@Phil - Is this Panda completely just powered by PCI only? This would be fantastic news, as I can power a ton of this without needing ATX Power supplies. The IBM 4KW Server PSU bundle seems like a winner's choice for this. .
yes the Panda need only PCI-E 6 Pin nothing else.
How many PCI-E sockets in total please?
seven
What is the difference between a normal PC motherboard compared to this Panda "PCI switch" based motherboard?
it uses moblie cpu
it uses 1 ram slot
it fills gpus on both sides.
a 24 inch wide rack with four shelves can do 12 units
4k psu
pandaminer
pandaminer
pandaminer
each shelf would load as above
now if xmr holds price and the linux build works well you could run 4 units per 4k psu and here is why
this unit below rates at 2320 watts 2 of these would give 4640 watts
using the 4k breakout board from optimizer not j4bberwock/finksy
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-BLADECENTER-39Y7400-39Y7405-L80536J-DPS-2500BB-A-2320W-AC-POWER-SUPPLY-PSU-/332067375448?hash=item4d50c20958:g:v44AAOSw44BYRxRr