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Re: Cryonics Frosbit claiming 1000Gh/s - $15K??
by
ralree
on 24/05/2013, 04:30:06 UTC
They are featured on Techcrunch http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/23/the-cryonic-bitcoin-mining-machine-is-15000-of-pure-btc-power/

CEO of Cryoniks, Inc. Fahad Koumaiha."

"The PC hits a peak of 2800W – the average PC hits 200W on a bad day – but the device can perform 1000 Gigahashes a second. To put that in perspective a strong PC with good graphics card can hit about 100 GH/S and in my experience I haven’t been able to get any my machines to hit higher than 50 GH/S."

Say what?  

I think the last 2 should be M instead of G

2800 Watts is 11+ amps at 240V.  I can do that.

I just installed a 240V PDU with C13 plugs - should be able to pull at least 8A through each one, and the plugs themselves are rated for 10A.  Still, even at 240V that's only 2400W from a single C13.  My PDU also has C19s, which are rated at 16A each.

Question for Cryoniks: What kind of power socket will you be including?  I would recommend a C19 since you can get 240V @ 15A through them.  Giving this specification and a demonstration of what you currently have would lend credibility to this seeming-scam.

Plug reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320#C19.2FC20_coupler