Just came in like 20 min ago 4/5/2017! Review is incoming very soon! Here is a few pics to wet the whistle
4/5/17
At first glance it looks pretty decent. A little big basically 4U at 6.5 Inches tall. If you pop the cover off be careful because the edges are sharp and will cut the hell out of you. Kind of like the old days with those atx cases you would leave your DNA in all the time. After it running for 6 hours its doing 230mhs out of the box on ETH at 1180 Watts. Seems quieter even though it is about 70db at a meter away. Its more of a deep hum instead of a high pitch squeal like the B1.
It's well packaged like usual. Open it up and everything is secure. I wish it had 4 fans on each side but it might be enough. It boots up like a champ, you might have an issue with HDMI connection, I had to use HDMI to DVI plug on my monitor to see it in POST mode so I could go in and change the power setting. Once in desktop its in ENGLISH! That's a damn good start considering the pain of trying to load it on the B1. you can modify the pool and wallet and it will mine like a champ. I recommend Claymores 9 because it don't take 93 years now to load cards. It has Teamviewer loaded already withe the code on the side. Change your PW. I personally like VNC so I uninstall it and use VNC.
It's a pretty decent box and a pretty good price if you are fortunate to be able to get one. I think the big farms are buying them as soon as they come available.
Eliovp is working on some roms so we will test that as well. All in all, pretty happy with it.
It's basic, does exactly what it says and honestly better than the B1.
4/7/17
*** WARNING ***
The shipped bios on the first shipment of pandas to me and heliox seem unstable. Out of 20 i was getting about 5-7 crash within hours of being turned on. With heliox bios they have been running for 24 hours no crashes. I think panda is coming out with a release or they already addressed it and new ones have it. They will send it to me and I will post it on this review for a link to download. Sorry can not post heliox bios as that is his and he is not free
*** UPDATE ***
They sent me a new bios right away and I am testing it to make sure it is more stable. Then I will post it.
Confirmed it's a little better rom here is the link it is zipped with the rom and instructions direct from panda in them. There is no virus attached but if you don't trust me then don't download it.
http://zeus.iron-vault.com/bct/pandab3bios.zipTON O PANDAS
I'll have some fun tonight!
OPEN BOX
Well packaged as usual
COVER OFF
CARD
Basic card with 1 HDMI port
RX470 4G
FAN
fans seem adequate I will put my velometer on it tomorrow
BOARD
Looks basic and solid with 8 full slots the cards fit very snug and dont move.
DIMENSIONS
INSIDE (Between the fans) DIMENSIONS
BIRDSEYE VIEW NO CARDS
name says it all
Memory & Hard Drive
Motherboard Back
Case No MB
Video Card Front
Video Card Back
PANDA Broken APART
Panda in pieces. I'll take board completely out tomorrow.
REAL FREAKIN BUMMER
DAMN sucks we cant put a full size card in it
SORRY SO DIRTY BUT GETTING THEM UP IN A HURRY
My setup, I plan on putting 4 per shelf but i was busy getting as many as I could up and running
