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Title: I'm new to mining, please help me! Post by: kranolf on February 06, 2018, 06:23:12 PM Hey guys!
So I picked up a Gigabyte gtx 1080 windforce Oc2 in November 2017, and now I thought I could use it for some mining. Mostly I only play games (not all day of course), so I thought it would be profitable to mine while not playing. So basically I have a few questions: 1. How harmful this is to my GPU? I tried with NiceHash, checked the temps, and the GPU was getting hotter and hotter, over 70 celsius, and fans were really loud. Is it really okay if I leave it like this? I mean I don't want to fry my GPU out for a couple bucks. 2. First when I started NiceHash it said 504.56499 H/s, then it changed to MH/s and it was always 49-50 MH/s. Is that okay for a Single GTX 1080? 3. I know 2.55$ daily is not really a good amount to get/day, especially that GPU is on constant 100% usage. Are there any other cryptocurrencies that its much more worth mining than BTC? If so, what software should I use? My full spec: Gigabyte H81M-S2H motherboard i5 4460 Gigabyte Gtx 1080 windforce 2x 8gb DDR3 RAM SuperFlower 550W PSU 250gb Samsung EVO 850 SSD 1 TB HDD Thanks for the answers in advance! Title: Re: I'm new to mining, please help me! Post by: darth_cryptorider on February 06, 2018, 06:30:41 PM Hi!
I suggest you to check this topic for mining question https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=14.0 You can find all information about mining there. regarding your questions. 1) Better to keep temperature in 50-68 range 2) Don't use NICEHASH (better mine your own coin and then sale them on high price, for example you can mine ZEC on https://zcash.flypool.org/) 3) Read about software in mining section of the forum Title: Re: I'm new to mining, please help me! Post by: kranolf on February 07, 2018, 08:28:22 AM Thanks for your answer.
Could you please tell me how can I keep temps between 50-60? I really don't know how to do that. I guess it's not the fan curve cause no matter how fast they spin, the GPU doesn't really cool down. Sometimes it even sounds like a hairblower, maybe my GPU is faulty? |