Review of the Avalon A1041

Just a quick overview of the A1041 here. Physical Specs: Height: 11.5in Width: 7.5in including the PSU PSU width: 2.25in Depth: 7.5in Without Fan: around 6in (depth without the fan) The login and dashboard interface has changed quite a bit compared to the older models. By changed, I mean it's a whole new vibe. But honestly, it's super user-friendly. Hashrate: 125 Displayed Average: 31.4 TH (60-min average) Pool Average: 35 TH (10 min) | 27 TH (60 min) 97 Displayed Average: 31.8 TH (60-min average) Pool Average: 33 TH (10 min) | 32 TH (60 min) Power Consumption: 240 on 3 phase** 2000-2200W @ 125F 1900-2000W @ 97F **Operating environment is above 40C, which explains the higher power consumption compared to what’s advertised. Planning to move the miner around to test at various temps, including the recommended range of 25-35C. A few minor issues: When you switch the pool, there’s only an apply button, and nothing to reset or restart cgminer. After inputting a new pool, you need to reboot the whole miner. Images: Login: Dashboard: Log: Pool Config: Network: Admin: Front: PSU Side: Notes: Software This version isn’t finalized yet, and it's still getting updates. Anything related to the software might change at any time.

Any questions or requests? Sound is very similar to the 851, I don't have it segregated but if I had to guess it is just a bit less than the hum of the 851's. Decibel meter reads between 68-75 but there are other machines and large fans also in the background. Not to my knowledge, a distributor sent this one for testing.

Looking good. What's the sound like? I haven't been keeping up on the Avalons is this the version that doesn't require a controller?

So I take it that for folks who ordered early the A10's have started shipping? And it's running at 109F per yer sshot? Woof!

Got it hovering at a nice 118 seeing what it can handle and how it handles it.

"Welecom" - noun 1. an instance or manner of greeting someone. Often spelled Welcome in the non crypto space. "you will receive a warm welecom when your miner over heats" This distributor trying to send another for testing. I am thinking Taserz 24 hour mining in my basement then Taserz 24h mining outside in the heat then Taserz 24h mining in the freezer. Followed by Taserz 2.4 minutes deep cleaning with a paint brush. Followed by taserz 24 minutes write up. But I just want to buy one and get it like now

I lol'd a bit at the welecom. The distributor deals with medium-large customers, if anyone is looking for 50+ shoot me a PM and I'll get you their contact info.

Thanks for the report, cool to see one of these in the wild already.

Ja though of course Kano has been seeing them on his pool for over a month as that's where Canaan does the burn-in testing. Assuming that 109-118F is chip temp gotta say I'm impressed. What's the measured power draw? Can't wait for the one I ordered a couple weeks ago to ship in July

Pretty sure he means one is out of the factory / testing area and is actually in someone's hands. Measured power draw is in the OP about 2kW but it should be noted that this is due to the heat, the miner itself is right around 31TH on the pool and goes between 30-32. The miner is doing everything to stay at the target hashrate even in the extreme temperatures / power draw increase is being caused by the loss of efficiency due to the heat. *Based on the temps and power draw it is right around par with what occurred in testing except I think in their video they only went up to ~40C.

My question is does the psu  label read 12.33 volts at 150 amps? as that would be 1849.50 watts your watt readings were higher. 2000-2200 at 125f 1900-2000 at 97f both exceed that label   unless I read it wrong and it reads 12.33 volts at 180 amps  which makes a lot more sense as that would be 2215 watts While we don't need 50 units I may want 10-17 units  so if someothers want 10-20 usa based maybe 3-5 people could get a 50 pack.

12.35 volts and 150 amps is what the sticker says, however it supposedly can adjust in real-time between 12-14.5V and model number suggests it's rated for 2100 watts.

okay 2100 works fine. as 14.5 x 150 = 2175 watts. so popcorn is pushing gear hard in a hot room and so far it holds up. that's cool (pun intended).

I think the first batch shipping is slated July, next batch available is in August. Demo's are live in the wild obviously.

Yes sir, it still held up all weekend averaging 30.5-32th/s in +110F temps. The 97F was in an AC'd room however it had poor airflow so I think the area around the miner just warmed up. I believe this it is the PSU supplied by Avalon and I was told it auto adjusted, this is the standard miner so no turbo mode.

I finally got around to updating the Competitive hardware thread, and linked your review under it. Nice to see Avalons still handle the heat, my 741's were great for that on those bordereline days when I wasn't around to tweak them.

hi guys I am back. we have  completed our enviromental testing up to 40C,  for all the modes of the miner and yes they can take the heat. More samples should be going out shortly , we had some software tweaks and  wanted to test the first few thousand machines in all the modes, especially turbo. We  will open up the ordering. Demand is running pretty high, and manufacturers are light on inventory so first come first serve https://canaan.io/shop/

Looks like we're listing for August on 1041 while it's available.

Bottom line.  It is selling out pretty quickly so that now most large customers are pre purchasing  Sept/Oct. capacity at the fabs  ( TSMC and Samsung) is pretty tight which means  NO ONE will be able to build a huge wack of machines  ( unlike Q1 and Q2 of 2018 ) With Upstream supply tight and BTC mooning  even old shitty stuff is flying out the door. We just started selling 850! which is basically 851  that didnt met the spec. Moving like crazy. it looks to me like we will have a repeat of end of 2017  when demand was 10X  the supply. If BTC holds or goes higher then you can expect shortages. life in bitcoin, never dull. I will try to reserve some quantity for smaller customers and put some aside for Nick at blokforge. he stuck with bitcoin and us through thick and thin.

Ja, it's pretty crazy right now. Glad I ordered my A10 through Blokforge in time for the early July delivery. Speaking of which, any better info on when the early July batch will be shipping?