Gridseed GC3355 -Hybrid Scrypt/SHA256 ASIC - page 4.

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Quote from: dani on March 14, 2014, 09:24:42 AM

Anyone has experience in how many you can run off one computer? Say I can find one or several USB-hubs , how many will run off one pc? I read they suggest 10-15 per 1 raspberry, but I have several mainboards/psus.

You guys think 100 per computer could be possible? 11 USB hubs with 10 ports and own powersupply should do the job. Thoughts?

Isnt there a 127 device limit on USB? Dont know if thats per controller or within the OS though.

I've got 20 running on one PC right now and they are all working great. One things I've noticed for those of you running cgminer to control these things. My pool was reporting about 75% of what cgminer said my speed was. After switching back to cpuminer (one instance per miner) I'm seeing average speeds of 355khs on my pool now.

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..yeah

Anyone has experience in how many you can run off one computer? Say I can find one or several USB-hubs , how many will run off one pc? I read they suggest 10-15 per 1 raspberry, but I have several mainboards/psus.

You guys think 100 per computer could be possible? 11 USB hubs with 10 ports and own powersupply should do the job. Thoughts?

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Hi all, i made a video how to install this new gridseed asic miners.
The included software is the same for the dualminer usb erupter of the 5 chip miner unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWa6EDjWii8

Latest Software can Downloaden here: http://www.bitcoinupdate.nl/1/post/2014/03/dual-miner-setup-software.html
We now have the Gridseed 5 chip miner (300-400 kh/s) in stock and are selling this right now

Hope you like the video

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Quote from: miaviator on March 08, 2014, 09:00:32 PM

The controllers get a lot of bad reviews for reliability. It seems to be more stable running on a bit higher end hardware. There are simple guides for installing on windows/linux/pi all over.

I can say that without a doubt these things are easier to run WITHOUT the controllers. I've been going back and forth with 12 of them and a controller ALL DAY. They will connect and mine for some period of time then out of no where disconnect while still drawing full power form the wall..

I think I'm going to try to dual mine with a PC and if that doesnt work I'll go back to single mode and mine LTC only. It sure would be nice to have 200ghs of BTC mining though. Sad

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Quote from: film2240 on March 08, 2014, 12:46:03 PM

Quote from: miaviator on March 08, 2014, 12:36:28 PM

I don't recomend the wiibox or lightening asic controller. People have had much better luck using PC's or RPi's

Not sure why you can't just plug these into your current miners since they are running already 24/7 (I would hope)

Guide is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile

Not sure if you realise it but that's a link to my profile,not an actual guide.You should take a closer look at your links next time before posting.
Would adopt a Raspberry Pi except I don't know how to use one for this purpose so I thought one of those controllers would give me a better chance but I guess I'll have to look into buying one of those mini PCs instead (with Atom CPUs and run windows) so I can finally free up my MacBook Pro for other things and retire that noisy,hot GPU mining rig (old desktop)

That was odd: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-gridseed-gc3355-5-chip-setuppowerwindowslinuxrpi-by-unicornhasher-494625

Guide is here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-gridseed-gc3355-5-chip-setuppowerwindowslinuxrpi-by-unicornhasher-494625

The controllers get a lot of bad reviews for reliability. It seems to be more stable running on a bit higher end hardware. There are simple guides for installing on windows/linux/pi all over.

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Quote from: stewmath on March 06, 2014, 08:30:45 AM

Is there any sellers in the UK i can buy from??

I can buy from aliexpress for around £157 a unit with free postage

Aliexpress? LOL Good luck!

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Quote from: miaviator on March 08, 2014, 12:36:28 PM

I don't recomend the wiibox or lightening asic controller. People have had much better luck using PC's or RPi's

Not sure why you can't just plug these into your current miners since they are running already 24/7 (I would hope)

Guide is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile

Not sure if you realise it but that's a link to my profile,not an actual guide.You should take a closer look at your links next time before posting.
Would adopt a Raspberry Pi except I don't know how to use one for this purpose so I thought one of those controllers would give me a better chance but I guess I'll have to look into buying one of those mini PCs instead (with Atom CPUs and run windows) so I can finally free up my MacBook Pro for other things and retire that noisy,hot GPU mining rig (old desktop)

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It's for the children!

I don't recomend the wiibox or lightening asic controller. People have had much better luck using PC's or RPi's

Not sure why you can't just plug these into your current miners since they are running already 24/7 (I would hope)

Guide is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile

EDIT: Guide is here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-gridseed-gc3355-5-chip-setuppowerwindowslinuxrpi-by-unicornhasher-494625

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Quote from: film2240 on March 08, 2014, 10:18:34 AM

I ordered one off eBay so I'll be looking forward to getting it.I have a question about that USB controller that people sometimes recommend for these.What does this controller actually do?Does this connect the ASIC directly to the internet without the need for me to run a computer 24/7 to run this?As I haven't seen a clear description of it's purpose anywhere online,not here,not eBay etc.

I would appreciate some clear guidance on this as I'm looking for a way to run 1 or a few in future independently from a computer,while still being able to manage and change settings remotely.

Thanks

I am in your postition somewhat as I own two of these and run them on a pc. In fact I can only get one to run on the pc not both.

In my case I have 5 pc's running gpus to mine various coins along with the gridseeds and some btc usb sticks.

I have 4 more gridseeds on order. this will bring me to 6 gridseeds 5 pc's 8 gpu's. I think I may need a controller

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I ordered one off eBay so I'll be looking forward to getting it.I have a question about that USB controller that people sometimes recommend for these.What does this controller actually do?Does this connect the ASIC directly to the internet without the need for me to run a computer 24/7 to run this?As I haven't seen a clear description of it's purpose anywhere online,not here,not eBay etc.

I would appreciate some clear guidance on this as I'm looking for a way to run 1 or a few in future independently from a computer,while still being able to manage and change settings remotely.

Thanks

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Quote from: stewmath on March 06, 2014, 08:30:45 AM

Is there any sellers in the UK i can buy from??

I can buy from aliexpress for around £157 a unit with free postage

Do they not scam you?, i guess its easy to fake feedback

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Is there any sellers in the UK i can buy from??

I can buy from aliexpress for around £157 a unit with free postage

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Does anyone know if theres any .eu importers with stock?

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Quote from: IchibahnSLC on March 05, 2014, 04:10:41 PM

Best place to buy a single unit in the US? And also if these work as well as advertised best place to sell my current rigs?

Probably go with zoomhash. His prices are actually pretty good considering importing is around $150 for 200+ units and worrying about customs and import tariffs

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Best place to buy a single unit in the US? And also if these work as well as advertised best place to sell my current rigs?

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Quote from: Zoomhash on February 24, 2014, 09:03:19 PM

City of Industry.

Any Update on the Business Address and hours like you promised?

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Quote from: noise23 on March 04, 2014, 11:38:40 AM

Quote from: RickJamesBTC on March 03, 2014, 01:34:00 PM

Gridseed is doing 300 khs at 50-60 watts these days. They claimed 10 watts, but none of the reviews show that low power use.

Even a $200 ($230 now) R9-270 will do 450khs at 150 watts. Hardly 10-20x the power.

Just checked, my 10 Gridseed units running at about 3500 khs total in scrypt only mode doing 70 watt on the wall. It's less than 7 watt per 300 khs.

10 Gridseed miners running between 3300-3500khs (varies due to the switching pool I'm using) pulling 100watts (thats 10 miners, 1 usb hub, 1 RasPi, and 2 PSUs) in total. I've also got the frequency set to 850, so I'm sure that pulls extra watts vs the 7watts/300khs on default 600.

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Quote from: RickJamesBTC on March 03, 2014, 01:34:00 PM

Gridseed is doing 300 khs at 50-60 watts these days. They claimed 10 watts, but none of the reviews show that low power use.

Even a $200 ($230 now) R9-270 will do 450khs at 150 watts. Hardly 10-20x the power.

Just checked, my 10 Gridseed units running at about 3500 khs total in scrypt only mode doing 70 watt on the wall. It's less than 7 watt per 300 khs.

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I can't speak for others but I bought these because they don't heat up my place. I've got a GPU rig which sucks 1200watts out of the wall and has been a good "heater" for my small apt. Unfortunately power is not cheap where I live so I thought the trade off of higher price for gridseeds was worth the:

1. Reduced power consumption
2. Reduced heat (especially in the crazy hot/humid spring/summer)
3. Reduced noise (once I gut the fans off since I'm scrypt only mining)

Each person makes up their own minds on what's right for them. Honestly I thought I'd toss out my GPU rig once I got my gridseeds, but after the instability of the controller and a burned out cheap PSU, I figured my GPU rig is sort of a fallback/insurance strategy...so I decided to keep it around a little longer. I was hoping to sell it off for about $1500 which I would count against the cost of my gridseeds...my GPU rig has already paid itself off and the proceeds from it allowed me to afford buying the gridseed miners...so all in all not bad and worth it in my opinion.

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Quote from: RickJamesBTC on March 03, 2014, 01:34:00 PM

Quote from: miaviator on March 03, 2014, 01:04:43 PM

Quote from: mazedk on March 03, 2014, 12:50:06 PM

Quote from: yahma on March 03, 2014, 12:41:43 PM

According to this review, the 5-chip Gridseed Miner pulls almost 60W mining Litecoin and only does around 350KH/s...

Is there something I am missing? Why are people spending $300 on this ASIC, when a ($110-150) Radeon 7850 has equivalent specs and about the same hashrate (ie 350-380 KH/s)??

Try reading their updated post about a fixed cpuminer.

Try reading the official guide: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-gridseed-gc3355-5-chip-setuppowerwindowslinuxrpi-by-unicornhasher-494625

325 kh/s at 10W is way better to host for heat and power than 250Kh/s @ 10-20x the power and heat.

Just because you changed your joke to a somewhat real hosting share program, don't start lying about stats.

Gridseed is doing 300 khs at 50-60 watts these days. They claimed 10 watts, but none of the reviews show that low power use.

Even a $200 ($230 now) R9-270 will do 450khs at 150 watts. Hardly 10-20x the power.

I think the benefit from a gridseed miner is that you can let it run, without the need of having a motherboard, a psu, ram, cpu, case ... what ever you need to host 4 or 6 of your R9-270, also not to mention that the gpus will get much hotter then those little miners ...

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