will my gpu temperature increase dramatically?

[Guest]

hi, i have an asus f2a55-m lk motherboard, with a sapphire radeon 7770 graphics card, which covers the pci-e slot next to it. i do have another pci-e slot, which i am thinking of putting a usb 3,0 card in, but the card will cover about half of the cpu fan, and will be a few millimeters, from the gpu fan. will this increase my temperature too much? or will half a fan be ok?

 

[markwp]

As long as you have decent case flow, you should be fine. The 7770 is only an 80w card and will not generate that much heat.

Mark

 

[Guest]

As long as you have decent case flow, you should be fine. The 7770 is only an 80w card and will not generate that much heat.

Mark

the gpu currently goes up to 66c when gaming, so do you think i'd be ok with a pci-e card in there, blocking some of the fan?

 

[markwp]

No problem with that temp.

 

[jb6684]

You might add 3--5C by adding the card. As long as your under 85C will gaming your fine. (new AMD cards are designed to run 95C...)