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mZuzek said:

JEMC said:

I know what you mean. I had to replace my old GPU because the fan kept spinning at max speed even when the CP was doing nothing. As you said, it was awful.

So congrats on your new goodies and for a proper working PC. May it give you plenty hours of fun.

Yeah, my issue was the opposite. I had a Radeon HD 6700 (yeah, I know), which needs its fan to be constantly spinning for it not to overheat, and it had stopped entirely. A clean-up kept it going for another 2 weeks or so, and from then on I just carried it over the last few months by manually spinning the fan until it got going, which usually took a couple minutes or more - yes, that is every single time I turned the PC on. Over the last couple weeks, though, it got noticeably worse, which is why I decided it was time to replace it. In the last 7 days I had only turned on my computer once, to watch the Liverpool game on Sunday, and well, let's just say I spent 2 hours spinning the god damn fan, and hurting my hand in the process. At the end it was at 87°C. Big yikes.

I'm happy with the new goodies, having had a bit of time with them. The new GPU's fans only ever spin when gaming, which is great for both durability and noise reduction, and with the Corsair PSU as well, the whole thing just got a lot quieter. That said, it has gotten me thinking into the next upgrades already - CPU and memory -, because those are now lagging behind the GPU quite dramatically. But, I don't have money for those now, so, let's postpone that discussion.

Mine was an HD 5850 and let me tell you, having a fan spinning at 100% almost next to you can be really annoying.

Thankfully I was already saving for an upgrade as the card didn't met the min. requirements for the new games, but it wasn't nice being forced to make the upgrade.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to start saving for a CPU, and everything that it involves, upgrade for me either. I'll probably wait until we get the PS5/Xwhatever specs to see what kind of CPU I should get (a 6 or 8 core will be enough? Maybe more?).