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by smoldesu 855 days ago
I've got an RTX 3070 in my main box right now. Currently I choose not to run it for mining processes because I want the hardware to last longer and don't want to pay for 10x the idle power costs. 300w is a lot of wall power, a non-negligible amount of money and potentially a sustained 80c+ heater in my room until I turn it off.

That's just me. 100k downloads disagree apparently, but I do question how many people would stick with this in the long-run.

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Completely understandable, though you would be profitable at $.1/kWH (https://www.nicehash.com/profitability-calculator/nvidia-rtx...). At what earning threshold would you consider it worth it to let it run when idle? $1 a day? 2? 5? Our AI workloads would be a lot better than current mining profitability