I'm new to mining, please help me!

[kranolf]

Hey guys!

So I picked up a Gigabyte gtx 1080 windforce Oc2 in November 2017, and now I thought I could use it for some mining. Mostly I only play games (not all day of course), so I thought it would be profitable to mine while not playing. So basically I have a few questions:

1. How harmful this is to my GPU? I tried with NiceHash, checked the temps, and the GPU was getting hotter and hotter, over 70 celsius, and fans were really loud. Is it really okay if I leave it like this? I mean I don't want to fry my GPU out for a couple bucks.

2. First when I started NiceHash it said 504.56499 H/s, then it changed to MH/s and it was always 49-50 MH/s. Is that okay for a Single GTX 1080?

3. I know 2.55$ daily is not really a good amount to get/day, especially that GPU is on constant 100% usage. Are there any other cryptocurrencies that its much more worth mining than BTC? If so, what software should I use?

My full spec:

Gigabyte H81M-S2H motherboard
i5 4460
Gigabyte Gtx 1080 windforce
2x 8gb DDR3 RAM
SuperFlower 550W PSU
250gb Samsung EVO 850 SSD
1 TB HDD

Thanks for the answers in advance!

[darth_cryptorider]

Hi!
 I suggest you to check this topic for mining question https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=14.0

You can find all information about mining there.
regarding your questions.

1)  Better to keep temperature in 50-68 range
2)  Don't use NICEHASH  (better mine your own coin and then sale them on high price, for example you can mine ZEC on https://zcash.flypool.org/)
3) Read about software in mining section of the forum

[kranolf]

Thanks for your answer.

Could you please tell me how can I keep temps between 50-60? I really don't know how to do that. I guess it's not the fan curve cause no matter how fast they spin, the GPU doesn't really cool down. Sometimes it even sounds like a hairblower, maybe my GPU is faulty?