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Title: card is at 90f Post by: mlouca on June 12, 2011, 12:36:18 AM If the cards running 24/7 at 90 degrees how fast will this card burn? anyone know what kind of small fan i can purchase to kool it down?
Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: enmaku on June 12, 2011, 12:38:57 AM I think you mean 90C... 90F = 32C = The temp we all wish our cards would run at 24/7.
As for the lifespan, not entirely sure, I haven't killed a card yet (knock on wood) though I manage to keep mine comfortably in the 70s and 80s. I use stock coolers on the cards themselves but as it happens I already had a portable AC unit hooked up to my living room window so I just blow cold air directly into the intakes. These can be had for under $300 and I'd consider them to be a good investment if you want to mine long-term without replacing a lot of cards. Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: kokojie on June 12, 2011, 12:40:26 AM 90C not a big problem, but try not go any more beyond that. I'd be more worried about fan crapping out by running on high RPM for a long time.
Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: mlouca on June 12, 2011, 12:40:58 AM it actually says 32c so i was assuming that was estimated to 90 degrees f
Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: enmaku on June 12, 2011, 12:42:38 AM it actually says 32c so i was assuming that was estimated to 90 degrees f Is it submerged in mineral oil inside of a mini-fridge? That's phenomenal if you're talking temperature under load. The rig closest to the AC unit is still in the 60s for me. Then again I do live in Vegas and it did break 100F today :P Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: mlouca on June 12, 2011, 12:45:17 AM kool, thanks fellas!
Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: pennytrader on June 12, 2011, 12:53:59 AM apparently, the temp measuring unit is broken
Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: Moussekateer on June 12, 2011, 12:55:28 AM apparently, the temp measuring unit is broken This. What card is it? We can only dream of those temps with a fan. Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: Mortox on June 12, 2011, 01:05:58 AM Personally, I'm running a mineral oil computer with an attached chiller, and I'm maintaining about 55C on my GTX 470's (its a gaming rig, only started on bitcoins recently) while mining. I got into computer cooling as a hobby several years ago, and have played with liquid cooling, mineral oil, and mechanical chilling. From what I understand, every 10C over 50C you roughly halve the lifetime of the component in question, though I don't know what the normal expected life of a well cooled card is.
If you're maintaining 90F on a card while mining, I'd be astonished. I don't know how you'd manage that without some serious phase-change equipment. Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: chungenhung on June 13, 2011, 04:34:17 PM Are you mining in Antarctica? 90F at full load is just freaking awesome.
Or maybe you r using LN2 cooling. Title: Re: card is at 90f Post by: kirby9058 on June 13, 2011, 05:26:25 PM Personally, I'm running a mineral oil computer with an attached chiller, and I'm maintaining about 55C on my GTX 470's (its a gaming rig, only started on bitcoins recently) while mining. I got into computer cooling as a hobby several years ago, and have played with liquid cooling, mineral oil, and mechanical chilling. From what I understand, every 10C over 50C you roughly halve the lifetime of the component in question, though I don't know what the normal expected life of a well cooled card is. I don't get how that could be true when most modern GPU's I've dealt with have idled over 60C... do you have a source for that?If you're maintaining 90F on a card while mining, I'd be astonished. I don't know how you'd manage that without some serious phase-change equipment. |