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Interesting. So I haven't remounted with my AS3 TIM yet, but decided to try something.
For the last two years I've had the rear passive vent in my PC taped shut because I've always thought it would cause more air to be forced through the front which cools my drives. It would also stop hot air exhausted out of the back from being sucked back in since my PC is under my desk and hot air accumulates.
So....I removed the tape blocking the area highlighted below in red and just had a 2 hour gaming session. My max temps as graphed via CPU-Z are 5-10C lower. Max 89C and most of the time ~84C.
Still feels a bit high so I might change the TIM.
Two questions
1) Will removing the stock cooler and replacing the TIM void my warrenty? I'm not really worried about that since I regularlly hard mod mobos and vid cards, but I don't typically do it until I'm at a point that I'd buy a new one if I fried it. Problem is I've only had this card 2 weeks
2) Do you think it would make a difference if I moved that top PCI card down a slot to provide more room for the VGA cooler? I've kept them evenly spaced to help with heat. The bottom card is a Audigy2. The one just below the VGA is a Haaupauge TV Tuner that gets really hot.
TIA
Here's the pic of what I'm talking about....
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For the last two years I've had the rear passive vent in my PC taped shut because I've always thought it would cause more air to be forced through the front which cools my drives. It would also stop hot air exhausted out of the back from being sucked back in since my PC is under my desk and hot air accumulates.
So....I removed the tape blocking the area highlighted below in red and just had a 2 hour gaming session. My max temps as graphed via CPU-Z are 5-10C lower. Max 89C and most of the time ~84C.
Still feels a bit high so I might change the TIM.
Two questions
1) Will removing the stock cooler and replacing the TIM void my warrenty? I'm not really worried about that since I regularlly hard mod mobos and vid cards, but I don't typically do it until I'm at a point that I'd buy a new one if I fried it. Problem is I've only had this card 2 weeks
2) Do you think it would make a difference if I moved that top PCI card down a slot to provide more room for the VGA cooler? I've kept them evenly spaced to help with heat. The bottom card is a Audigy2. The one just below the VGA is a Haaupauge TV Tuner that gets really hot.
TIA
Here's the pic of what I'm talking about....