Finally got my hands on the new Sipolar hub, so I’m ready to share my thoughts on Sidehack's latest sticks.
Here’s one seller where you can grab the sticks:
https://this forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1627698
And another link to purchase:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GekkoScience-NEWPAC-BM1387-SHA256-Bitcoin-USB-Mining-Stick-New-2PAC-Miner/253271572863?
You can also check out this site for the sticks:
https://www.419mining.com/shop/miners/gekkoscience-newpac-dual-bm1387-usb-stickminer/
Here’s a second official seller:
CrazyGuy https://this forum/index.php?action=profile;u=25223
https://asicpuppy.com/magentoPuppy/
I’m using this hub:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sipolar-10-Port-USB-2-0-Powered-Hub-with-power-supply-5V-20-Amp-2A-per-port/352409900554?
And I also got this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eyeboot-49-Port-60-Amp-USB-2-0-Hub-iphone-smartphone-charging-station-bundle/112843278687?
I’ve got nine sticks running right now and pointed them here.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5070062.0
give a way was completed thread for giveaway was locked by me.
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I have moved both newpacs to the new sipolar usb hub
purchased from ebay link.
I have set them to 250 freq and I am pointing at bravo mining
http://www.bravo-mining.com/
Contributor Hashrates
Rank Donor User Name TH/s BTC/Day USD/Day
1 jonnybravo.........8.091 0.000 0.0000
2 MinerSRQ...........1.501 0.000 0.0000
3 rkotsybar...........0.806 0.000 0.0000
4 tubexc...............0.129 0.000 0.0000
5 philipma1957 0.127 0.000 0.0000 2 sticks do very well
6 bugwash............0.102 0.000 0.0000
7 AB1042503........0.033 0.000 0.0000
8 munkeyminer......0.030 0.000 0.0000
9 mofoq................0.030 0.000 0.0000
10 PhredPhrog 0.020 0.000 0.0000
11 CaptRedeye 0.016 0.000 0.0000
my opinions
these are nice sticks so nice I grabbed a third one and it is on its way
I will set it to the sipolar hub.
the power brick gives 12 volts at 10 amps.
so 12 x 10 = 120 watts convert to 5volts since ports are 5 volts
90percent to 95 percent so 120 x .9 = 108 watts x .8 for safety = 86.4 watts round down to 80 /10 =
8 watts for 10 ports in theory
so here is sidehack's chart
@100MHz was 2.65W, with AsicBoost measured 2.35W. (default)
@200MHz was 4.66W, with AsicBoost measured 4.20W. (fan cooled)
@400MHz was 9.63W, with AsicBoost measured 8.38W. (out of support zone)
@600MHz was 13.62W, with AsicBoost measured 12.45W. (damage if fan gets tired zone)
looks like 300mhz could work with all 10 ports and good fans
So my third newpac arrived today. I set it to freq 250 and I now have
3 newpacs set to freq 250
1 twopac set to freq 250
the sipolar hub is working fine so far and I am pulling 41 watts. hash rate is about 190gh considering one of the stick is a 2pac and not a compac
I think 4 newpacs would do about 210-220 at 41 watts
since a lot of watts are lost at the brick maybe 80-90% efficient and the 12volt to 5volt in the hub maybe 90%.
I estimate power at the port at 8-8.5 watts per stick
while power at the hub is 10.3 watts a stick I will need to grab more newpacs to test the hubs limits but 4 sticks at freq 250 seem good.
Even without AB enabled, unless the core voltage is jacked up a ways or cooling is terrible, you should see more like 6W at the port. I would guess the brick and hub regulators are worse than you're estimating. With good cooling but no AB, 8.5W at the port should get you upwards of 350MHz.
I will pull the 2 pac
and kwatt meter dropped from 40.8 to 24.7 so a newpac pulls 8.2 watts at the wall
and the old tired 2pac test model with a silver untreated heat sink was doing about 16 watts at freq 250
so new pacs look better now about 175-180gh and only 24-25 watts