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im_just_jokin   07-25-2009 at 02:58:43 AM

hey all, have just recently had my TEC water cooler leak or condensate onto my gfx card, cant see a leak and idle much lower than ambient, i have installed 2 switches so i can turn off the TEC's fan and the TECs them selves, am unsure or ilde temps for this chip but im idling now about 38 deg c if i switch on fans and tecs it drop about 10 deg (when i play games ect.) is 38 fine for a not hot or cold day.

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E8400 WITH ZALMAN9700NT
XFX 9800GTX+
G.SKILL2GB
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im_just_jokin   07-25-2009 at 11:38:30 AM

???

------------------------------ XFX 780I
E8400 WITH ZALMAN9700NT
XFX 9800GTX+
G.SKILL2GB
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PsychoSaysDie   07-25-2009 at 11:43:44 AM

Those temps are fine

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ainarssems   07-25-2009 at 02:23:09 PM

I suppose You have Tec to cool water. In which case temps are probably OK.

I had different setup in days of Athlon XP. I had 260 W TEC to cool cpu and output of Tec was cooled by water.

Overclocked it was sub zero at boot, bios showing 0C and when under 100% load it was going to 8-10 C

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