So guys, I think I got a good deal. Friend of mine had upgraded to the 1080ti, but had previously been using an RX 480 8gb card for 2-3 months. Otherwise it just sat I think. It's still got over a year of Microcenter warranty on it which is good, so if I have any issues, he'll go back with me to trade it in.
It's actually this card. Ended up getting it for 250 which seems better than I could even have picked up a 1060 for.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202223
I recently upgraded to a Ryzen 5 1600(mild overclock to 3.7ghz)
Cooler master vortex plus cooler--http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/vortex-plus/
8gb crucial ballistix ddr4 2400
ASRock AB350m Pro 4
EVGA 600B PSU(leftover from old build)
1tb western digital standard hard drive
250gb Samsung 960 evo nvme drive
DeepCool D Shield case--http://www.deepcool.com/product/case/2016-10/9_6152.shtml
The case was kind of a downgrade from my old storm scout, but wanted a change of scenery.
The deepcool is more cramped, can't even fit a dvd drive in with a micro atx board, cable management is good though. I like the basement they give you to hide your wires.
Anyway, my old 7950 was quite happy, but the 480 definitely runs a bit warmer. I saw that it got to 86 while I was playing modern warfare 3. So I rigged some things. Cooling setup is as follows.
Front of case-2 120 mm fans mounted, 1 where dvd drive would be(I have an external dvd drive on the way), and one directly below that in the middle. I have room to add a 3rd below which I may do.
Back has a 120mm at the top. I removed all the remaining pci slot covers and zip tied an 80mm fan directly under the gpu to pull air out. I also noticed I have room to add a couple of fans to the bottom of my case on top of the basement so to speak, one would be positioned to blow directly into my gpu. Just need to find my longer screws that go to them.
But card still ran 86 while playing mw3 according to hwmonitor. Is that just normal for these cards? I did install msi afterburner, any tips on using that? I think I successfully set a fan profile and that seemed to bring temps down a bit. Any other suggestions?
Forgot to mention, running 1080p at 60hz.
It's actually this card. Ended up getting it for 250 which seems better than I could even have picked up a 1060 for.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202223
I recently upgraded to a Ryzen 5 1600(mild overclock to 3.7ghz)
Cooler master vortex plus cooler--http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/vortex-plus/
8gb crucial ballistix ddr4 2400
ASRock AB350m Pro 4
EVGA 600B PSU(leftover from old build)
1tb western digital standard hard drive
250gb Samsung 960 evo nvme drive
DeepCool D Shield case--http://www.deepcool.com/product/case/2016-10/9_6152.shtml
The case was kind of a downgrade from my old storm scout, but wanted a change of scenery.
The deepcool is more cramped, can't even fit a dvd drive in with a micro atx board, cable management is good though. I like the basement they give you to hide your wires.
Anyway, my old 7950 was quite happy, but the 480 definitely runs a bit warmer. I saw that it got to 86 while I was playing modern warfare 3. So I rigged some things. Cooling setup is as follows.
Front of case-2 120 mm fans mounted, 1 where dvd drive would be(I have an external dvd drive on the way), and one directly below that in the middle. I have room to add a 3rd below which I may do.
Back has a 120mm at the top. I removed all the remaining pci slot covers and zip tied an 80mm fan directly under the gpu to pull air out. I also noticed I have room to add a couple of fans to the bottom of my case on top of the basement so to speak, one would be positioned to blow directly into my gpu. Just need to find my longer screws that go to them.
But card still ran 86 while playing mw3 according to hwmonitor. Is that just normal for these cards? I did install msi afterburner, any tips on using that? I think I successfully set a fan profile and that seemed to bring temps down a bit. Any other suggestions?
Forgot to mention, running 1080p at 60hz.