Topic: Custom Case Design for Bitfury Hboard/Mboard Miners - page 3. (Read 22116 times)

I'm interested in acquiring one of these for an October order.

Have you settled on a final design ? I see according to the prototype photos, that the RasPi is directly attached to the M-Board, and not compatible with your case design.

I would be interested in a covered case, opposed to something exposed.

gogo guys, still 4 units open for sale here!

For the moment, 4 Units are reserved and 4 cases still open to sell.

regards

I want one!

Sent you a PM

Hey guys,
I decided to add 3 120mm Fans to all cases, so these are now included in the pricing.
I hope this saves you some trouble with sourcing fans on you own and the cable management of the fans.

Foofighter

interesting fact, for vulnerable people an unpleasant to know the chips can't run a full speed. From that POV you will have a nice heater for the winter, 16 boards at 45C look hot

The space between boards is defined bei the standard mboard design, there is still space in the case to upgrade to a longer mboard lateron, as already meantioned the Standard hboard hab only a 30A capacitor and can not really be overclocked, this capacitor is also the biggest size for the footprint on the hboards.

At some point your design is useless. 90% of peeps count to "overclock" the units. From fact here is a small space between boards people need use the extension cables to be able use heatsink + direct fans.

I will only produce the open design, as mentioned:

Overview Frontside


But iam already talking to a reseller for the Rack case design.

wich one, there are two different.

There are no pics, because its not produced right now, will probably look like open design in OP

post some pics please. thanks!

Hey folks,

Regarding the open case design:
Lately i put a lot of time into this project and spend nearly every evening in planning and getting offers from companies and calulating stuff, sourcing parts and so on. Finally i can tell you now that all parts which will be included in the prototype run are ordered and a few have also just arived at my place.
So just to let you know what will be included, that will be all necessary parts to mount the full 16 Hboard in 1 mboard, all screws and mounting standoffs, gpio cable, power cable for raspi to molex, rubber feets, fan grill and wire straps for cable management, basicly like the picture in the thread but without hardware . Unfortunatly i cannot provide the 3 - 120mm Fans for the cases, just couldnt find a proper source for getting a good price at these, maybe i could provide 1 fan per housing as a bonus but lets see about that.

To come straight to the point, the price for an open case prototype will be 168,85 EUR without shipping.(Iam located in Europe, Austria, Vienna -- to calculate your shipping)
I will charge the casing price now and the shipping price before delivery if you are interested in purchasing one, please take into account that the case is quite big and the shipping costs could also be a bit expensive. (shipping box size estimated 700x300x250mm - weight is estimated to be 3,5-5kg with all accessories).

Accepted payments are:
bank transfer
paypal
BTC

Shipping cost estimations: (insuranced shipping and trackable)
Austria: 10 EUR
Europe: 20-30 EUR
USA Mainland: 40 EUR[/b]

Outgoing Lead time:estimated for week 1 or 2 of September
Unfortunatly this is very much depending on the sheet metal manufacturer, but there is only a small change to deliver these units still in august.

I hope this works out and you will continue to support me with making an order for a case.

If you got any question dont hesitate to ask.

Currently i have 8 cases left to offer

Please note this is no commercial sale, this is my private prototype run and Iam willing to produce a few more for the community here, but I cannot give you any guarantees or warrantys on the product.

BR
Foofighter

Hey guys,

its gotten a bit silent here lately, as the open design is finished as it is in my opinion I will shortly give out the prototype order for it.
The Rack case will be developed further with a reselling partner and i will show you the final design if everything works out fine.

As mentioned I will produce a few prototypes and are willing to sell some off, this is no business for me because i would only charge as much to cover my costs, so consider it more like a small GP.
The smaller parts for the open cases are already ordered and i hope to provide some final price until mid/end of next week. Final prototype could be ready by mid/end of august if everything works out.

At the moment I cannot provide further infos regarding the rack design.

Please let me know if you are interested in purchasing an open case per PM.

Best regards
Foofighter

some idea of professional case here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147164

lets see if i can get the housing build at competitive costs first, this is the most important factor here, and low quantity means very expensive.

Depending on the costs i will built a few prototypes and will propably auction one or two to compensate my time investment and costs.

If you do build some prototypes will anyone be able to buy one or only those interested in leasing/buying your design?

Hey guys,

just arrived back from my vacation, as there are many misunderstandings here, i want to clear one thing up.

It was never my intention to sell casings or other stuff commercially here, my goal was to provide a design to the community and make a clear cost evaluation to keep all transparent. Any reseller is welcome to pick up my design and produce it for the community here. Which means Iam open to lease/sell or license my design, if any reseller is interested please contact me to discuss this matter in detail.

What i will probably do is building prototypes and maybe sell some prototypes of, but this will only be on a private to private basis.

BR
Foofighter

Great work so far.  Just thought I would mention my interest along with all the others.  Hope you can manage to ship these along the same timeline of the August Bitfury Release.

I also concur regarding removing the labeling, as making this device as discreet as possible would be prudent.  Perhaps a simple logo would be best.  As far as the case, I would prefer closed, making it look like a standard server, easy to stack or rack up,  while providing a bit more protection.  Those who want it open air would simply remove it.

-JC

I'm also very interested in this case.