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I've have a XFX R9 280X for a while now and it was running into the high 70s (°C) under load. So i decided to change the thermal paste. This seemed to help with the load temps bringing the load temps down to the 62-64 (°C). However i have noticed that the card idles around 46°C which is higher...

This is my newly housed PC, In the wonderful Fractal Design Node 804. Specs Intel i5 3330 Asus P8H61-MX Matx motherboard XFX AMD R9 280X 3GB 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 Mhz Kingston 120GB SSD Samsung EVO 840 120GB SSD Corsair CX 500M power supply Corsair H55 AIO cooler, with Corsair SP120 fan...

I was wondering as the recommended PSU is 750 w, but I thought this seemed too high. Thanks for any input

this is my rig finally finished various changes along the way. Not the most expensive build but Im really happy with it :D Specs Intel i5 3330 with Corsair H55 asus h61-mx EVGA GTX 660, NZXT kraken with Corsair H55 Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2x4GB samsung evo 840 120GB WD green 1TB Corsair...