 1378 at the wall, actually measured 1620 (120V).  I now run 3 SP20's off of two 1600's and like the increased headroom, but have since been pairing new SP20's with 1300W G2's, which I find the best bang for the buck.
To get an accurate estimate you need to look at the loading estimate for the PSU, off of 120V on a higher load the efficiency will fade fast... I outfitted my house with some 240V circuits last year and run all of my PSUs off of those circuits, nets me over 10% in power savings..

Ah, so I might have had that 0.9 'efficiency' powering only one unit, but I lost efficiency as the load increased with the second SP20 - netting me closer to the rated 0.8?  Got it, good to know, thank you!
No good PSU should drop down to 80% at full load. For something like the EVGA 1300W PSU, tests show it getting ~91% at 50% load and 87.5% at full load. 3.5 percentage points is still a decent drop, but nothing like 10%.

You're right, I looked up the 80 Plus spec, 80 Plus Gold is 90% @ 50% load, and 87% @ 100% on 115V.  So the difference in wattage reported on the ASIC Stats page versus ATW is not PSU, or not solely, but a mix of PSU and miner 'other'?  I'll have to do some more kill-a-watt testing...
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1004
Thanks again for the GB.  Just grabbed another 4 units.  Not sure where I'll stick them yet, but these last few days have shown me that these are quality units and the SP-T support folks really put forth an effort to help.

Quick question:  When the ASIC tab shows its using 890 watts, do I need to divide that by .8 to get an approximation at the wall assuming 80% efficient PSU?  

I don't know how it's doing it, but at stock with 2 Corsair HX850, one unit is running 1683 @ 890w.  Seems pretty good to me and close enough to 1.7T.

No the PSU is only delivering 80% of what its pulling from the wall to give you 890Watts, its closer to 1120W at the wall

K, I figured I needed to to divide by .8 to get the wall pull.  Just wanted to make sure.

divide by 0.92 to get a more accurate at-the-wall

I haven't found the ~0.9 divisor to be accurate.  I used 0.9 to estimate running two SP20's off one EVGA 1600 G2.  The ASIC Stats page showed ~620W each—and they ran, though one took a few tries to boot.  Then I bought a Kill-A-Watt - and what I calculated (1240/0.9) to be 1378 at the wall, actually measured 1620 (120V).  I now run 3 SP20's off of two 1600's and like the increased headroom, but have since been pairing new SP20's with 1300W G2's, which I find the best bang for the buck.
To get an accurate estimate you need to look at the loading estimate for the PSU, off of 120V on a higher load the efficiency will fade fast... I outfitted my house with some 240V circuits last year and run all of my PSUs off of those circuits, nets me over 10% in power savings..

Ah, so I might have had that 0.9 'efficiency' powering only one unit, but I lost efficiency as the load increased with the second SP20 - netting me closer to the rated 0.8?  Got it, good to know, thank you!
No good PSU should drop down to 80% at full load. For something like the EVGA 1300W PSU, tests show it getting ~91% at 50% load and 87.5% at full load. 3.5 percentage points is still a decent drop, but nothing like 10%.
newbie
Activity: 50
Merit: 0
Thanks again for the GB.  Just grabbed another 4 units.  Not sure where I'll stick them yet, but these last few days have shown me that these are quality units and the SP-T support folks really put forth an effort to help.

Quick question:  When the ASIC tab shows its using 890 watts, do I need to divide that by .8 to get an approximation at the wall assuming 80% efficient PSU?  

I don't know how it's doing it, but at stock with 2 Corsair HX850, one unit is running 1683 @ 890w.  Seems pretty good to me and close enough to 1.7T.

No the PSU is only delivering 80% of what its pulling from the wall to give you 890Watts, its closer to 1120W at the wall

K, I figured I needed to to divide by .8 to get the wall pull.  Just wanted to make sure.

divide by 0.92 to get a more accurate at-the-wall

I haven't found the ~0.9 divisor to be accurate.  I used 0.9 to estimate running two SP20's off one EVGA 1600 G2.  The ASIC Stats page showed ~620W each—and they ran, though one took a few tries to boot.  Then I bought a Kill-A-Watt - and what I calculated (1240/0.9) to be 1378 at the wall, actually measured 1620 (120V).  I now run 3 SP20's off of two 1600's and like the increased headroom, but have since been pairing new SP20's with 1300W G2's, which I find the best bang for the buck.
To get an accurate estimate you need to look at the loading estimate for the PSU, off of 120V on a higher load the efficiency will fade fast... I outfitted my house with some 240V circuits last year and run all of my PSUs off of those circuits, nets me over 10% in power savings..

Ah, so I might have had that 0.9 'efficiency' powering only one unit, but I lost efficiency as the load increased with the second SP20 - netting me closer to the rated 0.8?  Got it, good to know, thank you!
legendary
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1001
How to buy this groupbouy ?
should I request to OP or just buy
from this link http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb ?

Read the OP instructions and use the link.
member
Activity: 108
Merit: 10
How to buy this groupbouy ?
should I request to OP or just buy
from this link http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/roadstresss-sp20-special-holiday-gb ?
legendary
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1000
https://www.bitworks.io
Thanks again for the GB.  Just grabbed another 4 units.  Not sure where I'll stick them yet, but these last few days have shown me that these are quality units and the SP-T support folks really put forth an effort to help.

Quick question:  When the ASIC tab shows its using 890 watts, do I need to divide that by .8 to get an approximation at the wall assuming 80% efficient PSU?  

I don't know how it's doing it, but at stock with 2 Corsair HX850, one unit is running 1683 @ 890w.  Seems pretty good to me and close enough to 1.7T.

No the PSU is only delivering 80% of what its pulling from the wall to give you 890Watts, its closer to 1120W at the wall

K, I figured I needed to to divide by .8 to get the wall pull.  Just wanted to make sure.

divide by 0.92 to get a more accurate at-the-wall

To get an accurate estimate you need to look at the loading estimate for the PSU, off of 120V on a higher load the efficiency will fade fast... I outfitted my house with some 240V circuits last year and run all of my PSUs off of those circuits, nets me over 10% in power savings..

I haven't found the ~0.9 divisor to be accurate.  I used 0.9 to estimate running two SP20's off one EVGA 1600 G2.  The ASIC Stats page showed ~620W each—and they ran, though one took a few tries to boot.  Then I bought a Kill-A-Watt - and what I calculated (1240/0.9) to be 1378 at the wall, actually measured 1620 (120V).  I now run 3 SP20's off of two 1600's and like the increased headroom, but have since been pairing new SP20's with 1300W G2's, which I find the best bang for the buck.
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1007
Last day! Hop in.
newbie
Activity: 50
Merit: 0
Thanks again for the GB.  Just grabbed another 4 units.  Not sure where I'll stick them yet, but these last few days have shown me that these are quality units and the SP-T support folks really put forth an effort to help.

Quick question:  When the ASIC tab shows its using 890 watts, do I need to divide that by .8 to get an approximation at the wall assuming 80% efficient PSU?  

I don't know how it's doing it, but at stock with 2 Corsair HX850, one unit is running 1683 @ 890w.  Seems pretty good to me and close enough to 1.7T.

No the PSU is only delivering 80% of what its pulling from the wall to give you 890Watts, its closer to 1120W at the wall

K, I figured I needed to to divide by .8 to get the wall pull.  Just wanted to make sure.

divide by 0.92 to get a more accurate at-the-wall

I haven't found the ~0.9 divisor to be accurate.  I used 0.9 to estimate running two SP20's off one EVGA 1600 G2.  The ASIC Stats page showed ~620W each—and they ran, though one took a few tries to boot.  Then I bought a Kill-A-Watt - and what I calculated (1240/0.9) to be 1378 at the wall, actually measured 1620 (120V).  I now run 3 SP20's off of two 1600's and like the increased headroom, but have since been pairing new SP20's with 1300W G2's, which I find the best bang for the buck.
legendary
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1001
I noticed SP-T lowered the price of the 15 & 3 pack to less than the GB.  Can I get a little love thrown back my way since my order for 4 hasn't been filled yet?  Kiss

sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
Thanks again for the GB.  Just grabbed another 4 units.  Not sure where I'll stick them yet, but these last few days have shown me that these are quality units and the SP-T support folks really put forth an effort to help.

Quick question:  When the ASIC tab shows its using 890 watts, do I need to divide that by .8 to get an approximation at the wall assuming 80% efficient PSU?  

I don't know how it's doing it, but at stock with 2 Corsair HX850, one unit is running 1683 @ 890w.  Seems pretty good to me and close enough to 1.7T.

No the PSU is only delivering 80% of what its pulling from the wall to give you 890Watts, its closer to 1120W at the wall

K, I figured I needed to to divide by .8 to get the wall pull.  Just wanted to make sure.

divide by 0.92 to get a more accurate at-the-wall
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