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Topic: Wow! KnC Neptunes are insanely cheap on Ebay! (Read 4678 times)

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December 01, 2015, 06:38:48 AM
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I am interested in buying some cubes if any want to get rid of them.


i was considering something around 400Euro price for 6 cubes whit no controller.
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Worthwhile as space heaters if you already have them, if not get something newer and SAFER.
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The space heater design sounds awesome... Something I might consider with one of these, I wouldn't run one at full clock but they might as well be used
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I know this an old topic, but I cannot find much information on these. With free electricity  what is a good price to pay for 5 cubes and the controller board?

Jacob

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They are fire hazards and were built very badly. They will ruin your PSU. I literally had one go up in flames a few months back. Not safe for home use. If you decide you must have one, underclock it a ton to try to avoid the issues. KNC was the worst of the worst bitcoin miner manufacturers, total scam artists. They took people's money, gave them shit products very late and then used to the money to build their own mine with custom miners in Sweden. Crooks.

Just run them at 400MHz or less and they'll be fine and reliable. If you run them at 350 MHz you can even replace the 140mm fans with 1000 RPM silent models and use it to warm your room this winter.

Here is an image of my silent 500W space heater. I removed the fan grills and used 1000 RPM fans and clock them at 375 MHz, resulting in slightly over 1 TH/s. I used extra controllers from old KnC Jupiters so that I can spread them around the house in clusters of 2 cubes.

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The BFL monarchs were good too, at least the ones I previously had.

Although the company in general is another story
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Ant miner s-1
S-3
S-5
S-7

Were good in my opinion .

Avalon 6 and 4.1 were good

And sp-tech sp20 was good.

The rocker box 110 watt  was decent
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The only miners I trust are antminers. I wouldn't even bother looking at any knc products on eBay..  Why don't you get an S5?
To be fair there a couple of trustworthy miners, including Avalon, spondoolies and others.

I suppose I'm a little biased.  I never had problems with the antminers that I've purchased.  I almost bought a spondoolies sp20 last month but I'm just hesitant when it comes to trying products that I've never used before
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The only miners I trust are antminers. I wouldn't even bother looking at any knc products on eBay..  Why don't you get an S5?
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I know this an old topic, but I cannot find much information on these. With free electricity  what is a good price to pay for 5 cubes and the controller board?

Jacob

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They are fire hazards and were built very badly. They will ruin your PSU. I literally had one go up in flames a few months back. Not safe for home use. If you decide you must have one, underclock it a ton to try to avoid the issues. KNC was the worst of the worst bitcoin miner manufacturers, total scam artists. They took people's money, gave them shit products very late and then used to the money to build their own mine with custom miners in Sweden. Crooks.
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I know this an old topic, but I cannot find much information on these. With free electricity  what is a good price to pay for 5 cubes and the controller board?

Jacob
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ID say if it's a full cube like he says wouldn't it run at 1950 W  it shows in the spec he does  Processing Speed (GH/s):3300

He is selling one fully functional cube (20% of a Neptune), not a full Neptune.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Batch-Zero-KnC-Neptune-ONE-Cube-KNC-BTC-Bitcoin-Miner/301458154437?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30013%26meid%3D0277572c5f7f4fcab0b87b2c2ae61571%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D271746093467



not that ill buy it nice price for buyout, makes me wonder why so low and does it work . he has a good sell history on Ebay .  



was temped till saw i need a controller which might be another 300.
I would be more concerned about this:

"The power socket is darkened, the previous owner used incorrect PSU I believe. It is fully functional, just a cosmetic blemish."


I saw that to but what stopped me was the price everything else i would need just to get it to run and then hope that it ran, i went by his ebay profile i would hope hes is as good as it appear. but I'm not buying it after i saw the price of one controller . I d be better off just buying another S5 and save some change. and this question the answer didn't seem right .


Q: How much power does this take?
A: They consume about 300W. Thank you for your interest in my auction!


ID say if it's a full cube like he says wouldn't it run at 1950 W  it shows in the spec he does  Processing Speed (GH/s):3300
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Batch-Zero-KnC-Neptune-ONE-Cube-KNC-BTC-Bitcoin-Miner/301458154437?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30013%26meid%3D0277572c5f7f4fcab0b87b2c2ae61571%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D271746093467



not that ill buy it nice price for buyout, makes me wonder why so low and does it work . he has a good sell history on Ebay . 



was temped till saw i need a controller which might be another 300.
I would be more concerned about this:

"The power socket is darkened, the previous owner used incorrect PSU I believe. It is fully functional, just a cosmetic blemish."
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Batch-Zero-KnC-Neptune-ONE-Cube-KNC-BTC-Bitcoin-Miner/301458154437?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30013%26meid%3D0277572c5f7f4fcab0b87b2c2ae61571%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D271746093467



not that ill buy it nice price for buyout, makes me wonder why so low and does it work . he has a good sell history on Ebay . 



was temped till saw i need a controller which might be another 300.
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Xian01,

I sent you a PM on this topic.  Hope all is well.

H@shKraker

H@shKraker, can you send me one as well.
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Xian01,

I sent you a PM on this topic.  Hope all is well.

H@shKraker
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200 $  less buy a brand new  S5 you know works with great support.

But it doesn't hash at 3.3 TH
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Out of morbid curiosity, how well do Neptunes downclock towards the 1100W range ? Is it possible, and if so, what sort of hash-rate might I be looking at ?

Toying with the idea of picking one of these up on EBay while pricing is in the toilet.
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Based on some of the comments here, some folks might consider $700 too much!!!




200 $  less buy a brand new  S5 you know works with great support. Lips sealed Cry ever sense i saw how KNC used everyone i  have nothing good to say about any of them.
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I heard they work fine and are pretty good machines.


Where did you hear that?

All I ever heard is quite the opposite.   Grin
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