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Kaltern

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 19:30 Post subject: Cooler woes	Quick Quote Quote

So I decided my reference cooler 7970 was just too loud, and bought an Arctic Twin Turbo II. Which, as it turns out, doesn't actually FIT this card due to the size of the GPU chip (too low) - which didn't please me. So I put the reference cooler back on, and wouldn't you fucking know it - soon as I engaged any 3D mode, the damn thing crashed. Now, bearing in mind I currently have a lack of thermal compound, and I used the stuff left on the chip when I tired using the other cooler, could this be my simple solution? Or is this a case of something bad has gone wrong somewhere? Temps shot up to about 70oC that I could see before the driver crashed, but quickly stopped due to the thermal cutout - the PC didn't actually crash.

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Sin317
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 19:33 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

shot to 70C when ? under load or idle ?

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Kaltern

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 19:35 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

load, idle it sits at about 32oC Playing Valheim every weekday at 10pm GMT - twitch.tv/kaltern Follow me on Twitter if you feel like it... @kaltern My system: Ryzen 7 3700x\|Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Windforce OC\|Vengeance 3000Mz 16Gb RAM\|2x 500Gb Samsung EVO 970 M.2 SSD \|SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB + OCZ Vertex 2 60Gb SSD\|EVA Supernova 650W PSU\|Logitech G27 Wheel\|Logitech G19 Gaming Pad\|SteelSeries Arctis 7\|Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse + Logitech MX Master Mouse\|Razer Blackwidow Chroma X Keyboard\|Oculus Quest 2 + Link\|Pixio PX7 Prime 165hz HDR & 1x Samsung 24FG70FQUEN 144Hz curved monitor -= Word to the wise: Having a higher forum post does not mean you are right. =-

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Sin317
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 19:47 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

well 70C is far from much under load. When it passes 100C, i'd starting to worry ^^ Anyway, i doubt it would have shut down because of temps so low. Must be something different, imo.

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 19:52 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

70 is normal, 80+ is a lot for most CPUs

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Sin317
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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 19:58 Post subject:

VGAdeadcafe wrote:

70 is normal, 80+ is a lot for most CPUs

he's talking about gpu.

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Kaltern

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 21:44 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Crisis averted... I took the cooler off, scraped the remnants of the MX-4 from the other cooler, spread it as evenly as I could and reattached - all is back within usual working parameters. Hot, noisy and not much OC room Moral of this story - never run out of MX-4 Playing Valheim every weekday at 10pm GMT - twitch.tv/kaltern Follow me on Twitter if you feel like it... @kaltern My system: Ryzen 7 3700x\|Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Windforce OC\|Vengeance 3000Mz 16Gb RAM\|2x 500Gb Samsung EVO 970 M.2 SSD \|SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB + OCZ Vertex 2 60Gb SSD\|EVA Supernova 650W PSU\|Logitech G27 Wheel\|Logitech G19 Gaming Pad\|SteelSeries Arctis 7\|Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse + Logitech MX Master Mouse\|Razer Blackwidow Chroma X Keyboard\|Oculus Quest 2 + Link\|Pixio PX7 Prime 165hz HDR & 1x Samsung 24FG70FQUEN 144Hz curved monitor -= Word to the wise: Having a higher forum post does not mean you are right. =-

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 21:56 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

7970 @ 70c is nothing, it can easily handle temps like 90c, especially VRM (i had VRM temps skyrocketing to nearly 100C when it was cooled with Accelero Xtreme (thanks to shitty VRM heatsinks core was around 50-55c tho )

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Kaltern

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 22:45 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I just did some more research and it seems there is a small adapter for the heatsink that would make it fit with ease, but can find one? Can I hell as like Plenty in the US that I can see, but I ain't paying import costs for a bit of copper lol Playing Valheim every weekday at 10pm GMT - twitch.tv/kaltern Follow me on Twitter if you feel like it... @kaltern My system: Ryzen 7 3700x\|Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Windforce OC\|Vengeance 3000Mz 16Gb RAM\|2x 500Gb Samsung EVO 970 M.2 SSD \|SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB + OCZ Vertex 2 60Gb SSD\|EVA Supernova 650W PSU\|Logitech G27 Wheel\|Logitech G19 Gaming Pad\|SteelSeries Arctis 7\|Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse + Logitech MX Master Mouse\|Razer Blackwidow Chroma X Keyboard\|Oculus Quest 2 + Link\|Pixio PX7 Prime 165hz HDR & 1x Samsung 24FG70FQUEN 144Hz curved monitor -= Word to the wise: Having a higher forum post does not mean you are right. =-

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 22:48 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I'd grab a copper shim of correct thickness (you can get them for peanuts on the Bay) and remount the Arctic Twin Turbo II with this. Done this many a time, and you'd probably get a much better contact between heatsink and GPU into the bargain, thus even lower temps Edit, you beat me to it lol Still, shim is the way to go, and much cheaper

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Kaltern

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Posted: Mon, 3rd Feb 2014 23:22 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Found a UK supplier, I shall be getting this and mount it with MX-4.. should be perfect Playing Valheim every weekday at 10pm GMT - twitch.tv/kaltern Follow me on Twitter if you feel like it... @kaltern My system: Ryzen 7 3700x\|Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Windforce OC\|Vengeance 3000Mz 16Gb RAM\|2x 500Gb Samsung EVO 970 M.2 SSD \|SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB + OCZ Vertex 2 60Gb SSD\|EVA Supernova 650W PSU\|Logitech G27 Wheel\|Logitech G19 Gaming Pad\|SteelSeries Arctis 7\|Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse + Logitech MX Master Mouse\|Razer Blackwidow Chroma X Keyboard\|Oculus Quest 2 + Link\|Pixio PX7 Prime 165hz HDR & 1x Samsung 24FG70FQUEN 144Hz curved monitor -= Word to the wise: Having a higher forum post does not mean you are right. =-

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Posted: Wed, 5th Feb 2014 17:23 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Well got my kit, applied the adapter and MX-4... I don't usually use it, but as it was a special occasion, I ran FurMark with the old and new coolers... 1920x1080 standard 15 min test.. Old cooler @1150Mhz - 95oC New Cooler - 85oC - And a HELL of a lot quieter - actually whisper quiet. Now understandably, the effectiveness of the cooler will be affected by the adapter and 2 layers of MX-4, but still 10oC on max load is pretty nice going, especially as I simply cannot hear the fan at all. And a 150Mhz stable overclock with memory running at 1550Mhz ... can't ask for much more really. Happy days Playing Valheim every weekday at 10pm GMT - twitch.tv/kaltern Follow me on Twitter if you feel like it... @kaltern My system: Ryzen 7 3700x\|Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Windforce OC\|Vengeance 3000Mz 16Gb RAM\|2x 500Gb Samsung EVO 970 M.2 SSD \|SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB + OCZ Vertex 2 60Gb SSD\|EVA Supernova 650W PSU\|Logitech G27 Wheel\|Logitech G19 Gaming Pad\|SteelSeries Arctis 7\|Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse + Logitech MX Master Mouse\|Razer Blackwidow Chroma X Keyboard\|Oculus Quest 2 + Link\|Pixio PX7 Prime 165hz HDR & 1x Samsung 24FG70FQUEN 144Hz curved monitor -= Word to the wise: Having a higher forum post does not mean you are right. =-

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