Temp ?

by **Azazel** » 19 Jul 2006, 16:02

Hi, got my beast today and its incredible, apart from temperature, which im not sure wether to be worried about or not.

- It runs all games at max and at 1600x1200 (CSS, BF2 tested)
- The gpu temperature in Nvidias control panel was around 60 most of the time, which was green and thus i assume fine. However after a good few hours it shot to 80 and appeared in yellow.

Should i be worried ? What is too high for this kind of system ?

Apart from that, this is the best piece of technology i have ever owned, Xbox 360 included. Incredible.

I was also wondering if you guys at BEAST would help me out in the future when upgrading, i know it will be a LONG while yet, but if i were to ask you to help me upgrade my machine and send it to you or whatever, could u help with that ?

Ill be putting review up in a couple of weeks, too busy perfecting headshots on Source atm :p

by **BeastMaster** » 19 Jul 2006, 16:33

Yellow is a cautionary sign but the GPU is still not overly hot...however, your BEAST has a few tricks up its sleeves which I'll excite you with now... :wink:

If you open up the side of your case (worth it just for the looks anyway) and look in, at the back, next to the rear fan on the far side, you'll see two black boxes with little dials on them. These control the fan speeds of your graphics cards. You can turn your fans up to give more cooling with these dials. Obviously the higher you turn up your fan speed the louder the fan gets but it will give you more control over your temperature.

Sweet, huh? :twisted:

Yes, we will help you out with upgrades if you dont mind returning the pc. Of course we can arrange collections in such situations.

Let us know if that resolves the issue...

by **Azazel** » 19 Jul 2006, 17:02

lol, that is incredible.

I had opened it up earlier just to have a look in and its lovely back there :p

ive used the dials now and ill post results in an hour or so. Fan noise is minimal when the dials are on max, so thats not a concern :)

Thanks alot, ill let you know in a little while.

by **Azazel** » 19 Jul 2006, 18:00

New Temps :

During Normal, Desktop use : 57
Just after a long FEAR 1600x1200 MAX settings session : 60

Problem Solved. Thanks !!!

Oh btw, with the liquid cooled cpu...do i need to replace or top up the coolant ever ?

Thanks Again !!

by **lokoxtreme** » 19 Jul 2006, 22:01

Azazel wrote:New Temps :

During Normal, Desktop use : 57
Just after a long FEAR 1600x1200 MAX settings session : 60

Problem Solved. Thanks !!!

Oh btw, with the liquid cooled cpu...do i need to replace or top up the coolant ever ?

Thanks Again !!

i can answer for i am THE CANDY MAN!!!!!!!!!!

Umm i'm not on acid I SWEAR... fuck shit... see i swore?? u see???

ohh back to the question...

no you dont once its in there no more toppage uppage required!!!!! only need to refill if YOU drain the system (for watever reason that may be u dont need to) or have it replaced (the cooling system :shock:

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hope that answers it :D ( i learnt that at "work" LOL)

sounds like its running swimmingly though (liquid=swim... see what i did there??)

lol

LokoX

by **Andy** » 19 Jul 2006, 22:53

Best to check the coolant level once in a while, some coolants can evaporate (Rare but it happens). I'd recommend a check once a month just to be on the safe side.

by **Azazel** » 20 Jul 2006, 08:12

ok thanks guys !! :lol: