Bitaxe Gamma 601/602 Bitcoin Miner, 1.2TH/s, BM1370 ASIC, 18W/TH, WiFi, Silent Home Mining

I have ordered 3 of these Gammas from Plebsource and they are all awesome! One of them was overheating right away but all it needed was some new thermal paste and it was hashing in no time. They come with a decent 5v PSU and have an extra Molex 4 pin connector installed for a super easy Noctua upgrade. I may not win the BTC Lottery as others have with these but they are a lot of fun to tinker with and upgrade. Just started experimenting with minor overclocking and they are running 1.5-1.7Th/S easy, with a lot more room to go I think! Just ordered the NerdQAxe++ from them too and will be adding a 4th Gamma soon. Thanks Plebsource - you folks are awesome!

This little miner had me up and hashing in under 10 minutes — seriously impressive. It’s plug-and-play, simple enough for beginners, yet exciting for seasoned Bitcoiners. Reminiscent of the old Gekkoscience USB miners, but with a modern twist and way more performance. I could see this being a fantastic gift for anyone, from kids learning about Bitcoin to tech-savvy grandparents wanting a hands-on project. The build quality is great, and the community behind it is super supportive. If you’re even a little curious about mining or want to share the Bitcoin journey with someone, this is the perfect starting point.

A very good Gamma 602 with one flaw as I see it So if you are going to run stock settings for frequency and voltage, the stock fan and heat sink are fine. If you are going to overclock this, then you really want to replace the stock fan with a 52pi heat sink and perhaps a Noctua A4 fan. I have mine running at a higher clock and voltage level after replacing the fan and heat sink and adding small heat sinks to some of the components on the rear like the vr regulator and some of the power resistors. Now about the one flaw...the design of the gamma 602 uses offset holes on the board so that the manufacturer does not "need" to install the display pin header board like on previous generation gamma's like the 601. They just "bend" the pins on the display outward in opposite directions so that the 4 pins on the display board make a tenuous contact with the holes through the motherboard. If you receive your 602 and notice the display is not working, bend the pins of the display out a bit and insert it back into the holes as seen in the attached pics. Quite frankly, this is a bad design and not a cool way to save a few pennies over using a pin header socket that is soldered onto the board. All of my gamma 601's use the pin header socket soldered to the board and you can just insert the display board pins into that header socket and remove it if needed for replacement. other than this one issue, this is a really good bit of kit and I much prefer the stand that comes with this Pleb version over several of the others that I have purchased.

It's easy to setup and start solo mining Bitcoin or mine with a Bitcoin pool. The web interface for it is awesome but don't forget to update it so you get all the new features and it's more stable. If you're solo mining you get a chance to solve a block every 10 minutes.

Overheated in less than one minute after setting up. It's also very noisy, so using the word ''silent'' in the description is an outright lie. Very disappointed in the outcome since it can not preform overheated making it very unreliable to buy and use out of the box. The fan is running, the firmware is updated to current, but still getting an overheated error. Not even heavy enough to reuse as a paperweight.

They have overheating problems and a cheap thermal paste that most people have to replace. The fan will make a high pitch whining noise during normal operation. The fan will always be running hard because of the overheating. I have always had to run it at its lowest settings because of the overheating. THE PROVIDED POWER SUPPLY BEGAN FAILING AT SIX MONTHS. THE BITAXE WILL NO LONGER HASH AT ALL AFTER SEVEN MONTHS. EVERYTHING ON ALL SCREENS WILL NOW ONLY DISPLAY A POWER SUPPLY ERROR. (I already tried updating the firmware through multiple releases including the current one. I run a data center as the IT manager. I have operated and repaired real miners. This thing is a waste of money.)

It's more for learning and less for making money. They're called "lottery miners" because your chance of making money is like winning the lottery. The code is open-source, so you can experiment with different algorithms.

Works as it should. Definitely didn't hit the slicon lottery on mine. Had to put an aftermarket heatsink and fan then overclock it to hit the 1.2th, but it's fine. Stock fan on these is a lil loud anyways.