High-end graphics cards used to mine crypto are being sold off as miners power down their rigs due to plunging profitability. But are they safe to buy?
were typically undervolted to use as little electricity as possible, so voltage hasn’t degraded them,” he added.
Furthermore, mining GPUs are left in a constant steady-state, and their temperatures fluctuate very little since they have constant cooling and minimal load spikes. He suggested buying from a marketplace with buyer protection before concluding: “The main people who want you to believe used cards are bad are the people who make new graphics cards.”A used mining GPU is not going to be any more or less likely to fail than any other used graphics cards, and I’ll tell you why:PC Gamer pointed out that prices finally returning to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price after two years is good news, butagainst buying now.
“It’s great that we’re finally seeing GPUs at their MSRPs, but it’s important not to be blinded by the fact they’re available at close to MSRP or even below. It’s taken so long to get here, that the next-gen is just around the corner.” If you’re willing to take the risk and can get a decent graphics card that you have seen tested and running for a couple of hundred bucks with buyer protection, then it may be worth pulling the trigger. However, prices will continue to fall along with demand, so for those not in a rush to upgrade, biding your time could be a better bet. Used computer components are always a bit of a lottery, whether they have been used for crypto mining or not.
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