Quote from: QuintLeo on July 25, 2017, 09:22:09 PM

Quote from: sil2222 on July 25, 2017, 09:56:39 AM

Quote from: QuintLeo on July 23, 2017, 09:01:20 PM

They seem to be pointing at the "turbo mode" 38 GH/S as justification for the $10k pricing - though their specs make the A5 very little more efficient than the D3 at that point.

I hope everyone who considers the A5 at 38 ghs overclock mode understands overclocking the A5 is listed as reason to void warranty ! s process.

They specify "excessive overclocking in an overheating environment" - using the miner AT THEIR SPECIFIED 38 GH/s is NOT a warranty violation if you keep it cool enough.

It's arguable if running it in the 38 Gh/s mode AT ALL can be a warranty violation, given that it is a FACTORY SPECIFIED mode.

This is not to say doing so is a good idea - it's probably more profitable if you have cheap electric, but the additional heat WILL reduce the lifetime of the miner - and 14/16nm node chips don't seem to be as "robust" about handling heat to date vs 28nm.

Well they also advertised the A4 as easy overclock which it is and the A4 has the higher settings in a drop down box so its very easy to overclock ,but do not mention that it will always cause damage to chips unless you get info from tech support. Miners tend to hash 10% + or 10%- so if you are overclocking A5 at 38 ghs it will surely at times exceed the setting to more then 38 ghs. The warranty violation statement is vague and I am sure they can use it to deny warranty repairs as too much overclock or like they say excessive overclock. How would they decide miner is in hot environment ? The excessive heat could be caused by overclock itself . So yes they say 38 ghs overclock then warranty says excessive overclock voids warranty if hot.LOL I would not take the chance at 10k too much risk.