Bitaxe & NerdQaxe gear I use — plus parts recommended to me that check out

Cooling & airflow

Noctua fans (quiet case fans)

• Noctua NF-A14 PWM (140mm) – great 140 mm option when you want serious airflow on a Bitaxe or NerdQaxe++ setup without a jet engine.
• Noctua NF-F12 PWM (120mm) – solid 120 mm fan with good static pressure for tighter builds or front-mounted Bitaxe rigs.

AC Infinity cabinet / spot cooling

• AC Infinity MULTIFAN S1 (80mm USB) – single 80 mm USB fan for small hotspots and focused airflow.
• AC Infinity MULTIFAN S3 (120mm USB) – simple 120 mm USB fan for shelves or open rack miner areas.
• AC Infinity MULTIFAN S5 (dual 80mm USB) – dual 80 mm for pointing straight at VRMs or ASIC hotspots.
• AC Infinity MULTIFAN S7 (dual 120mm USB) – dual 120 mm for cabinets or behind multiple Bitaxe / NerdQaxe miners.

Thermal paste, pads & heatsinks

Paste

• Arctic MX-6 thermal paste – easy to work with, forgiving, and plenty good for ASIC repastes.
• Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut – higher-end paste if you’re chasing a couple of extra °C of margin.

Pads

• ARCTIC TP-3 100×100×1.0 mm pad – big sheet you can cut down, stackable up to 2 mm to bridge gaps.
• Thermal Grizzly Minus Pad 8 (120×20×1.0 mm) – good for narrow VRM strips and small components.
• Gelid GP-Extreme 80×40×1.0 mm pad – 12 W/mK pad, solid gap filler for hot components near the hash board.

Copper heatsinks (aftermarket)

• GeeekPi 18-piece pure copper heatsink kit – the standard “home miner” aftermarket upgrade kit. High-quality copper sinks that perform noticeably better than cheap aluminum ones. A lot of my devices came with copper from the factory, but if you’re upgrading after the fact, this type of kit is what you’d use.

Power & smart control

Mean Well PSUs (Bitaxe & NerdQaxe power)

I use Mean Well PSUs at home; below are three common 12 V models that come up a lot for Bitaxe / NerdQaxe-style miners. You don’t need all of them — pick what matches your power budget and number of rigs.

• Mean Well LRS-600-12 (600 W, 12 V, 50 A) – beefy 12 V supply when you’re running multiple miners off one PSU.
• Mean Well LRS-350-12 (348 W, 12 V, 29 A) – good middle-of-the-road Mean Well for a couple of miners with headroom.
• Mean Well LRS-200-12 (200 W, 12 V, 17 A) – lighter-duty option when you don’t need a huge shared PSU yet.

Note: Mean Well LRS supplies have a high inrush current at startup. Don’t plug them into Kasa or other consumer smart strips. Keep them on a regular outlet or properly rated switch instead.

Smart power options (for standard power bricks)

These smart options are for miners running their standard / stock power bricks — not the Mean Well PSUs above. Great for monitoring power and remotely power-cycling a couple of rigs.

• Kasa HS300 smart power strip – six individually switchable outlets, perfect for a small Bitaxe / NerdQaxe “farm” on stock bricks.
• Kasa KP115 smart plug (with energy monitoring) – single-outlet plug I like to use to watch draw on individual miners.
• Kasa KP125M (Matter, 2-pack) – newer Matter-compatible plugs if you’re all-in on that ecosystem.

Cords & adapters

• XT30 male/female pigtail set (5 pairs, 16 AWG) – XT30 pigtails for safely connecting miners to your Mean Well PSU.
• 2.1×5.5 mm DC barrel pigtail (1 male + 1 female, 18 AWG) – classic 12 V barrel leads; handy for Bitaxe/Hex and side projects.
• Amazon Basics 3-prong PC power cord (6 ft, 18 AWG) – basic IEC C13 cable for powering your Mean Well or other PSUs.

Cleaning, tools & misc.

Dust & board cleanup

• Dust-Off DPSXL 10 oz canned air – quick blasts outside every few months to keep fins and filters clear.
• Anti-static nylon brush kit (set of 8) – for gently cleaning boards and fans without static drama.

Power & paste tools

• Plug-in watt / power meter – simple wall meter to verify real-world power draw at the outlet.
• Thermal Grizzly TG spatula set (3-pack) – makes spreading thermal paste way less annoying and more consistent.

Repair & cabling

• iFixit Essential Electronics Toolkit – the driver / bit kit I grab for basically every miner job.
• Amazon Basics USB-C to USB-A 2.0 cable (6 ft) – easy C-to-A cable for flashing or connecting to miners and dev boards.

Temp monitoring “canary”

• HT1 smart temperature & humidity sensor – easy little “canary” sensor to sit near your rigs. If the ambient temperature around them suddenly spikes, you want to know immediately — it usually means a fan has failed, airflow changed, or a PSU is getting warmer than it should.

Fuses & protection

Many NerdQaxe++ boards use 5×20 mm fast-blow fuses in the 8 A range. Always check your own board / PSU labeling first, but this is the common replacement size I keep around:

• BOJACK 5×20 mm 8 A fast-blow fuses (pack of 10) – what I keep on hand for boards that use 5×20 mm 8 A fuses.

Important: Overclock at your own risk. A beefier fuse doesn’t change the limits of the other components on the board.

Quick starter notes

Noise

If your miner is still running a loud stock fan, upgrading to a Noctua is the biggest quality-of-life improvement you can make. It dramatically cuts noise while keeping temps stable. In my opinion, it’s absolutely worth it.

Power

For one or two devices, the stock power bricks are usually fine. If you’re pushing heavy overclocks or running multiple Bitaxe / NerdQaxe++ rigs, that’s when a Mean Well PSU becomes the right move. Once this hobby grabs you and you start adding rigs, switching to a shared PSU setup just makes everything cleaner and more efficient.

Control & monitoring

Using smart strips and plugs with stock bricks lets you monitor power at the wall, schedule on/off times, and remotely power-cycle rigs if something freezes. Just keep that industrial Mean Well supply on normal outlets — don’t run those through consumer smart hardware.

Maintenance

This page gets updated whenever I add new miners, test new accessories, or find better gear. If something here ever turns out to be trash, I’ll pull it — no fluff, no bag-holding.

Heads up (not advice)

Double-check wattage, amperage, and fuse ratings for your exact hardware. Don’t blindly copy my setup if your miner expects something different. When in doubt, check the Bitaxe / NerdQaxe docs or ask the community before wiring up a new PSU or fuse.

For folks landing here from search

If you landed here from a search like “Bitaxe Mean Well”, “NerdQaxe Mean Well”, or “Bitaxe accessories”, this page is meant to be a simple, honest parts list you can copy from without spending hours digging through forums.