Hi guys, this is my first post on this site, so I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post to. Sorry if it isn't.
I got my PC about a year and a half ago, of off Craigslist for $300. Once I saw the post i was really excited because I owned a Dell N17 from 2011, so it wasn't the greatest thing to game or render on as I am studying 3D animation and modeling. And I started gaming quite a bit on the PC when I was only into Consoles at the time.
Anyways, here is what I'm here for, and here are the specs.
ASrock M3A770DE
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz(Black Edition)
Noctua NH-D14
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1gb DDR5
4x 4gb Viper Extreme
Cooler Master RS-700
x2 Corsair SP120 Performance / x2 Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition
Samsung 830 128gb
Seagate Barracuda 500gb
Cooler Master HAF 912
I've been wanting to cool off my PC for a long time now, and make it quieter, it's extremely loud, and I'm 100% positive that it's the PSU making all the noise. Also, the heat is definitely coming from the GPU when I game. I never once made changes to my setup within the 1st year of having the computer and my temperatures were around 32C - 34C idle. having everything stock that came with the case. I didn't have the Noctua cooler until 2 weeks ago, and I bought the 4 Corsair fans about 3 weeks ago. So everything else was just stock until about a month ago.
As I installed the new cooler and fans, my idle is at about 31C - 41C, just completely random at times... I don't understand why, I bought a better cooler and better fans, I thought that would help the heat. I have the hottest room in the house as my window faces the sun from 1pm to 6pm sunset, I live in South Florida so it's always hot in here, my room also collects dust like it's going out of style, I have wipe the dust from my vents every 3 days, it just accumulates so much... Anyways, I play games like League of Legends, which used to hit about 46C max with stock, but now hits around 48C - 68C, and when I play games like Thief, Battlefield 3, any current games I get around 77C - 79C, which is what I used to get stock either way, so I guess that's just my card maxing out.
So now, should I get a new PSU to make it quieter and swap out my GPU to get a little less heat? I know my GPU is old, I'm hoping to upgrade soon once I can afford it and my CPU as well, unless I can run my PC cold enough to where I can overclock it instead. I just spent like $170 on the cooler and fans, I still have time to return them and get something else, but most of the liquid cooling systems don't fit in my case.
Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated as to what I should do.
Thanks. Have a good day.
I got my PC about a year and a half ago, of off Craigslist for $300. Once I saw the post i was really excited because I owned a Dell N17 from 2011, so it wasn't the greatest thing to game or render on as I am studying 3D animation and modeling. And I started gaming quite a bit on the PC when I was only into Consoles at the time.
Anyways, here is what I'm here for, and here are the specs.
ASrock M3A770DE
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz(Black Edition)
Noctua NH-D14
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1gb DDR5
4x 4gb Viper Extreme
Cooler Master RS-700
x2 Corsair SP120 Performance / x2 Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition
Samsung 830 128gb
Seagate Barracuda 500gb
Cooler Master HAF 912
I've been wanting to cool off my PC for a long time now, and make it quieter, it's extremely loud, and I'm 100% positive that it's the PSU making all the noise. Also, the heat is definitely coming from the GPU when I game. I never once made changes to my setup within the 1st year of having the computer and my temperatures were around 32C - 34C idle. having everything stock that came with the case. I didn't have the Noctua cooler until 2 weeks ago, and I bought the 4 Corsair fans about 3 weeks ago. So everything else was just stock until about a month ago.
As I installed the new cooler and fans, my idle is at about 31C - 41C, just completely random at times... I don't understand why, I bought a better cooler and better fans, I thought that would help the heat. I have the hottest room in the house as my window faces the sun from 1pm to 6pm sunset, I live in South Florida so it's always hot in here, my room also collects dust like it's going out of style, I have wipe the dust from my vents every 3 days, it just accumulates so much... Anyways, I play games like League of Legends, which used to hit about 46C max with stock, but now hits around 48C - 68C, and when I play games like Thief, Battlefield 3, any current games I get around 77C - 79C, which is what I used to get stock either way, so I guess that's just my card maxing out.
So now, should I get a new PSU to make it quieter and swap out my GPU to get a little less heat? I know my GPU is old, I'm hoping to upgrade soon once I can afford it and my CPU as well, unless I can run my PC cold enough to where I can overclock it instead. I just spent like $170 on the cooler and fans, I still have time to return them and get something else, but most of the liquid cooling systems don't fit in my case.
Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated as to what I should do.
Thanks. Have a good day.