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Re:Ethereum 2.0 – Minimum deposit reached by macawfish on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:40AM (#25199403)
Not to mention GPUs! Can you believe how many GPUs have been cooked by this scheme? I got a water-cooled GTX 1080 almost 5 years ago on Craigslist for $500. Usually old things like that get cheaper as time goes by, but not GPUs. Nowadays those things are going for like $800. I was hoping to upgrade to an RTX2080 or something (also a few years old now) but they're like $1000!

I can't help but think that cryptocurrency mining is mostly responsible. And supposedly long term mining just fries GPUs, so the used market is dubious anyway.

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Re:Ethereum 2.0 – Minimum deposit reached by Forbo on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @11:19AM (#25199803)
Most serious mining operations will typically undervolt their GPUs for increased efficiency and don't experience nearly as much temperature fluctuation. Buying a used mining GPU isn't nearly as bad of an idea as it sounds on the surface.
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Re:Ethereum 2.0 – Minimum deposit reached by zymhan on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @11:41AM (#25200077)
I was amazed that my 5 y/o GPU is still selling for half it's original price. I was considering buying a second one for Crossfire, but maybe selling it is a better idea.
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Re:Ethereum 2.0 – Minimum deposit reached by randtrain34 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:48AM (#25199473)
the 3070 is $499, roughly equivalent to the 2080 TI
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Re:Ethereum 2.0 – Minimum deposit reached by pteraspidomorph on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:57AM (#25199554)
Out of stock around these parts. It has been for weeks. All stores, all brands. There are a few units left from dubious brands if I order them all the way from Amazon Germany.
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