How Far Can Hydro Cooling Push a Bitcoin Miner?

In this video I compare the NerdQaxe++ air-cooled Bitcoin solo miner vs the NerdQaxe++ Hydro water-cooled miner to see which performs better at stock settings and when overclocking in AxeOS. I run both miners at stock settings and then use an auto overclocking tool with equal limits to see which version overclocks higher.

Finally, I remove the limits on the Hydro and push it to the maximum AxeOS allows to see its true performance ceiling — while tracking hashrate, AxeOS watts, wall watts, voltage drop, current draw, and ASIC temps.

Disclaimer: Overclocking can blow fuses, overload power supplies, and damage hardware. Attempt at your own risk — and always monitor temps, current draw, and wall power.

Video links:
➡️ NerdQaxe++ (Air) — https://geni.us/nerdaxe
➡️ NerdQaxe++ Hydro — https://geni.us/nerdaxehydro
➡️ Auto overclock tool used in this video — https://github.com/swdots/bitaxe-benchmark-webgui/

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Video Chapters:
00:00 NerdQaxe++ Air vs Hydro Cooling Test
01:31 How Air Cooling Works on ASIC Miners
02:00 How Hydro Water Cooling Works on ASICs
02:25 Stock NerdQaxe++ Hashrate Performance Test
03:07 Fixing Low Hydro Hashrate in AxeOS
04:40 Stock Power Usage and ASIC Temperatures
06:27 Auto Overclock Tool for NerdQaxe++
07:25 Overclock Limits: 100W Power / 11.6V Input
09:09 Air-Cooled NerdQaxe++ Overclock Results
11:02 Hydro-Cooled NerdQaxe++ Overclock Results
12:46 Wall Power Meter vs AxeOS Power
13:40 Hydro Miner Overclock Without Limits
14:19 Maximum AxeOS Overclock Frequency Limit
15:12 Power Supply and Fuse Limit Discussion
16:46 Air vs Hydro Cooling Final Verdict
17:13 Full NerdQaxe++ Setup and Review
17:22 What I Solo Mine Instead of Bitcoin

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