hi.
will do something about the gfx card to get a more quiet computer and can go 2 different ways.
the gfx card runs hot, even the manufacture agrees on that but not hot enough for it to be fixed through warranty.
been as high as 82c and leadtek specified 90c as the limit.
so either i will take off the heatsink clean it off and put on new fresh AS5 and hope for the best, i dont have the normal tiny fan but a larger one.
http://hardpc.pl/images/articles/7800gt/bum0yr.jpg
or i could buy an accelero X1 http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=91&data=1&disc=
is it worth an attempt to use the old heatsink with fresh thermal paste ?
the heatsink is around 6-7months old and cant say its more noisy now then when i bought it but if the temp lowers so will the fan speed as the speed of the fan is dynamicly adjusted towards the temperature of the gpu.
also wonder about the memory chips, i assume i need to fix new "pads" for them too if i use the old heatsink ?
Regards
Raven
will do something about the gfx card to get a more quiet computer and can go 2 different ways.
the gfx card runs hot, even the manufacture agrees on that but not hot enough for it to be fixed through warranty.
been as high as 82c and leadtek specified 90c as the limit.
so either i will take off the heatsink clean it off and put on new fresh AS5 and hope for the best, i dont have the normal tiny fan but a larger one.
http://hardpc.pl/images/articles/7800gt/bum0yr.jpg
or i could buy an accelero X1 http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=91&data=1&disc=
is it worth an attempt to use the old heatsink with fresh thermal paste ?
the heatsink is around 6-7months old and cant say its more noisy now then when i bought it but if the temp lowers so will the fan speed as the speed of the fan is dynamicly adjusted towards the temperature of the gpu.
also wonder about the memory chips, i assume i need to fix new "pads" for them too if i use the old heatsink ?
Regards
Raven