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Topic
Board Mining (Altcoins)
Don't set fans to auto? Why?
by
Mark899
on 11/11/2017, 02:09:21 UTC
Out of all the threads I've seen concerning this topic, I don't believe anyone has actually came out and said "why" it's not a good idea to set fans to auto in Afterburner.

I just assume that setting doesn't keep your GPUs cooled off enough and most just set a speed at standard, but is that the only reason? What if your temps are perfectly fine and you don't want to add more wear and tear, energy consumption, and sound?

My rig is actually my normal every day PC that I moved to an open air I built. ATM, I'm running 2 1070 FTW2's and 1 1060 SC 6GB on it. I run on-board for my daily usage, but when I want to game I'll use the 1060. The FTW2's stay running all the time. Keeping her quiet is very nice.

https://i.imgur.com/FFi2AKW.png

https://i.imgur.com/wySDZyz.png

https://i.imgur.com/NIwm5go.png

I really don't see a need to change them unless there's some issue that I'm not aware of. Nothing changes, they stay like that all the time, but I'd like some feedback. Idk if there's something that I'm missing.