Should you buy a used mining GPU or do you want wait till miners move away completely from GPU mining and there are enough new cards at MSRP, ready for purchase? You can always find used Mining GPUs in the market and we may see a flood of new ones soon. With China’s cryptocurrency crackdown, we’ve been hearing about GPUs previously used in mining setups being sold second-hand. Whether you want to buy these second hand GPUs for gaming or even mining, there are things to consider, before and after the purchase. This video is inspired by LTT’s new video about Mining GPUs and we try to dig dipper in this topic. You need to know how miners use these GPUs and what the common problems are, in order to be better prepared. You can watch that video first, if you haven’t already, here is the link: [LTT Video](DON'T Buy a Used Mining GPU! - $h!t Manufacturers Say) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKqVvXTanzI Knowing how miners use these GPUs and the common problems can help you make better decisions and be prepared. Check out our new site https://techdmg.com/ and our merch store. You can support us by buying our merchs. More designs and products will be added soon. You can reach it from the TechDMG website or you can head to https://store.techdmg.com/ In this tech debate we talk about the typical mining environment, dust, temperature and humidity in the mining farms and their effects ion GPUs, fans and their problems, DIY solutions for fans and heatsinks, the GPU’s PCB, backplate and thermal pads, GPU bios modification and how to fix a broken one, power and line regulation and their effect on the PSU and GPU, mining test to evaluate the health of a GPU and we try to conclude, whether buying a second hand mining GPU is a good solution and worth it. [Chapters] 00:00 Intro 01:30 Typical Mining Environment 02:31 Dust, Temp, Humidity 04:01 GPU Fans 05:35 PCB, Backplate, Thermal Pads 07:05 Bios Modifications 07:58 Power, Line Regulation, PSU 10:10 Mining Test, Health Check 11:48 Conclusion [TechDMG] Support us by buying our merchs: https://store.techdmg.com/ Also check our website: https://techdmg.com/ Follow Tech Debates in Medium: https://tech-debates.medium.com/