Mini Rig announcement by Butterfly Labs - 25gh/s - page 12.

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Quote from: BFL on April 07, 2012, 09:46:23 AM

Antirack, just to clarify... there are 18 cards in the unit as shipped. The illustration above shows 24 cards in order to demonstrate the arrangement.

doing the math i take the 25.2 Ghash/s (from BFL's website on the product page) divided by 18 cards gives 1,400 Ghash/s per card. something can't be right there.

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Quote from: Eveofwar on April 07, 2012, 12:40:54 AM

Why aren't you accepting Bitcoin as a valid payment method ?

Bitcoin has recently been added as a payment option for purchase of the Singles. We're currently working to add it as a payment method for the Mini Rig in the next several days.

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Quote from: Transisto on April 07, 2012, 10:00:39 AM

Is there any chance that these can be reconfigured to do something else than btc mining, can they at least be used for sha cracking ?

They say that it will be the same setup as a single so just as they advertise that for the single I imagine it will be the same case here. Although, I don't think they have release the software yet to use them for something other than mining.

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Another issue also initiated "BFL" about the same ...

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Heh I have 330 grams 24k GOLD bars laying around, which just about equals the price of this rig, I am thinking selling the GOLD and buying the mini rig.

Is anyone else looking to order one ?

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Is there any chance that these can be reconfigured to do something else than btc mining, can they at least be used for sha cracking ?

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Quote from: antirack on April 07, 2012, 06:53:00 AM

Quote from: Tinua on April 07, 2012, 06:40:59 AM

If i remember rightly, next gen. singles will be more expensive (think about $699)

If it's indeed 18 singles that deliver 25GH/s on the next gen "processor", I don't care. Saves me an additional $2715 compared to buying their Mini Rig.

18 x $699 = $12.582

If it's still 24 units that you need for 25GH/s, we are not THAT far away.

24 x $699 = $16.776

The difference of $1481 might just be worth the redundancy I'd get in return. And don't forget I could only buy a few units and upgrade when I have more cash. No need to fork out over $15k at once. And I don't need to send them money 12-15 weeks up front. I could just wait until the singles are in stock, which I assume will happen sooner or later.

Antirack, just to clarify... there are 18 cards in the unit as shipped. The illustration above shows 24 cards in order to demonstrate the arrangement. We may sell additional upgrade cards at some point but pricing and availability haven't been worked out as all production is being dedicated to the core Mini Rig product itself.

Regarding the future release of a Single based on these cards, that may happen eventually and the pricing would be different but this will not happen in the near or mid term as all of this production is dedicated to the Mini Rig platform.

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Quote from: Cablez on April 07, 2012, 08:17:59 AM

I really don't know if the singles will ever be 'In stock'. Grin

BFL what kind of power supply will this use? Can it be located in the chassis? It doesn't look like it, probably external. Sad

PSU will be included with the unit, and it will be inside the enclosure...

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I owe my soul to the Bitcoin code...

I really don't know if the singles will ever be 'In stock'. Grin

BFL what kind of power supply will this use? Can it be located in the chassis? It doesn't look like it, probably external. Sad

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Quote from: Tinua on April 07, 2012, 06:40:59 AM

If i remember rightly, next gen. singles will be more expensive (think about $699)

If it's indeed 18 singles that deliver 25GH/s on the next gen "processor", I don't care. Saves me an additional $2715 compared to buying their Mini Rig.

18 x $699 = $12.582

If it's still 24 units that you need for 25GH/s, we are not THAT far away.

24 x $699 = $16.776

The difference of $1481 might just be worth the redundancy I'd get in return. And don't forget I could only buy a few units and upgrade when I have more cash. No need to fork out over $15k at once. And I don't need to send them money 12-15 weeks up front. I could just wait until the singles are in stock, which I assume will happen sooner or later.

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If i remember rightly, next gen. singles will be more expensive (think about $699)

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Quote from: antirack on April 07, 2012, 04:23:42 AM

Quote from: BFL on April 06, 2012, 10:18:04 PM

The cards are identical to the Single's PCB, but they use next generation processors with a greater performance density and half the power consumption per unit of performance.

Quote from: BFL on April 06, 2012, 10:18:04 PM

Mini Rigs are custom built with a 12-15 week lead time.

I assume that these PCBs with the next generation "processor" will make their way into the 'next generation' rev singles once they are available (in 12-15 weeks). It wouldn't make sense otherwise. Having said that, I could just buy 24 next gen singles for $14,376 ($599x24) with the same performance and power consumption, couldn't I? Would save me $900.

Obviously, the downside would be 24 USB cables and a few USB hubs, but if an essential component (central controller?) breaks down on the Mini Rig I would have to send the whole thing back to you guys and wait for another 12-15 weeks to get a new one in worst case. While if one of my 24 singles breaks down, my 23 other ones keep doing their thing and produce Bitcoin on a daily basis.

Notice the wording - room for 24 - he didn't say 24. As I understand it will be 18 (since the not so well kept secret is out) Cheesy

Also - these are modular and could be run off USB if the central controller card went bad.

I am sure BFL will check the thread and confirm...

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Thanks for the update Sonny!

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Is there a non virtual mock up aka a real, working unit?

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Quote from: BFL on April 06, 2012, 10:18:04 PM

The cards are identical to the Single's PCB, but they use next generation processors with a greater performance density and half the power consumption per unit of performance.

Quote from: BFL on April 06, 2012, 10:18:04 PM

Mini Rigs are custom built with a 12-15 week lead time.

I assume that these PCBs with the next generation "processor" will make their way into the 'next generation' rev singles once they are available (in 12-15 weeks). It wouldn't make sense otherwise. Having said that, I could just buy 24 next gen singles for $14,376 ($599x24) with the same performance and power consumption, couldn't I? Would save me $900.

Obviously, the downside would be 24 USB cables and a few USB hubs, but if an essential component (central controller?) breaks down on the Mini Rig I would have to send the whole thing back to you guys and wait for another 12-15 weeks to get a new one in worst case. While if one of my 24 singles breaks down, my 23 other ones keep doing their thing and produce Bitcoin on a daily basis.

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Why aren't you accepting Bitcoin as a valid payment method ?

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How heavy is this beast?

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Live and enjoy experiments

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Quote from: gnar1ta$ on April 06, 2012, 11:41:12 PM

Is the warranty from delivery or purchase?

Delivery

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Is the warranty from delivery or purchase?

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