Antminer R4 Is Available Today!
A couple days ago I did a post about the Antminer R4 releasing soon. Today on the Bitmain website, It is up and ready to ship!
Specifications:
- Hash Rate: 8.6TH/s (Variation of ±5% is expected)
- Power Consumption: 845W +9% at the wall (with Bitmain’s APW5 PSU, 93% efficiency, 25°C ambient temp)
- Power Efficiency: 0.1 J/GH +9% at the wall (with Bitmain’s APW5 PSU, 93% efficiency, 25°C ambient temp)
- Noise level: 52dB (at an ambient temperature of 35°C)
- Chip quantity per unit: 126 x BM1387• Rated Voltage: 11.60 ~13.00V• Product size: 515mm (L) x 100mm (W) x 222mm (H)
- Package size: 610mm (L) x 215mm (W) x 340mm (H)• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C
- Network Connection: Ethernet
Bitmain is trying to bring back mining to home with the Antminer R4 with more power efficiency and cooling. Can they pull it off with this unit? Starting at a price point of $1395 USD, that's a bit high to me considering there are mining machines out there with higher hashrates and costs less but you do use more power. That doesn't even include the recommended power supply that is designed to work with the R4. The power supply itself is priced at $240 USD. You'll be spending in the $1700 range with shipping costs!
Personally I don't know if this is worth it for home mining but they are mainly the only ones that are designing machines for consumer use.
Have any of you ordered one? Please share your experience later if you get one!
I still want one...lol
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