Passive cooled graphics card, normal to be too hot to touch?
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As above, I have a smallish media PC with an NVidia 9500 graphics car which seems to get really hot, to hot to touch really.
2 questions, 1) is this normal/common? and 2) given it's a smallish PC with little air circulation, is it safe.
It's quite an old PC, prob 4 or 5 years old a mate has given me and it's the standard card so obviously designed for it but is it worth swapping for a fan cooled card? I must admit, i's for the lounge so the quieter the better but I don't to damage it.
Thanks
2 questions, 1) is this normal/common? and 2) given it's a smallish PC with little air circulation, is it safe.
It's quite an old PC, prob 4 or 5 years old a mate has given me and it's the standard card so obviously designed for it but is it worth swapping for a fan cooled card? I must admit, i's for the lounge so the quieter the better but I don't to damage it.
Thanks
heisthegaffer said:
Is it worth me leaving the side off? There really is little space inside at all.
No, as that doesn't create airflow; in fact it regularly makes it worse.Ensure everything inside it is dust-free, that all of the fans on the case are working properly and then close it back up and enjoy the machine...
Randomthoughts said:
heisthegaffer said:
Is it worth me leaving the side off? There really is little space inside at all.
No, as that doesn't create airflow; in fact it regularly makes it worse.Ensure everything inside it is dust-free, that all of the fans on the case are working properly and then close it back up and enjoy the machine...
OP- there are a multitude of apps that will control temps,
being too hot to touch isn't too much of an issue- a CPU can run very very hot, but imo it goes decrease longevity when you get up to around 85-90degrees
If you aren't getting any artefacts or screen problems then I wouldn't worry about it!
Your PSU will be able to consume 400w or so on a media PC, and most of that will be lost as heat- my tower rig has a 800w PSU, which is getting on to the power of a electric bar fire!
PugwasHDJ80 said:
if its a small medi PC there might not be any fans
OP- there are a multitude of apps that will control temps,
being too hot to touch isn't too much of an issue- a CPU can run very very hot, but imo it goes decrease longevity when you get up to around 85-90degrees
If you aren't getting any artefacts or screen problems then I wouldn't worry about it!
Your PSU will be able to consume 400w or so on a media PC, and most of that will be lost as heat- my tower rig has a 800w PSU, which is getting on to the power of a electric bar fire!
If the PC is specced by manufacturer to take a passively cooled card, it's likely to be a Dell/HP/IBM SFF machine; which is almost certainly cooled by either a front fan and CPU fan, or a CPU fan as a minimum with the exhaust over the graphics card slot.OP- there are a multitude of apps that will control temps,
being too hot to touch isn't too much of an issue- a CPU can run very very hot, but imo it goes decrease longevity when you get up to around 85-90degrees
If you aren't getting any artefacts or screen problems then I wouldn't worry about it!
Your PSU will be able to consume 400w or so on a media PC, and most of that will be lost as heat- my tower rig has a 800w PSU, which is getting on to the power of a electric bar fire!
Either way, airflow is generated.
800w PSU; pah. Pathetic. You're not a real man until you've passed 1.2kw.
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