Hi,

I read the other "how long will they last" thread and I've a similar but different question:

My noisy GPUs are all on water with a monster radiator (Phobya Supernova 1260 / 4x 200mm Fans) so they chill around 45° C all the time with max OC. The question: is it safe to OC / Max out the Powertarget 24/7 without increasing the voltage?

Sapphire RX480 Nitro+ OC 8 GB (ETH)
Zotac 1080ti (ZEC)
Gigabyte 1070 itx (ZEC)
VTX R9 290 (ETH)

and a XEON 1660 (Hexacore) for XMR

Efficiency is not a question for me!

PSU are Tier 1 ones with lot of headroom!

Looking for interesting answers / discussion

Hi folks,

I often read that you should drive your GPUs at 80% TDP for durability reasons.

Because I am in a "no noise allowed" space, I did watercooling long ago, costed me $80 for each GPU extra + one time investment of ~350$.

GPUs are still at 80% TDP but not exceeding 40° Celsius, especially the 1080ti's and the 1070 are cold as ice .

Would you crank up the TDP or are there still durability concerns?

Regards

Hey,

imagine yourself in this situation:

- (nearly) free electricity
- 6000$ to play with

what rig would you build and which coin would you mine?

I thought about it and would went with:

15x XFX RX 480 RS (8 GB)
15x Riser (powered)
3x ASRock Z170 Extreme4 (3x PCIe x16, 3x PCIe x1)
3x Intel Celeron G3900, 2x 2.80GHz, boxed
3x G.Skill Aegis DIMM 8GB, DDR4-3000, CL16-18-18-38
3x LEPA MaxBron 1000W ATX 2.3

Boot with Memory Stick, Open build without case.

And my target would be ETH.

I know, could be cheaper (e.g. RAM) but keep usage after mining in mind


Please share your thoughts, call me stupid, whatever Thanks!