I would like to buy some of these, but the cooler costs are just ridiculous and everyone sells them without them..
They COULD use a regular heatsink, but they would need to be severely down clocked to like the 200Ghs range
Don't get me wrong, I'll be using an refurbished H80i water cooler I got off newegg.com today for $63 with a coupon today. It'll be here just in time for the Hab I also bought today.
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=35-181-057I have had very good fortune buying refurb corsair parts. They come packed like an brand new item with all new accessories etc. and a 1 yr MFR warranty. And in this case with the coupon, I saved over 33% off list price
Bump, price updated.
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is it possible to keep them hashing aircooled?
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You can air cool them, though performance will be lower.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=519943.msg6714539#msg6714539I ran one with a Hyper 212 Evo at 340GH/s poolside, and only 241W (@110V) at the wall. Temps were 89C at that point, so there would be room even with that cooler to bump it up a little. I would guess with a bit of an upgraded fan on a Hyper 212 Evo you could probably hit the original Babyjet speed of 400GH/s at around 300-320W at the wall, but I haven't tested that.
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