btw the stock cooler on the card was replaced with the water block i bet, looking at those noctua fans and the dust layer it must run for years without cleaning, the card runs hot around 7-80celsius on the stock cooler and damn noisy thats why the water cooling kit is included the gpu block is nickel plated copper, for the fans those mounts to the radiator and very silent while moving decent amount of air, as for your son, i hope you will teach him not to scrape expensive parts with a screw driver, apart from this thumbs up for you to teach him to behave like he does, my cousin still drops everything if he loses intrest in it and he is like 6 years old now
yeah, the card was used with the water, but not because of noise; because there were several of them and they blocked each others fan intakes.
I suspect it's the gaming fanboys, for me being stupid and not recognising the obvious "value" in those high end components, and ultimately not doing anything with them in the video.
Maybe I should clean up the crusty fans and fit them to my new PC I'm getting tomorrow? ![Confused :-//](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/confused0024.gif)
I did twitch a bit when Sagan was poking it with the screwdriver.. As for the value, well, value is relative, and the blog is about electronics, not plug and play computer parts (even I remember when you actually had to know things, not just drop something in the one slot it goes in and plug in the one cable which fits it) and cooling systems. Cool (and hopefully very useful!) donation, but not exactly a hot video topic!
exactly, i understand Dave may have no interest in this or use, i sent the video card for trying in his new build, the water block too because what use do i have for it without the card, and other stuff so if he did want to use it, he could.
TBH, i have no harsh opinion of anything in the video, i, and others sent in free stuff, second hand, on a whim, i don't have any higher expectations for it than stuff in the trash or lying on the street.