My own case design will be using a 100x400mm configuration in a rackmount. I know there are others who will use this side-side method for racking as well so could I suggest making one this size too.

I think a 100x400mm water block could be nice to see. I used to do water cooling for gaming so I think that kind of thing is fun to set up. I would like to know if you (BKKCoins) think overclocking the klondike board would produce gains high enough to justify doing it. If I could get another 15% with a good liquid system over air then I'll think about doing it. I could rig up a custom system on the cheap, but in the end I kind of doubt that it would be worth it.

Note that one thing I did recently was move the USB connector back so it doesn't hang out a bit. This allows front-front tiling. In this layout you could have a 200x200mm tiling with the USB connectors in the middle and power coming in on opposite outside edges. The catch is that you cannot plug in a USB cable unless one of them is flipped around back-front. So you could do eg. 200x300mm 6 boards, or 200x400 8 boards, with all facing inward except one flipped to get access to the USB (or a vertical facing USB conn. exists out there).

Another thought I had was a K32 10x20cm board, perhaps instead of K64. The difference is that the main power supply area would come right down the middle of both and there would only be one PIC for the whole K32, with each bank being 16 chips. One power connector at the back for the whole K32. Unlike the K64 with this layout we actually gain more parts savings since we remove a power connector and PIC and a few other bits. It's still probably not that significant overall since ASICs are the main cost.

I really don't know. But maybe later some testing can give some clues as to how much cooling will translate into speed increases.

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Can't wait for the thread.

I'll take two.

Sorry, but my version of a "sexy case" doesn't have wood trim that I can display next to my coffee table in my livingroom. My version is a metal box that's about 19 in wide, and you can stack about 20 of them on top of each other with tidy cable management and a managed airflow design.

Ditto. Make it fit in a rack with a nice clean look. I want IT hardware, not a 1960s entertainment center.

Makes me think of:

 

On the other hand, such a design could help mitigate some of the parts shortages I'm expecting we'll see.

Don't you think it makes sense now to do a cutoff for some of these other developers who have TONS of chips already allocated (Cough, cough, BURNIN)? How many more chips can the guy possibly use? Nothing against Burnin, but he's got dozens of chips allocated at this point. I think it's only reasonable to say enough is enough, and divert these other chips elsewhere... The point of the developer chips is to get them in the hands of those who need them for development purposes, not to set up a developer with his own mining farm.  

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How about this



This picture is not my room nor is this what I want it to look like, but you get the idea now. Something I can be proud to display.

I thought you could put only 4 chips in a K16 board and it would still work? The board kits themselves don't appear to be that expensive [based on preliminary info]