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<blockquote data-quote="joz" data-source="post: 509939" data-attributes="member: 70244">Passive cooled cards need airflow to cool themselves, so if your airflow is not good the card will get hot and warm up the rest of the case. So that will not help at all with the temperature problem. If you use onboard now it could even make it worse. Passive cards are mostly intended to be silent not to have any affect on the cooling (in a positive way at least <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)Is your CPU cooler attached right? If you use a boxed one with pushpins you should hear that all the pins make a clicking sound, if they don't do that they are not connecting right. Also with pushpins always do a criss cross atttachment (so first left top then down right for example). Have you used a tiny amount of thermal paste? (like the size of half a rice piece, you know one rice, do not know how to say that correctly in english). Not sure what else could be the cause of the overheating, could also just be that it just does not have enough airflow.Also another airflow tip. Try to have less intake then outtake so you can create an under pressure in the case itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joz, post: 509939, member: 70244"] Passive cooled cards need airflow to cool themselves, so if your airflow is not good the card will get hot and warm up the rest of the case. So that will not help at all with the temperature problem. If you use onboard now it could even make it worse. Passive cards are mostly intended to be silent not to have any affect on the cooling (in a positive way at least ;)) Is your CPU cooler attached right? If you use a boxed one with pushpins you should hear that all the pins make a clicking sound, if they don't do that they are not connecting right. Also with pushpins always do a criss cross atttachment (so first left top then down right for example). Have you used a tiny amount of thermal paste? (like the size of half a rice piece, you know one rice, do not know how to say that correctly in english). Not sure what else could be the cause of the overheating, could also just be that it just does not have enough airflow. Also another airflow tip. Try to have less intake then outtake so you can create an under pressure in the case itself. [/QUOTE]

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