Is it safe to buy a 6 month old Aorus 1080 Ti was used for mining?

[asim1999]

I’m planning to bid on an auction that is ending in a few mins. 

‘The Guy has used his 1080 Ti to mine and it’s 6 months old. It does include proof or purchase. 

‘It’s the Aorus 1080 `Ti 

[DVA]

If you're able to return it than it'd be great because you can test run it.

It's so iffy because who knows how he clocked that thing and what temps he kept it at.. 

 

I suppose you don't have enough time to ask for any benchmarks either.

 

Does it seem like that good of a deal at the moment that you're willing to go for it?

[Collinator24]

I wouldn't, Becuase mined cards have been used at 100% power usually and could fail at any time. It's your choice, but it could be a bad bet. If you can return it, or check temps or utilization that's fine.

[MattBoxer]

With info I learned from Tech Yes City, usually mined cards are safe as long as the user knew what the were doing (undervolting and 100% fan speeds) which would mean the card may be completely fine. But eBay is eBay and if the seller claims it works and doesn't they'll take your side. 

 

EDIT: and you'll still have a warranty with Gigabyte as well, I'd say go for it boi

[Lappensaurus]

sure,those card where undervoltet to save power

[whoisjaya]

I'm not quite sure. As mentioned before, it might be fine, as long as it wasn't abused(kept at a high temperature, massively overvolted, etc.); I think I personally wouldn't risk it, though...  

[EnergyEclipse]

I personally wouldn't risk it if the price goes above the £550 mark. I would advise that you look for alternatives you can confirm haven't been used for mining if the seller is honest.

 

[asim1999]

1 hour ago, EnergyEclipse said:

I personally wouldn't risk it if the price goes above the £550 mark. I would advise that you look for alternatives you can confirm haven't been used for mining if the seller is honest.

 

I decided to skip this one and get the MSI Gaming X I mentioned in a previous thread for £495. Seller says this card hasn’t been mined onl is a year old, and will include proof of purchase so I still get 2 years of remaining warranty 

[Boomwebsearch]

On 9/10/2018 at 3:12 PM, Lappensaurus said:

sure,those card where undervoltet to save power

This can be true although the main factor is going to be damage to the card from usage in heavy tasks like mining where possibly adequate cooling was not provided, this has the potential to lower the card's lifespan as well as lower its performance.

[GamerDude]

All I can say is, my Leadtek GTX 1080 Hurricane OC was used for mining and it's doing a great job in my HTPC. The difference for me is, I went to the seller's house to pick up the card and I was able to see his mining setups.

 

His were all open setups and he told me he under volted his cards, also I got the receipt for the card (still had about 30 months of warranty left when I got it) so I can still go to the distributor should the card proved fàulty. We tested the card, it got to POST and that was all I needed.

[Kamina]

Usually are undervolted if they know what they're doing.

 

Ask if the BIOS was flashed to something else and to put back the original BIOS if possible. My only worry would be the fans, which can be replaced if you run into any problems.