After buying a nice quantity of BCU1525 I decided to buy, try and review the new HashAltcoin F1 Blackminer. An FPGA minser based on Xilinx k7 325 chips.
I will write a full, detailed, rich of technical info and unbiased review.
i will also test the overclocking limits of this machine with air and also inside one of my immersion cooling boxes (yes I build and sell ready to use immersion cooling boxes for fpgas)
I have absolutely no connection with the HashAltminer company. Hopeully this review will be of help to the comunity.
I will post this review on my -almost ready- FPGA tech blog. They also accepted to be interviewed by me. The full interview will be posted on my blog in a few days.
* if you like my review I would appreciate a +1 merit *
You can find my first review here. I tested 2 coins for now: https://youtu.be/_Idrf6gXm-s
- 28 September 2018 -
I got in contact with Kesen through their Discord channel, which guided me to place the order.
He has always replied quickly to all of my questions. This is a big plus considering that when I tried to deal with the Baikal customer service it was an hell of a nightmare! Usually it's not easy to contact and get support from the Chinese sellers. I have to say that this time I have been pisitively impressed. I asked what kind of payments they could accept. The only accepted payment at the moment is BTC. Once sent the BTC he asked me for my full address. DHL shipping is included in the price. And this another plus from my point of view.
He promised to ship ASAP. Let's see what ASAP means. Will keep you updated.
- 29 September 2018 -
Kesen contacted me and sent me the tracking number. I was really not expecting to see my package shipped after only 24 hours. So far so good! DHL tracking ---> http://prntscr.com/l0am1q
- 02 October 2018 -
The F1 Blackminer is arrived! DHL delivered it 2 days before the esitimated delivery date! DHL for eva
Here are some photos. I will start my tech review tomorrow morning (evening here now)
- 05 October 2018 -
I did a first review. Tested 2 coins. 0xBTC and Bismuth
https://youtu.be/_Idrf6gXm-s
- 08 October 2018 -
I took apart the F1 Blackminer. Video review!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzzND6LbC0M
