Hey folks,
I am looking for a solution to get lower temps and less noise for my Radeon HD4850. It is a model from Sapphire in the reference design. Itīs not really overheating, but when gaming the temperature is often about 84C (186.8F) and that seems a bit much to me. The stock cooler is starting to make a lot of noise too (like a vacuum cleaner), only when I am not gaming (e.g. watching video material or doing study-related stuff) it is pretty silent. Temps are acceptable then, at roughly 55-65C (131-149F).
I have used Catalyst for the temp detection, so I am not sure about the accuracy.
Would it be smart, to replace the stock cooler? Please keep in mind that I am not that experienced in messing around with a pc's internals (the pc I am currently behind is my first home-build), so if it may be too risky to replace the VGA cooler itself other solutions are welcome.
The case I am using is a Cooler Master Centurion 5, cpu is a C2D E8400 with stock cooler on a Asus P5K SE/EPU motherboard. I am having a 80mm case fan in the front, a 120mm case fan in the rear and my psu has a 120mm fan too.
For in case replacing the VGA cooler is not that troublesome, I found this one in a dutch magazine a few days ago:
http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products...ga-cooler.html
It is supposed to be cooling well and remaining silent, according to several reviews. Yet, it seems a bit hard to me to apply such a cooler.
I would like to know your thoughts about this.
Lower temps and lower noise (@load) for my HD4850
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