Graphic Card Burn during mining ? or damage

[usman.temuri]

Hello my father have a shop of electronic repairing mean it can repair anything relate to Electronics. I ask my father to buy me a gtx 720 graphic card  for mining.But he refused by saying ""it can burn your graphic card.A lot of my customers bring there graphic card to me and said that its burn"" ( IDK those customers use grapic card for mining or gaming )
So guys can mining really burn your graphic card.Since its work 24/7 ? I need your views here kindly suggest me

[os2sam]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2415854.msg24714338#msg24714338

[usman.temuri]

You CANNOT meaningfully mine bitcoin with your PC or laptop no matter how powerful it is.

But why some people mining it with computer ? i watched some video on youtube

[Raimy]

There are literally tens of 1000's of people mining daily with millions of GPUs and only a small fraction of them end up damaged or "burned" as you put it.

The main reason they do become damaged is usually improper wiring to either the card itself or the powered riser if you use one and the use of under sized PSUs. With a adequately sized PSU and just one or two GPU's in your PC you should be quite safe as the majority of damage comes from those who use dedicated rigs containing 6,8, or more GPUs where the powering of them all can become an issue.

As far as your dad being a electronics repair person, since I doubt anyone brings a perfectly working GPU to his shop so I am sure he only sees damaged ones. This would be like going to an emergency room and seeing a few car accident victims and determining that driving or riding in a car at all is going to get you in an accident. Sure it could happen, but there are obviously millions of cars driven each day that are not in accidents.

[VitKoyn]

Hello my father have a shop of electronic repairing mean it can repair anything relate to Electronics. I ask my father to buy me a gtx 720 graphic card  for mining.But he refused by saying ""it can burn your graphic card.A lot of my customers bring there graphic card to me and said that its burn"" ( IDK those customers use grapic card for mining or gaming )
So guys can mining really burn your graphic card.Since its work 24/7 ? I need your views here kindly suggest me

Of course it is possible because GPU mining uses a big amount of electricity and generates a lot of heat that is why if you don't have sufficient airflow to prevent your graphic cards and voltage regulator modules from overheating it will surely damaged, if you really want to do mining you should do it in low temperature or well ventilated place, put more fans and use more open case for your mining rig. There are some software you can use that can help you to monitor the temperature of your mining rig. Undervolting your GPU may also help because it will run in lower voltage.

[halker2010]

If a graphic card was going to even start to burn or start a fire it will shut itself down and motherboard shuts  it down before it do not worry nothing really blows up if you connect things to their rightful place.

[JohnBitCo]

Hello my father have a shop of electronic repairing mean it can repair anything relate to Electronics. I ask my father to buy me a gtx 720 graphic card  for mining.But he refused by saying ""it can burn your graphic card.A lot of my customers bring there graphic card to me and said that its burn"" ( IDK those customers use grapic card for mining or gaming )
So guys can mining really burn your graphic card.Since its work 24/7 ? I need your views here kindly suggest me

No doubt! since the GPU use a lot of energy and produce heat which can damage our GPU.So its better to use some airflow like putting some fans on it and case for you mininer rig. Its true that the mining process required a GPU and computers but it also required environment. You can't mine in summer because since the GPU generates a lot of heat which can increase the chance of damage in summer. You have to set a room with low temperature or well ventilated place. As far as i know there's some software which can helps you to show the temperature. You can stop mine when the its goes to high.

[Vann]

Tell your Pops he's right, but the risk is directly proportional to the coefficient of the organic matter operating it.

[QuintLeo]

If you push the card hard to maximise coin production, and do NOT make an effort to keep it cool, it can shorten the lifetime or kill the card.

 If you keep the card under about 70C, you shouldn't have this issue to a significant degree.

 This is a "rule of thumb" though, some cards tolerate high temps better (AMD R9 2xx series for example), others want more like 60-65C for good longevity.

 Also, TYPE OF FAN MATTERS.
 If it is not a "ball bearing" fan, COUNT on it dying far too soon when the seals wear enough for the lube to leak out.