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Cards used for Mining

Samuel T. Cogley · 2018-02-23 23:16:35

Is there really an issue here? I know people don't like ones that have been used for mining but I had a 7990 that had been used for heating - I mean - mining and it was grand. Surely transistor on, transistor off - makes bugger all difference if the life has been reduced from 100 years to 75 years of on/offness. Me…

24-02-2018 12:16AM

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Samuel T. Cogley

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Is there really an issue here? I know people don't like ones that have been used for mining but I had a 7990 that had been used for heating - I mean - mining and it was grand.

Surely transistor on, transistor off - makes bugger all difference if the life has been reduced from 100 years to 75 years of on/offness. Me buggering about clocking the bollocks off things is surely more damaging. See my poor 4970K.

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#2 24-02-2018 01:47AM

ED E

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Thermal cycles, load hours for MOSFETs etc matter.

If you're on 24/7 your MOSFETs rated at 10k hours are out of rating at 1.13yrs, typically they last longer but you're closer to death than birth.

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