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Topic
Board Hardware
Re: ANTMINER S3 Discussion and Support Thread.
by
ck
on 23/07/2014, 12:50:28 UTC
yeah but right now these overclock like shit.  So use 2 cables and power 3 with the evga

I've been wondering.  Is it really worth trying to OC these?  Is the risk worth the result?

By OCing you:

1 - void your warranty
2 - risk damaging your Ant
3 - use more electricity
4 - generate more heat
5 - need to use 2x the PSU cables

All for a measly increase in hashrate?

M

Not worth it at all, but some people just like to push it to the limit.

I guess it also depends on whether you want to milk the hardware down to every single last milihash worth before difficulty skyrockets, or be content with letting it run at stock hoping that hardware wouldn't break down prematurely.