Hello all,
I currently have a gaming PC that is just over 3 years old, specs as follows:
ASUS P6T X58 ATX LGA1366 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 960 3.2GHz Processor (overclocked to 3.4GHz)
OCZ XTC Platinum DDR 1333Mhz 7-7-7-20 2x(3x2GB) RAM
Radeon HD 5870 850MHZ 1GB
Corsair HX750W Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard drive
ANTEC Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case
My issue is that the fan on my graphics card recently failed. It began making a horrible grinding noise, and shook so much that it cracked the plastic housing on the graphics card.
What I have done is remove the fan and the plastic housing from the graphics card, leaving the GPU heat sink exposed. My case is reasonably well ventilated, but under heavy load my graphics card will still overheat (>90 C) and throttle.
I understand that this is not good for the lifespan of the card, but what I am wondering is whether this GPU overheating (or a resulting sudden GPU failure) can cause any damage to other components of my PC? Otherwise, I intend to keep running this setup until the GPU kicks the bucket, as it can still run everything I want.
Thanks in advance for the help!
I currently have a gaming PC that is just over 3 years old, specs as follows:
ASUS P6T X58 ATX LGA1366 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 960 3.2GHz Processor (overclocked to 3.4GHz)
OCZ XTC Platinum DDR 1333Mhz 7-7-7-20 2x(3x2GB) RAM
Radeon HD 5870 850MHZ 1GB
Corsair HX750W Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard drive
ANTEC Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case
My issue is that the fan on my graphics card recently failed. It began making a horrible grinding noise, and shook so much that it cracked the plastic housing on the graphics card.
What I have done is remove the fan and the plastic housing from the graphics card, leaving the GPU heat sink exposed. My case is reasonably well ventilated, but under heavy load my graphics card will still overheat (>90 C) and throttle.
I understand that this is not good for the lifespan of the card, but what I am wondering is whether this GPU overheating (or a resulting sudden GPU failure) can cause any damage to other components of my PC? Otherwise, I intend to keep running this setup until the GPU kicks the bucket, as it can still run everything I want.
Thanks in advance for the help!
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