d6bmg Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 you wanna sell the ultras? i'll give you $99...shipped....lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCRO Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Did some TIM replacement. Old paste was so dried out. Also did a Heaven 3.0 benchmark. All settings max, no AA. 2600K @ 4.8, RAM @ stock, cards all @ stock too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 I may have overlooked if you talked about it already but does the top card get much hotter than the bottom? Also good job on replacing the TIM, that stuff must've been stifling the cooling quite a bit. Any difference once you replaced it? Three GTX 285s are faster than a lot of things today. Even one GTX 285 is still pretty powerful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 I just put a my old gtx285 in my rig with the i7-3930k system I just put together..since it had a water block on it, hmm, I have a 2nd waterblock maybe I should look for another gtx285...but then I'd have to put a 2nd rad on the system...as im pushing it now with just a 240. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCRO Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 I may have overlooked if you talked about it already but does the top card get much hotter than the bottom? Also good job on replacing the TIM, that stuff must've been stifling the cooling quite a bit. Any difference once you replaced it? Even one GTX 285 is still pretty powerful. Top card runs a tad warmer than the middle card while the bottom runs the coolest. Temp's also have dropped down about 10C at load. Before, middle card would hit 95C, now doesn't even get to 85C. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Top card runs a tad warmer than the middle card while the bottom runs the coolest. Temp's also have dropped down about 10C at load. Before, middle card would hit 95C, now doesn't even get to 85C. That's a hell of an improvement. I should take mine apart, it runs like a furnace. Nearly 85C loaded @ ~stock settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 That's a hell of an improvement. I should take mine apart, it runs like a furnace. Nearly 85C loaded @ ~stock settings. Sub 60C loaded, in 20C ambient, with 40% fan on the hotter of my two 560s What is all this 80C+ stuff? I only ever once came close to 80C when I ran furmark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchoman1 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Sub 60C loaded, in 20C ambient, with 40% fan on the hotter of my two 560s What is all this 80C+ stuff? I only ever once came close to 80C when I ran furmark. i hit 70 on heaven benchmark on my top 7770, but it is overclocked to 1100 1200 and the fan never goes above 30% edit, it is also almost 40 degreees ambient today Edited March 10, 2012 by Muchoman1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 What is all this 80C+ stuff? I only ever once came close to 80C when I ran furmark. Just hit 92C with OCCT. I shut it off... :/ It's about time I blow out my case anyways, I'm sure the card is rather dusty. Plus I heard this variant ran hot anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 I may have overlooked if you talked about it already but does the top card get much hotter than the bottom? Also good job on replacing the TIM, that stuff must've been stifling the cooling quite a bit. Any difference once you replaced it? Even one GTX 285 is still pretty powerful. there is a guy here in phx az selling three gtx 285's for $300 obo http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/sys/2835289024.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCRO Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Yeah the cards idle around 60C for the middle card, but not bad for 3-way on these space heaters. But replacing the paste helped a ton. Hottest card before was idling in the low 70C's. @jdm That's a banging deal. I'm trying to look for 2GB models for 3-way. I should do some trolling on craigslist for cards in the lower tristate by me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Yeah the cards idle around 60C for the middle card, but not bad for 3-way on these space heaters. But replacing the paste helped a ton. Hottest card before was idling in the low 70C's. @jdm That's a banging deal. I'm trying to look for 2GB models for 3-way. I should do some trolling on craigslist for cards in the lower tristate by me. ya if i only had a x58 rig id snatch them up. but it also gives me a good reason to build one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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