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Re: ANTMINER S3 Discussion and Support Thread.
by
allcoinminer
on 13/07/2014, 10:31:01 UTC
Hi

A few questions to S3 users:
1) is it possible to place four of these in a small room (15-20 m2) without AC and work comfortably there during summer Wink ? (in other words, how much heat and noise these devices produce?)
2) I've got one Toughpower Grand 1200W - will it be enough for three S3's ?
3) how it goes with overclocking and how does it affect ergonomy (noise+heat and increase in power consumption - see 1) and 2) ) ?

thx in advance

Its possible to place four of them in your small room without any ac.
But make sure some ventilation is provided for outside air to enter and hot air to escape.
You may arrange some DIY stuffs to make it more efficient in cooling.
Noice will be very low since its equipped with two fans running slow.
Its a dual +12V rails PSU supporting 40A in one and 85 in another. It may not be a problem for connecting 3 S3-es, But its not possible for a 4th one.
T
he company says, "80 PLUS Gold certified – with 87-93% extreme high efficiency @ 20-100% load to cut down electric cost." If its true then its a good and efficient Power supply for overclocking since 20%-100% is its efficiency peak loads.