Maybe its cosmic luck but I did turn down my GPU from 1400MHz to stock 1330 but left the memory at 2200MHz over stock 2000MHz. Thanks for the tip 
Update: turned up the memory to 2250Mhz in WattMan (AMD driver) and for anyone else interested my GPU fan is running non-stop ~50%. Its totally quite because Asus Strix is a really solid RX 480.
I personally like to use TRIXX and on my XFX I got nice hash rates with 1266 on CoreClock power target -15% and memory clock 2250
my problem is that I cant get any other GPU miner to run above 80% efficiency if its not claymores.
maybe we could throw all our configs in here to get some 480 specific best settings?
Well after your advice I dropped to the default 1310 the strix has dual 1310 and 1330. Kept the memory maxed. I will have to see how that goes over time as I just did it. Config in a pic cause Im a lazy bastid
When I began mining I turned off the asus overclocking software because I ran all sorts of diabolical voltages and speeds and defered to the AMD driver.
Due to certain issues (https://forum.level1techs.com/t/cant-overclock-rx480-unless-connected-to-a-display/116769) I can't easily checky my exact values. But here's roughly what I'm running:
Sapphire Rx480 @ ~1250Mhz core clock and 2220 Mhz memory clock. Running NiceHash.
Gigabyte Gtx 1060 with memory overclocked by +650 Mhz, also NiceHash:
EDIT: Just switched the 1060 to Equihash. No idea why NiceHash insists on using the slower algorithm:
Looks about right. Since this is my desktop and Im playing TV shows and youtube etc while mining I get about ~23-26M G H/s. I even have a VM running at the moment as well.
Said post is up btw, let's hope some smart people chime in: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/hidden-dangers-of-crypto-mining-is-it-worth-to-get-into-mining/116890
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Ethereum may get up to 600 at the max before people start cashing out or moving on. It's struggling to make any serious gains because it is so high.
Anytime it goes up a few dollars people unload trying to predict a crash.
Etherium mining does not rely on the etherium price rising. It staying constant is perfectly fine.
Well true but where I laid my stake I picked a windows service that swaps currency and mines other coins when needed 
Otherwise I would be inside linux now talking to you.
I'd love to mine, but it seems I can't with the open source MESA drivers for AMD cards.
There a nice windows GUI way to mine easily? Id love to try or atleast see my hash rates but all the diff utils and cmd prompts make my little dutch brain bleed.
It might be possible since AMD released ROCm, but don't expect good results.
Yes. Try NiceHash.
Nicehash seems ok.. The downside is you need to mine about $30USD before it pays your bitcoin wallet. That where I am at the moment, at about $15USD.
mine payed out at 6 dollar increments about
@pFtpr don't forget to undervolt your GPU, it should keep your card cooler and reduce the electricity consumed, while your performance will be the same.
My 480 wasn't undervolted, but it was underclocked. There was no performance impact, but power consumption dropped by about 25 Watts. The memory is overclocked of course.
