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Topic: life usage of antminer s1? (Read 1432 times)

legendary
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April 05, 2016, 06:44:22 AM
#10
S1 and S3 were the best built antminers. Starting with S5, Bitmain went cheap, S7 are made even cheaper and crappier. You can bet your a$$, S9 will be even more craptastic, in terms of build quality. It won't last a year, but you won't be running it in a year anyway.
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April 05, 2016, 03:25:48 AM
#9
what is using life of antminer s1?
If you have free power and a really low hardware price you can keep using it... otherwhise i recommend you don't even try it... It will be a completely waste of money and time
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March 25, 2016, 02:47:59 PM
#8
I am still using 4x AntMiner S1 that are now under-volted. They each pull about 1.35A at the wall with a Gold rated PSU. I get roughly 130GH/s at this power usage, so not quite 1 W/GH, but close to it.

In any event, I would definitely keep your S1 units around even if you decide to turn them off. There is a community project going found at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/community-miner-design-discussion-1368507 led by some experienced folks, namely sidehack and a few others. They are working on replacement boards for the S1 chassis based on the upcoming 16nm BitFury chips.

i actually just picked up 5 that a guy was selling on fleabay. gotta make sure i have enough to retro when the new chips come out.
legendary
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March 25, 2016, 11:48:33 AM
#7
As a toy you can play with it as long as you want. As money making mashing the story is RIP
hero member
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March 24, 2016, 08:48:19 PM
#6
I am still using 4x AntMiner S1 that are now under-volted. They each pull about 1.35A at the wall with a Gold rated PSU. I get roughly 130GH/s at this power usage, so not quite 1 W/GH, but close to it.

In any event, I would definitely keep your S1 units around even if you decide to turn them off. There is a community project going found at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/community-miner-design-discussion-1368507 led by some experienced folks, namely sidehack and a few others. They are working on replacement boards for the S1 chassis based on the upcoming 16nm BitFury chips.
legendary
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March 03, 2016, 05:42:29 PM
#5
My antminer worked for 2 years before last year my electrical costs forced me to put it in my closet.
I tried it just a few weeks ago, and it still runs incredibly well. S1s are built like tanks and they're unstoppable even if you overclock them. Best product bitmain ever built. S7s cannot compare to the durability of the s1.
legendary
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March 03, 2016, 04:04:52 PM
#4
You will throw it away before it dies on you most likely.
legendary
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March 02, 2016, 09:55:15 PM
#3
If one had a stream/waterfall on their land.. Free powerz!
legendary
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March 02, 2016, 09:45:22 PM
#2
what is using life of antminer s1?
i am assuming you mean it hashes

It could last for five years based on the fact it works 24/7 and has caps.

If under clocked I think it could hash up to ten years

Now it only earns money if power is cheap but it will hash.
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March 02, 2016, 09:31:57 PM
#1
what is using life of antminer s1?
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