It's Getting Hot Now. Will My GPU with Fan Unplugged Survive? I Guess I Can Let You Guys Know if It Doesn't

n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 16:52
Last edited 10/10/2025 - 16:52

I downloaded a special softwre called Afterburner, and dragged the Clock/Core speed into the minus area.

if you drag too far it starts lagging, so I put it back up a bit. I have no idea what I'm doing so that's good enough. Afterburner shows heat as well it's reduced so that's good.

pos sofrware though afterburner. it said "update available" so I clicked and it just takes you to the download page. (most software has already downloaded in background and just updates the app). then while installing it says need to uninstall so I did, then trying again it couldn't install because "files remaining". had to remove it again in Programs, then restart. then finally install again they need to make the update process smoother. I lost all the specific minus numbers, so had to do it again.😡

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  • jv on 10/10/2025 - 16:57
    +6

    why don't you plug the fan back in?

    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 17:16

      it randomly makes a horrible loud noise which can be heard from the next room.

      I removed it and rinsed all the dust out but still makes the noise.

      • jv on 10/10/2025 - 18:25
        +2

        Get a new one then.

        • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 19:20

          they don't sell them anymore I checked on aliexpress too.

          it's ok I'm not going to do any gaming. it was just a problem when watching video, but I fixed that. I think switching graphics to CPU was most of the fix. so it doesn't use the GPU at all, only for windows menu's etc.

          but warmer air temp means warmer PC temp. so just worried about that. hopefully it's fine on the 40 degrees day.

          • pinsanity on 10/10/2025 - 20:12

            @n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: The centre spindle needs to be re-oiled.

            • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 20:26

              @pinsanity: ok maybe. to me it almost sounds like it's actually too loose there, and so the plastic fan is kind of loosening off, and spinning slower and shuddering for like 10~20 seconds at a time, and then it grips the fan again and the noise goes away.

              the noise comes and goes like this repeatedly. it's a really loud noise.

  • CrispyChrispy on 10/10/2025 - 17:15
    +5
    1. Write better bruh, can hardly understand what you're asking. Help us help you
    2. That's called an underclock, just undervolt/lower your GPU power limits if you want to reduce your temps without sacrificing too much FPS
    3. Which fans are you talking about? Your case fans or what?
    4. Why would you unplug any fans anyway? If they're too loud either something's wrong with them or your fan curves are messed up, or they're clogged full of dust.
    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 17:17
      -5

      That's called an undervolt

      I don't think so. I enabled and tried undervolt first which was recommended, but it had no effect I think my GPU is too old.
      but the minus on speed Mhz worked.

      Which fans are you talking about? Your case fans or what?

      GPU fan. just one small one.

      or they're clogged full of dust.

      I already washed all the dust out didn't help.

      • CrispyChrispy on 10/10/2025 - 17:17

        Yah, apologies. Realised just after reading my comment over. What GPU are you running?

        • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 17:18
          -1

          TRX600

          • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 17:18
            -1

            @n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: sorry GTX600.

            • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 17:18
              +1

              @n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: I meant GT635.

              • CrispyChrispy on 10/10/2025 - 17:21

                @n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: 😅 Damn that's an old GPU!

                You're using MSI Afterburner, are you monitoring your GPU temps as well? If it's not throttling then nothing to worry about

                • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 17:28

                  @CrispyChrispy: there was something going wrong when I first unplugged the fan.
                  was watching youtube and the mouse started to skip across the screen. knew something was bad turned PC off.

                  then I received some tips. change browser and computer graphics to CPU acceleration. then it was recommended to reduce the speed Mhz because I couldn't undervolt.
                  its been okay until now but might be because weathers been 20 degrees or so.
                  going to be 30, 35 daily soon. I will see how it goes.

                  if mouse starts skipping agian I think I still can lower the minus Mhz a bit more, it was really just first try fix.

                • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 17:34
                  -3

                  @CrispyChrispy:

                  Damn that's an old GPU!

                  but 12 years ago when the PC was released, it must have been top of the line graphics.

                  because the PC has i7.

                  which is why I am a bit worried about the heat getting out of control. 😋

                  • Nillionaire on 10/10/2025 - 20:51
                    +1

                    @n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm:

                    must have been top of the line graphics.

                    Sorry, it wasn't. GTX635 was released in 2013 which you're right was 12 years ago. At that time the GTX680 and GTX690 were considered the top of the line GPUs.

  • theHMASfriendship on 10/10/2025 - 18:39
    +1

    Try gaming in the fridge where it is 4 degrees all year round

    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 10/10/2025 - 19:19

      I heard some people use refrigerated water in their PC's.

  • jwh on 10/10/2025 - 22:33
    +1

    What do you plan to do on your PC, besides watching videos?

    Buy a cheap second hand GPU. Something simple and low powered, like this Quadro K620.

    That's just one cheap card that popped in my mind that will probably do the job.

    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 11/10/2025 - 21:28

      thanks sorry I read your comment awhile ago just didn't get around to repling.

      found one of those for $18. that's very reasonable. if it dies I will replace it with one of those as long as it fits.

  • Far Cough on 11/10/2025 - 08:11

    Bruh

  • JIMB0 on 11/10/2025 - 09:06

    Yes. for a given Q̇ the Tₛ will increase with a higher T∞. To keep Tₛ low you'll need to increase h or A.

    Q̇ = hA(Tₛ − T∞)

    Tₛ = T∞ + (Q. / (hA))

    The easy thing to do would be put the fan back on to increase h.

    • AndyC1 on 11/10/2025 - 20:19

      240 * V will fix it.

      • JIMB0 on 12/10/2025 - 22:47
        +1

        240 × V = V²

  • cameldownunder on 11/10/2025 - 14:03

    12 Years old ? Could be anything.

    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 11/10/2025 - 21:29

      I mean that's how old the PC is. I didn't have it from when it was new. got it for free with Windows 10 on it.

      for something so old it's extremely fast. I mean opening browsers, powering on from shutdown mode. I don't have many programs though.

      but it's the fastest thing I have ever used. probably because i7. I setup a Win11 PC for a family member recently, which they just got. I don't notice any difference in speed at all.

      the only real downside to my old PC is it's got a 200W or 300W power supply which is massive. I'm worried about how much energy it consumes so I always power it on then shut it down when I'm finished.

      • cameldownunder on 12/10/2025 - 21:43

        I actually never had a PC that old, and I am genuinely surprised it still works.
        If it has a 200-300 W power supply, then thats the maximum it draws.
        Current GC are 300W just themselfs.

        • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 13/10/2025 - 21:44

          and I am genuinely surprised it still works.

          me too! yup just keeps trucking on and refuses to die.

          tbh though I have applied a few bandaid fixes and there are things wrong with it, but it isn't dead.

          first was the HDD, it had to go put in a SSD, this is a big part of why it's so fast I think even with i7 with a HDD the file explorer would be a bit laggy and installing software would take forever.

          next, well the USB ports started to die one by one. at first just two from age I think, but then realised a internal SSD in a USB enclosure was killing the ports more quickly. then when I had only two left on the back for my mouse and bluetooth thing. I needed one spare at least so I got a adapter for $5 to plug into the same spot the front USB hub did inside the PC (hub was dead and constantly causing the "USB Malfunction" popup with nothing plugged in, only thing that kinda worked was the SD card reader which I didn't use), they branch out into 2x USB-A and I pushed them through a hole in the back to give me an extra 2 working ports.

          next as you mentioned the power supply, it's fan seemed to be spinning a bit way too slowly sometimes. actually one user online suggested my USB ports dying one by one was a sign of a dying power supply. anyway because it seemed like the power supply fan wasn't spinning as fast as it used to, I bought the same size fan but USB power it with a powerbank on hotter days. it's nice I just have it plugged into a 10k power bank, and the fan wire has a switch on it so it doesn't consume any power when off. the fan is efficient so the power bank lasts forever, and there is no extra stress on the super old power supply because I don't have the fan plugged into the PC.

          oh and almost forgot. it didn't come with WiFi. 😂 so yeah that was one of the first things I added a WiFi card in a empty slot. it had nothing in just that one slot, so they could have easily had it when it was new. cost saving I guess. I fond the box it fits into the PCIe x1 slot.

          so as you can see now it's not exactly 100% functioning as new, but it still works just fine!

          • cameldownunder on 14/10/2025 - 09:32
            +1

            @n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm: That is a FrankenPC - It's alive !!! If it works, it works :-)

            • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 14/10/2025 - 17:28

              @cameldownunder: forgot to mention the location of the fan. I just 3M adhesived it on top of the power supply fan on the outside.

              reason being, I need to remove then open the power supply to swap the fan, and a video of someone taking apart a power supply basically said, don't touch this, don't touch this. if you don't know what you are doing don't try this at all. so I thought it's not a good idea.

  • cfuse on 11/10/2025 - 16:56

    I have no idea what I'm doing so that's good enough.

    I envy people that have their lives figured out this soundly.

    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 11/10/2025 - 21:27

      no I don't have it figured out. that's what I said above. all I know is minus is lower, so the temperature is lower.

  • lew380 on 12/10/2025 - 00:00

    What am I reading? Dude unplugs his fans, starts messing around with an overclocking software and makes changes until it doesn't cause lag. I don't think we need an update, watch a YouTube video, you need help.

    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 13/10/2025 - 21:54

      watch a YouTube video, you need help.

      of course I did that. but most videos are focusing on, turning down the voltage, and up the speed I think, well whatever combination it was it was to make games run smoother and also with lower temperature of the PC.

      it took me awhile to find something similar, which was people turning down the GPU voltage on laptops, to reduce temperatures and increase performance and also battery life. but this was also not my specific solution, I had a GPU with no fan on a old desktop PC.

      undervoltage ended up not working at all anyway, I could send it all the way down to maximum minus area, and it would have zero affect on the temperature. I tried all the different modes it had "MSI/Standard/etc". so I disabled it, and used the minus sliders for the speeds instead, Clock/Core. that worked. I mean you probably think I might break something but I have kept my old PC alive this far and it's been fine so don't worry I think it will survive.

  • smartazz104 on 15/10/2025 - 12:39

    Would be easier to just get a new GPU.

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