Clean an EVGA GTX 660 SC

[pancho64]

I only clean my videocard from the outside and to clean it from the inside (the radiator) i clean it from the rear vent where it has the conectors for the monitors.

well my point is that i think that's isn't enought and i need to open it to do the job right, but i dont know how and i think i dont have the right screwdriver neither.

please advice me in this.

also i have another question, i have the thermaltake ms-i snow edition case, is this a good case?
i fear that my problem with gpu tempatures is that my case with only one fan cannot take all the hot air out

 

[woltej1]

A minimum fan set up for me is at least one side panel intake and one top vent. That way your card is getting fresh air so only having 1 vent fan could be an issue. What are your temps?

And there should be screws to take off, not sure what kind of screw driver.

 

[pancho64]

A minimum fan set up for me is at least one side panel intake and one top vent. That way your card is getting fresh air so only having 1 vent fan could be an issue. What are your temps?

And there should be screws to take off, not sure what kind of screw driver.

right know my temps are 30-31 ºC, but if i play games like battlefield 3 or total war shogun 2 my temps skyrocket to 80 - 100+ º C.

i'm planning to change my case though for a better looking one and with more cable management, also more fans,but that will take a while and i want to identify the problem first.

 

[woltej1]

First download evga precision and tinker with it to see if changing the fan profile helps.

 

[pancho64]

First download evga precision and tinker with it to see if changing the fan profile helps.

i did that and i use a strees test with FurMark and it manage at full load keep the temps in 80-81 ºC, i think that's normal or im wrong?

Edit: The thing that also worries me is that my gpu fan is at 74% speed (top speed i can tweak my gpu fan) i fear that wore down the live of my gpu

 

[woltej1]

80-81 is safe, but is a bit high. The fans are meant to run at 100% safely, don't worry about decreasing the life.

 

[marc79]

I've hit 88C with the top card when running furmark stress test, same cards that you have, its more demanding on the gpus than any game on the market. In games I see max 84C on the top card, the one on the bottom is always 5 degrees cooler. I'm running stock fan profile right now, while running modified fan profile the temps went down about 3-5 degrees, but it started to sound like a vacuum while palying games, so I went back to stock profile. Low to Mid 80's is fine. Anything over 90C not so good.

 

[pancho64]

mm... well maybe i will need to add one or two more fans to my pc till i get a new case to keep it a little cooler
it relaxes me that it doesn't get something out of the normal temps range anymore.

thanks for the help

PS:
marc79, how do you clean your videocards radiator?

 

[marc79]

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