In case you aren't aware, you can also use PSU Molex connectors by picking up a couple dual Molex to PCI-E adapters, they're pretty cheap and spread the load over more cables.

You can always just look at the DHCP leases on your router and get it from there.

i cant understand why this company keeps releasing miners that wont make a return??


This Difficulty
   Coins   Dollars
per Day   0.01429241 BTC   $4.56
per Week   0.10004684 BTC   $31.90
per Month   0.43502511 BTC   $138.72
this diff (est)   0.17113370 BTC   $54.57
   
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per Day   0.01322709 BTC   $4.22
per Week   0.09258961 BTC   $29.52
per Month   0.43502511 BTC   $138.72

well good luck to them in life

Free AC makes a huge difference. We run an ASIC farm and were lucky in that we negotiated 1600 AMPs of power included in our lease, years before we got into (or before BTC even existed).

So I think it really just depends on your situation. For the average Joe who pays regular rates for AC, mining is not a game to get into.

Strato

It saves an alarming amount of weight by opening up the top and bottom, as well as replacing out the metallic sides. The S5 is a total lightweight compared to the S3. And that means less steel being shipped round the world.

Hey, I didn't start it. Pokey's the one who wanted to make sure people didn't cross the streams.

To answer the question of 'why do people keep buying this hardware?', I present you with



10. Alt-coins
9. consistent BTC influx, which bitcoin has proven price spikes. = HOARD until you get to your profit point.
8. Hoarding BTC for the end of the world
7. Hoarding BTC for their loved ones
6. FUN HOBBY
5. Tinkering with electronics - guy stuff and (some) girls
4. Free electricity so it pays to mine
3. Realizing if they only 'make my money back' that it was worth the adventure because you are now part of the new monetary open source world while contributing to the blockchain, community, and population
2. sticking it to the man while not getting stuck by the man

aaaaannnnnddddd the #1 reason why people keep spending their money on miners......








1. Need something to do bc the wife won't stop shopping and spending all his money so why not throw it away into something that might get a little bit of a return and not hang in a closet for 2 years with the tag on it!

Replacing out the metalic cover with a plasticperspex one sure saves weight, but how much weight would a plastic perspex top and bottom add to the overall weight of the S5? (rhetorical question so you don't have to answer 'cause I know it is insignificant)

Actually, I think bitmain got this a bit wrong, but the good thing with them is that they listen to ideas (and test them out).

In the shape the S5 ships, it is NOT very well suited to home mining, but then again they had to be competitive pricewise so I think they tried to gain efficiencies with the cooling system they deployed on the S5 and by reducing weight and components, but ended up with a product that is neither well suited to home mining nor very well suited to commercial mining (the latter due to its lack of stack-ability!).

Having said that, the S5 can be made a lot quieter by replacing the stock fan with a quieter PWM one OR reducing the voltage to the stock fan with a resistor; you'll then need to add a second pull fan, and possibly have the top and bottom closed off.
Come to think about it, bitmain could engage a partner (similar to their liquid cooling one) to offer S5 to home upgrade downgrade kits (whatever that qualifies as) after testing that include a pair of quiter fans + top bottom covers (Not really worried about the covers as I can use card-board). Of-course, that depends on the longevity of the product line.