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Board CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
Re: Raspberry Pi.... how reliable is it?
by
madcratebuilder
on 21/12/2013, 10:26:58 UTC
If you're running hubs and miners off the supplied power bricks, you're doing it wrong.

Buy a low power ATX PSU, make up adapter cables, run everything off those.  The ATX supplies are more efficient, and don't die after a month.

+10

That's great advise for anyone running more than 2 or 3 hubs.  The atx psu I modded could handle my load until I exceeded 40 usb erupters.  Most PC PSU's only have a 20-25 amp 5 volt bus, they are limited. I use a 5 volt 50 amp Mean Well industrial psu now.  The MW runs 64 sticks without generating a lot of heat and it's quiet, and they are cheap.