Question on PCI-E USB Powered Risers VER # - page 3.

xxcsu

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Im using VER003 (green PCB) and VER006 (black PCB) for all my builds .

VER003 arrived with 24 inch blue USB cable
VER006 with 20 inch black USB cable

VER003 have a M193 G1084-33 voltage regulator
VER006 have a FS1084 voltage regulator

Both regulators have On-chip thermal shutdown protection( provides protection against any combination of overload and ambient temperature that would create excessive junction temperature )

In the past few months i had to replace only one riser ( VER 006 ) , i had no time to check what was the problem , maybe just a USB cable .

navydude

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Are you buying 2.0 or 3.0 usb cables for replacement?

MarkAz

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I've run just about every riser version out there, and beyond the color of the PCB and the PCI slot locking connector, I've found that they all perform almost exactly the same. The v3 you show there has that tantalizing 6-Pin PCIe though-hole on it, but PCIe doesn't provide 5v so it would never have worked anyway - so while they've made tweaks like that, nothing else seems to have changed to me.

Personally I like the black ones, but only because I like the way they look... And I also would highly recommend buying different cables - while the boards have worked flawlessly for me, the cables have proven to be unreliable.

robertkedves

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You could buy the VER003 just to be sure, and maybe a couple of VER005s to test them.

I have VER003 and they are working excellent.

About VER005 what the producers are saying:
- high quality (what it means?)
- safer, more efficient and more practical (if is increasing the hashpowers is incredible, but i doubt it)
- graphic cards are more stable on power supply security (never had any problems with the older version)
- etc.

Let me know if you bought the ver005 .

Good luck,

Za1n

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I am looking at making a purchase of a dozen or so of these, and noticed they seem to have different versions as shown in the images below. My question is does this VER # have any difference on quality, as in VER 005 is later and perhaps better (or worse) than VER 003?

Looking at the USB Risers I currently have, most are the Ver 003, with even a few are Ver 002. I have one or two of each, out of dozens that are bad, so I am interested if anyone has any experience with this. Obviously looking to find the best quality ones I can get. The price seems to be mainly differentiate between the USB cable lengths more than the version of the board, so just looking for something I can key off of while making my selection.

Thanks!

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