CPU and VGA temperatures (some questions)

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Galaki said:

ishiki said:

one thing you can do to lower card temps. if you haven't done.

Is take all the PCI slots out of the case... granted, this can also have a negative effect if... it sucking the air it shoots out. But just an idea.

I always have an air can handy to blow stuff away.

I actually had the fan off for my new heatsink/fan and it still crashed.

The fan does make a huge difference.

 

So far, it seems the thermal grease is the killer.

Thermal paste surely plays an important factor but rarely it affects performance that much, unless it's very old!
As ishiki said, very good brands like arctic silver 5 get dry after a while, but its normal and they still work as they should.
Anyway, good choice upgrading your fans, you gave your PC more time to live :P