Quote from: ZacsCustom on June 17, 2017, 03:50:39 PM

Quote from: elektra on June 17, 2017, 03:03:05 PM

How about CPU mining also? Is there change of overheating on CPU mining?

I use Minergate for CPU mining and currently I use intensity level 11/12 which puts my cpu working at 100%, is there any danger to this?

Do yourself a favor and research MSI's afterburner graphs to understand what your temps are really. Most of the time what the 100% power limit is talking about is the Power Target, the Temp Target shouldn't be higher than 84c, moving it down will actually undervolt the card, you should aim to keep the cards below 65c, if they go above you might be losing some hashrate(Depends on the cards, but I've had it confirmed for my cards).

Also do yourself a favor, stay away from CPU mining in general, its not as profitable as it was back in the day. Now adays its literally horrible! Also stay away from MinerGate(Keeps your funds on their end, and sends you it when they feel like it, plus their software is clunky and not optimized for mining in general)

In all honesty, if you want to avoid Fire situations, learn how to build a computer from the ground up first, make sure you learn the ins and outs of it and make sure to use GOOD QUALITY components, and don't for any reason skimp out on any Power supply or wireing.... its basically a fire waiting to happen.(Or even better just hire someone to help you I'm sure there are people out there that will build you mining rigs for a price)

But if you have to come out on here asking what will start fires for pc's and if its safe to run overnight, I guess you haven't done much research on google(Or your favorite search engine) or on youtube about mining 24/7. Some videos and guides tell you about the safeties of mining 24/7.

I don't have any stat in Afterburner called "Temp Target". I have one called "Temp Limit" and I have set it to 70C. You think I should decrease it to 65C?
Where is "Temp Target" located though?

About CPU mining. I have MinerGate on in the background and while I have only made about 5$ on it in the couple of weeks or so I don't feel like it is doing any harm? I mean I can use the computer completely fine while it is running without any slowdowns (for GPU mining I use nicehash, but I can't GPU mine while working on the computer because it slows everything down to a crawl). So while it is true that you make very very little by CPU mining, why stay away from it? Is it hurting the computer in any way? I mean $5 is very little. But say the crypto price would increase 10.000% over the next 10 years, which is completely possible, that $5 now would actually be worth $500 later.

I am trying to find out and research how I can mine on my computer safely, that is what I am doing now by asking others in this forum. I would think that limiting my temp to 70C would keep me safe, but again you think I should lower to 65C to be safe?

And please link to some videos about safely mining 24/7. When I search for that I only get safety instructions for real mining (underground mining etc)