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Re: BITMAIN Antminer S3 support and OverClocking thread
by
Master One
on 09/08/2014, 18:50:02 UTC
Ok, see this seems to be going against earlier theories in the thread, but this at least makes sense. With a power draw of 400w or less, I would think we could use the same power setup we had for overclocked s1's. I.E. only TWO pcie cables. But other people have STRONGLY recommended using 4 pcie cables when overclocking the s3's. The reason they give is decreasing the power draw on the pcie cables. Makes sense, but this implies we have been near melting our pcie cables with the s1's for the past couple of months. What gives ?

I'd say the main sense is spreading the power distribution over two pcb tracks instead of just one.