Hey guys
Anyone received an a5 yet
Nope. Haven't heard anybody who claimed to have received one yet. Although...Anyone received an a5 yet
I did find a couple A5 videos popping up on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr3qDZuRKHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa8cw5aeIkQ
If you haven't checked Innosilicon's Twitter page, there is a short video of them in action.
The A5 appears to be quite a bit smaller than the Antminer D3, which I found to be quite interesting.
Also, from what I gather using YouTube's auto generated English closed captions (quite inaccurate I know..), the guy in the video claims that normal mode is in fact 30 GH/s, 32GH/s in 'esa' and 38GH/s overclocked. Not sure if 'esa' was translated correctly... if anybody knows please enlighten me. He also claims 750 Watts of energy consumption in normal mode.
He also states that the D3 is nosier than the A5, which I think is also a big plus for anybody who will be running the A5 at home or more likely in their garage.
When he plugs it in he ends up getting 33GH/s which is quite nice! If this is legit, then Innosilicon actually managed to hit their promised target which is good news. Not sure it will be enough to hit an ROI any time soon though
Ya about that video did you notice the power meter at the wall? it had a reading above 800 W, different from the 7 stated in the same video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nyIewRpB4U
1:13 - But now that I came back to it, that is the miner overclocked
Still its different than what he states verbally
Speaking of overclocking, anyone here planning of overclocking his a5?
If so, do u know how? and what are the risks associated with it?
Regarding S9s, I am running a few too but you need to remember the ROI is tied to the huge increase in price, making it one of those "If you just hold the coin instead of mine you would get the same result without the headache"
Bitcoin's price seems under attack lately and especially with the USDT tether scam pumping the price drama
So if bitcoin's price comes down, many miners will need to exit, specially ones that are running less than 100 as the return per miner would become too low and everyone would want to get rid of his miner asap as they know before the time they would start netting profit newer more efficient miners will arrive
Just my 2 cents