Recent content by ironcladlou

30 minutes later, temp still hasn't exceeded 80C, fans at or below 55%. I'm going to call this a success and go play some games. Thanks again everybody.

Okay, time for some results! I got the new thermal paste reapplied, cleaned out everything and reassembled, and for the past 10 mins I've let it burn on the same Furry test as before. Even at the same 85+% loads, the temp has not yet exceeded 80C, and the fan speed has not kicked up past...

I know what you mean. I've been doing it for a long time now and so have my routines established. Somehow having a little side project to work on every 25 mins makes the work sprints go super fast and furious (work for 25, break for 5, break for 15-20mins every 4th break). Gotta say again: I...

rofl. I am fortunate enough to work from home!

The original system wasn't tuned for silence: I bolted that idea on after the fact with a new PSU, fan selections, SSD, etc, and despite the lack of silencing features it has actually turned out really well. That is something I hadn't though of, though. If it turns out my GTX is still too noisy...

Before I had to get back to work, I managed to break down the card. What a mess inside. Packed with dirt and dust. Thermal compound on the GPU/HS all dried, crusted and flaking away. I started cleaning it, and will polish it up and reapply some Arctic Silver 5 I happen to have laying around over...

Quick update: I'm on lunch and decided to start a stress test with some monitoring using EVGA Precision and OC Scanner X. Furry test has been running for 8 mins and I'm already up to 105C on the GPU, 85% load, fan 100%. This is the loudness I was trying to avoid. As it ramped up, I noticed as...

Greenhell6, KompKare, and MrK: You have convinced me that I need to do a little more due diligence before I throw this thing out. An evening spent doing some intense testing sounds well worth it. I don't want to get too far off topic from my original Q, but would you guys mind giving me some...

You know what, I wonder that too. I never noticed any noise issues the entire time I've owned it until I tried playing Tribes Ascend (a game which was plagued with issues, btw). Then, the D3 beta. I figured that none of the games I typically play (Source based) stressed it the same way. Is it...

Thanks for the tip. I looked into passive briefly, but am not really willing to pay the premium and performance hit: I don't need it to be absolutely silent, just quiet relative to everything else (as the GTX260 is when idle and under moderate load). I am curious to understand why the 7750 is...

Thanks for the advice, guys. I don't mind paying a little more for a bit of future proofing. I tend to milk my components dry over many years, so if I got another few out of a 7850 I'd consider that a win. I know there are numerous other threads about 7850s, but I'm curious to get your takes on...

First, I wanted to throw out a general "thank you" to the forum members. Tons of great discussion and advice here. I built my current machine to be very quiet, and it has served me well for years now. Even the GTX 260 it uses is still perfectly adequate for me EXCEPT when it's under extreme...