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Ok, final word on this. I took a trip to get some compressed air and took the GPU out again. Cleaned it and by being a bit more bold than before I dislodged a significant amount of dirt. Now it sits at an idle temperature of about 45c and running Civ V, full screen, high resolution and default...

One final question if I may. If I just bought an improved PSU (e.g. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-237-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088) would that mean my existing HD 5670 GPU would run cooler? Then I could invest in a new GPU later? At the moment it runs at 75...

jbrown, ok, thanks.

jbrown, thanks. I appreciate the advice. I will look at replacing the parts.

Sorry to be a novice, but would it be as simple as replacing the 5670 with the GTX750? Are there different size or plug issues I would need to consider? Again, apologies for the basic questions. I have only replaced a hard drive before.

Thanks. I have had the 5670 since I bought the system from Dell (its an XPS Studio 8100) so I have had the PSU and graphics card in the same system from day one. So 5 years! The CPU and Motherboard temps seem ok, just the GPU idles at 70 degrees centigrade and goes to 105/7 playing Civ 5. I am...

Ok, thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to help me. I had not really thought about the PSU as being the problem so I appreciate your advice. Many thanks.

Ok, thanks. Is it easy to replace a PSU? Or could I buy a better card that will work with that PSU? Many thanks for helping.

It also says Max Cont DC output is 350W.