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Old 09-23-2008, 12:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Motherboard Temps

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Originally Posted by BeFox View Post
Good to hear about those temps, thanks!

The gpu has definitely been the tricky part - out of the box it idled around 85-90C. Tweaking the fan speed has helped a bit, I'm still trying to work that out all the way though
a single 4870 runs warm. I'd imagine 2 of them are enough to cook dinner on. You might try playing with fan speeds some more. Does your case have a side fan over the GPU? That can help alot.
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