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Board Hardware
Re: ANTMINER S5+ is available to order, 7.722TH/S 0.445J/GH
by
QuintLeo
on 14/08/2015, 16:44:58 UTC
So we need to buy 3x PSUs to power this thing?

I don't think you can use only 2x PSUs. According to bitmain's product info
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Do not connect more than one PSU to the same hashing board!

 If you have 2 PS with enough +12VDC power output, use one to power 5 blades the other to power 4 blades + controller + the FANS (per the published specs it looks like Bitmain might have gone to higher-airflow Delta 4200RPM fans on the S5+ vs. the 4000 RPM fan on the S5, so probably 14-16 Amps JUST for the fans, possibly as high as 20A.)



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Customers must buy the set of three modules as one unit; Bitmain is not selling the individual modules of the S5+.


 This is VERY unfortunate, there are folks that would be interested in a "same form factor as the S5" 1/3d version of this.


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the so called best ever cgminer never neither increased my earnings nor reduced my electric costs over the bitmain fork


 Limitations of the hardware mostly, possibly a DRIVER update might help a hair but there isn't much you CAN do to "optimise" an ASIC-based unit once it's in production without a complete redesign of the hardware itself.