Do you need to use all four PCIE cables or 2 for stock?
at >560W its absolutely neessary to use all 4 I think, or have a high-end PSU, as 280W over a single PCIe cable will burn up any 18awg wires, and likely even get 16awg wiring warm
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Do you need to use all four PCIE cables or 2 for stock?
at >560W its absolutely neessary to use all 4 I think, or have a high-end PSU, as 280W over a single PCIe cable will burn up any 18awg wires, and likely even get 16awg wiring warm
Bitmain also offered me an S5, no strings attached. So here is my initial review.
Setup was easy. Plug it in and turn it on. DHCP grabs an IP address. My router identified it as "antMiner". Hit the IP with the browser and configure the web interface for pool credentials. Username and password to get into the web interface were root and root.
This new S5 is not quiet. The 120mm, 4200 rpm fan is loud. But sitting in a 40c room, the ASIC temps are reporting 62c, so it's looking nice and cool.
After running for an hour, it settled into:
Miner Speed: 1155 GH/s
BTCGuild Speed: 1145 GH/s
Power: 675 W (750 W Bronze PSU)
Power consumption is a little high due to the cheap Bronze PSU. Switching to my Platinum PSU should reach the advertised 590 W.
Initial opinion: Good efficiency, easy setup, meets advertised specs.
After some further testing I'll offer a comparison with the SP20.
Setup was easy. Plug it in and turn it on. DHCP grabs an IP address. My router identified it as "antMiner". Hit the IP with the browser and configure the web interface for pool credentials. Username and password to get into the web interface were root and root.
This new S5 is not quiet. The 120mm, 4200 rpm fan is loud. But sitting in a 40c room, the ASIC temps are reporting 62c, so it's looking nice and cool.
After running for an hour, it settled into:
Miner Speed: 1155 GH/s
BTCGuild Speed: 1145 GH/s
Power: 675 W (750 W Bronze PSU)
Power consumption is a little high due to the cheap Bronze PSU. Switching to my Platinum PSU should reach the advertised 590 W.
Initial opinion: Good efficiency, easy setup, meets advertised specs.
After some further testing I'll offer a comparison with the SP20.
Do you need to use all four PCIE cables or 2 for stock?
Thanks for the review!
Bitmain also offered me an S5, no strings attached. So here is my initial review.
Setup was easy. Plug it in and turn it on. DHCP grabs an IP address. My router identified it as "antMiner". Hit the IP with the browser and configure the web interface for pool credentials. Username and password to get into the web interface were root and root.
This new S5 is not quiet. The 120mm, 4200 rpm fan is loud. But sitting in a 40c room, the ASIC temps are reporting 62c, so it's looking nice and cool.
After running for an hour, it settled into:
Miner Speed: 1155 GH/s
BTCGuild Speed: 1145 GH/s
Power: 675 W (750 W Bronze PSU)
Power consumption is a little high due to the cheap Bronze PSU. Switching to my Platinum PSU should reach the advertised 590 W.
Initial opinion: Good efficiency, easy setup, meets advertised specs.
After some further testing I'll offer a comparison with the SP20.
Setup was easy. Plug it in and turn it on. DHCP grabs an IP address. My router identified it as "antMiner". Hit the IP with the browser and configure the web interface for pool credentials. Username and password to get into the web interface were root and root.
This new S5 is not quiet. The 120mm, 4200 rpm fan is loud. But sitting in a 40c room, the ASIC temps are reporting 62c, so it's looking nice and cool.
After running for an hour, it settled into:
Miner Speed: 1155 GH/s
BTCGuild Speed: 1145 GH/s
Power: 675 W (750 W Bronze PSU)
Power consumption is a little high due to the cheap Bronze PSU. Switching to my Platinum PSU should reach the advertised 590 W.
Initial opinion: Good efficiency, easy setup, meets advertised specs.
After some further testing I'll offer a comparison with the SP20.
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