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Would a passively-cooled 5670 die in gaming?

KamSaw · 2011-11-09 18:20:09

Looking at doing a cheap upgrade for the (passively-cooled) x1500 in my dell dimension. I'm kinda worried though if this thing would melt trying to run newer games, even on low settings. Here's a link to the dabs page: http://www.dabs.ie/products/xfx-ati-radeon-5670-775mhz-1gb-pci-express-hdmi-7QFV.html?q=5670&src=3 I'm a…

09-11-2011 6:20pm

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KamSaw

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Looking at doing a cheap upgrade for the (passively-cooled) x1500 in my dell dimension. I'm kinda worried though if this thing would melt trying to run newer games, even on low settings.

Here's a link to the dabs page:
http://www.dabs.ie/products/xfx-ati-radeon-5670-775mhz-1gb-pci-express-hdmi-7QFV.html?q=5670&src=3

I'm a bit of a noise freak, I had a gt220 with what seemed like a 1 inch fan that shook the house when I tried to play games.

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#2 09-11-2011 6:46pm

Serephucus

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A 5670 has a TDP of 61W, so assuming you have some airflow in your case, it should be fine.

If you're trying to a silent build, you probably have a couple of low-RPM fans in your case, right? What are they? What other components do you have, etc?

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