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Re: Black Arrow announces 28nm 100Ghash Bitcoin ASIC from $1.49/Ghash
by
bittymymitty
on 06/01/2014, 23:03:31 UTC
X-3 has 3 large fans cooling 10 minions, seems like X-1 needs at least a small fan or heatsink is the only thing cooling it down?

X3 seems to have 6 fans. Either way, you are going to need active cooling.

X3 looks nice btw, one of the first bitcoin asic system designs that appears to make total sense (from cooling perspective).
And the fact they are underclocking their chips to achieve their promised power efficiency also implies that these machines should be able to overclock by 50%, provided you can supply the required power and keep them cool.

Yea.. 6 fans cooling 20 minions across 2 units.. or 3 fans cooling 10 per unit.. either way sounds like 1 minion would need to be cooled with more than a heatsink.  The site says the unit is silent..