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Re: [WTS] Auction for Avalon 2nd Gen 300GH/s Unit with RPi + BFL Single 60GH/s Unit
by
kano
on 22/04/2014, 12:18:00 UTC
I'm tempted but I'm in Perth - Freight would be approx $150 to get it over here and the fact that it has been used in a non-climate controlled room is concerning..

I'm comparing it to buying Antminer S1's at 0.8 BTC each or a much more power efficient S2.. It will come down to power usage. I already have 4 Antminer S1's running in my server room.. if I go overboard I'll need a new electrical circuit Smiley

How many watts does each unit draw?

thanks!
Well - the non-climate controlled room for the BFL has been OK for it and it's pal (and 3 Ants and 7 Bitfury boards) for a while so far Smiley
This is the slightly newer of my two BFLs - the other one is the development one I got first before it
(yeah I wrote the original BFL ASIC device driver in cgminer)

These devices run fine and I expect them to continue doing that ...
I simply need the power for new hardware (that will take their place) since I expect to be making S2 releases of cgminer in the near future ... and ... hopefully? ... a Minion X3 soon too ... and I'm pretty much border line on the small power limits I have at home already.

The Avalon + RPi + a PowerLine ethernet connection uses (similar to what the web page link says + extra for RPI+Powerline) 1090W.
The web page also says you can run it in ECO mode (210GH/s) at 420W
It runs in my unit, not in the garage.

The BFL is 265W

I started it at 1.0BTC since that is probably better pricing than anything you can buy on the board - 0.003BTC per GH/s (excluding shipping)
If no one wants to buy them, they'll just be switched off and left idle once I need the power for development work on the new hardware Tongue