Quote from: jpchrist on August 08, 2014, 03:43:15 AM

Quote from: MinersAnonymous on August 08, 2014, 01:24:32 AM

Quote from: visdude on August 08, 2014, 12:54:44 AM

Quote from: JennaK on August 08, 2014, 12:18:09 AM

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that? Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

I am running an overclocked s3 on a cx500 right now. 14 days and its fine...so....

It's more so about knowing what you are running for 14 days... It's cheap, the quality is cheap, and you got exactly what you paid for. People only care when they have problems as long as you know this from the jump then you won't be surprised if the unit dies on you or fries your miners.

Quote from: jpchrist on August 08, 2014, 04:26:13 AM

Quote from: MinersAnonymous on August 08, 2014, 04:18:26 AM

Quote from: dsheaffer on August 08, 2014, 02:58:36 AM

Quote from: MinersAnonymous on August 08, 2014, 01:24:32 AM

Quote from: visdude on August 08, 2014, 12:54:44 AM

Quote from: JennaK on August 08, 2014, 12:18:09 AM

A cx600 would be useless to over clock a s3! I need 2 cx750 to have two overclocked s3s

Why do you say that? Have you actually run an S3 with a CX600?

Even if an OC'd S3 draws 450w at the wall, it only represents a 73% load on the CX600.

That's not really how power supplies work. Overall wattage is not the representation of how much power it can give on the 12v rail.
The cx600 has a 46A on the 12V rail, this is 552watts. That's 81.5%load without the added power draw from the wall minus efficiency of the power supply.
Seems it only comes with 2x PCI-E adaptors, so you would need molex to PCI-E or sata to PCI-E if you wanted to connect all 4.

OK...let's make this simple. A CX500 will absolutely, positively power an S3 at stock clock ...I've been running three batch 5s for two days now - avg 438Gh/s on the CX500's (I used 5 CX500s to run five S1s previousl - they draw nearly the same AMPs as an S3) The CX 500's are selling at Newegg.com for $29.99 after $20.00 rebate right now.

One PSU per miner means if one PSU dies, only one miner dies (not that any of my Corsair, EVGA or any other name brand PSUs have died since I started seriously mining about 5 months ago).

I don't get why y'all are buying these huge, expensive PSUs to support multiple miners...what's the point? And the next person that tells me they are buying gold or platinum PSUs because they are "more efficient", better be able to justify the additional expense vs. actual electric cost savings over 80 or so days...show me the math that proves the "more efficient" PSUs actually ROI better for our very specific scenario.

Simple and plain. YES the cx500 will run an antminer stock.

Don't be ignorant and do your own research.
You are at 72% load on the cx500 and ~80% on the 12v rail. This power supply at 50% load is 86% efficient.
Better power supplies offer better all around features such as voltage regulation, ripple, and more efficient at certain loads.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-review-80-plus-bronze,3587-5.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/1431436/why-you-should-not-buy-a-corsair-cx

Don't ask others to educate you, do your homework before you go spreading fud about stuff because you bought some crap for $50 and it works because you plugged it in.

I ONLY use this to power my single S3:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjwx4yfBRCt2rrAs-P5vtkBEiQAOdFXbfyYxK8BNRjcG4HINOdFw3jsGBwqz5piwisbeBuPMD8aArEq8P8HAQ&Item=N82E16817139079&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Power+Supplies-_-N82E16817139079&ef_id=U54GbwAABJyCojXI:20140808042436:s

If i were to overclock i would need something more powerful like plugging it directly into the sun or.... To the sub basement!

Sorry but your sarcasm does not interest me. The fact you own a trash power supply and are making fun of a quality one, maybe that might be funny to you, but typically gamers/mainstream miners are clueless about hardware. Then again, majority of people are too.

As long as you are aware you own a trash psu, then that is fine. You do have to buy what you can afford, and spending $400 on a miner and being cheap on a power supply is hands down dumb. If you are too broke to spend the extra $20 on a better psu then you are doing it wrong.