Decent miners will dust off and regularly change thermal paste and pads regularly. I actually prefer those cards to stock ones, so I don't have to change them myself. Mem temperatures and stock pads are a disgrace in most RTX 3xxx models, few exceptions aside.
Most miners will take very good care of their cards. Realistically it’s only a small few who never care for their cards which increase the likelihood of a card failing.
@@mindgr13 Yes they do. When it costs very little to clean the card/replace the fans but costs a lot to break a card you're gonna be extra careful with it. The worst cared-for cards that I've ever had/seen have been those used by gamers who never cleaned their PCs or smoked near it
@@mindgr13 Tell me what part of the card will fail on you then? Fans are the only moving part and the actual electrical components can last for years at full power
Mining cards are like frequent use second hand cars. They maybe have more mileage (usage) but were operating at the same temperature all the time which is way better then 2 hours a day.
A shortened lifespan silicon will struggle to keep the same clocks at the safe temp. (Around 80c). SO it will thermal throttle in a least. It could still last 1 more month to maybe 5 years more, U can never tell! They usually sell them with either a new flash bios (down clocked) or be put into their less stronger bios switch (if they have one)
@@CoilWhine too big of a money to risk a second hand by imo. No electronics buy for 2nd hand over 200$ that's my personal rule unless it's something unmissable like a monitor etc.
@@upfront2375 Yeah, it would need to be a pretty good deal for me to grab a used computer part from a stranger. I know how much I abuse my computer components, I'm terrified to buy something that someone else has played with
@@davidjonathan2692 buildzoid said gddr6x are susceptible to degradation when used on high temperature for a long period of time, try search should you buy ex mining gpu
I dont trust those fairytales about how miners clean up theyr mining rigs even more than players. Hell no. I know 2. One with 2 rigs one with 3. I asked them how they clean up the dust. Both of them independently sayd air compressor once in 6 months. I asked them how about thermal paste and pads. They do it once in two years. I beleave 98% of miners do it that way. Those gpus are just tool to make money. They must be running online 24/7/365, not be offline on maintance for several days. I myself would buy such gpu for 1/3 price of a new one. The risk of failure of those cards is too high after 2 year of industry workload of 24/7/365 which are these cards are not made for.
