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Dual to Quad Core Upgrade, opinions please

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Everything is installed and running.

When I installed the extra 2x2GB of RAM that gave a decent performance increase. A few weeks later I installed the Phenom I 9850 which then gave another performance increase.

I reused my Arctic Freezer Pro 64 CPU Cooler, put on a new coat of Arctic Silver 5, and atm of only been running the Phenom 9850 for a couple days it Idles at 22C and plays Star Wars Old Republic at 31C.

Today I installed the 7850. Runs Cool, plays Star Wars Old Republic at 41C. Of the added memory and 'new' Phenom I CPU, the 7850 gave the most noticeable performance increase of the 3 upgrades.

1 Thing about the particular 7850 I bought, the Fan Rattles. Not a super loud Rattle but it is noticeable. Hopefully I can find a Fix for the Rattle, I'd rather not have to RMA it just to receive another Rattling Card.

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Glad to help.

Check to see if the rattling is the fan itself or it vibrating the housing. If its the housing, you should be able to tighten it up or put some dampening material in. If its the fan bearing itself that's rattling, there's not much to do other than replace the fan (or RMA the whole card).
 
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