So I recently finished my new set up (specs below) and I'm reading some interesting temps off my GPU. Ambient temp is usually between 15 and 22c, bear in mind. Idle @ 43c, during gaming (Even games like GTA iv not maxed out, it reaches 85c and under full load it reached 96c after 4 minutes and I just turned it off there because I knew it was going to keep rising and I didn't want to damage it.
I'm pretty sure this is a faulty gpu and the fans were failing to start yesterday anyway so I'll be replacing it. I'd still like to improve cooling, though.
The cable management in my case is fine, nothing that could disrupt front to back airflow in any significant way but, regardless, I'm going to be replacing stock case fans with Noctua NF-F12s and I'm also going to pick up an extra one for the side panel. My question on cooling is this: Would it be better to have the side panel an exhaust or input fan facing the gpu? I can see the advantages to both, an exhaust would allow the heat from the gpu to be removed quicker and input would be blowing cooler air directly on the gpu but I don't know which would be better.
Is this something I should just play around with and see or is there a definite answer?
As for my question on crossfire, I also have a spare Radeon HD6670 lying around. Compared to the 7950 it's a pretty poor GPU, but;
1) If I were to install it, would I notice a significant boost in performance? It is an extra GPU but I'm not well read up on this and to me it feels like it would just be a "dead weight" for my power consumption.
2) Could a 600W psu handle it?
Thank you, Clayton.
Specs:
Mobo
MSI Z77 G43
CPU + Cooler
3570k +Arctic 7 pro (Surprisingly good. 60-65c under full load which is nice for a £14 cpu cooler)
GPU
XFX Double Dispersion HD7950
Memory
2X4GB low profile ram (cant remember brand)
Case, PSU and HDD
Corsair Carbide 300R, Corsair cx600 and WD 1tb
I'm pretty sure this is a faulty gpu and the fans were failing to start yesterday anyway so I'll be replacing it. I'd still like to improve cooling, though.
The cable management in my case is fine, nothing that could disrupt front to back airflow in any significant way but, regardless, I'm going to be replacing stock case fans with Noctua NF-F12s and I'm also going to pick up an extra one for the side panel. My question on cooling is this: Would it be better to have the side panel an exhaust or input fan facing the gpu? I can see the advantages to both, an exhaust would allow the heat from the gpu to be removed quicker and input would be blowing cooler air directly on the gpu but I don't know which would be better.
Is this something I should just play around with and see or is there a definite answer?
As for my question on crossfire, I also have a spare Radeon HD6670 lying around. Compared to the 7950 it's a pretty poor GPU, but;
1) If I were to install it, would I notice a significant boost in performance? It is an extra GPU but I'm not well read up on this and to me it feels like it would just be a "dead weight" for my power consumption.
2) Could a 600W psu handle it?
Thank you, Clayton.
Specs:
Mobo
MSI Z77 G43
CPU + Cooler
3570k +Arctic 7 pro (Surprisingly good. 60-65c under full load which is nice for a £14 cpu cooler)
GPU
XFX Double Dispersion HD7950
Memory
2X4GB low profile ram (cant remember brand)
Case, PSU and HDD
Corsair Carbide 300R, Corsair cx600 and WD 1tb
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