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Change GPU fan or buy new GPU?

silverv — Fri, 03 May 2019 21:40:14 +0800

Hi guys. Just wanna ask your opinion about changing gpu fan to an AIO or to change to a new GPU.

Here is a short brief about my gpu:
Asus GTX 970 Strix, bought in Dec 2015. One fan was running very rough with squeeking sound early this year, and I have oiled it, but it is now loose from the bracket a bit but still spinning. The fan some times doesn't spin if it is loose until I press it back in, and even after I press it back in, after a while it will come loose again.

Currently, for gameplay, I am able to get close to 60fps if I set things at low (1080) on Anthem, at the start of the game, but I do experience a drop in framerates after about 40 minutes or so (maybe because of the fan coming loose a bit). I check the temperature on my GPU tweak, the temperature jumps to 85+ degrees, and will drop to around 75-85 range when my fan kicks in more power, but I still have to make sure the fan is spinning.

Some history:
I have gotten blue screen and artifact before with the card when I was playing Rise of the Tomb Raider (back in 2018), but I fixed by cleaning the fans & heat sink, and applying a new thermal paste. After that, I haven't experience any problem.

I was thinking about changing the stock fan to a NZXT G12 bracket and a X42 AIO cooler, since that is one of the available bracket and cooler that are available and compatible, and also for my thinking in the future, I can use the X42 on my CPU if I change my GPU in the future.

I hope I can get an experienced recommendation here, which would be better? Change to an aftermarket cooler for the old gpu or outright get a new/second hand gpu?

Sex teacher gets the boot

silverv — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:24:58 +0800

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...2431&sec=nation

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Sex-drugs teacher who sold stimulants transferred to another school
By FARIK ZOLKEPLI
farik@thestar.com.my

JOHOR BARU: A disciplinary teacher at a secondary school in Skudai, who had been distributing brochures on sex enhancement drugs in his school, has been transferred out.

Johor Education Department director Sufaat Tumin said that the teacher was transferred to another secondary school in Johor Baru recently following reports lodged against him.

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They can solve this case within a month, but what about the 2 racist principals? 2 months down the road, and how far as the investigation come to? NFA?

Laptop goes haywire

silverv — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:39:51 +0800

my fren gt a laptop, dell inspiron 6400. its been hving probs lately

when the battery and AC is connected together, the laptop goes haywire. but if using jus the battery or the AC alone, no prob at all

here is the list of the probs.

usb port not functioning
touch pad cursor randomly jumps evrywhr on screen
taskbar shifts to the side
power usage keeps jumpin from battery to AC and vice versa when both r used

nt sure wat else is wrg, but if any techies out thr can help, or hv any idea wat is the prob is, ur help is much appreciated.

partition drive on laptop

silverv — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:36:37 +0800

yo evry1(or jus the techies). i hv a laptop wif 80gb of space(yea, i noe, veri little, wateava )

n it is partitioned aledi to 2 drives, C n D drives wif 40 gb respectively.

but when i wanna open the D, it pops out a small window

so to the techies in da hse, wat is thou orders?

computer specs suggestion

silverv — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:39:02 +0800

im thking of buying a new com, or mayb a laptop. but lets jus concentrate on the com, k guys?

btw, im trying to stay on a budget of less then 4k(if possible, lower)

so a few specs tht i've tot of r

1-2Gb DDR2 ram
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Intel Core 2 Duo(duno which chip to get, or shud i go wif AMD? )
200-300Gb hard disc
PCIe compatitble motherboard

if u guys got any suggestions or changes tht u thk i shud make, pls leave ur replies.

btw, if u r gonna reply wif different specs, could u oso include the price tag for it as well? thx ya