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Do you know what also contributes to hardware failure? Thermal cycles, because over time they stress the solder joints. If a component has been powered on and
by metadat 4y ago
Do you know what also contributes to hardware failure? Thermal cycles, because over time they stress the solder joints.
If a component has been powered on and running continuously under load within it's rated temperature band, it'll have fewer heat cycles. This seems preferable to a second-hand card from a gamer which gets run at random loads and powered down a lot.
- jandrese 4y agoI'd think the most common failure point on a GFX card is the cooling fan, so if they have been run continuously for years the bearings on the fan are probably getting pretty worn out. Hopefully manufacturers aren't still gluing the fans on the boards. I lost a couple of GPUs thanks to that, turning what should be an easy fix into a replace the whole damn card situation.