Quote from: pokeyjones on February 18, 2015, 04:33:19 AM

Beginning to believe that the evga 1300 g2 IS the way to go when powering two S5 home miners. Currently running 1x CX750M each and no excessive heat anywhere, miners running cool, great hashing speed at 350. No plans to change from 350 anytime soon. Not broke = don't fix.

Its a greatly praised PSU that one, but not easily found at sensible prices in the EU and so Corsair remains king over here.

Quote from: pokeyjones on February 18, 2015, 04:33:19 AM

Dogie! Either I'm missing an inside joke about you having no clue re fan swaps for the S5, or I'm somewhat confused and fairly disappointed. Considering the S5 is one of the very top choices today for home mining, and it is roundly agreed that they are loud considering their intended purpose. There are a dozen or so 120mm contenders out there that actually push some air. I don't need them whisper quiet, but surely shaving some db's is within the realm of possibility.

The user who asked has literally just flamed me in another thread, then came in here asking for help. I kindly send him on his way. My personal recommendation is 2x S3 fans if you've got them lying around or my go to is the SP120 Performance editions [Without affiliate] [With affiliate]. There are also PWM versions if you think you'll need it in the future [Without affiliate] [With affiliate]. They're right at the barrier between high performance and not being too annoying and I generally use them on most miners I silence.

Quote from: pokeyjones on February 18, 2015, 04:33:19 AM

Do you not recommend anything at all no matter what - so as to not interfere with user warranty issues due to modding the fans? Something more sinister like sponsorships colliding?!

If I were doing it on behalf of Bitmain, I'd be telling everyone to overclock and do mods so they don't have warranty costs Tongue

Quote from: pokeyjones on February 18, 2015, 04:33:19 AM

Would like to plug it directly into S5's 4pin on top. Don't need silence, but seems like there are 2K rpm fans out there making ~90-100 CFM at 30-40 decibels. Anyone want to venture into the muck of this question? I'd also like to have spinners (LED's) in the fan just because why not?

Fans like the SP120 will plug directly into an S5 and aren't silent but aren't horrific. They're ~2200 rpm with a high static pressure which is required in a situation like this more than just straight 'CFM' ratings. You don't tend to get LEDs on fans like this and above as they usually all go into servers and such like. There is a similar AF120 series which is LED, but isn't suitable for S5s as they're not powerful enough.

Quote from: pokeyjones on February 18, 2015, 04:33:19 AM

Thanks all. Dogie this site is my source for 95% all things bitcoin. Buy and sell gear here, trust your word, just want to hear from you on the subject. If there is an unbiased fan comparison somewhere would love to see it.

Thanks for your kind words.