| deskpro2k3 said: At this point I'm not upgrading my RTX 4090, I'm putting it on a retirement plan and hoping it survives long enough to become a family heirloom. GPU prices got me treating thermal paste like anti aging cream. I'm about to start speaking softly to it and lowering its stress levels. I'm seriously looking up how to extend the lifespan of an RTX 4090. I'm serious, anybody know how? lol |
The thing that might kill these GPUs is largely that dang connector. It might burn out tomorrow or it might never burn out but the only thing any of us can really do is either try our best to keep it alive or have a contingency plan if it dies.
For example, the main things that seems to kill it is constant plugging and unplugging the connector and the fact that a lot of current can go through it which causes heat. So for me, I never really unplugged the connector other than the first time I plugged it in and I occasionally, visually make sure it's seated in properly without touching in. And for the heat issue through the connector, my case has intake fans at the bottom as well as on the sides so hopefully, the airflow will keep it cool enough.
For my contingency plan, I bought my cable through cable mod back when I got it because they were guaranteeing that if any GPUs burnt by using their cables, they will fully pay the entire price of the GPU. And for the GPUs that actually did get burnt, there have been a ton of cases where Cablemod did indeed pay for either the replacement or market value of the GPU.
Of course the alternative is to go Radeon but that brand has it's own sets of issues that I am not interested in dealing with. But outside of the cable, it's pretty unlikely the gpu itself will die anytime soon. Just make sure to have an anti sag brace as well.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
