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Board Hardware
Re: ANTMINER S3 Discussion and Support Thread.
by
jowaybea
on 06/08/2014, 19:13:41 UTC
Does anyone happen to know what the wattage usage is of the S3 at each frequency?  I'd like to put together a web form that takes the current Bitcoin price and the price you pay for electricity and then figures out what frequency would be best in terms of efficiency.  I could hook the units up to a watt meter and figure this out myself, but was curious if anyone had already done it and can save me the trouble?  (Or if there is a defined ratio, I could use that as well I guess.)

I'll make the site public and then potentially add other miners to it if they offer the same ability to change wattage/frequency and I have access to the numbers.   Maybe I'll call it Intelihash.   Haha...



While I applaud your idea, and willingness to share with the community, you still have more to consider.

The problem is, there are other variables.  PSU quality/80Plus rating, 120v vs 240v, even the quality of power from your power company has some effect on the # of watts at the wall.  Not to mention, these S3's tend to vary all over the +/-5% manufacturer's acceptable tolerance range.  Much more so than the old S1's anyway.

But here, I'll share what I have.  2xB1 S3's clocked at 225mhz averaging 455GH each on a single EVGA 1300G2 (80Plus Gold) pulled about 720W from the wall.  Right in line with what most people are reporting for 225mhz on gold rated PSU's.