Topic: I will be reviewing a new server psu+ breakout board. Results and photos (Read 3823 times)

bumped and locked.  these will all be next to each other and easy to find.  they will drop off the front page pretty fast.

   Yeah I was not sure about the shipping ,but with free shipping and paypal  payments available the HP is really good for more then one application of miner.

It did more then 850 watts with a 120volt power source.

 It did 700 watts quietly (relative say 53db and not  a vicious sounding pitch).

Thanks, we think so too!  All our prices include shipping too so there aren't any hidden costs what you see is our bottom line price.

Now  as a reminder I was given my kits to run the review so my cost was 0.00  for the dell the hp the intel.
I sold off the dell and the hp to go with 2 sp20e's.
I kept the Intel and order more wires for it since I gave the test wires with the sale.


Having had both of these kits in my home and 20 or 30 other psu's in my home.

The intel kit is better quality and is more efficient.  The better Quality is at a higher price.


The hp kit at 55 bucks is a screaming good deal,  I was able to get it to do over 850 watts on a 120 volt line. I do not of any better psu for this price point and wattage.

If you run it on 120 volt and draw 700 watts (think s-5)  it won't be very loud and  it is  a really nice psu .
It can also run an under clocked sp20 very well.

The kit has:

4   pcie cables
1   psu
1   breakout board
1   14 gauge power cord

At pete's price point of 54.76 for a kit it is a good deal

http://www.gigampz.com/store/p12/Gigampz_Server_Grade_850_%2F_1000_Watt_Power_Supply_Kit.html

I sent a pm about the plat intel kit.

The 1200 Watt 80Plus Platinum kit is up on our site.  Price is $147.35 including shipping.  We also have a kit option for the 850 / 1000 Watt for $54.76 including shipping.

http://www.gigampz.com/

Questions / comment / feedback is always welcome.  Thanks!

-Pete

Nice to hear.  They are very nice for running a sp20 at about 1250gh.

Looking forward to it, thanks.

Hey guys sorry I haven't been paying attention to the forums for the past couple days.  Thanks philipma1957 for the awesome through review.  We have 100 of the platinum PSUs in stock we are working on final pricing and adding them to the gigampz.com store now they should be up some time tomorrow.  I'll post here again when sales start.

I do like the plat psu from intel.  I placed an order today for a set of cables.

15.99 and paid with paypal.

The bronze dell------I packed with a 4 cable set and included it with an sp20
The gold hp----------I packed with a 4 cable set and included it with an sp20e



the plat intel I Kept and ordered a set of  cables for it.


http://www.gigampz.com/store/p7/6-Pin_PCIe_to_Bare_Wire_Cable%2C_24_Inches_%284-pack%29.html


getting a nice plat psu that will run my last sp20e.

Pete from gigampz.com has not posted prices or sales links.

The plat intel is  a very nice unit.

I went to his site he has the hps in stock


http://www.gigampz.com/store/p1/Gigampz_for_DPS-800GBA.html   the hp break out board 39.99

http://www.gigampz.com/store/p6/Refurbished_DPS-800GBA_850%2F1000_Watt_Power_Supply.html  the hp psu 24.99

http://www.gigampz.com/store/p7/6-Pin_PCIe_to_Bare_Wire_Cable%2C_24_Inches_%284-pack%29.html pcie 4 wire pack 15.99


I would love to get the plats.

One thing the hps is decent  tested well went way over 850 watt rating   for 120 volt.

The hp is like a gold looks like 80 bucks for the 3 parts.  He must be away as I don't see any info or pm's from him..  I am going to find his email and shoot him an email tonight on the plats.

Impressive review once again.

Do you happen to have prices for what the kits go for?

All results in. Please   see first post


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985163.0;all

I posted 2 sets of results in the first post

now it is just the psu.  It matches closer to the sp20 then the avalon 4.1

Since I know you had a lot of miners.
Could you tell me if the intel is louder than a SP20 or more like a Avalon4.1?

That will give me a idea.

Thanks

the intel is not that loud the dell and hp are pretty loud.  but actually the intel he shipped to me is the first server psu I would consider using  in my home.

Down the road after all my testing I will keep it and use it.

It is pretty quiet and  it does do plat numbers.

Ok so smaller and a lot cheaper but louder.
Good for server room or not in livingroom miner. 

doing the new rasp pi  for the avalon 4.1's will be for later in the week.

 remote logging and wi fi  are both possible in theory.  but that is a future review.



Hey pete what is the link for the intel server psu and the breakout board with some pcie cords.  they are a very nice kit!

Yes it is within specs. of a platinum rating.  Thanks for doing this.... next up is the setup of the pi as a controller and how to log into it from away.
If you are up to it that is. 

I don't have 240 volt setup in house to do one of those psu's
I also think you really need that breakout board.

I will say this intel 1000/120 1200/240 server unit is really nice.

I am waiting for pete to post a link for a kit with the breakout board the psu and some pcie wires.

It appears to be perfect psu for the sp20e . This one is the platinum rated one. and at the numbers it is doing it appears to be a platinum psu.

it gives me 775 watts at 120 volts -----------------------------------

my  1200 watt plat seasonic gives me  758 watts  at 120 volts--  this is under .4 kwatts a day or at 10 cents it is 4 cents a day difference in power.

 the sp20e is doing 1327 gh  and 758 watts = 0.571213  watts a gh with the platinum 1200 watts seasonic

and intel was doing 1348  and 775 watts      = 0.574925  watts a gh with the platinum 1000-1200 watts server intel.

Based on this testing I recommend the intel server psu and break out board if the price is good. it will push a sp20e to 1350gh very easy and give nice  watts per gh basically = to the watts per gh the seasonic 1200 plat does.    plus it is queiter then the hp 850 was.


 

Thank you philipma1957 for this great review.

I hope you make a review for 2880 server PSU, with some guide on how to soldering the PCI to the PSU with out the need for breakout board if this available.

Thank you.

not sure he  gave me zero info on pricing just shipped me the gear.

Straight up if he is selling the intel model in the photo does 1000 watts at 120 volts and 1200 watts at 240 volt.  it is very good.

I would recommend it  as a buy if it was cheap.  It appears to do gold or plat numbers and it is quiet.
 

This will be the psu


http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/INTEL%20CORPORATION_DPS-1200TB%20A_1200W_SO-379_Report.pdf


Gigampz platinum kit...  will include the psu and a new breakout board. run 2 sp20

the intel is 1000 watt 120 volts 1200 watts 240 volts

His website isn't showing platinum pkg. let alone other server psu's.  Is this available just through the forums?   

the intel is far better then the hp

it is 1000 watts at 120 volts and 1200 watts at 240 volts

pretty quiet .

I have it hooked up to 1 sp20e and I am getting better results sound wise and watts per gh then the hp

I am a bit busy but I want to show this better over the next 2 days and I will.

This intel server psu and break outboard appear to work better then the hp psu and  breakout board

well one of these hp's with  120 volt will run a sp20e   at 1343 gh and use 835 watts

an evga 1300 g2 will run  a sp20e at 801 watts

If you are lucky you can get the evga at  150 usd .

The server is cheaper and smaller.

Pete should chime in from gigampz.com let us know the price for 1 hp dps-800gb a and 1 break out board  along with 4 pcie wires  as it is his kit I am testing.

Now the cost of .8 kwatts a day comes to 300 kwatts a year that is 30 dollars a year running a sp20e .  At 120 volts.

I don't have 240 volt but I can do some testing with high quality  transformers they  will allow for higher volts  to the psu and give me a good idea of what the watt improvement is at  240 volt.

I just hooked the hp server to a variac that maxes at 140 volts and can do 10 amps.   so the psu is now on 140 volt power not 120 volt power.

it was using 835 watts at 120 volts at 140 volts watts drop to   827.

I am looking for my 240 volt variac.  Sold the 240 watt variac 2 months ago just remembered.

Well so much for 240 volt testing.

I just hooked up the intel 1000 watts at 120 volts and 1200 watts at 240 volts.

Quiet it is using 120 volts.

Mines quite loud, louder than every other heatsink I have (ignoring SP30/35 ones).

Does running miner on server psu is better?

Except the difference in noise what is the purpose of using server psu? Price?

Im curious cause Im wondering if I shoud switch to serverpsu.

Let me know! 

the plat evga p2 1600 uses 739 watts the hp 1000 watt server used  809 watts.   

this was on a 20 amp 120 volt circuit only 1  socket on the line and 10 gauge 20 amp about 3 or 4 feet from the breaker.

I need to check this as 739 vs 809 is a lot it is about 70 x 24 = 1.68 kwatts a day or at my rates of 13 cents 21.8 cents a day more money.



now I switched it out with a evga 1300 g2 running a sp20e  I was using 801 watts running the evga it is using 835 watts running the hp  now that is 34 x 24 =  that is .816 kwatts a day extra or 10.61 cents a day

Another nice addition you did.  Will be interesting to see.  Would love to see it beat the plat. psu.  But I'm guessing in gold range.

Almost, but not quite.   I'm using this bad boy to power an SP20E right now, but intend to find a more suitable job for it eventually.

Numero uno... One bad motha

I should note that I would never have purchased that PSU, I got it in a trade for 3 GPUs. If I had a need for a mining PSU I'd 100% go with a server PSU.

Late going to watch Jimmy Fallon with the wife.

I will meter it and the evga's on sat

I am glad Philipma1957 is doing more types of reviews around here. I like all the pictures and can not wait to hear your review once it is done. I am most curious about the sound levels with these PSU.

You're playing with the finest power supplies in existence, nobody makes them better than Delta. I know you'll love them, their build quality trounces anything available to consumers in the ATX form factor. Delta are what every PSU manufacturer aspires to be. I imagine the only downside you'll find is the noise.

Looking forward to actually reading your thoughts instead of predicting them!

Edit: Looks like the Dell isn't manufactured by Delta?

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@ prelude you can post now.

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Fast thoughts  not crazy loud maybe the 2 small fans help lower the noise.

at 804 watt and 1466 gh the pair of avalons   are giving me .5484  watts per gh.

The unit is not warm  so it  can do a lot more.

I will hook my evga 1600 p2   platinum  up to this tomorrow to compare efficiency

I consider the psu below to be the  best consumer psu ever made  even better then the CORSAIR AX1500i !!

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Supernova-Platinum-1600-Watt-220-P2-1600-X1/dp/B00NJG61JQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426303969&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+1600+p2


http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-SuperNOVA-220-P2-1600-X1-1600W-ATX12V-EPS12V-SLI-Ready-80-PLUS-Platinum-C-/381043283807?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438037&cm_re=evga_1600_p2-_-17-438-037-_-Product

this 1000 watt psu is using 804 watts on this pair of avalon's   and getting 1466gh




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I wanted to attach 8 pcie cables the breakout board has 6 post and 6 neg.  So I ran 4x 14 gauge from the positive to a bus bar and attached the 8 pos pcie cables



repeated this on the negative  side


 A close up on this psu reveals 850 watt rating  for 120 volt and 1000 watt rating for 240 volt
I am plugged into a 120 volt outlet.  It is a  2 plug outlet  20 amp circuit breaker about 3 feet from the main circuit panel the wires used were 10 gauge.
So I most likely am better then the normal 120 volt rating on this setup.


A close up of the breakout board
 

the dell is 750 watt

the intel is 1000 watt

the hp has 6 screw spots for + and 6 for -


I did a breakout for the break out from ground bars




here it is running

this is the 1000 watt hp 94% plat server psu


close up shot

a dell and an intel

close up of the hp


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   So the Intel Plat is a plat does an easy 1000 watts close to a perfect match power wise to the 349 usd evga 1600p2 at the 1000 watt level.
   The breakout board is nice.
   This demo will be a keeper for me.

 The Hp I will rate it gold is also a nice psu the breakout board has smaller screw connectors so I made up my busbar setup in the photos

The Dell is a classic piece of gear did not get to the 900 watt level but did go over 800 watts.  I turned the fan down a bit.   Low cost bronze power rating.

The break out board was nice with larger terminals.


Hoping for some prices here from pete and gigampz.com  The plat package would be very good for some miners at the right price.




The gear came in 3 psu's 3 breakout boards.

well packed double boxed

bubble wrap and peanuts.

Here is my guide line result for this testing an evga 1600 watt p2 platinum on a 120 volt 20 amp close to the circuit panel 10 gauge dedicated socket.
All tests will use this socket and will use 2 avalon 4's a silver model and a black model 1 rasp pi model b and a fan.

Plat Evga 1600 p2 comparsion




Gold evga 1300 g2  comparison




This will be the psu


http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/INTEL%20CORPORATION_DPS-1200TB%20A_1200W_SO-379_Report.pdf


Gigampz platinum kit...  will include the psu and a new breakout board. run 2 sp20 under clock or 1 at 1350gh

Here are results for the Intel psu. The intel is very close in power use to the high end evga 1600 watt p2 model if you run it at 800 watts it is pretty quiet so it could stand alone with 1 sp20e at about 1300- 1350 gh speed.



the intel is 1000 watt plat at 120 volt and 1200 watt plat at 240 volt



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hp to follow



close up of the hp  .  The hp is rated 850 watts at 120 and 1000 watts at 240.  My 120 volt results are good due to the dedicated socket 2 feet from circuit panel.



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Next up is the dell later today.

the dell is 750 watt




I will compare it using the evga 1600 p2  a 1600 watt psu plat psu run  avalon 4.1

I will compare it using the evga 1300 g2 a 1300 watt gold psu run 2      avalon 4.1

I will compare it using the seasonic 1200 watt psu plat rating run 2        avalon 4.1



I will do all test with my avalon 4.1

measure with 2 different meters

the plug will be 120volt  

   from Pete from Gigampz.

 I am self modding thread. I do not mind different opinions but I have had more then one thread loaded so I self mod.

Right now I don't have pricing info, but I hope for pete to fill it in.


I ran the 1000 watt HP over night and it is at 809 watts a little warm to the touch Not an issue.

809/1465 =.5522 watts a gh

It is 55-57 db at 3 feet  high pitch not suitable to be in the same room but in no way nasty like an s-5 sounding fan.
I am using it with the pair of avalon 4.1's  do they don't add noise as they are under 45db.

The evga 1600 p2 with the same 2 avalon's is at 48 db and it is a nicer pitch.  

One of these would pair well with an sp20e set at 1300 gh. I will do that later today. I am now going to switch the hp with my evga 1600 p2 and give  db reading and watt reading.