Is there a way to only use a fraction of my GPU for mining?
To keep a long story short, the fan on my GPU seems to be dying, it'll ramp up and die down repeatedly at a somewhat fast pace. Me being scared that I've been mining on it a little too constant thinks I've possibly burnt something out on it. Is there a setting that allows me to use 50% of my GPU to mine with (or any other variation) so I can mine and keep it relatively cool?
Posted Nov 13, 2021, 1:22 AM UTC
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Can’t you just replace the fans? You can even hook up normal 120mm fans with adapters and it would give much better cooling
Never thought to replace them. I'm running a 1070 alone and it'd work much nicer having 120mm fans. Do I need to splice the wires together then connect it to the gpu board header?
Never thought to replace them. I'm running a 1070 alone and it'd work much nicer having 120mm fans. Do I need to splice the wires together then connect it to the gpu board header?
No need to splice anything. You can just buy them yourself. Google “gpu fan adapter”. If you want to learn more about the process, Google “deshrouding GPU”.
Gamers who use small form factor cases do it to get better and silent cooling for their gpus
So i've got a small question, i've found 4000rpm+ 120mm fans that use 24 watts, is my gpu able to handle outputting 24x2 watts of power for the fans or should I stick to 12x2 watt fans?
I’m not sure. But if you’re worried about the gpu not being able to output enough power you can just plug the fans into the motherboard instead and control them through software like speedfan or argus. Or even just plug them direct into molex adapters or something (though they’d probably run at 100% speed at 100% the time.