Chilling RX580 xxx black edition decrease temp through wattman

[bebejapes]

Hi i got a rx 580 black eddition 

im using radeons global wattmans setting to reduce the temperature target from 74c to 68c

i use it to mine when im not playing online.

 

will this reduce my cards life?

[karsnoordhuis]

Mining will decrease the lifetime but generally a cooler card is preferred

[bebejapes]

3 minutes ago, karsnoordhuis said:

Mining will decrease the lifetime but generally a cooler card is preferred

okay, but me trying to reduce temp will at least try to increase my cards life right?
 

[dionkoffie]

Nah not really. I think Linus made a comparison video of it and it made no difference at all. The only thing that would wear out are the fans aaand you will get more dust than usual. 

I use my GTX 1060 with dual fans to mine 24/7 (I mine at night and when I'm at work) and I'm still doing fine with my card. 

 

But yes. Try to keep your temps as low as possible. If you don't want to turn your fans on 100% for noise reasons, try to find the sweet spot between low noise and low temps. I usually keep my card around 70% fan speed with 65c. Right now I'm at 100% fan speed at 50c.

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, dionkoffie said:

Nah not really. I think Linus made a comparison video of it and it made no difference at all. The only thing that would wear out are the fans aaand you will get more dust than usual. 

I use my GTX 1060 with dual fans to mine 24/7 (I mine at night and when I'm at work) and I'm still doing fine with my card. 

but if i left it as auto it would reduce my fan speed and my temps will return to 74-75c.

 

[dionkoffie]

6 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

but if i left it as auto it would reduce my fan speed and my temps will return to 74-75c.

 

I recommend using MSI Afterburner. You're able to create a fan speed profile so you can choose the fan speed if your card reaches 70c or something. You can also manually set the fanspeed if you like. 

 

this is my profile, but I prefer to set my fan speed manually.

 

 

[Guest]

Use the msi afterburner to set the power limit.

If you are mining eth set it to around 70%.

 

It will not reduce the card's lifespan, it will only wear out the fans faster.