I'm with you, I'm not asking to use splitter cables and I'm trying to avoid it, but what I did say is, from what I can tell, the people who make the server PSUs and breakout boards are sold out (this was my first option) and its going to be a huge pain to wire my house for 220, so I'm looking to use standard 110 PC PSUs.
It sounds like what you're saying is to go with the 8 PCIe port PSU and only use the two direct ports on my CX750 and no splitters. I'm still concerned though that when the RM1000 comes it will only have 4 ports and 4 sets of splitter cables. Is that the case, or will it actually come with 8 ports?
Thanks,
Hello,
I'm sorry if this is buried in the 300+ pages of the S7 page, search wasn't very helpful. Trying to power an S7 without having to wire my home with 220. Since the Gekko people are sold out for now, I'm considering using my existing PSU and buying a second one.
I see from Dogie's review that I need 10 PCIE ports. I currently have a CX750M which claims to have 4x ports, but really has 2 ports and 2 splitter cables. So, should I go with something that has 6 ports, like the AX760 or something with 8 ports like the RM1000? How do I know these PSU's actually have the number of ports they claim to have, vs half and splitter cables? Is there just a better single PSU I should just buy for a similar cost?
Thanks!
Mark
I would not use "splitter cables". Chances are unless you bought them on the forum here and know gauge of wire it's to cheap.
Also don't cheap out on PSU's it's a investment to keep your miner going. Also it lasts multiple generations of miners. Best thing is to have one with enough PCIe, I would not look into splitters. Instead look at server PSU's and breakout board. Or even antminer PSU if you have a 220/240.
You need 1200W to power the S7 (Well, 1210 from their specs page or 1160 if you have the 4.66Th version at 575Mhz). The CM750 does not have enough PCIe connectors to power one of the boards as you need 3 per board +1 for the controller. I use 3 HX850's to power my S7, 1 per board with the controller on the last one. But I plan on getting the 4.66Th S7 if I can scrounge up the btc to get it before it sells out. Then I will simply power 2 boards with 1 HX850 using 6 PCIe cables and the other board+controller using another HX850 with 4 cables.
At most your CX750 can power just the controller board since you shouldn't mix and match power to the boards using more than 1 PSU. 1 PSU per board is fine, 1 PSU for 2 boards is fine, but 2 PSU for 1 board should never be done.
The RM1000 should have 8 PCIe cables, so you can power 2 boards + controller with the device, but you still need another PSU that has 3 PCIe cables to power the third board.
Even at my reseller cost... Thats seems exaggerated to me 
