Re: Too hot to mine bitcoin?

Quote from: Tiramani on July 04, 2019, 01:44:52 AM

Here in Las Vegas NV it will be 106F on Friday. It regularly gets this hot. Is it too hot to mine bitcoin? For example https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=00020190523094505293o4NeN5iR068F

The specs on the S17 say max "operation temp" 40C

I can maybe affordably lower the temp with an evaporative cooler, or might be better off just venting to outside?

I am in Texas so I have somewhat similar temps. My answer is no, it is not too hot to mine BTC with ASICs. If you search for posts by me you'll see some different things I've done to deal with the heat. The biggest thing is to ensure that the miners do not ingest their own waste heat. My S9s mine happily when room temps are 40 deg C no problem. Besides airflow the latest firmware settings allow you to down-clock the miner which is very helpful in the heat.