Quote from: Stratobitz on February 04, 2015, 03:18:58 PM

This is a simple outline / guide on how we are running our Antminer S5 Units in clusters of 6 with no overheating issues and a decent overclock.

Our setup consists of (6) S5 Units per Cluster - all within the small space of a 30" small wire shelving unit.

Our Miners are set at frequency 393.75.

We are achieving 1300+ GHash per Miner; no "X"s; and with only a single Delta AFB1212SHE Replacement Fan.

We are not using any sort of water cooling or push pull; just a single fan. Temps are constant at 52-56 C in a 69-72 F Room.

We've been grouping 6 units together on a 24x30x14 Small Wire Shelving Unit which can be purchased at HomeDepot / Target for roughly $20.00.

The config illustrated here uses (3) EVGA 1300 G2 PSUs, with (2) S5 Units on each PSU. This particular setup will limit your overclocking ability due to the PSUs power limit. With this setup I would not recommend going over 362.50.

However, this same setup can be used with a total of (4) 1000w PSUs running 393.75 - simply by running (3) S5 Units on (2) PSUs each X 2. Simply Mount all 4 PSUs on the outside of the shelving unit - rather than the 3rd 1300w in the middle. Please note that the Pink Circles and Lines note Zip Tie Points.

http://s26.postimg.org/fymk0uiyh/Antminer_S5_Setup_Config_Stratobitz_Coin_Rocket.jpg

We'll be publishing our additional guide on maximizing your mining hashpower; and improving your mining power by up to 15% by simply running an additional script and light weight software package. That guide will be posted later this month!

Cheers!

Strato

Statos, could you elaborate on the wiring required to power two S5s on one EVGA 1300 G2? I see you have two red lines and two blue lines running to each S5. I assume the red are straight PCIe 6 pin cables and the blues that a red port and split them into two. What cable do you recommend?

Also, I thought I read somewhere that each S5 PCI-e connectors required +12V DC input / 15 amp, or 60 amp for each S5. That would be 120a to power two S5s, but the EVGA 1300 list a max output of 108.3a on the +12v line. Is that right?

Thanks

kminer

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