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Hello everyone, its been a long time since I've visited this board.
Here's my situation:
I used to have a water-cooled system, when I had my socket 754 Athlon XP. I ditched water-cooling because I was too stressed out anytime I had to take it apart. Since then I've been fine with air cooling, but now I'm considering going back.
I just don't like the temp on my GPU. A few weeks ago I had to RMA my card to EVGA, but since I did not register the card within a certain time after I bought it, I cannot get a replacement after this.
I have a temperature sensor stuck in between the cooler and the card, I understand the temps are going to be considerably higher than I am seeing. Idle, it is between 50c and 55c. When I'm playing games it is between 59c and 62c.
Attached to the thread I have a picture of the front of my case, I do not remember the model number and cannot find it anywhere. I also have a picture of the inside, so you can see the position of the card. Underneath the card I have a TV tuner, maybe this is where some of the extra heat is coming from? I also took a picture of the temperature sensor while the PC has been sitting idle all day.
Anyways, I remember back in the day water-cooling kits were not thought highly of at all. I was looking at this Koolance kit <a href="http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=837">here.</a>
Is it a bad idea to go with this? It is attractive to me because I'd like to just install it and be done. The res being on top and built in makes it look so convenient to fill. Also, if anyone knows of a good air cooling solution (I dont see where I can put any fans around this card) I will consider air cooling. : )
Thank you for your help.
-Legion
Here's my situation:
I used to have a water-cooled system, when I had my socket 754 Athlon XP. I ditched water-cooling because I was too stressed out anytime I had to take it apart. Since then I've been fine with air cooling, but now I'm considering going back.
I just don't like the temp on my GPU. A few weeks ago I had to RMA my card to EVGA, but since I did not register the card within a certain time after I bought it, I cannot get a replacement after this.
I have a temperature sensor stuck in between the cooler and the card, I understand the temps are going to be considerably higher than I am seeing. Idle, it is between 50c and 55c. When I'm playing games it is between 59c and 62c.
Attached to the thread I have a picture of the front of my case, I do not remember the model number and cannot find it anywhere. I also have a picture of the inside, so you can see the position of the card. Underneath the card I have a TV tuner, maybe this is where some of the extra heat is coming from? I also took a picture of the temperature sensor while the PC has been sitting idle all day.
Anyways, I remember back in the day water-cooling kits were not thought highly of at all. I was looking at this Koolance kit <a href="http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=837">here.</a>
Is it a bad idea to go with this? It is attractive to me because I'd like to just install it and be done. The res being on top and built in makes it look so convenient to fill. Also, if anyone knows of a good air cooling solution (I dont see where I can put any fans around this card) I will consider air cooling. : )
Thank you for your help.
-Legion
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