Looking for PCI card brackets I see these. I'm not sure if they will fit or not.
http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?sku=70183122
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/9203/9203K-ND/317297
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I see a Twin Turbo II for 39 on New Egg.
That's awesome if it's right! Just check it's the right model as I can't see anything correct for that price...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FYCFG8/ref=ox_ya_os_product
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186052
Looks good if you want to mount these like a video card.
For those wondering about USB cable type, I just got confirmation from MrTeal that it's a standard mini-USB camera type cable (NB not a micro-USB phone style).
I see a Twin Turbo II for 39 on New Egg.
That's awesome if it's right! Just check it's the right model as I can't see anything correct for that price...
I will be sticking a couple Chili's and a Drillbit board into this machine.
I think I will need coolers that let me keep the boards vertical like a regular PCIe card.
I think I will need coolers that let me keep the boards vertical like a regular PCIe card.
Nice setup!
I am hoping those coolers will be OK for running with the cards vertical - I have quite a lot of boards coming and so also need to achieve reasonable density. I can't see why they wouldn't be OK, they'll just take up quite a lot of horizontal room is all, so you won't be able to get one in each slot in that setup.
I will probably just buy a few blocks of wood and cut slots in them and stick the cards in that... Not elegant but it'll get the job done :/
You can get the density up by using GPU coolers (as above), but it really does ramp up the cost quite a bit if you're getting a lot of boards!
I am leaning toward something like the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II (as described earlier) right now. It will work better in my environment. I have no idea what all kinds of boards will be attaching to this in the future... but I will try to keep them fitting like PCIe cards.
I see a Twin Turbo II for 39 on New Egg.
I will be sticking a couple Chili's and a Drillbit board into this machine.
I think I will need coolers that let me keep the boards vertical like a regular PCIe card.
I think I will need coolers that let me keep the boards vertical like a regular PCIe card.
Nice setup!
I am hoping those coolers will be OK for running with the cards vertical - I have quite a lot of boards coming and so also need to achieve reasonable density. I can't see why they wouldn't be OK, they'll just take up quite a lot of horizontal room is all, so you won't be able to get one in each slot in that setup.
I will probably just buy a few blocks of wood and cut slots in them and stick the cards in that... Not elegant but it'll get the job done :/
You can get the density up by using GPU coolers (as above), but it really does ramp up the cost quite a bit if you're getting a lot of boards!
Here are some example coolers from MrTeal's post on the BFL forums.
I have a couple of the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II (Dual Fan GPU type cooler) that are waiting for the boards. - Top left in MrTeal's picture - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186052
I have a couple of the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II (Dual Fan GPU type cooler) that are waiting for the boards. - Top left in MrTeal's picture - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186052
I will be sticking a couple Chili's and a Drillbit board into this machine.
I think I will need coolers that let me keep the boards vertical like a regular PCIe card.
I think I will need coolers that let me keep the boards vertical like a regular PCIe card.
Known good TIM:
11.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
17.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
11.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
17.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
The dimensions are about 33mm x 33mm required for each board, so just multiply up from there.
The thickness should be the minimum possible, so buy the 0.5mm thickness - the thicker the TIM the worse the performance, and the 0.5mm is plenty thick enough to cover any height differentials there might be.
Hi all,
A roll up for those keeping score:
Known Working Coolers:
Cooler-Master Hyper 212 Evo (These coolers look HUGE!)
I am going to try out ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo II VGA Coolers on my cards.
Known good TIM:
11.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
17.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
Known Working PSU:
Looks like the board takes a 6 pin PSU connector. If you are going to use these boards with an existing PC seems like you should be able to power a number of them with the same PSU powering the Mobo... depending on the size of the PSU.
Anyone know the peak wattage on these cards?
PCIe Card Brackets:
No good sourcing on these yet.
A roll up for those keeping score:
Known Working Coolers:
Cooler-Master Hyper 212 Evo (These coolers look HUGE!)
I am going to try out ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo II VGA Coolers on my cards.
Known good TIM:
11.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
17.0 watt/mk thermal pad - unknown dimensions and thickness
Known Working PSU:
Looks like the board takes a 6 pin PSU connector. If you are going to use these boards with an existing PC seems like you should be able to power a number of them with the same PSU powering the Mobo... depending on the size of the PSU.
Anyone know the peak wattage on these cards?
PCIe Card Brackets:
No good sourcing on these yet.
I was looking over the thermal pads on FrozenCPU and I noticed there are pads that are rated 17.0 W/mK vs 11 W/mK. I assume they are better, but I don't really have any experience with thermal pads. Anybody have any thoughts?
They are better but they are crazy expensive and believed not to be worth the money, though extensive testing hasn't been done. The 11W/mK has been confirmed to work well though, so I'm going with that.
Also, what CPU fans are you guys going with?
I'm going with a Hyper 212 Evo because the GPU coolers, although probably a bit better, are not worth the extra money IMHO. The cheapest place I could find one on the net was from bitcoinstore.com which obviously has the advantage of paying in BTC!
https://www.bitcoinstore.com/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-rr-212e-20pk-r2-cooling-fan-heatsink.html
This is confirmed to be compatible with the boards and performs well with the 11 W/mk TIM.
Last question - will I need to round up USB cables?
I believe you will. I have just asked above for one of them to confirm it's the standard USB-mini cables they take. I'll be surprised if it's not, but I'm going to wait before ordering a ton of the wrong cables!
I did, it says assembly begins Oct. 7, doesn't mention how long assembly will take.
Although we cannot commit with 100% certainty, we are expecting to ship everyone's boards by Friday, Oct. 11. (that's 2013 for the BFL fans out there. 
)The biggest risk to the schedule at the moment is how long it will take to program and test all of the boards. We have a team lined up to do this but given that doing 100's of boards is VERY different than doing 1 or 2, we don't really know how long this will take. We have solid estimates but they are only estimates. If we start to fall behind on the first day, we'll add more people and a second shift if necessary.
Haha totally missed this post, thanks for the update, and for the BFL joke!
Very impressive timeline by the way, hats-off to you guys all round!Could you just confirm that they take standard mini-USB cables like the OEM BFL stuff - got to order a bunch and don't want to get the wrong ones!
Thanks! I'm in Texas, so that's great news for me.
I was looking over the thermal pads on FrozenCPU and I noticed there are pads that are rated 17.0 W/mK vs 11 W/mK. I assume they are better, but I don't really have any experience with thermal pads. Anybody have any thoughts?
Also, what CPU fans are you guys going with?
Last question - will I need to round up USB cables?
I was looking over the thermal pads on FrozenCPU and I noticed there are pads that are rated 17.0 W/mK vs 11 W/mK. I assume they are better, but I don't really have any experience with thermal pads. Anybody have any thoughts?
Also, what CPU fans are you guys going with?
Last question - will I need to round up USB cables?
I did, it says assembly begins Oct. 7, doesn't mention how long assembly will take.
Although we cannot commit with 100% certainty, we are expecting to ship everyone's boards by Friday, Oct. 11. (that's 2013 for the BFL fans out there. )The biggest risk to the schedule at the moment is how long it will take to program and test all of the boards. We have a team lined up to do this but given that doing 100's of boards is VERY different than doing 1 or 2, we don't really know how long this will take. We have solid estimates but they are only estimates. If we start to fall behind on the first day, we'll add more people and a second shift if necessary.
Thanks for the update. How many boards are currently queued for production this week?
Great to hear that Friday is the goal date. Where are they being assembled/tested/shipped from?
Texas
Great to hear that Friday is the goal date. Where are they being assembled/tested/shipped from?
Sorry, didn't realize you were talking about real chips. I'm just glad someone got the board working.
I know, and very impressive looking stuff too! Total pros, both of them!
Sorry, didn't realize you were talking about real chips. I'm just glad someone got the board working.
Still have 48 chips left for sale from my 128 chip buy.
PM me if you are interested.
They are BTC5.5 for 16 chips or BTC15.5 for all 48.
They are in Canadian Customs at the moment, will be released today or tomorrow.
Thanks,
af_newbie
PM me if you are interested.
They are BTC5.5 for 16 chips or BTC15.5 for all 48.
They are in Canadian Customs at the moment, will be released today or tomorrow.
Thanks,
af_newbie
Great. Now that there's actual demand for the chips..... I have 100 chip credits for sale. PM me if you're interested.
Nobody is even buying chips that are in hand for reasonable money, trust me, nobody is going to buy your chip credits. I don't say this to be mean but to manage your expectations, sorry. 
^^ See what I mean?!
Great. Now that there's actual demand for the chips..... I have 100 chip credits for sale. PM me if you're interested.
Nobody is even buying chips that are in hand for reasonable money, trust me, nobody is going to buy your chip credits. I don't say this to be mean but to manage your expectations, sorry.
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