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Topic: [Review 1] A Spondoolies-Tech Sp20 in Italy (Read 6170 times)

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February 10, 2015, 05:01:39 PM
#28
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February 10, 2015, 03:20:01 PM
#27
Why didn't you try something more:

1029 Ghs @

T front/back: 20 /44
Start volt /max volt: 0.32/0.625
Max watt: 150
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February 09, 2015, 07:51:30 PM
#26
some of my test:

Mining Rate: 855.96Ghs
Temp Front / Back T,B    15 °C / 31,30 °C
Fan Speed    50
Start Voltage    0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6
Max Voltage    0.61
Wall wattage 425

Mining Rate: 770.07Ghs
Temp Front / Back T,B    14 °C / 29,28 °C
Fan Speed    40
Start Voltage    0.58 / 0.58 / 0.58 / 0.58
Max Voltage    0.6
Wall wattage 380


125w for each connector is more than fine!

thou i would do my best to push the miner to the max to recuperate the money invested....
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February 09, 2015, 07:24:50 PM
#25
Hello would it be possible in your opinion to drive 2x SP20 with a 1200 gold PSU (100A)

In detail at 1000 GH and 500w each => circa 125watt per connector (1000watt/8)

1000watt over the 12volt rail equals to 1000watt/12v = 84 A < 100 A


what about it?

too much 125  watt for each 6 pin pci connector?
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nec sine labore
December 21, 2014, 09:38:06 AM
#24
So if I can't go faster, let's try to go cheaper Smiley

I've attached my unit to a Cooler Master V1000 PSU, 80+ gold and around 91% efficient at this load and I've limited chip voltages to 0.665 volts, without touching max watts per board, as per Spoondolies Tech recommendations.



And here what I can get, 1305 GH at 700 W, fan slowed down to 40% and chips nicely warm (intake at 22 because I'm back inside my mom's garage).





I'll leave it hashing at 0.536 J/GH for the time being, or at least until after Christmas time.

spiccioli
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nec sine labore
December 21, 2014, 09:21:15 AM
#23
Yesterday I made a couple more tests after running it for a week at 1.5 Th and 1000W during the paycoin frenzy Smiley






First of all I did try to push it to the maximum, having a 1600 W PSU I though I could go higher than 1.7 Th, but alas I could not.

Intake temperature as reported by miner's interface is higher than environment's real one, I was in a 10 ° C as this old analog thermometer shows



but miner's reported temperature was at 16 ° C and increasing



At 1667 GH I was using around 1280 W on a 220V outlet with my Recom M1600 PSU (85% efficient)



1670 GH is as fast as it can go, in a 10 ° C environment, because of thermal throttling by the chips, which were not able to remain below 125C even at 100% fan speed.



In his review johnyj is doing some great mods to better cool all of the chips and so avoid thermal throttling, let's see what he can get.

spiccioli
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nec sine labore
December 21, 2014, 03:55:40 AM
#22
i like the background stories, these are little snippets of people's lives that we very rarely get to read, it kinda puts a persona behind the usernames. thanks for sharing.

My pleasure!

spiccioli
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December 21, 2014, 02:58:44 AM
#21
i like the background stories, these are little snippets of people's lives that we very rarely get to read, it kinda puts a persona behind the usernames. thanks for sharing.
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December 20, 2014, 05:23:19 PM
#20
I've added the background section and a photo of my first units never shown before in the Interwebs!

spiccioli


Awesome Smiley more pics please ..
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December 17, 2014, 01:12:04 PM
#19
Little title change as per https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9864488

spiccioli


I will alter my links to reflect you are  the first review posted


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9645864
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December 17, 2014, 11:32:48 AM
#18
I've added the background section and a photo of my first units never shown before in the Interwebs!

spiccioli
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nec sine labore
December 17, 2014, 10:56:27 AM
#17
Little title change as per https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9864488

spiccioli
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December 16, 2014, 08:38:55 PM
#16
Their aren't any fans that can push the amount of air needed to keep them cool enough to hit their target speed, AND keep quiet.

But you can run them in ultra low power mode and still get great results, sound wise at 40% the fans aren't so bad.

I'd say part of the sound comes from fan's vibrations amplified by Sp20's case.

I did not check whether the fan has spacers/silencers (I'm not sure how to call them) between itself and the case.

spiccioli


Unfortunately the fan sounds like that even outside the case.
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December 16, 2014, 05:45:32 PM
#15
Their aren't any fans that can push the amount of air needed to keep them cool enough to hit their target speed, AND keep quiet.

But you can run them in ultra low power mode and still get great results, sound wise at 40% the fans aren't so bad.

mine is in the room next to my lounge, when the wife gets home from work, I drop the power down and fan speed to 40, it's not so bad, can only just hear it and tv noise drowns it out easily.
to be fair, if you adhere to philipma1957's downclocking specs, it's a far more efficient miner <0.55w/GH - it's pretty much equal to my SP31, which does 0.53w/GH on stock settings.

note: the SP31 is NOT in the 2nd lounge room next door!
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December 16, 2014, 05:44:07 PM
#14
Their aren't any fans that can push the amount of air needed to keep them cool enough to hit their target speed, AND keep quiet.

But you can run them in ultra low power mode and still get great results, sound wise at 40% the fans aren't so bad.

I'd say part of the sound comes from fan's vibrations amplified by Sp20's case.

I did not check whether the fan has spacers/silencers (I'm not sure how to call them) between itself and the case.

spiccioli
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December 16, 2014, 05:40:43 PM
#13
Their aren't any fans that can push the amount of air needed to keep them cool enough to hit their target speed, AND keep quiet.

But you can run them in ultra low power mode and still get great results, sound wise at 40% the fans aren't so bad.
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nec sine labore
December 16, 2014, 05:37:07 PM
#12
No comment on how absurdly loud they are?  What's your reading on that?

It is definitely loud when running at full speed.

With my iphone and an app (I don't know how accurate it can be) I've read 78 db at a couple of meters from the fan with fan at 90%.

I've not yet downclocked it, so I can't say how much more silent it can be, but at 80 or 90% fan you better keep it outside your house/room.

spiccioli
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December 16, 2014, 04:17:09 PM
#11
just for you koontas, Spondoolies have reduced their prices yet again.


you're welcome.
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December 16, 2014, 04:14:08 PM
#10
No comment on how absurdly loud they are?  What's your reading on that?
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nec sine labore
December 16, 2014, 10:33:24 AM
#9
...
First of all, you need to know that my nickname and Spondoolies... mean nearly the same, pocket change my nickname and a (bigger) cash sum theirs.
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Smiley
Great pictures.

Thanks,

I'm glad you like them.

spiccioli
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