The Dweller
First time out of the vault
im gonna get that ducting mod for 80x80 fans Ttake makes today, let yall know if it makes any difference
PC Problem, need help
- Thread starter MadDog
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First time out of the vault
I've had big problems with Nvidia in the past. ATi has treated me pretty well until this problem - but I still wonder if its because I have a 3rd party card, or its the drivers....
anyway, my school pc had a Geforce 4 MX 400 or whatnot. It said it was a 32MB card. The catch was that the card only had 16MB on it, and software created the other 16MB. That software also ran 24/7, but brought PC usage up to 99% by itself. When you closed the program, the card dropped to its 16MB hardware. I find that VERY misleading.
About the fan: I don't need quiet cooling, but I don't want jet-engine sound. I can hear my stock fan as it is... I'd like cheaper cooling, since a lot of the good reviewed fans can be like... 10-20$.
anyway, my school pc had a Geforce 4 MX 400 or whatnot. It said it was a 32MB card. The catch was that the card only had 16MB on it, and software created the other 16MB. That software also ran 24/7, but brought PC usage up to 99% by itself. When you closed the program, the card dropped to its 16MB hardware. I find that VERY misleading.
About the fan: I don't need quiet cooling, but I don't want jet-engine sound. I can hear my stock fan as it is... I'd like cheaper cooling, since a lot of the good reviewed fans can be like... 10-20$.
The Dweller
First time out of the vault
I got that ducting mod, but of all things the screws provided are too short to mount the Fan to the duct so i zip tied it in place and ran the comp for a day, shaved about 3 degrees off the temp, gonna get some screws from work to bolt it on proper
why cant you put the fan off the cpu in backwards so its drawing air through the cpu?
why cant you put the fan off the cpu in backwards so its drawing air through the cpu?
The point of the CPU fan is to take all the heat away from the sink. Pushing air down might make things screwy. Remember, a fan flowing on hot air doesnt make cold air, it just moves the hot air.
BTW, my friend is coming Thursday with a Geforce.. he says he's had a lot of customers with radeon problems lately. If that doesn't work, a few guys I know say that I should get a 500W power supply... I thought 420 was enough. It *should* be enough....
BTW, my friend is coming Thursday with a Geforce.. he says he's had a lot of customers with radeon problems lately. If that doesn't work, a few guys I know say that I should get a 500W power supply... I thought 420 was enough. It *should* be enough....
sorry to reply a bit late maddog but i've been away...
there have been quite a lot of third party cards with problems lately, Asus more than any other. they make very good motherboard but they suck when it comes to 3d cards.
i dont know if powercolor has had the same issues, but a lot of 3rd party manufacturers have had problems with 9600XT cards.
to say it bluntly: those guys know crap about powerconsumption. your 420W is already overkill, the 500W would be plain stupid (unless your planning to throw in a 6800Ultra and some peltier cooling running off your PSU or something...
your pc would run perfectly on a 350W PSU. i've been assembling pcs for friends & family for about 10 years now, actively helping out people on forums for about 5 years and i'm now part of a hardware site for about a year now.
all this aside, as said before, it is not because your 420W is strong enough that it cant be faulty. it could have instable voltlines and such.
cant you just ask a friend for his PSU for an hour or so and test it? it's the easy way out to rule out a faulty PSU...
have you decided on your new cpu cooling yet? you might wanna post here first before actually going out and buying
MadDog -[TO said:
there have been quite a lot of third party cards with problems lately, Asus more than any other. they make very good motherboard but they suck when it comes to 3d cards.
i dont know if powercolor has had the same issues, but a lot of 3rd party manufacturers have had problems with 9600XT cards.
MadDog -[TO said:
to say it bluntly: those guys know crap about powerconsumption. your 420W is already overkill, the 500W would be plain stupid (unless your planning to throw in a 6800Ultra and some peltier cooling running off your PSU or something...
your pc would run perfectly on a 350W PSU. i've been assembling pcs for friends & family for about 10 years now, actively helping out people on forums for about 5 years and i'm now part of a hardware site for about a year now.
all this aside, as said before, it is not because your 420W is strong enough that it cant be faulty. it could have instable voltlines and such.
cant you just ask a friend for his PSU for an hour or so and test it? it's the easy way out to rule out a faulty PSU...
have you decided on your new cpu cooling yet? you might wanna post here first before actually going out and buying