GTX 1070 24/7 mining lifespan?

[MetaMiner]

Hey guys,

I'd like to know from your experience, how much will this GPU last if I'm mining 24/7 below 60 degrees, 100% fanspeed?

Thanks !

[leowonderful]

Likely longer than the card will be mining at that temp and longer than any normal user due to the lower stress put on the gpu with constant temps and no boot shock. Fans will likely be first to break if they break at all, and they can be replaced for almost nothing most of the time assuming non FE card. Also a great reason to not turn off computers when they're not being used lifetime is increased but electrical costs might be a little bit up.

[Unacceptable]

Hey guys,

I'd like to know from your experience, how much will this GPU last if I'm mining 24/7 below 60 degrees, 100% fanspeed?

Thanks !

Well,just as an indicator,IF you keep temp at 60c or so....I have had 6 6950's since 2011 (sold em all on ebay last year) that never died,just a few fans & I found fans in china cheap & worked well.

Got a 7970 I bought in early 2013,still mining fine & no issues,it's a keeper,lifetime warranty 

So,the only issue you MAY run into is the fan dying,which if you look around you can eventually find...or do an ebonic engineering feat by being creative with zipties or whatever attachment device & a soldering iron 

[PanneKopp]

Hi,

to be serious, nobody can give a clear statement, because of the age of the product (missing long term experience).

If you choose optimal parameters like 70-75% TDP, 66-85% FAN and temperature below 70° C
your card should last at least for 2 years [EU warranty time],

but it also depends on the quality of the vendors FANs and VRMs
and the dust in your envirement.

 

[chohav]

Hi,

to be serious, nobody can give a clear statement, because of the age of the product (missing long term experience).

If you choose optimal parameters like 70-75% TDP, 66-85% FAN and temperature below 70° C
your card should last at least for 2 years [EU warranty time],

but it also depends on the quality of the vendors FANs and VRMs
and the dust in your envirement.

 

Took the word from my mouth.

@OP, 100% fan speed all the time is not needed. Make your own custom fan graph and lower your speeds. 60 degrees is pretty good temp so you can freely lower your fans RPM, increasing their lifespan and lowering the noise.

[jv357]

Keep the fans clean and you should be fine.

[Za1n]

100% fan speed is not good as you will wear out your fans in no time. Best to try and keep fan speed below 70% for longer lifespan of the fans. Now you also need to keep the temperatures cool, your 60C is a good goal to aim for. You may need to separate your GPUs and either relocate them to an cooler environment or direct an external airflow over them such as a box fan. The other thing to watch for is power surges or brownouts. A good surge suppressor in front of your PSU is recommend.

As far as lifespan of the cards themselves, I have some 3+ year old cards still mining away. Their mining efficiency decreases over the years simply because newer more efficient cards are released, but they are still working just as good as the day I bought them.

[dagarair]

long story short, they carry a 3 year warranty in the USA for EVGA.  Their return process is spectacular so you have nothing to worry about till then =)

[JamesAdams]

Hey guys,

I'd like to know from your experience, how much will this GPU last if I'm mining 24/7 below 60 degrees, 100% fanspeed?

Thanks !

The fans will probably break very quickly being at 100% all the time. Reduce the fan speed; I’m pretty sure that letting the cards run at 75°C would still be very safe. Thermal throttling only occurs at 83°C.

[QuintLeo]

EVGA normally uses good dual ball bearing fans in their cards, so they SHOULD last a long time even at 100%.

 On the other hand, pushing them that hard to keep the card under 60C is overkill - card should last quite a few years at 70C, and your fans will last a LOT longer at 80% or less of max.

[milicic]

Hey guys,

I'd like to know from your experience, how much will this GPU last if I'm mining 24/7 below 60 degrees, 100% fanspeed?

Thanks !

How did you manage to get 60 degrees with 100% fanspeed? Where do you hold your card(s)? Is it in a desktop case? If that is the case, you should remove the side from it and no need to have fans over 70%.

[Miracle_Man]

If there is no mechanical damage or problems with electricity, then the technician can work without rest as much as necessary. Shutdown in this case only bad, but fans can break down

[Ryuh]

I mine with 1070 EVGA's SC's and setup the fans at 55%. In open air frame the temp are stable around 60'C.
I dont use an additional fans for cooling.

[fanatic26]

The TDP on that card is 94c. The reality is you can run it at 75c forever with no problems. Just set the fan to auto and set a thermal limit.

[hanskan]

Just buy a little electric compressor (oil free) and clean your rigs every 2-3 weeks and the will go forever. Dust is the fan killer

[shibob]

I think 100% fans peed is not good idea, 70C is good enough for long-term operation, I always set fans peed limit at 85%, cards stay around 67-72C.

[Phantoms001]

long story short, they carry a 3 year warranty in the USA for EVGA.  Their return process is spectacular so you have nothing to worry about till then =)

The new generations of cards are pretty hard to kill.  Temp is the biggest problem and all the new cards thermal throttle rather than cook.  As posted above, the fans are most likely the thing to go and can be replaced.  This is the reason you start to see longer and longer warranties.  If you get a good card that is working properly, you should get years out of it.  I would think that you won't be able to efficiently mine with it before it dies.

[Pamadar]

I think 100% fans peed is not good idea, 70C is good enough for long-term operation, I always set fans peed limit at 85%, cards stay around 67-72C.

that's also what I set up with my cards though I'm just new into mining but reviewing inside and outside the forum let me learned about how to taking care of
my gpu better to keep your device in its safe setting so it can be last even if you will use it 24/7 don't look after the roi too quick better still to enjoy the profits
if the device last for much longer.

[kapsel]

Maybe I've been unlucky with my cards, but I have started mining last year in July, and I have 4 dead rx 470s on my hands. I got my money back from RMA process so it's not so bad, but it seems like my failure rate has been higher than anyone else. Prior to mining I have never RMA'd a single piece of hardware... And the cards were kept in good condition or so I thought, always below 70c in an open air bench.

[deadsix]

Maybe I've been unlucky with my cards, but I have started mining last year in July, and I have 4 dead rx 470s on my hands. I got my money back from RMA process so it's not so bad, but it seems like my failure rate has been higher than anyone else. Prior to mining I have never RMA'd a single piece of hardware... And the cards were kept in good condition or so I thought, always below 70c in an open air bench.

Ive had a similar run. Of the AMD cards ive so far bought, ive had a failure rate of about 10% over the first year. Of the Nvidia cards, they haven't failed during usage, but about 5% were DOA. All of these were under warranty so RMA'ed but a pain nonetheless.