Topic: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer C1 Setup [HD] - page 4. (Read 28885 times)

So I got my C1 in this afternoon,everythingis together no leaks Thanks for the guide. The instruction that came with the cooling kit (and the wiring harness) state to plug it into the boards PCI-e slot... what the hell? I see you are showing opening up the miner and pluggins it into the fan control on the hashing board.

Can you explain why you chose to power it there? wouldnt that regualate the pump and fan speed dependant upon temp?
I am confused....
Well I cut the pci-e connector off the harness they sent and pigtailed it into the pci-e from the powersupply as I am pretty emphatic about connecting alll 8 pcie connectors I am using a 1300w evga supernova G2 the funny thing about this one is there are 6 pice leads and 2 of them have a double connector kind of like the lepa 850 i use on S3+ unit ----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie) so heres what i got connected

PSU
|-----------(pcie)  Board 1
|-----------(pcie)  Board 1
|-----------(pcie)  Board 2
|-----------(pcie)  Board 2
|-----------(pcie)----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie)  Board 3
|-----------(pcie)----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie) Board 4

I am a little confuse about this PSU cable setup they advertised 8 x pcie 6+2 but when i get it there are only 6 plugins on the psu the last 2 those double cable
As note did ordere a lepa 850w for a s3+ last week and its got the same cables and they advertise 4x pcie but only has 2 connectors on the psu for these double cables errr these damn PSU companies

So 2 questions #1 the water system powering?
#2 whats up with this damn psu and are these double cables okay?

One pump costs 10x more than the other, at least. The point being you could buy 5 SysCooling pumps (4 as spare) and still save half your money.

Hi Dogie!

So I got my Swiftec pump today and... all I have to say is...

Yeah Baby!! 

Man, this thing has serious balls and works like a charm... except it cost me around C$200 to get it delivered to my door...

I'll pay that any day though, I am more pleased with my pump purchase than my C1 purchase to be honest.

Now, why wouldn't Bitmain want to keep its good name by associating with Swiftec instead of SysCooling?

Idiots ask for cheap shit I guess, or Bitmain is just that dumb of a company; no other explanation.

I am hooked on liquid cooled miners now... kinda like when I went from fan cooled sled to a liquid cooled triple...

Kinda funny to re-live that experience through computing. 

That said, thanks Dogie, you guide helped a lot but you SHOULD steer your viewers towards Swiftec rather than SysCooling.

No one should associate with garbage... pay more, you greedy fucks and get peace of mind 

Really, Bitmain should be ashamed and SysCooling should seize business... seriously.

The C1 was my dumbest investment of 2014... but probably the coolest 

What about wireless? It's really cumbersome to drill holes for a neat looking ethernet cable...

I don't typically include overclocking as it varies unit to unit, voids your warranty and for 95% of users isn't applicable. I haven't seen much OCing data for the C1 but to be honest I don't expect there to be a huge amount of headroom. Hardware wise its not dissimilar to S3s which max out at 480-510, and we're already at 505x2.

S5 is soon^TM

Alright, great. Anything on overclocking yet? I did see a field for that but have no idea what voltage to select. Also, where' s the SSH?

Also, any guides about the S5?

100%, yes. If you want something similar but without watercooling, pick up an S3 or S5.


Discards are entirely normal and shouldn't really be displayed at all as they're meaningless in regards to mining performance. Think of it as someone counting how many times you close your front door on the way to work, in a work performance report.

Great work on the guide! I gave up on the gibberish instructions with the kit. I am noticing a massive amount of "discarded" shares...

http://i.imgur.com/BZ35Ne0.png

Is this normal?

Is the cooling kit necessary?

I think that's syscooling's requirement, I'll have a look. I took one apart and its as expected. Big dry coil and separate wet impeller.

Hey Dogie...

So I got my C1 & Kit yesterday and as I had predicted, the pump is DOA lol 

I should have tested it before filling it with fluid, I lost a bit of that precious liquid.

Everything else is bang on though; too bad I didn't get my Swiftec pump yet, hopefully today

Not only that, Bitmain wants me to send a video showing the pump NOT working...

Watch me send them an Asian porn video starring me... come on, for a $20 pump?  Are people really this fucking cheap?

Gimmie a break, unreal their stupidity, if piss poor customer service was an award, they would win hands down.

Making eBay support look brilliant...

Maybe for the average Joe Miner but I run a fucking company and expect my partners to be as sharp as me; that ain't Bitmain.

Maybe I'll start selling my own custom made C1 cooling kits... one with a working pump; make a killing.

Well, the SysCooling pump will work for a single pen holder or a dab tool holder; expensive one-use paperweight.

Hey, hey check this out, I woke up this morning and got a message from SysCooling...

It's all I think about when I get up...

[2:20:22 AM] *****gna: hello
[2:20:25 AM] *****gna: what can i do for you
[6:38:39 AM] Gigas Gaming Inc.: Make me a coffee...

I just read that again, I didn't even remember typing that... long night, short morning lol

Now, time for a big fat dab.

Peace...

PS: Anyone tried taking apart those pumps?

.... You do have watercooling on right? Those temperatures are not right, stop mining.

Hi,

Please advice if this is alright in terms of temperature? I don't want to stress my C1

http://puu.sh/dwCPP/5fced7a60b.png (the one on the left, the AC is pointing at it while the second one is about a meter away from the AC)

my 2x C1 miners are hashing 800GH/s consistently...........


Thanks!

Have to remember that Bitmain typically sells on a scale of # units no one else comes close to in the current market, and so 1-5% of sales is a significant number of people / posts.

LOL - You're absolutely right, great idea

That's a gem of a statement.

I'm still gonna get Swiftec pumps, one at first to try them and compare but I'll overbuy SysCooling kits.

It's true, even $60 is a good bargain for tricore rads in the US.

Plus I can always put the SysCooling pumps for sale on eBay auctions, it might cover a part of the cost of the Swiftec ones 

If they do in fact, outclass them. 

All I see is horror stories right, no one comes on to complain about the good stuff.... 

If I were you, I'd just buy two C1 cooling kits. For $50 you have an exact replica backup set of watercooling. Those 360mm radiators cost $60 in the US anyway!

Much Thanks dogie

I was looking at a Swiftec pump kit, to at least, serve as replacement; it's slightly faster but with nearly twice the recommended head pressure.

Plus I read Swiftec makes a much more reliable pump and has better service than SysCooling.

Or I could even use the SysCooling pumps as backups, we'll see what happens if I bite the bullet and invest in a reliable pump.

If worse comes to worse, I can always put on stronger fans but those 28Nm from Bitmain are really cool to begin with.

At least now with your help (and others of course), I know where I'm heading and got a good plan of attack.

PS: I ordered a few bottles of IceDragon coolant... yes, it's shockingly expensive but the makers also claims you never need to replace it under normal use.  Every time I invested in NanoTech products, the purchase exceeded my expectations; we'll see what happens, I'll update once I got a few C1's up and running.  Right now, just re-writing my mining plan for adaptation to water cooling.

Not easily, unfortunately.  Are you needing to snake a firewall?

It is the syscooling / Bitmain kit. You can go as far above it as you want, but you'll just be wasting electricity and costing more with an expensive pump. Pair of PSUs is fine, just don't plug two into one PCB.

Few other questions if I may...  

Is the cooling kit stated in OP a step above from what Bitmain offers?

I keep reading horror stories of epic proportions, about those SysCooling pumps failing left right and center.

Definitely something I want to avoid, being the low-quality hatin' bastard that I am.

There's a limit though...

I priced a custom kit and went up to near U$300... not really feasible on a per unit basis.

If I could get away with buying the cheaper kit, which is economical and then buying a more expensive pump, I'm still a step ahead.

However, I need to get a reasonable expectation of the quality of the rad/fan, fittings and brackets of said "upgraded cooling kit"...

Obviously I don't want to spend time buying and replacing pumps and/or rads; so, advice is greatly appreciated.

Plus, when BitmainTech says 3.0M Head Pressure and 450L/h flow, how far above that can I go?

Surely there's an overkill at some point, I'd like to know what the OK point is  

Edit: Is it ok to use a pair of 650w PSU's?  I guess one could power each card independently... however, I'm not 100% on that.