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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by zozbot234 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @07:45PM (#46128932)
Source? Anecdotally, GPUs sourced from cryptomining were absolutely fine MTBF-wise. Zero apparent issues of wear-and-tear or any shortened lifecycle.
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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by dghlsakjg on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @07:57PM (#46129014)
My bellybutton fluff, uninformed opinion is that heat cycling and effective cooling are probably a much more limiting factor.

If you are running a gpu at 60C for months at a time, but never idling it (crypto use case), I would actually hazard a guess that it is better than cycling it with intermittent workloads due to thermal expansion.

That of course presupposes effective, consistent cooling.

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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by brokenmachine on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @11:36PM (#46130352)
Anecdotally, I killed two out of two that I was hobby-mining on for a couple of years. They certainly didn't sound like they would work forever.
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