Overheating problems, need some help
helicon1984
Sovici, Bosna i Hercegovina
Hi all,
I cleaned my computer today with some compressed air because it was making a little more noise than usual recently. Everything went fine but I ran a few programs to check the temperatures and there's definitely some improvement in the CPU but my graphics card is still making a lot of noise. The fan is constantly spinning from 49 to 54% and the temps are around 63-64C. I've got the XFX HD Radeon 4870 so a little more heat than usual is not unheard of but I still wanna hear some expert opinion. I took a couple of screenshots below so check that out also.
I cleaned my computer today with some compressed air because it was making a little more noise than usual recently. Everything went fine but I ran a few programs to check the temperatures and there's definitely some improvement in the CPU but my graphics card is still making a lot of noise. The fan is constantly spinning from 49 to 54% and the temps are around 63-64C. I've got the XFX HD Radeon 4870 so a little more heat than usual is not unheard of but I still wanna hear some expert opinion. I took a couple of screenshots below so check that out also.
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So yeah, it's well within tolerances, but it's higher than it should be. My guess is that it's an airflow issue within the chassis as a contributing factor. Need to make sure of two major things. One, open area for the fan intake side (bottom of the chassis) and two, good airflow over the back of the card (top of the chassis) without soaking CPU and VRM heat. If I had to take a guess, I'd say heat soaking from the CPU/VRM area.
The overall design of the HD4870 and the way XFX built their fan profile, at idle, the card is supposed to stay at a stable temperature and keep the fan at ~30-35%. That's been my experience in an air cooled P183 and a Corsair C700D with H60 on the CPU. When the card's behaving as expected there, the fan doesn't fluctuate at idle or even under load. It goes to ramp points and holds.
I prefer a balance between cfm intake and cfm exhaust. If I go heavier on either it is usually exhaust.
No pics of my own but take a look at those below. That's my setup. There's one top 140 x 25 mm fan and one rear 120 x 25 mm fan. There's room for 2 more front and one side fan that, according to Antec's site, is there to cool the graphics card. Can adding extra fans help or is it just that the 48xx series was just too hot and I should finally upgrade the card? I mean, I know I should, but I was just concerned about the heat and noise.