This needs to be pinned.
Also I have one of the BIGTec 10-port hubs and I can confirm that they are 100% load of junk the power they can use is a joke and they are so cheap I would avoid them like no tomorrow.
Wish I found this list before I bought it keep up the good work.
Topic: Which USB hub to use with Block Erupters | NanoFury NF1 | BPMC Red Fury | Ant U1 - page 15. (Read 128597 times)
September 17, 2013, 10:22:57 AM
September 17, 2013, 02:26:46 AM
Rosewill RHB-500 running at full power after snipping the cable and wiring it into an ATX PSU already powering my BFL units, been running smoothly for a few weeks now.
i have few unopened rosewill hubs, it can be shipped today from EU.
I paid about 0.31 BTC each (with vat and amazon shipping)
looking for 0.3 to recup (i sold my erupters)
please pm me.
shipping will be cheap
September 17, 2013, 02:18:15 AM
Are you located in Canada or the US? Just wondering how you're able to justify the shipping (which actually costs more than the item itself.)
I am in Europe, in the most expensive country in the world, where domestic shipping can quickly cost you 0.2-0.3 BTC
Also, I ordered a bulk of BEs in addition to several hubs, so the shipping cost became justifiable.
@Photon939: I added your setup to the custom mention list. Looks like more of us are going the "chop off the cable" route.
@atta2k15: Warning added. These hubs are usually shipped with 1A, and it seems for a reason. Wonder who thought of including an 8A AC adapter?!
@klondike_bar: See if the problem lies with the hub. Disconnect the ones on PC an run 6 units off the hub (3A total).
September 16, 2013, 11:22:12 PM
Rosewill RHB-500 running at full power after snipping the cable and wiring it into an ATX PSU already powering my BFL units, been running smoothly for a few weeks now.
September 16, 2013, 11:07:47 PM
I thought I saw a link (Newegg or Amazon) in this thread for replacement power supplies for Anker (and clones) 10 port hubs. And I think they may have been an actual upgrade from the originals.
Does anyone have the link? I can't find the correct link and I need to pick up a few. I have a sinking feeling that they're just going to keep failing one after the other.
Thanks!
Does anyone have the link? I can't find the correct link and I need to pick up a few. I have a sinking feeling that they're just going to keep failing one after the other.
Thanks!
September 16, 2013, 09:23:58 PM
For good measure here's some pictures of my setup using the 13 port hubs provided by WTCR: http://imgur.com/a/ddCPb
Nice solution. I think I'll sink mine into the case as well and place a speed-reduced 92mm fan over them.
Just ordered 2 more of those hubs.
Are you located in Canada or the US? Just wondering how you're able to justify the shipping (which actually costs more than the item itself.)
I work at WTCR ;].
Let me know how many your looking for and I can probably work out a deal!
Group buy! Set it up!
September 16, 2013, 09:19:40 PM
Ive got some slight issues with my new setup of 8 BE USBs:
running 3 on my PC's ports and 3 on a cheapo 7-port hub with 3.5A power results in all 6 performing well.
running 3 on my PC's ports and 4 or 5 on a cheapo 7-port hub with 3.5A power results in 6 performing well and 2 producing almost entirely HW errors.
the units performing poorly tend to change at times, and seems to not always be from erupters plugged into the hub. I also get frequent '4 extra bytes' errors.
is the issue overloading a cheapo hub, or related to the computer? 3.5A to the hub should be more than enough to power 5 units attached to it.
running 3 on my PC's ports and 3 on a cheapo 7-port hub with 3.5A power results in all 6 performing well.
running 3 on my PC's ports and 4 or 5 on a cheapo 7-port hub with 3.5A power results in 6 performing well and 2 producing almost entirely HW errors.
the units performing poorly tend to change at times, and seems to not always be from erupters plugged into the hub. I also get frequent '4 extra bytes' errors.
is the issue overloading a cheapo hub, or related to the computer? 3.5A to the hub should be more than enough to power 5 units attached to it.
September 16, 2013, 08:49:34 PM
For good measure here's some pictures of my setup using the 13 port hubs provided by WTCR: http://imgur.com/a/ddCPb
Nice solution. I think I'll sink mine into the case as well and place a speed-reduced 92mm fan over them.
Just ordered 2 more of those hubs.
Are you located in Canada or the US? Just wondering how you're able to justify the shipping (which actually costs more than the item itself.)
I work at WTCR ;].
Let me know how many your looking for and I can probably work out a deal!
Group buy! Set it up!
September 16, 2013, 05:53:54 PM
For good measure here's some pictures of my setup using the 13 port hubs provided by WTCR: http://imgur.com/a/ddCPb
Nice solution. I think I'll sink mine into the case as well and place a speed-reduced 92mm fan over them.
Just ordered 2 more of those hubs.
Are you located in Canada or the US? Just wondering how you're able to justify the shipping (which actually costs more than the item itself.)
I work at WTCR ;].
Let me know how many your looking for and I can probably work out a deal!
PM sent.
September 16, 2013, 05:22:35 PM
For good measure here's some pictures of my setup using the 13 port hubs provided by WTCR: http://imgur.com/a/ddCPb
Nice solution. I think I'll sink mine into the case as well and place a speed-reduced 92mm fan over them.
Just ordered 2 more of those hubs.
Are you located in Canada or the US? Just wondering how you're able to justify the shipping (which actually costs more than the item itself.)
I work at WTCR ;].
Let me know how many your looking for and I can probably work out a deal!
September 16, 2013, 04:07:52 PM
My best performing hubs are the "GEARMO" 10 port 3.0. Also, have an AITECH 10 port that does not perform as well as I expected based on reviews here.
+1 on the Gearmo 10 ports. Very nice hubs. Looking to purchase a couple more, but can't seem to find them available on Amazon.com at this time
There is a online distributor/retailer in Florida that goes by three names but all the same company/location. I am fairly certain that the "GEARMO" brand is only that, not a manufacturer. They told me they expect another shipment of 10 ports in about 3 weeks. If anyone is interested perhaps we could organize one large purchase and get a better price. The GEARMO 10 is very good but also very pricy. The added expense of any hub obviously makes the cost/benefit of USB Sticks even sketchier than the cost of just the sticks. The sticks price at least is coming down as difficulty rises-not so with hubs.
I'm about 110% certain that these in fact are the same ubs as the GearMo, just different label.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1DS0PS1238
I think you nailed the probability on that one. Great find, thanks for the info. Unfortunately, the price is prohibitive even for the mighty Gearmo/Orinco.
September 16, 2013, 03:41:15 PM
Burned out 3 hubs today!
Type: BIGTec 10-port (mentioned in BEWARE section, page #1)
see photo.
NB: was working fine for 1-2weeks, now burned out.
Type: BIGTec 10-port (mentioned in BEWARE section, page #1)
see photo.
NB: was working fine for 1-2weeks, now burned out.
September 16, 2013, 03:12:35 PM
For good measure here's some pictures of my setup using the 13 port hubs provided by WTCR: http://imgur.com/a/ddCPb
Nice solution. I think I'll sink mine into the case as well and place a speed-reduced 92mm fan over them.
Just ordered 2 more of those hubs.
Are you located in Canada or the US? Just wondering how you're able to justify the shipping (which actually costs more than the item itself.)
September 16, 2013, 03:08:54 PM
For good measure here's some pictures of my setup using the 13 port hubs provided by WTCR: http://imgur.com/a/ddCPb
Nice solution. I think I'll sink mine into the case as well and place a speed-reduced 92mm fan over them.
Just ordered 2 more of those hubs.
September 16, 2013, 03:04:00 PM
Man, I'm jealous of all you folks with those internal hubs.
I just checked pricing this morning w/shipping and bleh it sucks.
It would cost me 0.37 for the hub and then I'd have to tack on like .31 for shipping, and that's really not cheap. I'm basically looking at 85 dollars or so total. So I'm looking at around 6.50 per usable port.
If I go with the recommendation from Visdude I'm looking at... 8.86 for this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FFZGCU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (I went with the amazon prime shipping option) and I already ordered one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/5V-5A-AC-DC-Power-Supply-Replacement-Adapter-with-2-1mm-x-5-5mm-Tip-Center-/220961860354?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33725a6b02 for 12.24.
With that option above I'm looking at approx 3.01 per usable port, and I actually plan on only running 5/6 each in those, which at the most with only 5 ports puts me at about 4.22 per port.
Still considerably cheaper.
I'm not sure how much longer I'll be grabbing erupters though with the constant rise in insane difficulty every 2000 blocks.
I just checked pricing this morning w/shipping and bleh it sucks.
It would cost me 0.37 for the hub and then I'd have to tack on like .31 for shipping, and that's really not cheap. I'm basically looking at 85 dollars or so total. So I'm looking at around 6.50 per usable port.
If I go with the recommendation from Visdude I'm looking at... 8.86 for this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FFZGCU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (I went with the amazon prime shipping option) and I already ordered one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/5V-5A-AC-DC-Power-Supply-Replacement-Adapter-with-2-1mm-x-5-5mm-Tip-Center-/220961860354?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33725a6b02 for 12.24.
With that option above I'm looking at approx 3.01 per usable port, and I actually plan on only running 5/6 each in those, which at the most with only 5 ports puts me at about 4.22 per port.
Still considerably cheaper.
I'm not sure how much longer I'll be grabbing erupters though with the constant rise in insane difficulty every 2000 blocks.
September 16, 2013, 11:39:30 AM
For good measure here's some pictures of my setup using the 13 port hubs provided by WTCR:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54696378/Keepers/AMUSBs.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54696378/Keepers/AMUSBRigLighted.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54696378/Keepers/AMUSBRig.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54696378/Keepers/AMUSBs.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54696378/Keepers/AMUSBRigLighted.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54696378/Keepers/AMUSBRig.jpg
September 16, 2013, 02:15:43 AM
Updated GearMo to GearMo/Orico in the table, as they indeed seem to be the same.
As for the Floppy bay hub, the distance between the ports on the horizontal plane is to narrow, so you'd have to use angled adapters. Better buy 13-port 5.25" bay hub, which I reviewed earlier if you want an internal solution.
As for the Floppy bay hub, the distance between the ports on the horizontal plane is to narrow, so you'd have to use angled adapters. Better buy 13-port 5.25" bay hub, which I reviewed earlier if you want an internal solution.
September 16, 2013, 02:05:08 AM
Btw, what do you guys think of these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sedna-10-Port-USB-2-0-Internal-Hub-Floppy-bay-/331012588382?pt=US_USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4d11e3435e
They're on newegg as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1JM0FD2367
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sedna-10-Port-USB-2-0-Internal-Hub-Floppy-bay-/331012588382?pt=US_USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4d11e3435e
They're on newegg as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1JM0FD2367
Too tight ports, you will fit only 5 usbs there...
September 16, 2013, 01:45:30 AM
Btw, what do you guys think of these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sedna-10-Port-USB-2-0-Internal-Hub-Floppy-bay-/331012588382?pt=US_USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4d11e3435e
They're on newegg as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1JM0FD2367
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sedna-10-Port-USB-2-0-Internal-Hub-Floppy-bay-/331012588382?pt=US_USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item4d11e3435e
They're on newegg as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1JM0FD2367
September 16, 2013, 12:58:22 AM
My best performing hubs are the "GEARMO" 10 port 3.0. Also, have an AITECH 10 port that does not perform as well as I expected based on reviews here.
+1 on the Gearmo 10 ports. Very nice hubs. Looking to purchase a couple more, but can't seem to find them available on Amazon.com at this time
There is a online distributor/retailer in Florida that goes by three names but all the same company/location. I am fairly certain that the "GEARMO" brand is only that, not a manufacturer. They told me they expect another shipment of 10 ports in about 3 weeks. If anyone is interested perhaps we could organize one large purchase and get a better price. The GEARMO 10 is very good but also very pricy. The added expense of any hub obviously makes the cost/benefit of USB Sticks even sketchier than the cost of just the sticks. The sticks price at least is coming down as difficulty rises-not so with hubs.
I'm about 110% certain that these in fact are the same ubs as the GearMo, just different label.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1DS0PS1238
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