ok so My 8800gts 320 is running at 65 celcius (much better than the usual 75-80 since i changed the direction of the fan) idle and I REALLY need to cool it down somehow. can anyone suggest any other methods than adding more fans? Im going to add two more anyways so yeah.
if its like any old Nvidia GPU, the fans dont run as fast as the could be since Nvidias drivers keep them lower for noise. get something like Rivatunner or Ntune and set the fans higher. if noise doesnt bother you you can keep them at 100% at all times and it should cut the temps down to at least 55 celcius
ok well I took this HUGE fan in my room, layed it downdirectly in front of the open case (i took off the window) and the coolest I got the darn thing was 55 celcius. welll Im thinking of removing the face plate. will it void the warranty or can I put it back on?
ok well I took this HUGE fan in my room, layed it downdirectly in front of the open case (i took off the window) and the coolest I got the darn thing was 55 celcius. welll Im thinking of removing the face plate. will it void the warranty or can I put it back on?Deamon321
Shouldn't void the warranty, and the face plate can be place back on.
GPU's are made to be able to tolerate running hotter than your typical CPU's. That being said, anything that you can do to bring down temperatures by significant margin can't hurt. :)
I second using some better thermal compound on the GPU as well, but not so sure if you can really (safely) use AS5 for the part of the surface touching the RAM chips. Either it isn't, or you may have to use a smaller amount than you might think, simply because it's more likely to run and could leak onto the PCB.
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