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Yet another "help with a build" thread!
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because of the noctua cpu cooler I cant fit a case fan on the side panelI have a 4870 with a similar cooler and it kicks some amount of heat into the case. I think the problem is that the fans blow directly onto the card, so the air isn't properly exhausted.
Maybe fitting a 120mm fan onto the side panel mount could improve airflow in the vicinity of the GPU.
with the side panel off the temps are ok (cept when i forget to turn up the fan speed when playing games, cod4 caused the 4870 to peak @ 89 celcius...)0 -
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because of the noctua cpu cooler I cant fit a case fan on the side panel
with the side panel off the temps are ok (cept when i forget to turn up the fan speed when playing games, cod4 caused the 4870 to peak @ 89 celcius...)
as a few of the lads have mentioned: modern GPUs operate around the 90 degree mark and are designed to take it.
If you are really worried about your temps you can fit a 3rd party cooler to the gpu such as: http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=2_&mID=101
Fitted it to my 4870 as the fan noise was pissing me off, keeps the card between 65-70 degrees under full load @ 40% fan speed and the fan is very quiet.
Niggles: fitting the cooler is a bit of a pain as the default screws that come with your gfx card are very short and you have to use a little persuasion to get it on. (you alos void your warranty of course.....)
Also when powering the fan you have two options.
1) use of a molex splitter that offers 2 speeds, which I didn't like or
2) hook the fans directly to the gfx card, BUT you need to use something like rivatuner to set the fan speed as the gfx card will not do it properly by itself and in my case would not power the fans at all.0 -
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I hate you all :P
I have the build bug.
The 900 case is too small so next up is either the CM HAF or the Cosmo case.
and a ssd for the OS.
and I want to swap the 4870 for a x2 with more onboard RAM cos soon-ish perhaps, I'll have a 30" screen.
*cries*
What is the make of your current 4870 card? Does it have a reference cooler on it? My have not yet seen my 1GB Saphire hit more than the low 70s maximum. The cooler on this the same as the Toxic version so it is obviously helps I guess. I suppose a warm room doen't help but I can't imagine it accounting for more than a few degrees.
Anyway if you are getting a 4870X2 and a 30" monoitor it is you who will be the laughing soon. In fact if I see you on here afterwards going on about how great it all is you are going on my list of enemies
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gainward 4870 GS.marco_polo wrote: »What is the make of your current 4870 card? Does it have a reference cooler on it? My have not yet seen my 1GB Saphire hit more than the low 70s maximum. The cooler on this the same as the Toxic version so it is obviously helps I guess. I suppose a warm room doen't help but I can't imagine it accounting for more than a few degrees.
Anyway if you are getting a 4870X2 and a 30" monoitor it is you who will be the laughing soon. In fact if I see you on here afterwards going on about how great it all is you are going on my list of enemies
it's only got 512mb RAM which is a bit of a problem at high res.
No gloating...I promise
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Question:
Given I have to prolly pop out the mobo to change the HSF fans around (due to the fiddly metal clasps on the noctua!) I'm thinking of changing mobo altogether.
So a recommendation for a nice reliable 1366 mobo that will allow for some reasonable OC-ing while not terribly expensive? 0 -
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Shut it you!leninbenjamin wrote: »You still haven't reversed the fans on the Noctua?
Been afk for the last 2 months. Was thinking of changing the alignment of the noctua to point up/down instead but I'm not sure if I wanna go messing with pulling out the mobo again to change the mounting brackets.
Just need to change the fan on the right side of the HS anyway. 0 -
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