Froddo Saggins

Having experimented with over clocking the #nerdaxe and #bitaxe gamma, I finally decided to upgrade my #nerdQaxe++ rev6 from @Solosatoshi.com 🇺🇸 I added the rear fans earlier and have had the machine running at 750MHz for a while but didnt want to push it more as the ASIC chips have been running right at 60 degrees. So I finally added the Thermaltake Toughhair 110 CPU Cooler I picked up a while ago just for this. Initial results are great, besides being a little front heavy! With a 10 degree drop in ASIC temps and 7 degree drop in VR temps running at the same 750MHz. Im gonna let everything stabilize for a while but I looks like ive got some room to push the ASICs further!

In my last post, I reached the limit of my NerdAxe Gamma from @Solosatoshi.com 🇺🇸 . I posted a screenshot of the data I collected with the stock setup. I recently finished installing their Dark Horse Heatsink upgrade and have rerun my data collection.

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Bitaxe Heatsink Upgrade

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I've been playing around with the settings on my nerdaxe gamma from @Solosatoshi.com 🇺🇸 and gathering data with just the default hardware. Looks like I hit the limit for the stock hardware at about 625MHz and 1.25V at which point both the ASIC temp and VR jumped significantly. The Charts are raw data collected over multiple hours at each setting and the averaged data over same time periods. Next step is to swap out the heat sink to one of the Dark Horse Heat sinks from @Solosatoshi.com 🇺🇸 and then repeat the data collection.

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Bitaxe Heatsink Upgrade

This Bitaxe Heatsink Upgrade from Solo Satoshi will slash temps, silence your rig and boost hashrate, in under 5 minutes of installation. Grab your...

Over the past month, I've acquired 2 #nerdQaxe++ Rev 6 from @Solosatoshi.com 🇺🇸 and a Rev 5 from PlebSource. All 3 have been running great, but there is a noticeable difference in both ASIC temp and VR temp between the Rev 6 and Rev 5 models. ASIC temp of ~51.0 vs ~55.0 VR temp of ~42.0 vs ~ 51.0 At the default settings (ASIC frequency = 600MHz) (ASIC voltage = 1.15 V) Based on this I decided to add some extra cooling to the Rev 5 to bring down the temps a bit with an 80mm Noctua fan and some aluminum heat sinks.

Hooked my Nerd Axe Gamma up to a mean well LRS 200 and saw a significant decrease in my hash rate variation. I didnt take a before pic but ill be sure to take a before and after when I hook my NerdAxe++ up to a mean well as well. Mean well LRS set to 5.1 V