Extending the life of an older GPU

Edgerunner · Feb 9, 2014

I just picked up a used GTX 580 3gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130655 for what I consider an Excelent price.

What can I do to extend the life of this card?
Aftermarket cooler?

wortwortwort · Feb 9, 2014

What exactly do you mean by "extend the life"? Prevent it from dying or boost performance?

Edgerunner · Feb 9, 2014

I want to make it work as long as possible by trying to reduce the stress the card goes thru.

Thinking of adding an aftermarket cooler and mini heatsinks.
Anything else that can be done to extend it's life"?

Edgerunner · Feb 9, 2014

chitradev · Feb 9, 2014

If you really want to go extreme and you have an old asetek CPU liquid cooler like a corsair H50, you can watercool the graphics card using the Nzxt kraken g10 which adapts the cpu water cooler to cool the GPU. Here is a link to the product: http://store.nzxt.com/NZXT-KRAKEN-G10-GPU-BRACKET-p/rl-krg10.htm and here is a linustech tips video showcasing the product: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YattxxyWRh0

smeezekitty · Feb 9, 2014

You could underclock a little if you are really concerned. Really it should last until you upgrade again unless it was abused or
you have bad luck

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