Graphics card cooling.

[pedantic]

My graphics card fan has been moaning like a bugger. I've temporarily disabled the fans power, and the noise (or lack of) is bliss, in comparison. My question is, will I be safe to leave the fan off ? I've monitored the temps for the last couple of hours, and to be honest, the temps are the same as when the fan was running. The only noticeable thing, is my mobo temp has risen, only by about 3c though, so not too bad. I intend to replace the card in a couple of weeks, but will I have any adverse affects ? Am not too bothered about the card going kaput, but it would be disastrous if my mobo was to get damaged in some way.

if you intend to push the card at all you will need it cooling

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

if you intend to push the card at all you will need it cooling

All I use the pc for is internet, no gaming whatsoever.

keep a very close eye on it

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

keep a very close eye on it

Okies, will do, thanks.

Reppage to follow, after I spread around.

[keithwalton]

what card and what sort of temps are you getting ?

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by keithwalton

what card and what sort of temps are you getting ?

It's a cheap Abit X300, I bought it 2 years ago, when I built this pc. I just needed something cheap, as I'm not a gamer, so something very simple would suffice. According to the accompanying software, the core temp is 42C. My cpu is 31C and mobo is 30C (according to asus probe). My temp on the card itself hasn't budged, and is the same when the cards fan was spinning (very loudly), which just shows what a crap job it was doing.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by pedantic

It's a cheap Abit X300, I bought it 2 years ago, when I built this pc. I just needed something cheap, as I'm not a gamer, so something very simple would suffice. According to the accompanying software, the core temp is 42C. My cpu is 31C and mobo is 30C (according to asus probe). My temp on the card itself hasn't budged, and is the same when the cards fan was spinning (very loudly), which just shows what a crap job it was doing.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/forums/sho...ghlight=7300le

If your after a card for a NON gaming system here's one for less than £20

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by dragon

http://www.hotukdeals.com/forums/sho...ghlight=7300le

If your after a card for a NON gaming system here's one for less than £20

Cheers I'll add it to my shortlist.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by pedantic

Cheers I'll add it to my shortlist.

No problem just happened to remember seeing it on there the other day

[keithwalton]

Those temps are quite low, as long as the heatsink on its a decent size you will be ok as most of the cards in that class have a passive option anyway and if your not using the 3d engine then it will hardly be doing anything

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by keithwalton

Those temps are quite low, as long as the heatsink on its a decent size you will be ok as most of the cards in that class have a passive option anyway and if your not using the 3d engine then it will hardly be doing anything

Thanks for the reassurance

The heatsink is a fair size, I wasn't aware that they had a passive option. Anyway, my temps have been stable, so am reasonably at peace now lol.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by pedantic

Thanks for the reassurance

The heatsink is a fair size, I wasn't aware that they had a passive option. Anyway, my temps have been stable, so am reasonably at peace now lol.

Providing the temps of anything around it are fine probably the worst you're likely to do if it does overheat is get some artifacting on screen if your unlucky it might cook the card but i doubt it would do anything worse than that.

[Skatoony]

As long as it doesn't reach 70-80C idle it'll be fine

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Skatoony

As long as it doesn't reach 70-80C idle it'll be fine

Should have seen the 6660GT i used to have would easily pass 100C under load