This is one goofy contraption. why the obsession with PCI connectors? Is that really the best solution for industrial scale mining?
I prefer it greatly over a proprietary power supply. High end efficient used +12V server power supplies will beat new every time, not only in price but performance as well.
Buy yourself an automatic wire cutter/stripper machine, some 5000ft spools of 16awg primary wire, reels of crimping pins and bags of end connectors. And you will never have to buy a PCI-E cable again, and you can make them just the length you need.
not sure that would be very good for my 2 MW facility. that is a shit ton of work!
I priced it out and with my 1 MW facility it would have added at least 100K USD to the overall build out cost. I'm willing to do a lot of work to get that. Most of that would be in the overpriced power supplies that are bundled with the miner making the overall cost per ghs that much more. Saves money ongoing because I can guarantee you my server power supplies are more efficient than say the ones in a S4. 1-2% savings of 1 MW let alone 2 MW will add up quick.
The key is the automatic wire cutter stripper machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vb0RM1xMCwI liked the screw terminals of the S1 but the plug and plug of pcie on both ends using the breakout boards allows for easier swapping of equipment. Which, when mining on an industrial level that is pretty much an ongoing task.
Older pic showing clean pcie install:
http://i.imgur.com/E6Ju4Us.jpgEDIT:
http://i.imgur.com/F4ylA08.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/mi2T3Tt.jpgAlso don't forget the modularity it has in that it allows us an upgrade path to new hardware without having to buy the power supplies all over again.
