So I got together this rig:
DFI INFINITY 975X Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - SAPPHIRE 100168L Radeon X1900XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model pqi TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI25400-2GDB - Retail
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
ARCTIC COOLING Accelero X2 Fluid Dynamic Bearing VGA Item
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler - Retail
I had a buddy to ask questions of when I needed them and I havn't had any crashes or anything of that sort.
Everything is fine but my only concern is regarding the temperature of my GPU under load. It creeps up to 90 C from an idle of 47, that seems like quite a leap. I've installed the Accelero X2 in place of the standard cooler, and now I'm thinking in my inexperience, maybe I made a mistake in the installation. Is 90 C very high for a video card? From what I'd read I expected it to be a bit lower than that with the seperate cooler (although I mostly bought the accelero for noise issues).
My Cpu is idling at 25, havn't seen it top out over 34 yet. I removed old paste and added artic silver 5 to both the accelero and the freezer 7, in a very thin layer.
DFI INFINITY 975X Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - SAPPHIRE 100168L Radeon X1900XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model pqi TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI25400-2GDB - Retail
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
ARCTIC COOLING Accelero X2 Fluid Dynamic Bearing VGA Item
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler - Retail
I had a buddy to ask questions of when I needed them and I havn't had any crashes or anything of that sort.
Everything is fine but my only concern is regarding the temperature of my GPU under load. It creeps up to 90 C from an idle of 47, that seems like quite a leap. I've installed the Accelero X2 in place of the standard cooler, and now I'm thinking in my inexperience, maybe I made a mistake in the installation. Is 90 C very high for a video card? From what I'd read I expected it to be a bit lower than that with the seperate cooler (although I mostly bought the accelero for noise issues).
My Cpu is idling at 25, havn't seen it top out over 34 yet. I removed old paste and added artic silver 5 to both the accelero and the freezer 7, in a very thin layer.