Hi, I'm obviously new to mining.
I'm wondering if it decreases the life or damages equipment assuming I'm using a prebuilt pc with something along the lines of a gtx 1060 or 1070 video card.
When you say decrease the life compared to what? my mining equipments last over the years without fail, it already passed 1yr suppliers warranty, and I think could go more than 3 yrs. When compared to Idled equipment, It is obviously has shorter life as you are using it in FULL Load 24x7.
Is it possible to use the computer for other tasks while mining? I assume not since all the energy would be going right towards the mining.
Yes this is possible
Also, how does mining work using one or more graphics cards in a rig but without a whole computer? Is it possible to mine using a rig with GPUS that's not attached to a computer some how? Again sorry if these are all dumb questions, I'm just new in need of assistance.
There options on the miner to specify which card will be used in mining.