Graphics Card Buyers Warned About Buying GPUs Used in Mining

Graphics card buyers have been warned about the influx of used GPUs from cryptocurrency miners, which are considered risky purchases.

A mining rig with multiple GPUs say, 10 of them, already consumes so much power. But mining operations don't run just one rig. As a result, a single large-scale mining operation can consume enough power to heat an entire lake, like one operation in upstate New York that made headlines this year.

It's All About Wear-And-Tear

Even if a miner did everything they can to preserve the life of a graphics card, 9,000 hours of continuous usage at 100% power will always degrade the GPU die. That's called wear and tear.

Palit's warnings are understandable and rooted in fact. But if you're a very smart buyer, you can net a good deal on any former mining GPU. If you have absolutely no idea how to buy second-hand computer hardware, however, steer clear.

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Written by RJ Pierce