whaleofatw2022 11 hours ago

Let's also not forget the set of miners that either overclock or dont really care about long term in how they set up thermals

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belval 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Miners usually don't overclock though. If anything underclocking is the best way to improve your ROI because it significantly reduces the power consumption while retaining most of the hashrate.

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Melatonic 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Exactly - more specifically undervolting. You want the minimum volts going to the card with it still performing decently.

Even in amateur setups the amount of power used is a huge factor (because of the huge draw from the cards themselves and AC units to cool the room) so minimising heat is key.

From what I remember most cards (even CPUs as well) hit peak efficiency when undervolted and hitting somewhere around 70-80% max load (this also depends on cooling setup). First thing to wear out would probably be the fan / cooler itself (repasting occasionally would of course help with this as thermal paste dries out with both time and heat)

	▲	bluGill 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The only amatures I know doing this are trying to heat their garrage for free. so long as the heat gain is paid for they can afford to heat an otherwise unheated building.

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zozbot234 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wouldn't the exact same considerations apply to AI training/inference shops, seeing as gigawatts are usually the key constraint?