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Board Group buys
Re: [OPEN] Prisma 1.4Th/s group buy @ 1.42 btc with coupon
by
Chris_Sabian
on 30/10/2014, 18:00:32 UTC
At this point, it's pretty difficult to imagine anyone questioning whether it's "safe" to trust Canary or not -- but it still feels that a quick note/fyi is appropriate:

Ordered 3 Prisma (Prismas? Prismi?  Prismaux?  Prismoxen?) and received 2 in the first batch; the third showed up yesterday.  My experience with Canary was excellent -- considering I've never participated in a group buy before (only direct purchases from manufacturers, eg, Bitmain and the like), the process was smooth sailing the entire way. 

Everything arrived on-time -- in fact, I had mine in hand before certain other GBs announced they'd received their first "batch."  (No disrespect to any other GB intended -- just pointing out that Canary's "All mail comes here first, before anywhere else" claim seems to be pretty damned accurate.  My current suspicion is that he's secretly like the Brother-in-Law of the Postmaster General or something.  In fact, if you look closely at his user pic, it's *clearly* a photoshop job -- I don't think he's even a bird at all.)     People were still debating in the main Prisma thread "whether or not any Prismas are in the wild yet" at least 2 days after I'd already received mine and placed 'em into service. 

And all three sound like enormous "industrial hairdryers" (if such a thing existed) -- so yes, I can confirm they arrived undamaged, with absurdly loud fans functioning per the manufacturer's specs.  What's that?  NO, I SAID THAT THEY ARE FUNCTIONING PER MANUFAC-- oh nevermind. Smiley

It has been a pleasure doing business with you, Canary; I still might grab a couple more of these from you later on...if and when I'm able to adjust the exhaust setup in my spare room enough to lower the ambient temp a few degrees...anything cooler than the surface of the sun will do for now. Smiley

But back to my main point -- I highly recommend Mr Yellow Bird of Happiness to anyone out there (especially any GB-newbies like myself...unless I was the only one left, which could easily be the case):  If you're in the market for an Avian-Managed Prismaux Group Buy, this one's your best bet.


[ Noted one more time for clarity:  No disrespect to the other Prisma Group Buy, which AFAICT appears to be handled in an equally professional manner. ]


Is there anyway to replace the fans with a quieter one?  Do you happen to know the CFM of the fan used?