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Argonath RPG Community => Hardware/Software support => Resolved issues => Topic started by: Roadkill on November 30, 2010, 01:41:47 am

Title: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Roadkill on November 30, 2010, 01:41:47 am: My GPU was running a little hot (70C) (http://www.emoticonshut.com/emoticons/Evil/flame.gif) so I decided to try an alternative method to cool it down a little and got it down to 55C just by blu-tacking a fan to the underside of the GPU chip. Works awesome. (The temperatures were tested during benchmarking tests.) Might be a good tip for you overclockers.

GPU manufacturers should of thought of this a long time ago. :conf:

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Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Fuzzy on November 30, 2010, 05:57:55 am: :lol:
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Todor on November 30, 2010, 05:34:37 pm: Heard of backplates? Get a chunky piece of metal, will work better than the fan and don't use blu tac but some TIM.
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: DellStorm on November 30, 2010, 06:29:58 pm: Hi TrojanTM,

Love The Creativity!

Just be careful if you have to move your computer from one room to another,.
Brilliant Post!

Happy Gaming,

Regards,

DellStorm
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Bilbo on November 30, 2010, 06:34:26 pm: Todor, you're suggesting him to place a big chunk piece of metal on the back side of the card?
Am I wrong or have metals turned into insulators instead of conductors? :lol:
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Roadkill on November 30, 2010, 08:39:03 pm: The backplates are usually just a mount for the heatsink/fan and are insulated so they won't really cool the back of the card.
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Lamar Diasso on November 30, 2010, 08:45:14 pm: I like SpeedFan because I use it to fool people. As I turn up the speed(Speed 1: 55% when a good temperature) the fan makes a lot of noice: "Oh my god it's going to explode!"
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Roadkill on November 30, 2010, 09:38:03 pm: Quote from: Lamar Diasso on November 30, 2010, 08:45:14 pm
I like SpeedFan because I use it to fool people. As I turn up the speed(Speed 1: 55% when a good temperature) the fan makes a lot of noice: "Oh my god it's going to explode!"

Lol for some reason speedfan doesn't work for me but I like to use it to read temperatures.
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Todor on December 01, 2010, 05:00:17 pm: Quote from: IcyAero on November 30, 2010, 06:34:26 pm
Todor, you're suggesting him to place a big chunk piece of metal on the back side of the card?
Am I wrong or have metals turned into insulators instead of conductors? :lol:

Heard of non-conductive(electricity) thermal compounds? And, yes, I am ;)
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Bilbo on December 01, 2010, 05:29:02 pm: Quote from: Todor on December 01, 2010, 05:00:17 pm
Heard of non-conductive(electricity) thermal compounds? And, yes, I am ;)

I've been studying electronics, computers and communication technologies for almost 2 years now, so yes I do. :lol:
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Roadkill on December 27, 2010, 01:26:28 pm: Anyway I don't have a piece of metal that I can bolt to the back of my GPU. I just had a shitty fan lying around + some blu tac. :lol:
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Salmonella on December 27, 2010, 02:43:19 pm: Maybe cleaning your GPU from all that dust would improve the temperature. What card is it btw?
Title: Re: Ghetto GPU Cooling
Post by: Roadkill on December 28, 2010, 03:29:36 pm: Quote from: Salmonella on December 27, 2010, 02:43:19 pm
Maybe cleaning your GPU from all that dust would improve the temperature. What card is it btw?

Funny you said that cause I cleaned my PC out a few days ago and its not really made much of a difference. It's a 9800GT I'm selling it soon to make way for my new PC.